Here is my advice on how to get to grips with Tweetdeck: 1. In lesson 4 we looked at Tweetdeck, going from the basics to advanced newsgathering in the space of 40 minutes creating Twitter Moments and we discussed social media guidelines. I teach on the Interactive Journalism MA at City University. This is a great solution for those who only have a couple minutes a day to spend on Twitter.Lesson 4: How to use Tweetdeck + tips on Twitter Moments You can schedule as many tweet as you want, using multiple Twitter accounts with TweetDeck. Scheduled tweet worked properly, you should be able to come back to your computer and see that your tweet was successfully posted on your Twitter profile while you were away. CHECK YOUR TWITTER PROFILE FOR THE SCHEDULED TWEETS If the.Now you can leave your computer and wait for TweetDeck to do the tweeting for you. A column labelled “Scheduled Updates” will appear in your TweetDeck application for you to keep track of scheduled tweets. Press “Set Time” and then press “Send Today XX:XX” to finish the scheduling. Once you save those settings, the window will close and you will be able to resume scheduling your tweet Press the button with the clock icon again and choose the date and time that you want the tweet to be sent out. All you have to do is enter your email address and a password. If you don’t already have an official TweetDeck account, TweetDeck will ask you to sign up for one. Beside the “Send” button, you should see a button with an icon that looks like a clock. You made in the previous step to be sent out at a specific time, automatically. SCHEDULE YOUR TWEETS Now it’s time to schedule the tweet.TweetDeck will automatically shorten your links using the Bit.ly URL shortener. If it is longer, TweetDeck will automatically set it up so that readers are sent to a third party application to read the rest of the tweet. Write your tweet in the input box provided, making sure it is no more than 140 characters. The other accounts that appear to be black and white will remain deactivated.
However, if you have multiple accounts set up on TweetDeck, you need to click on the tiny Twitter “t” and corresponding profile image at the top of the window so that it shows up in color, which activates that particular account. If you only have one account currently set up, then you can disregard this. WRITE YOUR TWEETS Before you do anything, first make sure that the account you want the tweet to appear on is activated on TweetDeck. Press “Save settings” to save everything and close the setup window. Once your user information has been verified, your Twitter username will appear in TweetDeck’s Account List box either as your default account or as an additional account.
Enter your Twitter username and Twitter password and then press “Verify Details” to connect your Twitter account to TweetDeck.
With TweetDeck, you can connect multiple accounts from Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, Foursquare and Google Buzz. CONNECT YOUR TWITTER ACCOUNT TO TWEETDECK Once you’ve launched TweetDeck, the desktop application will appear, along with a window welcoming you to TweetDeck and asking you to connect your social media accounts. Press “Continue” and wait for the application to launch after it finishes the installation. Press “Install” and choose the location on your computer to save it. Since you’ll be using TweetDeck right away, pressing “Open” would be the ideal option so you can start setting up your TweetDeck dashbarod.
Press “Save” or “Open” once the download has finished. The TweetDeck desktop application works on both PCs and Mac computers.
Click the “Download now” button to install it to your computer. Click on the link to be taken to the desktop download page. You can find the download link labelled “Desktop” located on the top menu or at the bottom with the desktop computer image. In this example, we’ll be looking at how to make scheduled tweets from a desktop computer, so you will need to download the desktop application for TweetDeck.