I have been using TweetDeck off and on for the last two years. I had a brief affair with Hootsuite, but after they began to charge for some of their services, I decided to go back to my first love, TweetDeck! The sounds of chirping birds every five seconds is music to my ear. Okay, I will say that I just recently turned the volume completely down and said goodbye to the little bird, but it was fun while it lasted.
One of the greatest advantages of using TweetDeck? I can have as many columns as I want. We’ll get into that later, perhaps with a TweetDeck 201 course. The main four columns I use is for general updates, mentions of my twitter handle, direct messages, and scheduled tweets. You can organize each column according to your preferences.
Let’s Begin.
- Log onto TweetDeck.com.
- Choose which application you would like to download. I highly recommend the desktop application first and foremost.
- You must have AdobeAir to install the application.
- You’re ready to use TweetDeck.
You can adjust the settings, column views, etc. according to your preferences, change your background colors, add your Facebook account, and more. Perhaps there are several blog posts to come.
How do you use TweetDeck? What’s your favorite Twitter application?
I’m a hootsuite guy. I started using Tweetdeck and would prob still be using it but when I started using it, it didn’t let you schedule your tweets. Does it now?
Yes, it let’s you schedule them. I still use Hootsuite for some things, like scheduling posts for Facebook, because it allows the links to show up. TweetDeck doesn’t do that. Also, TweetDeck allows tweets to show up in the corner. I like that as well.
Oh my… This is a timely post for me. I just — JUST — started using Tweetdeck. I can’t believe I was trying to work straight from Twitter beforehand.
Wow! So glad I could provide in the perfect timing. 🙂 If you have any questions, feel free to ask. Perhaps it could call for another blog post, as I created this one to help a friend, and you I guess. Have a great week!