How To Be Important on Twitter?

May 7, 2010 - Last Modified: February 14, 2013 by Hesham Zebida

I was wondering when exactly the Topsy button go hot, and how a post ranked on the top 1k on Topsy.com after a particular person tweet or retweet it, of course it would be excited to reach the Top 100 on Topsy, so… I wanted to discover who is important on Twitter, and how to be important on Twitter, I want to have the power!

So, I went to our friend Google in a try to find something useful, and oh! By the way I love the new changes that Google made yesterday, I started to search about Twitter influence, the results came with a very nice site called Tweet Level , this site measure how important your Twitter account and tweets by comparing it to other tweeters, and also it provide some good influence tips, nice ha?!

Ok, let talk about the 4 factors of being a power Twitter user!

1- Influence score

To be a Twitter superstar, you need a decent number of followers who like what you tweet about, this is why they retweet it and click your links!

2- Popularity score

Popularity is not that hard thing to get, and it will have it step by step by following more people and give the best tweets you can, and use hashtags so people can find your tweet easily

3- Engagement score

I notice this is what most of us are missing, almost all famous Tweeters are missing the engagement. My first thought was they don’t engage because they are busy, but I think this is not the real truth, but if you have a huge number of follower you actually will face it, you will never be able to engage with a lot of people!

4- Trust score

You really need admirable trust score, it’s trust that makes people buy your products! And the trust on Twitter means how many people retweet what you are saying!

OK, that was a fast tips from what I found on Twitter Level site, go and check your importance on Twitter world! Don’t forget to recommend some of your followers, Follow Friday Helper makes it dead-easy to recommend tweeps!

#FollowFriday recommendation:

@annanta : Annanta.com offering free templates, free vector graphics and free tools for web designers and Bloggers
@icebluebanana : Mark, your humble host at icebluebanana.com 😉
@gupshupblog : of the Technically Youth blog Tech18.com
@kikolani : Kikolani.com Internet Marketing Specialist with Vertical Measures, blogger, social media enthusiast, photographer, tennis player, and all around girl geek!
@nittygriddyblog : Ingrid’s blog – A Kinda Social Media Journal, Net News & More! In Tweetland – she is a Social Media fan that follows other SM enthusiasts, insightful minds & Tweople
@the_gman : Houston SEO/SEM Guy – Blogger – Friend – Lover – Skydiver – Entrepreneur – A$$ Kicker Extraordinaire & Founder Of Search Engine Marketing Group
@marsdorian : A digital entrepreneur who is going to change the online world, once and for all. And he loves branding, just like You!
@agentdeepak : A blogger and a Student. he Provides Tips on Blogging, Marketing and Success. Give Design, SEO, Social Networking tips… etc.

And just in case you are wondering why I recommend following and engaging with those people above, it’s because they are so active on Twitter, and they engage with me lots! so… go a head follow them if you are not following them already, you don’t need to leave the page, try out the new @Anywhere feature that we have added to our blog!

Final Advice

Always remember… Power should be used for good!

About Hesham Zebida

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I create websites with WordPress, and I develop Schema Plugins to help SEOs. I am a social network lover. I am also the night creature who works hard to keep this project up. Owner and founder of the Famous Blog.

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Mark says:

I am pretty sure my Twitter score is bad. I ran it and here is what I found: Influence 52.9 Popularity 52.9 Engagement 23.8 Trust 22.5 Obviously, I have a long way to go on the "trust" side of things. Thanks for the cool share, Hesham. I have never seen this site before. Mark
Ibn Omar says:

twitter is great, we should take it as a network to meet people interested in our niche and don't follow/unfollow everyone just to get followers.
Isabel Rodrigues - Pro Blogger Journey says:

Your blog post title certainly caught my attention. I am trying to become important myself :P .-= NEW from Isabel Rodrigues - Pro Blogger Journey´s last blog ..How To Use Checklists To Make Wonderful Blogs =-.
Jason Jumat says:

I guess the two biggest factors is how much people are following you and how much tweets you are doing. And yes just like you said, depending on how much Twitter followers you have, the better the chances that they also retweet your tweets. .-= NEW from Jason Jumat @ I need lots of money now´s last blog ..Product Name =-.
Jen says:

Great blog! I haven't heard of Topsy. I'm trying to learn to make my next blog more popular. .-= NEW from Jen´s last blog ..One Hundreds Days of Travelling with Ivan and Jennifer =-.
- Hesham says:
  
  Cool, I hope you can make it :)
Kevin S says:

Hi Hesham, Thanks for the awesome POST and Including me on your #FF list. You have an awesome Blog and Post so i love visiting daily. Keep up good work. I will always be there. Thanks :)
- Hesham says:
  
  Hey Kevin, you deserve to be on the list buddy, I love your work as well as your engagement on Twitter! The good thing is I am entering the design world @DesignGizer and we will rock ;)
DiTesco says:

Interesting tool this Tweet Level. Never used it before so here you go again giving more work to do:) I agree with you Hesham, Power is awesome but put it good use... More power to you .-= NEW from DiTesco´s last blog ..Google AdSense Webinar – Free AdSense Seminars (Update) =-.
- Hesham says:
  
  It's the best tool I have found till now! these tools helps those who are looking to improve their performance! Thanks bud, and more power to you!
Shirley Osei-Mensah says:

Very great tips, Hesham. Being important on Twitter is something that can send your blog's content or website's content viral. .-= NEW from Shirley Osei-Mensah´s last blog ..Know When Someone Unfollows You On Twitter – Qwitter =-.
- Hesham says:
  
  It's another level for any blogger! thanks Shirley for stepping by
Ingrid Abboud says:

Hey Hesham, Very cool of you to add me here on your #FF recommendation list :)! Thank you. Keep up the awesome work you're doing with Famous Bloggers! Cheers
- Hesham says:
  
  I have added you because the "Follow Friday Helper" told me to do so ;) this because you was engaging with me and retweeting our posts! So, thank you for being active!
Karan says:

Another great tool for analyzing and Twitter influence and power is the Twitter Grader tool. .-= NEW from Karan @ Trafficke SEO Services Firm´s last blog ..What Is Truly Organic SEO? =-.
- Hesham says:
  
  I have tried it, I got 99.7 grad of 100 for @FamousBloggers it not bad at all, I think Twitter Level is more attractive and provide more information especially on it's home page! Thank you so much for sharing Karan
  - Karan says:
    
    You're right, Twitter Level is more advanced and provides a lot more information. Twitter Grader just grades influence. Twitter Level does that and even finds your trust level. .-= NEW from Karan @ Trafficke SEO Services Firm´s last blog ..What Is Truly Organic SEO? =-.
Dennis Edell says:

Since engagement is the whole point to twitter, I suppose I'll never have thousands of followers. lol .-= NEW from Dennis Edell @ Direct Sales Marketing´s last blog ..I Need MORE Aweber USER Affiliates! =-.
- Hesham says:
  
  I think you are the best who can play the Twitter game, and I am still waiting you buddy!
  - Dennis Edell says:
    
    Waiting for what? .-= NEW from Dennis Edell @ Direct Sales Marketing´s last blog ..I Need MORE Aweber USER Affiliates! =-.
    - Hesham says:
      
      Waiting for you to be active on Twitter
      - Dennis Edell says:
        
        I have been; couple weeks now. ;) .-= NEW from Dennis Edell @ Direct Sales Marketing´s last blog ..A TRUE Make Money Online blog – Part 2 – Choose My Domain Name =-.
    - Hesham says:
      
      Coo, I followed you!
      - Dennis Edell says:
        
        Thanks! I'll try not to disappoint. ;) .-= NEW from Dennis Edell @ Direct Sales Marketing´s last blog ..A TRUE Make Money Online blog – Part 2 – Choose My Domain Name =-.
Julius Kuhn-Regnier says:

Interesting website you are talking about here ;) I have to admit that I haven't been really active on Twitter recently and I actually don't know why. Keep it up buddy, btw. did you get my email?
- Hesham says:
  
  Come one buddy, let's go more Twitter ;) Yes I got it, I will check it out today and make the changes, thanks a lot for your great support, you are the man :)
Ryan says:

An interesting take on twitter influence Hesham. I can relate to the engagement issue. When time is a factor it's tough to chat as much as I'd like. I still make sure to RT and thank as many of my RT'ers as possible. Saying Thank You means a lot in the twitter world and helps to establish trust. If you're not trusted you can't expect to garner much interest on any social networking site.
- Hesham says:
  
  Well, I have my own personal way to thank follower on Twitter ;) there is nothing better than Trust in this life! thanks Ryan for stepping by
mark says:

Hi Hesham - Thanks for the Tweet Level tip - first I have heard of it & it looks pretty cool. Twitter is fun & is great for that minute or two you have between meetings or whatever. I tend to follow people when I am on the train going to work and when I just have to look away from what my coworkers are doing for a little while. Plus, there is so much good information out there. Also, thank you so much for including me in your #FollowFriday recommendation! Anyone who is reading this who is not following Hesham - you should definately do that now! Have a great day! .-= NEW from mark´s last blog ..A Few Productivity Tools You Cannot Live Without =-.
- Hesham says:
  
  Twitter is too much fin only because I have you and my other friends around ;)
Kevin says:

I love sites that analyze things! I came out with a score of 50.1 :) .-= NEW from Kevin@ShootingtheBreeze´s last blog ..Favourite Links Friday 5/7/10 =-.
- Hesham says:
  
  Yes.. it helps a lot, even if the results are not accurate %100 but it's the only hope we have ;)
Karen says:

This is a handy tool, it certainly has some good tips as does this blog post, I'm taking them to heart and I'm going to work that little bit harder to improve my Twitter influence, great FF recommendations by the way ;) .-= NEW from Karen @ Blazing Minds´s last blog ..I’m Minted With My Monthly Earnings!!! =-.
- Hesham says:
  
  It's awesome, I love it! I am sure you will enhance your Twitter Power, I know you as a hard worker person Karen ;)
  - Karen says:
    
    Thanks Hesham, I certainly try my best ;) .-= NEW from Karen @ Blazing Minds´s last blog ..Flipping Websites for Fun and Profit =-.
    - Hesham says:
      
      I know Karen, and plz don't hesitate to ask if you ever need anything!
Mike Roosa says:

Excellent resource here. I really haven't been that active on twitter but it's something I'm working on. .-= NEW from Mike Roosa´s last blog ..Motivated As Hell – The Review =-.
- Hesham says:
  
  Great, why don't you start by retweeting this post ;)
element321 says:

Great tip Hesham. I just checked out Tweet Level and it looks like a good tool. I have added to my Twitter resources and I will try it again. .-= NEW from element321´s last blog ..Hootsuite Versus TweetDeck =-.
- Hesham says:
  
  I love these tools because it calculates ;) and yeah I have added to my tools as well, so probably we will need to check after a month from now to see how things are going!
Agent Deepak says:

Hesham, its a honor being recommended here. Thanks. Went out and checked my Twitter Level, my level was not good. What do I need to do? .-= NEW from Agent Deepak@Blogging. Marketing & Success´s last blog ..Blog Launch Pre-Marketing – Collecting Traffic Before the Blog Launch =-.
- Hesham says:
  
  You are welcome, it will take some time to enhance your Twitter Level, I am working on mins too... I am almost there.. and almost there means a few months of hard work ;)
  - Agent Deepak says:
    
    Yup there is always hard work involved. We cannot run away for that. .-= NEW from Agent Deepak@Blogging. Marketing & Success´s last blog ..Blog Launch Getting Ready – A Day Before the Blog Launch =-.
Chadrack says:

Frankly I'm really lazy when it comes to twitter. Just don't have the time to do much there. However, I'm working out a schedule to be more active in the days ahead. .-= NEW from Chadrack@Home Business Marketing´s last blog ..$19,521.06 a month with ClickBank on Autopilot? =-.
- Hesham says:
  
  Scheduling you work is a very good idea, I am still missing this organizing work some how! Twitter is great if you know how to use it!
John Paul says:

Great tips.. I think Engagment is the most important and hardest to succeed at for most people.. it takes time and effort. .-= NEW from John Paul@Make Money With A Blog´s last blog ..There Is A New Blogging Star Born Everyday, Are You Next? =-.
- Hesham says:
  
  According to the Tweet Level, Trust is the most important thing, and Engagement is the hardest and this is why almost all Famous Tweeters are missing engagement!
  - John Paul says:
    
    I disagree with that. To get the trust you first have to engage with people. So makes more sense that engage is most important then trust. Engage first, trust comes right behind that. Problem is engaging takes time and effort, you have to be on twitter longer then 5 min a day lol Klout.com is another great tool to show how well your doing with your Twitter efforts. .-= NEW from John Paul@Make Money Every Day´s last blog ..There Is A New Blogging Star Born Everyday, Are You Next? =-.
    - Hesham says:
      
      5 what? man... I am spending hours on Twitter everyday, of course it's not continues or then I will got crazy :) but I work a lot on my computer and I check Twitter every 30 minutes or one hour! Your comment makes me think! Probably there is two two kind of people who use social media! - The first kind is those who started their social media life by engaging a lot with others, they gain trust, then maybe they got more busy life latter, so they don't have enough time today to engage more, but people are trusting them already from what they hear or see! - The other kind of people: They are Famous people out of twitter (especially actors/singers) they can simply be so trusted after making a movie, even if they never ever engaged with people in the real life! and when they do commercials or say buy this (especially to women) then people will run to buy the product acting they really trust them even without thinking! Are people getting crazy?! mmm... I know you are right about "Trust" John, but there is always something out of mind happening in the real world! I mean we all know @mashable and know Pete Cashmore the founder of Mashable.com and his work, and he is a very trusted person, but I never sow him engaging with anyone! probably because he is a busy guy running a big biz, but what the heck is @justinbieber ? what he did to the humanity to be #1 on Twitter? You know what? I think we should sing, dance or something to engage more and get the trust! ;) Thank you so much for telling us about klout.com, it great site, after all you are the expert John, I really trust you and I can not argue with you ;)
      - John Paul says:
        
        Hesham...I'm no expert.. but I do know me and you and most bloggers as normal every day people will need to Engage FIRST to get that TRUST. Now if you have a HUGE blog like Mashable, then you allready engaged and built that trust on your site, so it carries over to Twitter. BUT if you come to twitter with no big following from you site, then ON TWITTER you need to Engage first, the Trust comes after that. Now celebrities play with a whole different set of rules.. they get a free pass everywhere on Twitter too. So I agree, we need to start a bloggers sing and dance group..lol throw it on Youtube become famous then we can play with celebrity status lol .-= NEW from John Paul@Making Money´s last blog ..There Is A New Blogging Star Born Everyday, Are You Next? =-.
Murlu says:

Very interesting to see how they can measure your influence like this. To me, the main thing I strive for is engagement. I'm not allured by thousands of followers because I'd rather have a couple of people actually talk and carry a conversation rather than tweet something and hear nothing back. I love when someone brings up a great point or tweets something fantastic and share their own thought. It's one thing to use Twitter as an alternative to RSS, the real benefit is sharing your side of the story. If you tweet about a blog post, go ahead and tell people why you enjoyed it. Make a comment on the blog so when people do land on the page, they can see you're engage and not just passing links. I only wish I could use Twitter more during work. Although it makes me a little more unproductive, the ideas and conversations I have with people add a whole new level of engagement which, in turn, improves my work. .-= NEW from Murlu´s last blog ..Make Money Online By Uploading Files =-.
- Hesham says:
  
  I like this kind of tools because there is no other way better than a site do the work for you, it's so hard to calculate it by yourself! And yeah... you are right, we should edit the tweets before retweet them, this is really good thing to do, but sometimes the fast life force you to hit the "retweet" button ;) It's good to know yourself, what you can do.. and the most important thing is knowing what you want to do! Good luck buddy, and thanks for the awesome comments you put here on our blog ;)
Mars Dorian says:

Awesome Hesham, thanks, I appreciate the gesture ! I have just started using Twitter a 2 months ago, but I'm in deep luv with it - it is by far the best networking tool known by human nature ;) I just tried my twitter level - 48 - looooooots of work to do ;) .-= NEW from Mars Dorian´s last blog ..How to Expand Your Online Presence, and make people come back to YOU ! =-.
- Hesham says:
  
  I agree it's the best networking tool ever, and yes my Twitter level is that that good also ;) So... keep the good work and you will do just fine in short time!
Onibalusi Bamidele says:

Wow! grteat post. Your final advice made me laugh :) The above are great tips from you, I have always been looking for ways to get great results from twitter and I will make sure I implement all you listed above. Thanks a lot, -Onibalusi
- Hesham says:
  
  lol OK! I didn't came up with anything new, I was just sharing what I found and it makes a lot of sense!
Dev says:

Hey Hesham, You mentioned some awesome points ..!! and for ff recommendations.. i know everyone except nittygriddy ;) Thanks, Dev .-= NEW from Dev @ Blogging Tips´s last blog ..Get Organized Now to Avoid Blogger Burn Out Later =-.
- Hesham says:
  
  Thanks for stepping by Dev!
Nicole Bauer says:

Thanks Hesham, that Twitter Level thing is really cool. Very interesting to see who are the most important people on Twitter. .-= NEW from Nicole Bauer´s last blog ..It wasn’t me =-.
- Hesham says:
  
  You are welcome Nicole, and yes.. it's interesting to know who is important on Twitter, and also where are we from those guys ;)

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