Experiment results: Linking vs. sharing info on Twitter

Last Friday I asked you which you prefer: sharing links to blog posts on Twitter – or actual information in the tweet.

Over the past week, I took some recently popular blog posts, broke them down into 140-character, “bite sized” pieces – and made a list of about 50 of these. I then used Tweetlater to automatically update my Twitter account with useful information.

Before the experiment I had 1,871 followers; after, 1,963. I also got a 7 retweets, but new followers and retweets may not be the most efficient metrics for determining effectiveness. I think your feedback is most valuable.

I know many of my readers here follow me on Twitter, so what did you think? Did you like the tiny tips, or do you prefer less “noise” and a link to the full article?