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My simple guide to Twitter Using the new Twitter layout

Autumn 2010Part 4: Managing the flow of

information on Twitter

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Image from: http://passivecashmentors.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/information_overload_hydrant.jpg

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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/

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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)

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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

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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!

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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