If
you are into Twitter use and have not seen much return on your
investment of
time and effort, maybe you could use a more efficient way of working
with
Twitter.
If
you really want to build an effective network with Twitter, you're
going to
have to spend a lot of your time cultivating friendships.
Unfortunately, the
more time you devote to cultivating your Twitter network, the less time
you
will have to devote to other essential aspects of building a business
on the
Internet.
Happily
for you
though, several applications
have been produced to help you manage your Twitter use more
effectively.
Recently, a new resource called Tweetdeck was brought out and it has
been
getting some positive reviews in the blogosphere.
So
what is Tweetdeck?
Tweetdeck
enables ambitious Twitter users to maintain a more intense degree of
interaction with followers on Twitter without having to spend the whole
day
tweeting.
Unlike
rival applications, Tweetdeck can sort your network of tweeters into
ten unique
rows and view the whole lot of them on the screen simultaneously. This
means
you can define and tag different groups of followers.
The
default setting for Tweetdeck is three columns which split the tweets
into
messages that appear on your tweet page, @replies you send out, and
direct
messages that you send and receive.
At
the top of the Tweetdeck page there are some icons. Each one creates a
particular type of column when you click on it. For example, if you
click the
group button, a new column will appear with a list of the people who
are
following you. To create a specific group, all you have to do is click
on the
people who you want to include and choose a group name. This feature
allows you
to easily manage a number of conversations at the same time.
Tweetdeck also allows you
to set
up keyword
searches. When the keyword is contained within any message, that
message will
appear in the respective keyword search column, even if you are not
following
the person who sent message. You can of course choose to add
to your
categories from those who post messages containing the keyword you
selected.
Give
Tweetdeck a try and you'll quickly realize that it offers marketers a
powerful
way to connect with people who share common interests, or who may be in
the
market for the products that you offer.
Because
of the number of columns Tweetdeck can work with, the program tends to
spread
across the computer screen. Happily though, when you don't want to use
it, you
can easily minimize it. Once it has been minimized, it is easy to
monitor, as a
small window stays open at the top of the screen. If you don't mind
being
distracted every so often, you can configure it to "tweet" each time
it receives a message.
Tweetdeck
offers active Internet marketers who are involved in Twitter use a
convenient
solution to the problem of dealing with a large number of Twitter
messages.
This frees up some time for them to deal with all those important
website
business tasks that add purpose to the building of a large network.
