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Ever wanted to post a status update to multiple Twitter profiles simultaneously?

Never fear, HootSuite users! With our new tweet box, you can do just that.

When you log in, you’ll see our nifty new tool, right at the top of the page:

See those profile thumbnails on the right? Select one, two, or all of them — your tweets can now be sent from multiple Twitter profiles at once!

The new tweet box also makes it super easy to send direct messages. Just create a new tweet that starts with ‘d username’ and it’ll be sent as a DM.

Want to schedule a tweet for later? No prob. Click the “Send Later” link to choose when your update will be posted to Twitter.

We’ve also improved the ways ow.ly links get added to your tweets. If you shrink a link, we’ll generate an ow.ly link for you and place it right into the body of your tweet text. You can even add multiple ow.ly links to a single tweet.

Have an ow.ly link you want to send out from multiple Twitter profiles? No problem. When you send your tweet, we’ll generate a unique ow.ly link for each of your Twitter profiles, so you can track clickthrough rates from each Twitter profile individually.

Are you a stats hound? If you add multiple ow.ly links to a tweet, you can view each ow.ly link’s stats individually on the Sent tab. Just click the “Stats” button on the tweet and you’ll see all the juicy details.

If the new tweet box is eating up too much of your screen real estate, you can minimize it at any time. Just click the arrow at the bottom of the box and it’ll roll up into the top of the page.

How’s that for tidy?

Enjoy the new tweet box. We hope it makes your Twitter life easier.

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We’ve introduced some new features into the HootSuite nest!

Favourites

Now you can mark your favourite tweets right from within HootSuite.

Whenever you’re browsing your feeds, searches, or @replies, you’ll see a star icon next to each tweet. Like what someone said? Save it to your favourites with one click. Check out your faves later — they’re saved under their own tab.

See ALL your sent tweets

By popular demand, we’ve changed the way the Sent tab works. Instead of just showing you tweets made from Hootsuite, we’re now able to show you all the tweets you’ve sent — even those posted from the web, from your phone, or from your mobile twitter app.

The Sent tab still has the juicy stats function and threaded conversation views, but now you’re able to see all your tweets, too!

Enjoy the new features… there are more where those came from. Stay tuned!

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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:

• 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.
• Ability to tweet RSS feeds. Each RSS tweet gets its own ow.ly URL, so you can track clickthroughs on every new blog post.
• Our very own bookmarklet, Hootlet! Allows you to instantly tweet the URL of any page you’re on without visiting HootSuite.com.
• 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.

Improvements:

• Increased DM characters to 280, to reflect the latest Twitter change
• Re-organized the Settings page, so it’s now grouped by tab
• Added ‘Confirm Email’ field in sign-up (to eliminate email typos)
• Added an “auto initials” function when creating new tweets -BK
• Added an in-line login box popup for session timeouts
• Implemented better Ajax error handling
• And a bunch of other small bug fixes….

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