10 Video Tips For Getting More Out Of Tweetdeck

If you are not using Tweetdeck for you Twitter activity already then you really need to read this post. Tweetdeck is essentially a client for Twitter which means it takes the Twitter website and adds features and makes it a lot easier to use. I am not going to go into the technical side of things here as this is a post aimed at people who don’t know much about Tweetdeck at all. Your best bet is to go to Tweetdeck and download the service and start playing around with it using a few of the tips in the videos below. Users who have been using Tweetdeck for some time now might even pick up a few tips here that improve the experience and decrease the noise…

Filtering Out TV Shows, Conferences And Sports Events

This is something that people complain all the time about saying that Twitter gets too noisy when events are on but it really couldn’t be much simpler to cut all the noise out. Imagine there is a big rugby game on and you hate rugby…Just filter every single tweet out that subject out and concentrate on the rest of the conversation…

How To Get Business And Traffic

For many people the main aim of using twitter and services like Tweetdeck is to drive traffic to their websites or to get business leads. We can’t get away from that, it is a fact. I wanted to use the example of Lookandtaste my food website to illustrate how simple it is to find people in your niche and to help them with the questions they have to increase traffic and people coming to your site…

Searching For People Through Tweetdeck

Most people find people on Twitter by using the web or search and adding them that way. There is though a very good search functionality built in to Tweetdeck that not many people know about and that can help you to find and follow the right people in an instant.

Sorting People In To Groups

As you start to find more people to follow and interact with it can seem like you are getting a barrage of information through Tweetdeck which can be very hard to follow and make sense out of but if you follow this video and use the group functions you’ll be able to manage your account far more effectively.

Monitoring Your Brand Or Business

This works best for big brands and businesses but there is no reason why small businesses shouldn’t be getting involved with this as well and finding information that is relevant to their own niche or area. You should know what people are saying about you and your business and defending yourself wherever appropriate.

Managing Multiple Accounts

Not everybody will have more than one account but as soon as you do have more than one twitter account you will need to use TWeetdeck to monitor what is going on over multiple channels as it beats logging in and out of different accounts online. As I say in the video though be careful as it can be very easy to confuse different accounts and send out the wrong information.

Finding The Good Content

There can be an awful lot of noise and chatter on Tweetdeck and if you are like me and you use Tweetdeck for the main purpose of finding good content then you might want to follow a couple of these simple tips that will help you find all the great content that people are sharing.

Adjusting The Frequency

If you start following a lot of people you may find that your API count starts to run out and that you can’t do anything with Twitter for large periods of time through Tweetdeck so we show you a couple of ways of tinkering with your API settings to make sure you get the most out of Tweetdeck.

Making Tweetdeck Look Beautiful

This may seem trivial but you can change the look and feel of Tweetdeck and if it is something that you are going to be using for large periods of time you may want to consider having a little tinker around with some of the colours.

Seeing Where Your Clicks Come From

If you are using twitter to build traffic and are interested in seeing where your links go to and who clicks on them you will want to make sure that you are set up with a bit.ly account and that it is linked to your tweetdeck as we show you in the video.