January 12

Tweetdeck Basics

Posted by Trevor . Filed under Desktop Application, Tools | 14 Comments

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For those of you who are not avid users of Twitter tools, or really haven’t has the need for any “power user” kind of features, Tweetdeck can be a bit intimidating. Below are a couple quick videos to help you get acquainted with some of the features.

Overall the features are pretty similar to the Twitter site, just laid out a little better for someone using Twitter for more than telling their followers about their crappy coffee.In the videos below, I will show you a few of the basics to get you started.

In the videos you see below, you can click on the icon next to the Screener logo to watch them in a larger screen. You will probably need to do this to see what is going on and follow along.

(*Please leave a comment below bout the use of video. I am auditioning different screen capture programs, so things might change a little over the next few months.)

In the first video, I am going to go over the lay of the land covering briefly the buttons and what where things are located

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In the second, I am going to show you how the columns work. The columns, as you will see, are where all the magic gets done. They allow you to sort, sift, filter and move things into an organized way that makes sense to you.

You can have quite a few columns, but I would recommend not having a ridiculous number of them. Use them for to track hashtags, people, topics and anything else you may need at the time. If you are starting a marketing campaign, this is a great way to track how many and who are retweeting your message.

How do you sort your columns?

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  9. Annamaria Rufi on May 15th, 2010 at 5:39 am

    Howdy there,Great blog post dude! i am just Fed up with using RSS feeds and do you use twitter?so i can follow you there:D.
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  11. martell on September 9th, 2010 at 12:53 pm

    I am a newbie, matter of fact, the first time I heard about TweetDeck was yesterday. My question is, how do I get started? for instance, do I have to create some social networking accounts before I get into TweetDeck?. Any suggestions that you may care to offer will be greatly appreciated.

    Cheers

    martell

  12. Trevor D on September 11th, 2010 at 8:25 pm

    Your best bet is to find a social media site that interests you and create an account. If it is one of the several you can manage via Tweetdeck, then you are all set.

    Another option is Sessmic desktop , they just released the new version. It allows you to access a wider range of sites.

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