#HootTip: Adding Lists In Your Web Dashboard
Last week we kicked off our weekly #HootTip feature with a handy tip all about Re-Tweet styles. Today we’re continuing with another useful feature from the HootSuite dashboard to help you keep up to date with all the ways to monitor and engage on the social web.
Each #HootTip will help you explore the many tools and powerful features in HootSuite to help you along the path to Owl-hood.
Create and Manage Lists from the Nest
HootSuite is great for creating search streams to track the topics you’re most interested in.
However, the amount of content can be tough to keep up with. So how can you be sure not to miss the messages from the people that you’re most interested in following?
The answer is Twitter Lists — a powerful way narrow down the content you want to follow most closely, in a simplified view. Lists can be used in a number of different ways. Create one for your lunch buddies, co-workers, event attendees or to endorse your Twitter favorites.
Check out some examples of Twitter Lists @HootWatch where we have our contacts sorted by industry.
Here’s how:
- Click the + Add Stream button on the left-side of the dash and then click the Lists tab in the pop up window
- Select the Twitter profile you want to create a list for, and click the ‘Create a new list’ option
- Enter a name for your new list, a description (optional), and select whether your list will be public or private
Adding Contacts to Twitter Lists
From the Contacts page can drag and drop people that follow you — or people that you follow — into your lists (remember to select the Twitter profile you want to manage first).
List creation and management is also available for HootSuite mobile. Later this week we’ll be releasing a bonus #HootTip that explains how to use lists on the go.
Like many updates, we’ve added these handy features based on your helpful feedback. What’s your next idea?
Keep an eye out for a new #HootTip each week – they’re short, sweet and Re-Tweetable so you can share your HootSuite expertise with your friends and followers. Some lucky RTers may just find themselves with a #HootKit… it’s our way of saying “thanks for spreading the word.
Can you guys do a video, much easier to understand.
Check out all the great fan created videos on the “Fan videos” playlist on the http://youtube.com/hootsuite
You left out the next step – where is the contacts page? And how do you drag and drop between them?
cant add lists onto the web dashboard! it says ‘information does not exist on twitter.com’.
Please visit the Help Desk for assistance with this: http://help.hootsuite.com
thanks!
Can you point to the specific link on this issue Dave? I searched it in the help, but it came up with no results.
Here is a collection of articles about Lists: http://help.hootsuite.com/entries/243017-what-are-lists
If you don’t see want you seek, start a new thread in the Community Support Forums.
best, dave
Why don’t you guys do this in a video format. Still don’t understand how to follow a topic, and I have a Twitter book for dummies, I need one called for SuperDummies. And nothing good on youtube.
Check out the “User Generated Tutorials” section on the Help Desk: http://help.hootsuite.com and there are dozens of great videos in the “Fan Videos” playlist at http://youtube.com/hootsuite
“You left out the next step – where is the contacts page? And how do you drag and drop between them? [Reply]”
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Well, sorry to say that this doesn’t really work very well.
Fist of all , the lists are created and can be verified at twitter.
When trying to add a person into the list by clicking on the persons name, choosing “add to list”, the drop down list is populated, however, when choosing and clicking on add it says‘information does not exist on twitter.com’
Also, when clicking “add stream” going to twitter and the list tab the list of created lists is empty. Again looking at the original twitter.com shows the list.
If you create the list, populate in twitter.com the hootsuite can display it correctly. All in all, this feature is not working properly.
Please, fill out a ticket at http://help.hootsuite.com
“List creation and management is also available for HootSuite mobile. Later this week we’ll be releasing a bonus #HootTip that explains how to use lists on the go.”
Is it possible to add people to lists in HootSuite for Android?
NO!
Twitter has a maximum of 20 lists to manage but I need more lists to arrange tweets from people.
Adding a stream with a search string like: FROM:account1 OR FROM:account2 only allows a few characters, not enough to complete the list.
How to extend the list functionality with Hootsuite?
Thanks for your feedback Arno – that functionality is not available in HootSuite at this time.
I wish we’d be able to select several lists at the time to our stream, instead of one by one. As someone who monitors many lists, this process of adding one at a time is a bit cumbersome.