First, twitter is new for me, so I had no idea what trending topic was… , but I can see that Terri Miller wants to have Castle TT

So, this is what I read about it… (probably some of you already know about these stuff , but maybe this info will help us to do it right)

1. You cannot trend a

topic if you tweet more frequently.

This is tested and proved from my

experience. Many people think that if you tweet more about a hashtag, like

adding a hashtag to every tweet of yours, you can make that hashtag trend.

Wrong. Hashtags depend to a certain level on frequency but that’s not all, they

have to be diverse and collective. That means if you have five friends, and

they add a hashtag to all of their tweets, its very unlikely that hashtag

trends.

2. More than number of

Tweets, its the number of people tweeting about a hashtag that matter.

That’s the most simple version of it.

The most important factor for a hashtag (or topic) to trend depends on how many

people are tweeting about it. And of course, the whole equation is relative to

the number of people active on Twitter. But talking about things in

perspective, its better to have 100 people tweet about a single hashtag less

frequently, than 5 people tweeting the same hashtag more frequently to make it

trend. The frequency becomes secondary nature here, but the volume or number of

people tweeting is the primary focus.

3. More people, using

the same hashtag, more frequently at a steady pace

That’s the formula if you are looking

for one. Think about it, its natural is it not ? Let’s say we have an event

like an Oscar night, and even without someone trying, its likely that more

people from around the world tweet about it at the same time. That’s a natural

trending topic. An artificial one (someone trying to game it) cannot possibly

match the volume of a natural trending topic.

4. Size doesn’t matter

but Time Zones does.

If you’re outside the U.S, you’d already know what

I mean. Certain times are favourable for region specific natural trending

topics. Let’s say an event that’s taking place in the U.S in the morning, will

have a chance to trend naturally as more and more people start tweeting about

it in the day time there. At the same time, its night/ dusk at other parts of

the world, and it might not be wise to artificially trend a topic at that time,

as naturality favours the U.S twitter users. Similarly, for an event that’s

happening let’s say in India during the afternoon would have a good chance to

trend, with less effort that at night (in India).

the whole article http://www.dailybloggr.com/201…..ow-not-to/

and another one http://news.buzzgain.com/how-m…..n-twitter/

Let's see if we can do it, it seems very important for Terri and it will be very good for Castle!