Review Alternatives to TwitterFeed

Twitterfeed is a web-based tool which I used to post RSS feeds from different sources to twitter channels. This is now retired and blog created to explore options of replacing service.

From October 31st 2016 twitterfeed ceased.

You are asking what is RSS Feed? I will create post later defining and describing what a RSS Feed is.

Received email from twitterfeed 18th October informing me the end of the service!! Why?!?!

Email detailing end of service fortwitterfeed. Proposed replacement buffer dlvr.it
Email detailing end of service for twitterfeed.

The email showed 2 proposal tools – buffer and dlvr.

Now before I explore and / or investigate these I already have subscription with hootsuite and socialoomph tools.

I ask myself do I need to look elsewhere? Not if I can help it, unless there is a free option.

All 4 tools have free limited functionality.

OK to start with let’s look at buffer: no paid subscription (as of writing). Free plan limits you to 10 posts per channel. I need more – so I need to pay for it. Not now but thanks.

Next is existing paid subscription to Hootsuite. Brilliant this works for twitter. I can post 2 RSS feeds to same account and a different RSS feed to different channel.

Hootsuite Setting up RSS feed how-to twitter
Hootsuite Setting up RSS feed

Socialoomph is my second paid-for plan. Yes this works the same way as hootsuite.

Setup page socialoomph for RSS feed to twitter channel
Setup page socialoomph for RSS feed to twitter channel

dlvr is getting shelved for now. No need to go there .. more expense and more time required to learn it.

Other alternatives to explore and investigate is as follows:
– SocialPilot;
– Twibble;
– IFTTT;
– Engator;
– WordPress Plugins;
– manual posting.

To summarise I (as of writing) have paid subscriptions to Hootsuite and Socialoomph, twitterfeed suggested buffer or dlvr. I opted for my current 2 paid subs as they met my objective to tweet.

Has anybody used “NetworkedBlogs”? If yes, have you had success?

Help I Can’t See Your Twitter Feed

Your twitter feed (time-line) can get busy once you start following 1,000’s of users in twitter.

A question I often get asked is “I can’t catch / read your tweets David”.

To get around this, create a list which contains my profile – @DavidLogan2020.

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So how do we create a list on twitter … ?

Create List

All the pictures are shown on desktop version of twitter.

Select your profile picture, and then Lists

list-1311-01-1presented next is an empty screen with button to create a new list.

Select the “Create new list” button

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and you are presented with the new list creation window

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List name. Keep the name simple but unique to subject.

Description. This is for you. Type in this box to remind yourself what the list is about, it’s purpose.

Privacy. If you want the world and it’s mother to see your list – select “Public”, otherwise select “Private”.

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For this exercise I have kept the list “Public”.

Press “Save List”.

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Great. You have just created a twitter list. Now to start adding twitter profiles to this list.

Add Twitter Profile to Newly Created List.

Type in @username or twitter handler name, for this example I have used my own name – David Logan

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To add profile to your list select the gear symbol next to profile to produce a sub-menu

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select “Add or remove from lists …”

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select your list – in this scenario we only have the one – “MyFirstList“, then press the cross in top right corner to close the window.

Congratulations you have just created your first list and added a user to the list.

So why do we need lists for … ?

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