How to use and organise twitter lists

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. Creating lists is also great for SEO (we do very good Search Engine Optimisation Training if you need it) if people link to yours!

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.

add-to-twitter-list

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.

delete-list-twitter

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Magnus says:

I’ve created a list, with my own feed included, for the purpose of publishing it on my blog as “interesting on twitter”. Unfortunately the list doesn’t seem to catch up my tweets that are answes to others (@tweets). Any idea on why?

Thanks for a great guide!

Natasha Stone says:

No problem – glad it was useful :-)

Yes Twitter lists don’t seem to include mentions / @ replies at all – I guess to reduce congestion in the feed… bit annoying though! RTs do come up though.

Natasha

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