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Thursday, February 5, 2009
Part Four - Tweetdeck Makes Twitter Make Sense
To be totally honest, I didn't like Twitter when I signed up. I didn'tunderstand the point of it. To me it was just another social networkto waste my time. But now I know that you can't grasp
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of what's going on in Twitter using just the Twitterwebsite.You have to have a way to manage and understand all thatinformation for it to be useful.I'd recommend you get straight on to downloading a desktop 'Twitter Client' likeTweetdeck.For me it's 'message/info management' central; a filter that separates out the 'noise'. Itenables you to focus in on certain groups of people, specific topics people are talking about,plus see all your direct replies and @replies on one screen so you can respond quickly.Following lots of people isthe way to gobecause you pick up on all sorts of things youwouldn't normally. But it can be overwhelming when the tweets are whizzing by and you're just getting bits and pieces of conversations, but never the full story.Tweetdeck allows you take the control back over what you want to read and who you wantto follow. By creating groups and searches, and by seeing all the information laid out rightthere, you can gain a better grasp of how Twitter can be used as an awesome networkingand educational medium, as well as an excellent viral marketing tool for businesses andindividuals.I'll show you what I mean. I've broken my Tweetdeck screen down in to 6 vertical columns:1.Everyone's tweets - this is the feed you see in your normal Twitter account (the onlyfeed!)2.Just @me replies - so I know who's talking to me and can reply quickly3.Just Direct Messages to me - only I see these4.Tweets from anyone in my geographic area - I created this group & add to it all thetime5.Tweets from people in eLearning & training - another group so I can follow these 2topics6.An updating search on 'Litmos' & 'online training' - anyone mentions these words,I'll see it!
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