Hootsuite
Hootsuite Adds Google+ Pages to Their Dashboard
Nov 15th
Earlier today Hootsuite announced their partnership with Google+ but it’s only for Google+ Pages. That’s the good news, the bad news is, its only for Hootsuite Enterprise users and its limited to select teams. But if you want your team to be part of the tester teams, make sure you already have a Google+ Page and sign up for the trial.
Targeted Publishing to CirclesThe great thing about Google+ Pages is, community managers can target certain customers or they can send blanket messages, all by using Google+ Circles. By targeting circles, community managers can create marketing campaigns and send these messages More >
Hootsuite Hits 2 Million Sign Ups!
Jul 8th
Back in November 2010, Hootsuite hit the one million mark for new signups. Now Just a few months later, they hit two million signups!
For those that do not know about Hootsuite, it is a Twitter client and more. Its your personal media sharing tool. You can send a status to variety social networks and you can monitor streams for those networks you send updates to. Hootsuite comes with the option to schedule tweets and if you are a business or a large corporation they offer pro and enterprise plans.
Who Uses Hootsuite?Hootsuite is used by variety of people. You can More >
Hootsuite Brings Back Pending Tweets Column!
Jun 24th
Last Wednesday I wrote an article about Hootsuite and the new Publisher features. During this upgrade, they removed the Pending Tweets Column from the dashboard in favor of the Calendar View under the publisher tab. As of Yesterday (June 23rd, 2011), Hootsuite gave us back our Pending Tweets Column by popular demand.
Pending Tweets Column or Scheduler, The Choice is Yours!Although I love the new Scheduler/Publish View, I quickly started to miss the Pending Tweets Column. From what Hootsuite found, the new scheduler features were a success for enterprise and large companies but, for the small business and individual users, they More >
Streamline Your Social Media Status Updates With the New Hootsuite Publisher
Jun 15th
Hootsuite does it again! They have added even more great features to their already feature packed dashboard. Now they gone and streamlined your scheduled updates, selection of profiles, and broadcast messages to your audiences.
Scheduling Your Status Updates across Multiple Networks Just Got Easier!Do you schedule a lot of tweets, do you schedule updates for multiple networks as well, are you tired of flipping between tabs to see all your pending tweets? Then your in luck! Hootsuite did away with the pending tweets/status updates columns in favor of a calendar view.
When looking at the calendar, you have options you would find More >
Hootsuite Now Offers Custom Social Analytic Reports
Mar 10th
Since Hootsuite was released, the creators have worked at keeping Hootsuite as one of the best and most popular Twitter clients available. Hootsuite has worked from the beginning to create the best user experience that you can get from a Twitter client. The creators, listen to their users requests and added features such as monitor and updating multiple social networks. and adding mobile clients to the list of options available for Hootsuite users. On March 9th, 2011 Hootsuite released another great update to their built in analytic reports. If you are a fan of stats and tracking your success on Twitter and More >
How to Avoid Going Pro With Hootsuite
Dec 20th
About a month ago I wrote an article about Hootsuite Pro and what Hootsuite users who want stick with the Free version but still needs features of the pro version. In that article I mentioned different services that we can use that will do the same things as Hootsuite, but you have to use several different services to do all things that the pro version can.
Most long time users of Hootsuite who have been using all of the features offered by Hootsuite and loving it but, about a month ago, they put a lot of these great features to limited More >
Hootsuite Has Introduced Freemium Plans
Aug 11th
Earlier today Hootsuite annouced that they are now offering premium packaged plans designed for businesses and organizations, but will continue to offer a free verison for their customers. The packages are tiered to provide useful tools to as many customers as possible and provide advanced tools to those customers who need the business features.
The good knews for those that are not interested in paying for a service, Hootsuite will continue to offer a free services to most of their current users. What this means to me and other users is, we should be able to continue to use Hootsuite the same as More >
Quick Tip: Learn How to Integrate Google Analytics with Hootsuite5
Jun 25th
Recently Hootsuite released their new version of their Twitter client Hootsuite5. In this version they made a lot of changes for the good of the client. One of the new features is the integration of Google Analytics. This feature is going to be asset to any web designer, SEO consultant, and anyone who maintains a website that needs know traffic trends on their site.
How to Install Google AnalyticsSetup is easy, all you need to do is activate and give Hootsuite permission to access Google Analytics. The first thing you need to do is to activate Analytics. To do this is click on the More >
Quick Tip: How to Turn Off Auto ReTweets in Hootsuite
Jun 24th
Recently Hootsuite upgraded their Twitter Client to Hootsuite5. During this upgrade they made some changes to how you can ReTweet someone’s status update. It looks like by default (someone please correct me if I’m wrong) , auto web ReTweets are turned on. When go to retweet, you click to retweet someone tweet, instead bringing up edit options, it will automatically tweet without giving you the option to change it. The good news is, they still give you the option to go back to old way of retweeting. If you like to change and edit the retweets or want to schedule retweets then you More >
Twitter Users Have You Tried Hootsuit5 Yet?
Jun 24th
Earlier today, while logging into Hootsuite , I received an announcement form the creators of Hootsuite announcing that Hootsuite5 was rolled out earlier this morning! So far, I love it.
What this Means For Hootsuite UsersHootsuite developers made huge changes the Twitter client. They started with a revamping the HTML5 user interface. Hootuiste made the change to HTML5 so they can release features such as, geo-search and drag & drop, and improve the performance of quicker tabs and streams. The developers also made changes to geo – located search, native Twitter ReTweets, integrated Google Analytics, and added several other options. For a complete More >
Hootsuite Adds New URL Shortener Options
Apr 27th
Today Hootsuite made some changes to the way they shorten URLs. Now they give the user the option between Ow.ly and Ht.ly as shorteners. Ow.ly has been updated to remove the social bar (high jacked browser frame and URL!) If the user prefers to use the social bar the user simply goes into their preferences and chooses to use the Ht.ly shortener.
Ow.ly example - image via hootsuite.com
Ht.ly example - image via hootsuite.com
How Do I Change My URL Shortener?In order to change your URL shortener, you will need to go into Settings > Preferences > and select in the drop down More >
Foursquare and Myspace Added to Hootsuite
Mar 9th
Earlier today, Hootsuite released their latest version of Hootsuite. The latest features the options to sync Foursquare and Myspace.
What is Foursquare?Four those that do not know about Foursquare, Foursquare combines social media marketing and gaming into an mobile app that encourages users to “check in” at cafes, pubs and other places. Users can alert friends, share tips and become the “mayor” of a location if they frequent the location more than other users.
What is Myspace?MySpace.com is a social networking site where you can create a profile page that you can meet new friends, find old friends, and market your band or business.
How More >
