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Creating Facebook Lists

Are you ever overwhelmed by all the noise on Facebook? Creating lists can help you separate the noise from the posts that matter. There are two great reasons to create lists on Facebook. First, lists allow you to monitor a particular group of friends in your news feed. For example, let’s take a list I created called “Client.” This is a list of Facebook friends that I am working with or have done business with in the past. When I click on the Client list in the left column of my Facebook homepage, only updates from that list will display in my newsfeed. It’s a great way to keep track of the people who matter!

Follow these instructions to create a Facebook list:

• Click Home on your Facebook page in the header in the upper right corner.
• In the left column hover over Friends then click the More link that appears
• Click Create a List.

Now you can search for your friends in the search bar at the top of the page.

Here's the second great reason to create lists. Have you ever received an email from a Facebook real estate friend from across the country inviting you to an event in their town? I find it annoying because it just adds to the clutter I'm trying to eliminate in my inbox. By creating lists, you can target your updates to a specific group rather than all your Facebook friends.

Here’s how to send an update to just members of a list:

• Click Home on your Facebook page in the header in the upper right corner.
• In the left column hover over Friends then click the More link that appears
• Click on the name of the list you want to receive your update
• Type you update in the box as you normally would
• Click Post to share with only the friends on that list