In part one we talked about Twitter Lists being largely a organizational tool, and they are. This post highlights the rich experience and benefits I’ve had by creating just two Twitter Lists. Here’s my entry/early strategy and experience for Twitter Lists:
List 1) Met at Events & Networking
This list is totally private and consists of all the contacts I make at conferences like the recent BlogWell in Atlanta. Now, I do follow the people that I sincerely connected with, but I also put them under that list. This gives me the chance to keep tabs on every hand-shaken and build on the relationship if appropriate – without cluttering up my homepage.
List 2) The Freesources on Freesourcing.org
This list it totally public. Before Twitter lists ALL of these 70+ Tweeps were under my regular followed stream so I could try and keep tabs on them – it wasn’t very effective. Since I’m only in contact with a handful of our Freesources, I’ve unfollowed most of them and placed ALL of them under @freesourcing.org/freesources – this has cleared up my homepage for my mainstream tweeps, lets me check up on Freesources easy as a click, and build a relationship when appropriate.
Now that I’m in a flow with Twitter Lists, my Tweeting experience is clearer and massively more time efficient. Next up for me: researching the lists of others, and maybe creating another list…who knows! If you’re having a great experience with Lists, please share in the comments or with us on Twitter @freesourcing.
