Tweetdeck looks like just the thing I’ve been looking for.

Thanks for this video, showing the functionality.

I’ll be able to get hold of the software and hit the ground running, now that I’ve watched the vid.

Cheers buddy,

Andrew.
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As one of Alex’s students I have learnt about the power of Social Media but I must admit that I haven’t signed up for Twitter yet because of the stories I hear about spam and thought that I would end up spending too much time on unproductive maintenance tasks keeping this under control.
But thanks to your video on Tweet Deck I can now see that there are ways to control this.
I am now more encouraged to join Twitter with less fear of it turning into a nightmare.
Cheers,
Andrew Graham (an Aussie…..but don’t hold that against me)
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This video was extremely helpful for me because I have been feeling very overwhelmed with the amount of tweets I've been getting from people from all over. Because of this I've almost ignored Twitter because of the that I didn't know how to organize the messages into any coherent method.

Just like you, I downloaded TweetDeck about four months ago, but I ended up putting it on the back burner. I didn't know I could create the groups and filters like you set up here. Because of this I'm going to dust off TweetDeck and start adding from good friends into my group (don't worry, you'll be included =P)

Get ready to hear more from me on Twitter!

Thanks again, bro.
Joe

Yeah, thats what swung it for me finally was the free iPhone app. I pretty much use my iPhone for everything these days so that was a must!

Awesome video! I have the desktop version (although I haven't got to grips with it yet!), and am downloading the version for my iPhone as we speak I didn't realise this was available!

I will get them set up and start using them over the next couple of days!!…Thanks

Talk real soon,

Paul

Using some third party software for Twitter is definitely the way to go. I use Seesmic Desktop because I have too many followers for tweetdeck to handle if I wanted to set up another group.

Being able to filter only the people you are really interested in and making it simple to post shortened urls makes using this type of software a must if you are going to seriously use Twitter to interact with your followers.

Good job on getting such a response from your followers though. I must have way too many deadbeats on my account though I have found recently I am getting more retweets etc. I am always open to interacting with people who want to interact with me and that won't change no matter how huge my following grows to.

David

Yes, I definitely agree that quality over quantity is the most important aspect – and in the past I got a music brand that had 46k subscribers on their list and when I started working with them I walked in and culled almost 3/4 of their list on them – because they were unresponsive and in most cases weren't interested in being on their list.

However, Twitter's a curious entity in this respect because so many people really do pay heed to the follower count.

As you say – without being able to filter the noise with TweetDeck (or something similar) it's a nightmare – but being able to filter out the noise *AND* get that social proof has to be a winner.

I think Twitter Grader sum this up perfectly – if you haven't already read the post at http://grader.com/blog/ I really recommend it. It gives a great insight on how they give Twitter gradings/rankings – and also puts a different spin on the current backlash against high Twitter counts.

Anyways, I'm writing an essay again… LOL… Really want to catch up with you soon on Skype bro if that's cool?

Speak soon!

Iain.

Finding out you could setup groups however tipped me over the edge as the noise was just getting too much!

I agree, there is SO much spam on Twitter, this was completely stopping me from enjoying it, I only have around 1,300 followers which is kind of deliberate up until now. I wanted a small but focused and responsive following and that seems to have worked well. I get around 50 clicks when I sent a link out and alot of RT's etc. (I think I had over 120 unique clicks on one link in one tweet before so I was pretty happy with that!)

Now I have found this technique to "filter" through the noise on Twitter I will be growing my following because I can still focus on the people I want to focus on as my follower amount grows so its a great tool because of that.

I agree with the social proof point you bring up, that is very true. I still believe quality is more important that quantity but both is even better! (And the social proof point is certainly a valid one)

SPeak soon Iain!