Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn all enable you to group your contacts into lists. These lists can be used to send updates to specific groups and to filter news feeds..
BE ORGANIZED, PRODUCTIVE WITH SOCIAL MEDIA
by Barbara Moore
Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, New York
October 20, 2010
Social media is not only a great way to stay connected, it can help you become more organized and productive.
Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn all enable you to group your contacts into lists. These lists can be used to send updates to specific groups and to filter news feeds.
In Facebook, grouping your friends into lists is helpful if they include a variety of people. For example, I have lists for work friends, non-work friends, relatives and classmates. Friends can be placed in multiple lists and you can send updates to specific lists. This is great for separating your personal and work life. Facebook lists also work when setting privacy controls, sending events notices and filtering news feeds.
Getting started is as simple as creating Facebook friends lists by selecting Edit Friends. Then click Lists on the left and Create New List at the top of the page. Now you're ready to network.
A Twitter feature lets you group people you follow into lists. Categories I use include: Rochester news, national news, computer training experts, Rochester businesspeople and politicians. With that done, it is easy to use lists and quickly scan tweets from people in that category.
To take advantage of this feature, create a Twitter list. Begin in your home page and click on New List in the right side column.
LinkedIn lets you tag your connections to make lists. Trust me, as your LinkedIn connections grow, you will be glad you have assigned tags to quickly access subsets of your business network. To tag your connections, on your home page select Contacts, My Connections and click Manage next to the Tags tab on the left side of the page. Assign one or more tags to each of your connections.
Now you're ready to get connected and keep up with the messages that are important to you. Happy networking!
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