Are you wondering why there are so many people on Twitter?
How in the WORLD are you going to listen to all they have to say?
Well, you don’t have to, you only need to listen to the people who matter to you and weed out the other yahoos out there. Twitter has a service called Twitter Lists. This is a way you can organize the people you follow and put them into little categories.
You can build many different lists of people and even just organize the people you follow by topic, region, profession, groups of friends or family members. The lists are then shown on your Twitter page and can be viewed by anyone who visits your page, heck they can even start to follow your list. Another cool feature is that you can see the lists that other people have put you on and follow that list as well.
The lists that I have created include my fellow online business owners, a celebrity list, a Mommy Bloggers list, a local Sacramento list and a list that I appear on called Ask Erin Live which was created by Erin Blaskie.
Creating a Twitter List
- Go to your Twitter Page and select “New List“. Then you can name your list, create a description and select if you want your list to be public or private.
- After you have your list created you will need to add people to it. Go to the pages of the people that you want to add to your list and simply click the list button and add that person to your list.
- Once your lists are created you can edit them at anytime by clicking the “View all” link under the Lists section of your profile page. Once on the list page just select the “Edit” link to rename your list or adjust the privacy settings. To remove people from the list simply click on their thumbnail photo or the “View all” link under the Following section and you can adjust which list (if any) they appear on.
Things You Can Do With Your Twitter Lists
You can add your Twitter Lists to your blog or website by using either Twitters List widget or the one that I used on my website by Tweet Grid. If you are a HootSuite user you can integrate your Twitter Lists as columns.
More Resources
Here are some more resources you can check out about Twitter Lists and see what these experts have to say
Twitter’s Blog – Posting “There’s a List for That”
Mashable – “10 Ways You Can Use Twitter Lists“ and Twitter Lists Guide
So, how will you use your Twitter Lists?
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