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Too Many Social Networks? A Lesson in Multitasking

This week we're going to learn how to operate Facebook, Twitter and Foursquare all at once.

Now that we've taken a look at three of the most popular social networking sites, Facebook, Twitter and Foursquare, it's time to figure out how to best utilize all three efficiently and effectively.

Did you know you can schedule tweets and status updates? You can also see what your friends are up to in all three accounts without opening a new window.

You don't want your real life to be a mess. Why allow your cyberlife to become a cluster you-know-what?

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There are two places you can go to organize your online life: TweetDeck and HootSuite. Both of these sites have an interface that allows users to track multiple sites and multitask without having 17 different tabs open.

For the purposes of this Step By Step we will use TweetDeck as the example.

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Check out the video above to learn how to get become an social networking multitask master.

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Check out Step By Step every Monday for an explanation of how a social networking tool can be useful to you.


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