How To Effectively Follow 15000+ People On Twitter Using These Tweetdeck Tricks

I often get the question “How do you follow so many people on Twitter”. Using Tweetdeck it’s actually quite easy. I made this video tutorial to show you exactly how I do it.

If you have any questions please leave a comment and I’ll be happy to answer them.

 

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  • http://twitter.com/CasperMcFadden Casper McFadden

    Excellent tutorial! I especially found helpful your use of search criterias. Brilliant!
    And I agree with you, twitter is a great forum to access some really great information. But it’s more too, for I also do find it a great place to network, learn and help people out.
    Thank you!!

  • http://www.romanticizethefallen.com Justin Kendall

    Nice video. I don’t have nearly as many followers as you (yet) but I had TweetDeck updating every minute for All Friends and I’d have 15-45 new tweets to look at by the time I looked back. I couldn’t even go to a link and see what it was about before I had TweetDeck yelling at me that someone had tweeted. It went off multiple times while I was watching the video. Hopefully things will be a little easier to do now. I’m glad you explained the API calls because I had no clue what that meant. All I knew was it kept going down and I had a feeling if it got to zero it would be a bad thing.

    • Teresita Simms

      I can relate to your situation with TweetDeck updating every 1minute, since I used the default settings. Now, I’m a little wiser.

      . . . great photos on your web site.

  • http://www.71.com.au Jason Cupitt

    Thanks! That was really helpful.
    Cheers,
    J

    • Paula Grunseit

      Jason babe I’m staging an intervention way BEFORE you get to 15,000 followers – you’re becoming a twaddict!

      Px

  • http://www.twitter.com/P0_P0 Napoleon B (@P0_P0)

    Wow, this is a great post. You don’t have to be following 15,000 people to benefit from these TweetDeck techniques, by the way.

    I find great links every day using twitter and Tweetdeck. Tweetdeck makes it so much easier to use twitter with the RT link, “Other actions…”, and the filters.

    Thanks!

  • http://www.nobullselling.com Hank Trisler

    Amazing stuff, Jesse. I had no idea what the filters were for, nor did I understand setting the API. I think you’ve just saved me HOURS a week. Thank you very much.

  • Teresita Simms

    Certainly grateful for the video, since I’m a new user. The explanations on adjusting the API slide and filter settings encourages me with reading more of the tweets and finding items of interest. Thank you very much.

  • http://www.affiliatebusinessadvisor.com Jon Mills

    Well done Jesse, enjoyed the video very helpful. Now I just have to get as many followers as you ;)

  • http://blog.thebusybrain.com TheBusyBrain

    Jesse, great article, and video! Consider following over 50,000 followers like I do (currently)! :)

    Don’t misrepresent the fact that it is physically IMPOSSIBLE to read everyone’s public tweets when you start following more than 5,000 or so people! Even during a low volume time! Tweetdeck is definitely a great tool in aggregating tweets, and grouping people into useful sub-categories etc.

    I do agree with you though… The more people you follow, (and that follow you) the more information and useful you are as a fellow Twitter’er! It feels nice to have the capability to send a message to thousands of people at a second’s notice that could potentially save a life, help a needy organization, spread breaking news, or MANY other potential situations!

    Join me! @TheBusyBrain

  • http://www.in-this-economy.com rondostar

    Very useful post. Tweetdeck can be overwhelming at first, and after you used it for a while. Keep up the good work.

  • http://printedproof.com Christian

    Very helpful video Jesse. Still getting the hang of things, had tweetdeck for few days now, what a difference. thanks for following me! keep the info coming!

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  • http://ariwriter.com Ari Herzog

    Are you following people because tools like TweetDeck enable you to run FILTERS? Or, are you following people because they provide VALUE to you?

    See, I’d argue by following less but influential people (who are already retweeting, sharing http links, etc), you will spend less time playing with the tools and more time being productive.

    • http://jessenewhart.com Jesse Newhart

      The human relationship is the most important thing to stay focused on in social media and probably in life in general.
      I don’t think that using technology to better service your community is a problem. Many people are already using filters to help sort their email for example.

      • http://heatherleigh.mp Heather

        The human relationship is the most important thing to stay focused on in social media…I love it that is so true..we all forget so easily how to help one another out!! Great info…

  • http://www.anythinggoesmarketing.blogspot.com Chad Horenfeldt

    Very helpful! Surprised you didn’t get into search criteria you can set up. You can also limit the tweets that you see from people you follow by making a small change in Twitter’s options. I don’t like to see when peopel I follow reply to other people. That cut down a ton of tweets that I got.
    @chadhorenfeldt

  • http://GeoEntelechy.blogspot.com Valerie Yakich (@GeoEntelechy)

    Thanks for the filter sugggestions. They sync well with some of the top 20 words/phrases that will get you the most retweets: http://twurl.nl/0c2f0m

  • http://getgoodsolutions.blogspot.com Sharon – good solutions

    Really learned a lot from your video. Great tips and advice. I stopped the video in the middle and went and changed my API settings. I loved your suggestions on how to help others on twitter. I feel like I can really utilize my time on tweetdeck to much better advantage now.

  • http://www.fameandname.blogspot.com Garrett

    This is a great tutorial. Thanks so much. I was changing my settings as I watched and Im really looking forward to following more people now whereas before, I wanted to keep the people I was following to a minimum because I didnt want to have to wade through thousands of useless tweets. Tweetdeck’s filter makes that task a lot easier! I Retweeted this link from @Twitter_tips.

  • http://TweetMania.com Trend Tracker

    Great post, Jesse. Not only to you do a terrific job of showing people how to effectively follow a lot of people on Twitter, but you also do a terrific job of answering the often-asked question of why would you bother to follow so many people on Twitter.

    As you point out, there is an incredible wealth of information being shared on Twitter. Whatever your interests are, on Twitter, there is sure to be an abundance of relevant resources. Being active and engaged with a lot of people on Twitter expands the opportunity for discovering and sharing.

    Again, great job. Always enjoy your tweets!

    http://Twitter.com/TrendTracker

  • http://www.loupage.com Lou

    Wow! Great tutorial on using Tweetdeck. Thanks for putting it together. I learned a lot of useful techniques.

  • http://iamkhayyam.blogspot.com Khayyam Wakil

    Now you’ve gone and done it again ;) Great job on bringing people up to speed. Speaking of speed, I think I’ll respond with a follow up for speed tweeters, ya?! :)

    Cheers mate and again, top notch job.

  • http://ecomind-thenewtrend.blogspot.com/ Are Morch

    And here I thought you was busy being a dad.

    Great article!

    Never thought about actually sharing cool tips like this on Tweetdeck. Awesome Jesse.

    Article is bookmarked. Will send a tweet also.

    Cheers..

  • http://www.myvirtualproject.com Susi Schuele

    Jesse – this was a fabulous video. As someone who has not been using Tweetdeck that long, I was waffling between that and Twhirl. Thanks so much! I re-tweeted!

  • http://www.bronsonharrington.com Bronson Harrington

    Thanks for posting this. I totally missed the filters buttons lurking at the bottom of the column and wow, what a difference they make.

  • http://johndobbs.com John Dobbs

    Excellent! Thanks so much! I noticed you did not have a Direct Messages column open … will those show up in ALL FRIENDS … or … how do you receive those?

    • http://jessenewhart.com Jesse Newhart

      I closed the DM column in Tweetdeck for the video because I didn’t want to compromise anyone’s privacy. DM’s are private messages after all : )

      • http://heatherleigh.mp Heather

        you are so thoughtful!!

  • http://www.CrazyAdventuresinParenting.com Lisa @ Crazy Adventures in Parenting

    Fabulous information! Thank you so much!!!

  • http://www.twitterpowersystem.com/blog/ Stuart Laing

    Excellent video Jesse. Until recently I’ve been using Twhirl, but as my Twitter account has grown Tweet Deck has made it much easier for me to manage my account effectively.

    The tips about the search filters to use are really useful. As an extra idea, if you post out a link, one of the best ways to see who has retweeted it is to search for the random numbers/letters at the end of the shortened link url.

  • http://www.twitter.com/P0_P0 Napoleon B (@P0_P0)

    I forgot to add that, like @TheBusyBrain, I like the groups feature on tweetdeck. I follow lots of news twitterers, also lots of designers. Having a separate column for each group makes it much easier to use twitter.

    • http://jessenewhart.com Jesse Newhart

      I agree Tweetdeck’s group feature is awseom but it gioes wonky after you follow around 6000 or so people. I contacted the Tweetdeck crew and they said they are working on it : )

  • http://twitter.com/BILL_ROMANOS Bill Romanos

    Another excellent video!
    Thanks Jesse!

    I am using your tips and I appreciate it.
    I agree with you on the group feature. It’s really not workable when you have as many followers as you or me, etc. So I have to use searches.

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  • http://www.DerrickJones.info Derrick

    Wonky?

    • http://jessenewhart.com Jesse Newhart

      I have an English friend who says wonky all the time. I take it to mean: all messed up : )

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  • http://www.mylifeceo.net Coral

    Hi Jesse
    I’m not using Tweetdeck yet but, now I’ve seen your helpful video, I’ll give it a try!
    Thank you

  • http://solofriendly.com Gray

    Thank you SO much for this tutorial! The layout on Tweetdeck seems so busy, I hadn’t figured out how it could possibly help me be more organized with my Twittering. This tutorial is perfect.

  • Cris

    Great, great use of filters there. You make it seem quite easy to follow so many people.

    What’s your opinion on having for instance TD for one information search account, and another app for personal use? My idea is I don’t want to lose the possibility of instant replies to friends’ public comments (that would only show up every 15 min with those TD settings)

    • http://jessenewhart.com Jesse Newhart

      I think it’s a great idea. : )

  • http://twittercism.com Sheamus

    An excellent video Jesse and I absolutely agree with your ideals about the way Twitter ‘should’ be used.

    I think we’re only beginning to scratch the service of what we can do with TweetDeck and as Twitter grows and improvements are made to external products these little tweaks and tips will become not only important, but somewhat essential to your enjoyment of the service, especially if you wish to maximise it in the way that you encourage.

  • Alan Ralph

    Thanks for the tutorial, Jesse… I’ve been using TweetDeck for a while, but you’ve shown me how to use its features to stay on top of my incoming tweets and use my time more effectively.

  • http://www.createthelifeclub.com/blog Lyndon

    Thanks Jesse,

    You have removed the fear I had of following too many people. Now I am excited because I will be able to effectively follow lots of people.

    thanks again

  • http://www.ioncorporation.com/blog mark ivey

    Jesse-excellent tips. I just finished posting a new blog “Getting Started on Twitter–5 Steps..” where I featured Tweetdeck. But I only scratched the surface on it, and these tips help. I’ve been using Tweetdeck 2 months now and continue to be impressed. The one downside is it requires a lot of memory and you can easily get addicted to it…so set aside certain times of the day to use it. Otherwise, great tool, great tutorial.

  • http://www.extreemcheapshop.xtreemhost.com/shop.php rena

    An excellent video.Thanks for sharing the tutorial.

  • http://www.twitter.com/thandelike Thandelike

    Sounds very useful….can you please post video on non-Youtube service for those of us in countries where it’s banned?

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  • http://ivanfilios.tumblr.com Francisco Ramirez

    Thank you for your tutorial. I thought Tweetdeck was too complicated before I saw your video, but I’m gonna start using it now.

  • http://www.twitter.com/lisahickey Lisa Hickey

    I just love when someone shares information that probably seems so obvious and intuitive to them but that makes the rest of us go “aha!” Thanks Jesse, every piece of info you gave was helpful.

  • http://www.bethelcollege.edu Erin Kinzel

    Thanks! Just this morning I suddenly felt the wonder of Twitter wear off, and was completely overwhelmed with the amount of information out there. What a blessing to come across this (via a tweet, of course) and learn some great tips for keeping it all under control. Will be RTing this for sure!

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  • http://www.quirkyjessi.com Jessi

    Great video. :)

    I’ve been using Tweetdeck for quite a while now, and picked up lots of little tricks along the way, so the only reason I clicked a link that was tweeted that said “Tweetdeck tutorial” was because it also said “for following large numbers.” I was really hoping to find more tidbits to help me use Tweetdeck more effectively, and I did!

    Usually when I use filters, it’s if I’ve had to step away from the computer and come back to loads of tweets. I’ll filter by names that my columns seemed filled with, check them all out in a row, and then mark them as seen and clear them. It helps to make sure that I’m not missing users who only tweeted once while I was away, but would otherwise be flooded out by the frequent tweeters.

    I’ll occasionally use it when I know I just saw a tweet a couple minutes before, but can’t remember who said it (or a link I opened and forgot the tweeter), but I never thought to search for http, ?, or please. All wonderful suggestions!

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  • http://she-conomy.com Stephanie Holland

    Thanks for the tutorial. I already loved Tweetdeck and had no idea what all it does. Thanks again!

  • http://authorlisalogan.blogspot.com Lisa Logan

    Wow, this blew me away! If TweetDeck is the glittering crown in my Twitter usage, your explanation of search filters is the crown jewel! And thanks for saving my API hide.

  • http://www.cedarandrose.com Rhonda Michelle

    What I enjoy most about your vid is your approach to & attitude about following a large # of people. I can hear the sincerity & your desire to help others in your voice & I really appreciate you pointing out some useful, specifics tips on how to manage a large # of followers, all under the context of being an active community member who provides real value. Volume with a purpose. Thank you! :)

  • http://www.media44.nl @_OK

    Wow, I just got a message about you following me at Twitter, so I checked out your profile. > 20.000 following and followers. Amazing! But now I understand how you can cope! :)

  • http://faughnblog.blogspot.com Adam

    As a fairly new Twitter and Twetdeck user, this is very helpful!

    Thanks!!!

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  • http://myopenlink.net/dataspace/person/tthibodeau Ted Thibodeau Jr

    If TweetDeck were a native application, I would certainly consider putting it to use. Your tips and tricks would be great to put into use.

    But I simply can’t stomach how AIR (Adobe Integrated Runtime) reinvented the GUI widgets and Adobe’s utter failure to observe any of Apple’s Human Interface Guidelines for Mac applications, which failure is inherited by TweetDeck and every other AIR-based application I’ve seen thus far.

    Not to mention that TweetDeck seems to lack some of the simplest things (yes, I’ve tried to use it), like indicating that some tweets have been read in some nice obvious GUI-ish way like, oh, say, dimming the text (Twitterrific figured this one out pretty damn quick).

  • http://businessmindhacks.com Alex Schleber

    A huge problem with Tweetdeck right now is that you cannot input more sophisticated queries on the “with Friends” stream, asf. And that the filters/searches and their results are not saved within the app.

    I’ve been experimenting with using my “with friends” RSS feed to Thunderbird (Mozilla Email client) to get this permanent filter effect, plus archiving of all tweets by keyword, and from there on down to the “with links” and “RT” examples you provide.

    Basically going from the very specific to the non-specific, and ending up with a residual pool of link-less, asf. tweets that can be sliced & diced for research purposes, but that has to be deleted every so often to not slow T-bird down too much (I’ve had up to 150k tweets in that residual folder, and it was getting too slow to search). All your targeted tweets are archived though, and T-bird does NOT have an issue using up the Twitter API limit too fast, or hogging massive memory and then crash and lose your current tweets every so often.

    Follow me on Twitter, I follow back:
    Twitter.com/AlexSchleber

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  • http://thecrazylady.net The Crazy Lady

    Thank you, Jesse! I got a lot out of the video. I never understood a lot of what was on Tweetdeck, let alone how the heck to use it! Much digital love, dude!

    Stay True, Stay Real.

    TCL

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  • http://www.FabulousFoods.com Cheri Sicard

    Thank you. this was very helpful and informative. I’ve used Tweetdeck a little bit, but you’ve opened my eyes to new useful things it can do.

  • http://www.supremextreme.com susaye

    Fantastic tutorial! Many thanks for clearing the fog. Cheers!

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  • http://twitter.co/lillyonthewater Lillyonthewater

    This was very helpful to listen to. Very clear and informative. Thanks so much for sharing your tips. I have bookmarked the site and will come back to view more when I get a chance.

    Much thanks!

  • http://www.doctorbenlo.com/blog Dr. Ben

    Yes…thanks for sharing, Jesse! I look forward to passing this on to others…in fact, I’ll go ahead and “tweet” it now…:)

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  • http://4theloveofmen.com Angie

    Wow! Thanks so much for these great videos. They have taken me from confused to confident. I will tell everyone getting started on Twitter to visit your site.

    Your generous spirit is inspiring. Hope the baby is doing well.

    Angie

  • http://www.merrickmgt.com Taryn Merrick

    Great tips for TweetDeck. I really enjoyed it, especially because you talk about give and take on Twitter, and helping others. Kudos to you!

  • http://www.twitter.com/tennischick38 Valerie

    Thank you, that was very helpful! Valerie

  • http://www.twitter.com/tennischick38 Valerie

    Thank you, that was very helpful! Valerie

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  • http://twitter.com/JamesStorm James

    Good tricks for using TweetDeck. However, if you are like me and use various mobile and browser based apps, then following that many people still is a challenge. i am not familiar with any mobile-based app that can also use your tricks.

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  • Deborah

    Any chance you can provide a transcript of your video?

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  • Aaron DelSignore

    Ernie Foss is right.Thanks for the tricks.

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