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Mashable is reporting that the top twitter trend to watch is some bloggers migrating to tweeting because they can get their point across in 140 characters or less. While I could see this among the bloggers who are more humor-based in their blogging I don't know that this is going to be as big a trend as the people at BlogWord think. What do you think?

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This thread began in October 2009, when Twitter’s 140-character limit made the idea of “bloggers migrating to tweeting” feel plausible. The short answer: some bloggers will shift part of their output to Twitter, but wholesale migration is rare. Twitter’s brevity serves different purposes than a blog, so the two are complementary rather than interchangeable.

As suggests, humor- and headline-driven writers naturally map to short-form bursts. is correct that tight limits force clarity but lose the nuance and “stickiness” that long posts create. What both posts omit is a practical way to split responsibilities: use microcontent for discovery, conversation and realtime commentary; keep long-form for tutorials, case studies, SEO, archives and monetization.

Practical checklist for integrating tweeting with blogging:

  • Define primary goals (traffic, engagement, lead generation or brand building).
  • Keep canonical content on the blog; use Twitter to amplify and to drive readers back to owned pages.
  • Repurpose one long post into a short thread: hook, 2–4 key points, closing CTA with link to full article.
  • Use visuals or a strong first tweet to increase click-throughs.
  • Schedule and batch microcontent for consistency; monitor link clicks, time-on-page, bounce and conversions.
  • If revenue or search visibility matters, retain the blog as the primary archive.

Measure outcomes and adapt. If a writer’s goal is quick conversation and follower growth, more tweeting is sensible. If the goal is long-term authority, detailed how-tos, or ad/subscription income, the blog stays central. In practice, the most effective strategy seen since 2009 is hybrid: use Twitter to attract attention, blogs to capture and convert it.

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Well, 140 characters limitation for twitter reminds me of the ancient days of the telegram. It had to be succinct and straight forward. But you know what it was lost? The ability to make it fuzzy - make it sticky - which blogs have been able to create. Thus, it becomes more of a financial ticker stream.

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