Santa Turns to Social Media to Save the Holidays

Every December, thousands of children send their wish lists to Santa at the North Pole. But what happens if those letters cannot be delivered in time?

As the 25th draws near, Santa signed in to his HootSuite dashboard only to discover a crisis that threatens to ruin the holidays for good. Santa, being an excellent problem solver, quickly turns to social media to save the holidays. Discover how Santa avoids the North Pole crisis and processes thousands of children’s wish lists, just in the nick of time. Whew!

How Social Media Saved the Holidays

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Happy Holidays from the HootSuite elves.

Author: Sam Milbrath

Sam Milbrath has written 96 posts for the HootSource blog..

Sam is HootSuite's Content Producer. Keeping her finger on the pulse, she writes Trends of the Week, HootSource content and killer Tweets.

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Comments

1. 
   Debbie van Cleef January 7, 2013 at 9:59 am

   Hey!
   I love this video! I’m looking for ways to create videos for our own company’s products. Would you mind telling me what software you used to create this one?

   Reply
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     Jordan Behan January 7, 2013 at 11:49 am

     Hi Debbie,

     Great question. Obviously the “action” takes place within a HootSuite dashboard, but the tool we used to record the screencast is called Screenflow: http://www.telestream.net/screenflow/overview.htm

     It’s not too difficult to use, and a great investment at about $100 USD. It also allows you to record from your webcam and microphone and use picture-in-picture for hosting screencasts. Give it a look!

     Hope this is helpful,

     Jordan

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     • 
       Debbie January 9, 2013 at 1:11 am

       Hey Jordan,

       Thanks for the info! We are definitely going to give it a try. Guess i’m going to have to bring my MacBook to work, as we only have windows machines.

       Reply
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         Jordan Behan January 11, 2013 at 2:13 pm

         Debbie,

         I have never used it, but I have heard that Camtasia for PC is a useful tool for screencasts too: http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia.html

         Worth a shot! Hope it works out for you.

         -JB

         Reply

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