Sep 21 2009

Customize Your Blog Tweetmeme Button to Get More Followers

More and more bloggers are now getting the beauty of “Retweet!” Tweetmeme button adding it to their blog templates. The button makes it easy to share the post on Twitter as well as rates the post in general Tweetmeme index.

Now, there’s one tip not everyone is aware of: by default Tweetmeme will use the following Tweet format:

RT @Tweetmeme Post title http://bit.ly/XXXX

Tweetmeme button

So here’s the tip: make it look like people retweet you instead of Tweetmeme:

RT @yourusername Post title http://bit.ly/XXXX

Tweetmeme button

To do that, simply specify the ‘tweetmeme_source’ parameter in the JavaScript of the button:

<script type="text/javascript">
tweetmeme_source = 'talktweetmeme';
</script>

More button customization options can be found in the official help guide.

20 Responses to “Customize Your Blog Tweetmeme Button to Get More Followers”

  1. Michael Martin says:
    September 21, 2009 at 2:06 pm

    In WordPress you can change the RT username to your own in the settings as well.

    ,Michael Martin

  2. Ashwin / Thoughts Unlimited says:
    September 21, 2009 at 6:38 pm

    Yes I agree with Michael. If you use TweetMeme Plugin for WordPress, the option is available in the Plugin settings page.

  3. philadelphia moving companies says:
    September 21, 2009 at 8:15 pm

    This is a very simple and effective way of gaining more credibility among your followers and gain new ones. Not everyone used WordPress so this is helpful for everyone. Thanks!

  4. David says:
    September 21, 2009 at 9:09 pm

    What a goof find. Thank you, Ann, and thank you Michael for saving me any further grief looking at the code seeing as I installed it in a WordPress blog.

  5. SeoNext says:
    September 22, 2009 at 5:16 am

    Really a great post.Thanks for sharing this post with us.Really a great post.Thanks for the post.

  6. Oliver says:
    September 22, 2009 at 12:46 pm

    Great post and I will have to try this to see how well it works. Thanks for sharing this with us.

  7. David says:
    September 22, 2009 at 2:31 pm

    What is really interesting is that when it is tweeted, I get a moderation prompt, just like for a comment.

    Is everyone getting this?

  8. CAP Digisoft Solutions Inc. says:
    September 23, 2009 at 8:28 am

    I think this will bring more tweet to your posts. Let me give a try…

  9. Golf trip says:
    September 23, 2009 at 10:05 am

    The craze of tweeting is spread all across the blog world. And in such situation your tips for customizing tweet button on your blog is highly motivating this craze.

  10. Dataflurry says:
    September 23, 2009 at 4:21 pm

    Great idea! I have to agree, once more people catch on to the Re-Tweeting of information, valuable information will be able to transfer faster

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    September 24, 2009 at 7:01 am

    nice post but What is really interesting is that when it is tweeted, I get a moderation prompt, just like for a comment.

  12. Facebook Application Development says:
    September 24, 2009 at 7:49 am

    Thanks for telling such a nice information. Tweetmeme button is an amazing feature. People just loving it.

  13. computer repair sydney says:
    September 24, 2009 at 9:02 am

    This is a very simple and effective way of gaining more credibility among your followers and gain new ones.thanks for sharing it helped me a lot.

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    September 25, 2009 at 5:48 am

    Great post and I will have to try this to see how well it works. Thanks for sharing this with us thanks.

  15. Chiropractic Care St Petersburg says:
    October 6, 2009 at 9:44 am

    Thanks for information about Tweetmeme button in blog templates. I’ll add in my blog and share with twitter followers.

  16. Jaydip Parikh says:
    October 29, 2009 at 9:40 am

    Hi ! This is good but sometime it not count as RT. I mean to say if 20 ppl has RT my Tweet then Tweetmeme sometimes shows 12-15-16 any number not exact number. Don’t know why…..

  17. Rajesh Kanuri @ TechCats says:
    December 18, 2009 at 2:57 pm

    My search ended for inserting RT@myusernmae ended here. Thank You.

  18. Rajesh Kanuri @ TechCats says:
    December 18, 2009 at 3:13 pm

    my problem is yet to be solved I am unable to use the RT@myusername function in my theme.. any suggestions?

  19. Edwin says:
    March 13, 2010 at 9:52 pm

    Hey Ann – this is an awesome tip.I didnt know we could change the format of tweets.I was looking for some Twitter customization & I got this.Thanks!

  20. Steve Robbins says:
    October 2, 2011 at 7:44 pm

    I will try this one and I know probably I can get more followers with my tweets.