What's the best time of day to "tweet"

AS Nikolas mentioned, you should test it out and see what kind of action you get. I've seen lots of different opinions on this specific question.

I tweet throughout the day, when there are things to say or I am interacting with people.

If we are talking about tweeting the same post for example...My general rule of thumb is to tweet between 8 and 8:30 AM to catch folks as they just get in to the office. At this time of the morning people are looking for that little distraction before they get right into the day.

I will tweet the post again between 3-4 PM to catch people during that afternoon slump, when they might be looking for another distraction. However, I try to be careful to ensure that the second or following tweets on the same post are clear and do not mislead people into thinking it is a new post.

Some recent studies have suggested that you should be curating about 40 percent of non-original content. So, 60% is original and the balance comes from other sources or are retweets. This comes back to the rule that you shouldn't just talk about yourself constantly.

Having said all that, everyone is different. There are some very successful bloggers out there who tweet the same posts over and over again and swear by their results. I guess this kind of harkens back to the traditional media "repeat 7 times" rule - you have to get the message in front of people seven times before it starts to sink in. However, that really depends on the message you are tweeting and the audience reach you have. I like to target relative #hashtags/channels rather than worry so much on the number of people following me.

Regards,
jim

I'd probably test it out by sending out the same tweet several times a day and see what type of response you get. I'd send one in the morning, one in the afternoon, and one in the evening. This is the only way to really find out how your followers will respond.

"9:00 am PST (Pacific Standard Time).Why?
Because you are hitting three major break times,

1. People arriving at work on the West Coast of America and Canada, ie Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Vancouver, etc
2. It coincides with lunchtime (12:00 pm EST) on the East Coast of America, ie New York
3. It coincides with the end of the business day in London (5:00 pm GMT)"

When is the Best Time to Tweet?

When to Tweet? Depends.

Use Tweriod to check your followers and when they're on. It analyzes your account for you and spits out a good formula, totally custom.

I read it from Michael Grey a while back:

How to Tweet From Your Archives Without Pissing People Off

What is the Best Time of Day to Tweet - Graywolf's SEO Blog

The tool is free to use:

Tweriod - Get to know when your Twitter followers are online the most.

Well thank you for the kind words. I really am loving the information sharing I see here in this community! Smart group of people! I think the general consensus we see building here is the old tried and tested: "It depends..."

Regards,
jim

There is no best time to tweet that fits all niches and all purposes.

I deal a lot with professional musicians and writers and even the times for those people vary, although we most often connect between 7pm-2am PST. That's still a large window of time.

Like someone else mentioned, it's best to use an automated service and send a series of messages at 4 or 6 hour intervals and see what type of responses you get. It also depends on your MWR (Most Wanted Response).

Are you going for people who will read your message and purchase something?

For me, I've never made a dime directly from Twitter. But I have made money indirectly from connecting with people there and then working together on a project.

I mainly use Twitter to connect personally with creative people I wish to work with, so it all depends on their schedule, which varies A LOT depending on whether you're actively working on a project or not.

As always your mileage may vary....

Michael