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Twitter has introduced Twitter Lists to a select group of beta users quite a few by the look of it!

Like “groups” in other 3rd party applications like Hootsuite and Tweetdeck Twitter Lists enable users to follow collections or groups of related Twitter users specify such as geographical location or specific subject area or interest. This will prove invaluable for clients such as ourselves who may want to follow people from a wide range of not necessarily related areas such as project management, design, personal development etc.

5 Things you need to know about Twitter Lists

1. Twitter Lists appear as sub-categories like folders containing related users.
2. You can add people to you lists without following them
3. You can follow other people’s lists, too, making it useful to find interesting people to follow for certain subject areas. if you are interested in social media our twitter/social media list is a good one to follow or you could take a look at the Listorious great list of lists to follow!
4. You can add followers to multiple lists, and you can add or delete them easily.
5. Lists can be public or private so you can keep your clients private and your resources public if you wish.

HOW TO MAKE TWITTER LISTS

• On any user’s Twitter page, click the “Lists” button above the timeline and choose “New list.”
• Name your list and choose whether it will be public or private
• Your list of links will appear on the right side of your profile page, on your public profile page and under your Lists page.

HOW TO ADD OR DELETE FROM THE LIST

Look for the “Lists” button next to each user on your follower/following pages or on a users’ profile page.

HOW TO DELETE A LIST

Click on the list on the sidebar of your page and use the edit/delete button on the right hand top of page.

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This entry was posted by Heather Buckley on Thursday, October 29th, 2009 at 3:37 pm and is filed under SEO, Sales and Marketing, Social Media. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.