HootSuite’s Secret Weapon: The Hootlet

chris.trottier — Wed, 13 May 2009 23:40:57 +0000

We call the Hootlet our secret weapon because it has the power to completely change how you use Twitter. Want to share a link? No need to leave the page. Hit the Hootlet button, and your tweet is almost done. Automatically, the URL is shortened and text is grabbed from the site’s tag. It’s that easy! So what is the Hootlet like in action? Let’s take a peek. Installation It can’t get any simpler than this. To install the Hootlet, you drag and drop it into the bookmark bar. Still confused? Don’t worry, we got this nifty YouTube tutorial. <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/bHxUm7atb0o&hl=en&fs=1" /></object> Using the Hootlet The Hootlet takes simplicity to insane heights. What must you do to use it? Press the Hootlet button in the bookmark bar. <a href="http://blog.hootsuite.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/bookmark-bar.png"></a> Once you do that, a new window pops up. Your URL has been shrunk with our ow.ly URL shortener, and the tweet is ready to go. But what makes the Hootlet more amazing is the ability to schedule! <a href="http://blog.hootsuite.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/single-user-hootlet.png"></a> What’s HootSuite if you can’t manage multiple accounts? You can do that from the Hootlet too. Click on the profiles you want to use for tweeting, and a checkmark confirms what accounts will send the message. <a href="http://blog.hootsuite.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/multi-user-hootlet1.png"></a> How Can the Hootlet Help? The Hootlet saves time. With it, you no longer have to manually shorten a URL — an ow.ly link is provided automatically. Headlines are grabbed from the source’s <title> tag and are used as default text. Best of all, you never have to leave a site to tweet about. This is why the Hootlet is our secret weapon — and will be yours too. </article> <article> <h1>New release (beta v3.0) RSS feeds, AdSense integration, Hootlet plus more</h1> kate.legresley — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 22:19:50 +0000 Thanks to your excellent feedback, the team at HootSuite’s been busy. We’ve added features and improvements to your favourite one-stop twitter tool. New Features: <ul> <li>Tweet monetization thanks to Google AdSense integration with Ow.ly. If you have a Google AdSense account, you can add your own ads to any ow.ly-shortened links you send out.</li> <li>Ability to tweet RSS feeds. Each RSS tweet gets its own ow.ly URL, so you can track clickthroughs on every new blog post.</li> <li>Our very own bookmarklet, Hootlet! Allows you to instantly tweet the URL of any page you’re on without visiting HootSuite.com.</li> <li>Sync your avatar with Twitter.com. Users can instantly update their Twitter profile image at HootSuite if it’s changed at Twitter, without re-uploading the image.</li> </ul> Improvements: <ul> <li>Increased DM characters to 280, to reflect the latest Twitter change</li> <li>Re-organized the Settings page, so it’s now grouped by tab</li> <li>Added ‘Confirm Email’ field in sign-up (to eliminate email typos)</li> <li>Added an “auto initials” function when creating new tweets -BK</li> <li>Added an in-line login box popup for session timeouts</li> <li>Implemented better Ajax error handling</li> <li>And a bunch of other small bug fixes….</li> </ul> </article> </main></body></html>

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HootSuite’s Secret Weapon: The Hootlet