Organize Your Twitter Clutter

 

Using Twitter for the first time can be very, very confusing.  At first, it seems like there are a million conversations going on at once… well, there are.  The trick to organizing and getting the most out of Twitter is in  using Lists.

 

Here are a few things you can use Twitter Lists for, and how they’ll help.

 

Dividing Up the Tweeters

 

If you’re like me, you probably follow 100+ people. Try dividing them up by using lists, either by relationships, topics, or whatever you’d like. (clients, realtors, technology, news, etc.). You’ll still have a very cluttered news feed, but by looking at your lists, you’re feed will be sorted and you’ll be able to sort out what news/updates you want much more efficiently.

 

A ‘To Follow’ List

 

If you’re launching a new real estate marketing campaign, a great first step is to start making connections by finding people to follow.  The best way to find people to follow is by starting a private list and adding accounts I would like to follow as you find them. Then, when you start following accounts from the ‘To Follow’ list, do so gradually over several days. This allows you to ramp up gradually, without appearing to be a spammer or a bot.

 

Follow without following

 

Ever encounter a person or feed that you want to follow, but you just can’t bring yourself to do so? Well, even though that would probably be considered stalking in the real world… don’t worry, it’s okay in Twitter world.  Simply create a list for those feeds, without following them.  Then after a few days, or weeks, you can ditch them if their feed isn’t worth following… or, follow.

 

Lists Will Serve as Reminders

 

Ever look at a person you follow and wonder why the heck you started following him/her in the first place? By creating lists by topic, relationship, or using some criteria, you could know right away that @JeepJoe7 is your second cousin twice removed on your mom’s side from Maine, and that @MsPickyPants is a client you worked with for 8 months before finding her the perfect 2 bed condo.  @JeepJoe7 could be in a List called ‘Friends & Family’, and @MsPickyPants could be in list called ‘Clients’.

 

This is just brushing surface of using Twitter Lists.  People have gotten very creative with Lists, and have used them for things far beyond just sorting.  How are you using lists to help out your Twitter campaigns?

 

By the way, you can follow me there @ReatlyPlug - Hopefully, I can make one of your Lists!

 

Bryan Bowles
Founder of RealtyPlug

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