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Simple guide to TwitterPart 4 of 4Managing the flow of information on Twitter
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My simple guide to Twitter Using the new Twitter layout
Autumn 2010Part 4: Managing the flow of
information on Twitter
Image from: http://passivecashmentors.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/information_overload_hydrant.jpg
Benefits of using Twitter• Short headlines• Instant/live• You select what you want – not like
Facebook where your friends might share stuff you don’t care about – you choose your friends more carefully on Twitter!
• There are lots of Twitter analysis tools
Twitter lists• When you choose who to
follow you can add people to different twitter lists
• Click on the list button to add the person to a list
• So, you might have a list called ‘government depts’ – you can just view that list rather than all the people you follow on Twitter
List button
Lists• You can also look at other people’s
lists and quickly follow a whole list. Click on ‘listed’ under the person’s name.
• Then choose a list you like the look of• Then you can click ‘follow this list’
and follow all the people on that list
Twitter news sites• There are some sites which take all
the links shared by people you follow on Twitter and create an online newspaper out of it. Two excellent examples are:
• Twitter Times: http://twittertim.es/ • Paper.li: http://paper.li
Twitter news sites• You can either create your own
version of these news sites or view other people’s
• Here are mine:http://paper.li/vahva http://twittertim.es/vahva
Saving and archiving tweets• A simple way of saving tweets to return to
later is by making them a ‘favourite’ by clicking on the star under the tweet – you can view them at any time by clicking on ‘favourites’
• If you want to save certain tweets and also analyse tweets based on a theme or event these tools are useful:
• Twapperkeeper: http://twapperkeeper.com/ • Archivist:
http://archivist.visitmix.com/
Search and analysis tools • Visit these sites to see the different things
you can do with Twitter• Twitter for busy people:
http://www.twitterforbusypeople.com• Twitterfall: http://twitterfall.com/• Tweetgrid: http://tweetgrid.com/ • Tweetdeck: http://www.tweetdeck.com/beta/
(this is a download rather than a website but is a very useful way to manage lots of followers)
Approaches to using Twitter• Have Twitter open most of the time (I use
Twitter Gadget: http://www.twittergadget.com/ on my iGoogle page)
• View Twitter in short bursts• Read a Twitter ‘newspaper’• View Twitter using your lists to distil
information in groups • View topics by using the search bar or
clicking on trends or using an eventhashtag
Thanks for viewing!• Thanks for viewing these slides. If
you found them useful, why not tweet the link?!
• See you on Twitter, I’m @vahva!
End of part 4 (of 4)• View the other parts in the series at:
http://slideshare.net/bryonytaylor Part 1 – Why should I join Twitter?Part 2 – Creating your profilePart 3 – TweetingPart 4 – Managing the flow of
information on Twitter