Reasons Why everybody should create a Twitter list
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Twitter Lists are great new way to organize information and follow tweets on Twitter. The feature makes Twitter a lot more useful. It works best for categories. It is very similiar to making groups in TweetDeck or any other Twitter application. Twitter lists contain all the tweets from the twitterers you have added to the list.
One of the best features of Twitter Lists is that you can add people to your lists that you are not following. You can add someone to one of your lists by using a tab that appears next to their profile. When you hover over the tab your Twitter Lists appear and you can check the box next to the List you want to add them to.
Here are few of the features of the Twitter Lists:
- You can make up to 20 lists.
- Each list can have up to 500 twitterers.
- Lists can be private or public.
- You can add people to lists even if you don’t follow them.
- You can follow lists made by other people.
- You can change the title of a list at any time.
- The url path for lists is twitter.com/username/nameoflist
- Twitter shows you who is following each list.
- Twitter shows you how many lists you are listed on.
Reasons Why you should create a twitter list
- Get organized. If you’re following a bunch of Tweeters, it can be overwhelming to keep track of everyone. Organize your Tweeters into groups.
- Offers a more meaningful metric of influence : This is a new metric of influence that sits somewhere between followers and retweets – but one that indicates how frequently other Twitter users who are creating their own lists are including you on their list
- Allows you to easily follow a trusted group of individuals.
- Gives brands an opportunity to aggregate multiple accounts : with Twitter Lists, brands can aggregate all their accounts together in a list
- Find cool new people or companies to start following.
- Be a leader in your niche. Create the best list for your niche. Whether you’re selling Irish products, commercial printing, or IT services, you can create a twitter list of the most valuable twitter accounts to follow.
- Get new followers. If you add someone to your Twitter List, and they are appropriately flattered, they may start following you. This can be a good opportunity for new business, new followers, and referrals.
- List of Customers. Make a mini-community of your previous customers or existing customers.
- Create a mini-community that relates to your product. Create a list of users that use your product.
