An article by HootSuite CEO Ryan Holmes was featured in Fortune yesterday. Holmes looks at the extraordinary demand for social media professionals and asks why universities aren’t stepping up with better social media courses and programs. You can check out the story here. U.S. unemployment hovers around 8 percent. Yet demand for social media professionals
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For highly regulated industries, social media poses unique challenges (just check out HootSuite CEO Ryan Holmes’ recent post in Harvard Business Review). Financial services, pharmaceuticals and other sectors must abide by strict rules when they reach out to clients, the public and stakeholders via social media. In the first installment of this two-part interview
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Is your firm social media compliant? Financial services, healthcare and many other industries face strict rules governing what they can communicate to the public, clients and stakeholders. And these rules extend to social media. Having a social media policy, training employees on dos and don’ts and using the right technology (ahem, Social Media Management System,
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A post by HootSuite CEO Ryan Holmes was featured in Fast Company yesterday. Holmes looks at Mitt Romney’s reported $120,000 splurge on a Twitter Promoted Trend. You can check out the story, and why paid social ads may be the future of digital marketing, here. On the same day that Mitt Romney accepted the Republican
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How current or mature is your business’ social media strategy? HootSuite’s latest whitepaper, 8 Tips for Social Business, will illuminate the correct process by which organizations can successfully implement a successful and scalable social media strategy. In this white paper you’ll discover how to: Integrate social into existing organizational and departmental goals.
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A post by HootSuite CEO Ryan Holmes was featured in Fast Company yesterday. Holmes explores a new report from McKinsey Global Institute suggesting social media can unlock up to $1.3 trillion in value potential in large enterprises. You can check out the story, and the surprising ways social is saving businesses money, here. Among many
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In August 2012, HootSuite reached over 4 million users! Over 1 billion messages have been sent through HootSuite. To commemorate the event we’ve released this infographic to showcase sign-up milestones, regional usage increases via web and mobile devices and team member growth.
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A column by HootSuite CEO Ryan Holmes was featured on the Fortune Magazine website yesterday. Holmes weighs in on how ordinary employees, not the CIO, are increasingly driving IT decisions at the planet’s largest companies. You can check out the story, and find out whether the iPad and freemium apps spell the end of the
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A column by HootSuite CEO Ryan Holmes was featured on the Fortune Magazine website yesterday. Holmes weighs in on how automation is changing the face of social media. You can check out the story, and find out whether a robot can tweet better than you can, here.
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Ryan Holmes was recently featured on Fast Company weighing in on successful brand building. From tech startup to an international success story, Ryan shares his personal expertise on what’s worked for HootSuite. We’ve summarized his thoughts on product offerings, nurturing the community, establishing a team and providing thought leadership. Read the full story here. One
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