I confess, when I see someone’s tweet (twitter post) and I believe it’s worth Retweeting (passing it on to my network of Twitter followers by adding a RT or Retweet to the beginning of the message) I’ll often swap out any short url links they’ve embedded in their tweet for one of my own?

Why this potentially nefarious breach of Twitter protocol (by the way, I don’t know if this is or not so chime in with your comment if you have an opinion)?

Simple. I want to know if what I’m tweeting is of value to those who follow me and by using a short URL with analytics service like http://cli.gs I can do this.

The following illustrate my point:

1.) The original tweet…

This post interested me because I was considering using the Auto DM feature of SocialToo myself.

2.) My Retweet

Using cut and paste - or Twitter platforms like TweetDeck to this automatically - I created a Retweet of the @SocialToo post but with my own short URL created via http://cli.gs

3.) Are my Twitter followers interested?

A short URL service like Cli.gs allows me to easily track what interests my followers the most. This feedback allows me to focus on adding more value by knowing what resonates.

What do You Recommend?

If you have your own Twitter analytics tools or comments of any sort related to this post, please let me know. Oh, and be sure and follow me on Twitter.