Facebook Groups, Events, Photos & Geo Make #HootSuite Even Friendlier

Tools for Facebook in HootSuite

HootSuite is now even Facebookier

Enjoy updated Facebook functionality within HootSuite’s social media management system – now with support for Facebook Groups and Events, exclusive search streams, plus photo uploading direct to Facebook. We also refreshed the process for posting to Pages and Profiles, added a Profile Picker, and included more ways to monitor walls, news, events and comments in HootSuite streams.

Along with Facebook Insights analytics reports already available the social media management system, HootSuite users can now manage all campaign tasks – including scheduling and assignments – from within the dashboard. Also, Enterprise customers can geo-target campaigns by region or by language.

The new tools are ready to go next time you login to HootSuite. Thanks for sharing the news with your friends and fans ~ we look forward to hearing how the tools help your social media campaigns. Lee aquí la versión en español.

More for Friends, Photos and Fans

Monitor Everything

Track content from Profiles, Pages and Groups from within HootSuite Facebook streams and customize your tabs with: news feeds, photos, videos, events, status updates, and wall posts. Become even more efficient by filtering Facebook Streams to view only selected users or posts.

Tools for managing Facebook in HootSuite

Public Search

Over 20% of content on Facebook is public and now you can search it all in a HootSuite exclusive feature which is not available on Facebook.com. Track instances of your brand name, industry terms, executives etc. and then turn any comment into a stream to track conversations, even assign follow-ups, plus “Like” and comment directly in-stream.

HootSuite Facebook functionality

Picture Posting

Images are a key part of any post and now your images are uploaded directly to Facebook (rather than linked) allowing you to add and schedule pictures to Profiles, Pages and Groups using the enhanced compose box functionality.

HootSuite Facebook photos

Geo-Campaigning

Enterprise customers can target messaging based on the language and location of their audience with new geo-targeting tools. Combined with scheduling, this feature will optimize campaign messaging so it reaches the most relevant audiences at the ideal times.

Other Like-able Additions

Upload photos, schedule and more in HootSuite

Facebook isn’t the only upgrade you’ll notice in the dashboard when you login. We’ve also included some polishes to existing features:

Compose box – Refreshed design makes adding photos, links and scheduling even more intuitive – plus add geo-location co-ordinates to Tweets on the go.

Profile Picker – Designed for users with dozens of profiles, use this auto-completing tool to set favorites and defaults for faster, more accurate selections. Note: you can choose to stay with the original-style if preferred.

Helpful Hoots

Questions about new or existing features? The answers you seek are just a short flight away. Visit the HootSuite Help Desk to find articles to address any query about using Facebook — and other social networks — in the dashboard.

HootSuite

For advanced education, sign up for HootSuite University. This social media certification program is revamped with new videos, content and a weekly #HSUchat to increase your industry knowledge and professional network. Sign up.

Now, get ready for full-fledged Facebook fun within your dashboard where you can now manage all your campaign activities within HootSuite. Tell your friends!

Hey Video

Hey Ocean! Vancouver rock bandAre you still singing the song from the new video in your head? That’s thanks to HootSuite users “Hey Ocean!” and their unreleased track, ”Make a New Dance Up.”

This Vancouver band is releasing their 3rd album – called IS – in the new year and…  have a special surprise to celebrate this release at the “I Love Hey Ocean!” Facebook page. Don’t miss out!

Also, be sure to follow Ashleigh, David and Dave via: HeyOcean.comTwitterYoutube and Facebook. Of course, their previous albums are available from iTunes.

Special thanks to Nettwerk Records and Hey Ocean! from your fans at HootSuite.

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HootSuite, más Facebook que nunca

A partir de ahora, tus campañas en múltiples redes serán más sencillas gracias a las nuevas herramientas de HootSuite.

Disfruta de las nuevas funciones de Facebook con soporte completo para columnas de Grupos, Eventos y Búsquedas, así como de la subida directa de fotos a la red social. Además, hemos renovado el proceso para publicar en Páginas y Perfiles, añadido un Selector de Perfiles e implementado nuevas formas de monitorizar muros, noticias, eventos y comentarios en las columnas de Hootsuite.

Con el sistema de análisis Facebook Insights ya integrado anteriormente en HootSuite, los usuarios ahora también pueden gestionar sus tareas de campaña, incluyendo programación y asignaciones, sin salir de su dashboard. Los clientes Enterprise, además podrán segmentar geográficamente sus campañas por región o idioma

Más amigos, fotos y fans

Prepárate para una experiencia Facebook completa en tu HootSuite. Casi todas tus actividades en la red social, las podrás gestionar también en columnas gracias a esta actualización.

Monitoriza todo

Monitoriza el contenido publicado desde perfiles, páginas y grupos a través de las columnas Facebook y personaliza tus pestañas con noticias, fotos, vídeos, eventos, actualizaciones y publicaciones en el muro. Sé aún más eficiente al filtrar columnas para ver exclusivamente contenidos de usuarios seleccionados.

HootSuite has Facebook streams

Búsqueda pública

Busca en todas las actualizaciones públicas de Facebook desde HootSuite para encontrar las menciones de tu marca, industria, ejecutivos, etc.. Convierte un hilo de comentarios en una columna para seguir la conversación; asigna mensajes y añade “Me gusta” y comentarios directamente desde esa columna.

HootSuite Facebook functionality

Publica tus fotos

Las imágenes son parte de cualquier publicación en Facebook y ahora son subidas directamente a Facebook (no sólo enlazadas) para permitirte añadir fotos a tus Perfiles, Páginas y Grupos utilizando la mejorada caja de composición, que incluye programación de mensajes.

HootSuite Facebook photos

Segmentación geográfica para tus campañas

Los usuarios de planes Enterprise pueden personalizar ahora su mensajería según idioma y localización de su audiencia con nuevas herramientas de segmentación geográfica. Esto, combinado con la programación de mensajes, puede maximizar el efecto de tus campañas al comunicarte directamente con quien quieras, cuando quieras.

Otras nuevas características que ‘te gustarán’

Facebook no es la única actualización que verás cuando entres de nuevo a HootSuite. Junto a los cambios en la funcionalidad de Facebook, hemos pulido y mejorado algunas de nuestras características:

Upload photos, schedule and more in HootSuiteCaja de composición – Nuevo diseño para que la publicación de fotos, actualizaciones y mensajes programados sea aún más intuitiva. Además, también permite añadir coordenadas de geolocalización fácilmente.

Selector de Perfiles – Diseñado para usuarios con docenas de perfiles, el mejorado Selector de Perfiles permite marcar redes como favoritas, perfiles por defecto y autocompletado para una elección rápida y precisa. Nota: puedes seguir utilizando el estilo original si así lo prefieres.

Ululando en tu ayuda

Las respuestas que buscas están a tan sólo un pequeño vuelo. Visita nuestro Help Desk para encontrar artículos que responderán tus preguntas sobre cómo utilizar Facebook, y otras redes sociales, a través de HootSuite.

HootSuitePara un aprendizaje avanzado, regístrate en HootSuite University. Esta certificación en medios sociales ha sido renovada con nuevos vídeos, contenidos y un #HSUchat semanal para aumentar tus conocimientos sobre esta industria y tu red profesional.

Y ahora, prepárate para una experiencia completa en Facebook a través de HootSuite, donde podrás gestionar todas las actividades de tu campaña.

Eso sí que nos gusta.

Author: Ashley Jane Brookes

Ashley Jane Brookes has written 88 posts for the HootSource blog..

121 comments
meridia
meridia

Oh my goodness! Awesome article dude! Many thanks, However I am encountering

troubles with your RSS. I don't understand why I cannot subscribe to it. Is there anybody else having the same RSS issues? Anyone that knows the answer can you kindly respond? Thanks!!

Henning
Henning

Great video with a nice tune! I like the lyrics on that. HootSuite is really a very usable tool. :-)

Jon Hainstock
Jon Hainstock

The Facebook features sold me on using Hootsuite instead of Tweetdeck for my wedding photography accounts. Thank you for adding these features!

Troy Glancy
Troy Glancy

I'm wondering the same thing. Can I post the same thing in groups and on a page? Save me time having to keep sharing it over and over.

venkatesh
venkatesh

Hi..is it possible to post to all facebook groups i am associated with at a time??

Dave Olson
Dave Olson

Thanks for your feedback and we're exploring other ways to upload photos to Facebook.

Don Lemur
Don Lemur

Hi!

Is it possible to post photos in different posts on facebook when scheduling the publishing of photos?

Even when scheduling different publishing times of photos they are grouped into one post (into one album).

seo
seo

This is a cracking little tool with some great new features.

6 Online (and Mobile) Accounts Every Small Busines
6 Online (and Mobile) Accounts Every Small Busines

[...] integrate your RSS feed, and analyze it all right from within the console. And with this week’s new release, you can now manage your Facebook Groups and Events, plus photo uploading direct to [...]

Online and Mobile Accounts Every Small Business Ne
Online and Mobile Accounts Every Small Business Ne

[...] integrate your RSS feed, and analyze it all right from within the console. And with this week’s new release, you can now manage your Facebook Groups and Events, plus photo uploading direct to [...]

Kelly Krum
Kelly Krum

The advances facebook management tools are not appearing.

It appears I still have the old publisher dashboard.

I have tried logging in and out, updating to pro, and updating my preferences.

Most importantly I do not have the ability to upload photos.

I was really rooting for you guys. I was hoping this feature would work. I am a paid subscriber and this is vital to my business.

What is going on here?!

Please respond ASAP

Andy Au
Andy Au

Hi Kelly, that doesn't sound right at all. Please fill out a ticket at our Help Desk for assistance.

Madhavi
Madhavi

Great explanation about Fb monitoring i too write and maintain a blog about mobile monitoring. Your article is really beneficiary for me and my blog i will surely write about your article dave. great work

Matthias
Matthias

That sounds good to me, I'll try it.

stephanie
stephanie

Within the last week hootsuite will not post scheduled posts to my FB account anymore and will only post if it do it immediately. What the heck is going on? I can't find any info on this problem!

Andy Au
Andy Au

That doesn't seem right. If you still can't schedule posts visit the Help Desk for assistance.

Social Media Tools Streamlined: This Week in Socia
Social Media Tools Streamlined: This Week in Socia

[...] HootSuite Enhances Facebook Management: The popular scheduling tool HootSuite now supports Facebook Groups and Events, exclusive search streams, plus photo uploading directly to Facebook. Hootsuite has also enhanced refreshed the process for posting to Pages and Profiles. [...]

Carlos R. Figuero-Vega
Carlos R. Figuero-Vega

Hello,

I’m an Associate Professor at Turabo University in Puerto Rico (USA) for the School of Business and Entrepreneurship. Currently my colleague Dr. Abraham Otero (San Pablo University, Spain) and I are writing a chapter for IGI Global (www.igi-global.com) that is title: “A Review of Tools for Overcoming the Challenge of Monitoring of Social Media” to be publish in the “Handbook of Research on Enterprise 2.0: Technological, Social, and Organizational Dimensions”.

In this chapter we are evaluating various monitoring and engagement tools, and HootSuite is one of those exceptional tools that is going to be mentioned and evaluated in the chapter. What we really need is more detail information and a hands-on experience on your tool. We will appreciate any help that your company may provide us; but I have to mention that we are running against the clock due to the fact that there is a submission date for the chapter.

We hope your company can help us out in our quest to enlighten the Enterprise 2.0.

Thanks’

Prof. Carlos R. Figueroa-Vega

Associate Professor

School of Business and Entrepreneurship

Dave Olson
Dave Olson

Great to hear, Please take a look at our help desk and the introductory videos for HootSuite University to get started. You'll also enjoy the library of articles at: http://blog.hootsuite.com/library.

Sabrina
Sabrina

This is great! Thank you! I have shared this with my Facebook buddies. Do you think the ability to tag people in Facebook postings through Hootsuite might happen soon?

Carolyn Wilson
Carolyn Wilson

It's excellent that you've added these extra Facebook tools. Along with your scheduling calendar, you've made life a lot easier!

Dave Olson
Dave Olson

That's exactly what we try to do, make lives easier.

Gerry Humphrey
Gerry Humphrey

Aww... The tweet for early access dialog popped up and I did the wrong thing, and it is gone. =/ Any way to get it back? If not, when will it be released to everyone?

Robert
Robert

Hey, could you please approve my previous posting?

Thanks,

Robert

Rich
Rich

Face Book Privacy settings don't seem to work. Prople who shouldn't be seeing my Hoot Suite posts are able to. It looks like the App's privacy settings are correct. Ant ideas?

Dave Olson
Dave Olson

Please provide some more information as your posts should adhere to your FB settings.

Eric Khadaroo
Eric Khadaroo

Is this update also available on the Hootsuite for Android app? I can add Facebook Groups on my desktop, but it does not work on my Samsung Prevail Smartphone? Any help will be appreciated. Thx.

Dave Olson
Dave Olson

This update is web only but we'll keep rolling out new features for Android as well.

Coppe
Coppe

I really liked the video (especially the song you guys used ... and the page for "Owls with Snuggies"!) LOL! I'm a Hootsuite fan! But I'd love to have the FB upgrade on my iPhone app. That would rock!

Dave Olson
Dave Olson

Thanks Coppe. The song is by "Hey Ocean!" BTW, we'll keep adding tools for the iPhone as well.

HootSuite Adds Advanced Management Tools For Bette
HootSuite Adds Advanced Management Tools For Bette

[...] the most popular third-party social media client which has over 2 million signups now supports more Facebook functionality which means HootSuite now integrates more well and offers you some cool additional unique features [...]

Noel
Noel

I, like Nacho, cannot see the new image-posting feature for my Facebook streams. It still wants to post to only Twitter accounts. I have searched all over for a fix, (including the Help Desk, as per Dave Olsen) but don't see one? I have cleared cache and tried on different browsers (Firefox and RockMelt/Chromium). Any ideas?

Dave Olson
Dave Olson

Pardons Noel, We are adding some more articles to help with this topic. To post an image, simply choose a FB account and click the paperclip to see the prompt to upload an image.

carrie
carrie

I still cannot upload a photo to my facebook posts. When I click the "add image or file" icon, I get the message to select a Twitter account. Any idea why this might be occurring? I checked out the Help Desk articles, but couldn't find anything relating specifically to posting photos on Facebook accounts.

Dave Olson
Dave Olson

As mentioned above, you need to choose a Twitter account in order to upload the photo to Facebook. We are working on new articles about the photo uploading feature.

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