Social media and Twitter specifically can quickly create a mountain of content which can make filtering through social media to find relevant information a daunting task. The HootSuite dashboard is designed to help you sift through this online content and find exactly what you’re looking for. To help get you acquainted with the dashboard’s functionality, we have a new #HootTip all about this handy HootSuite feature.
Using Quick Search in HootSuite
HootSuite has multiple features available to search and sort through the torrent of social media content, but our Quick Search is easily the fastest and most convenient. You can quickly search a #hashtag, @mention, or keyword in Twitter instantly from the dashboard. Not only is this a great way to search through Twitter, but you can also save the search results as a stream allowing you to continually monitor your search from the Dashboard.
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Downloading HootSuite for mobile gives you the features and tools found in the HootSuite web dashboard and puts them into a pocket-sized tool which is custom made for a unique mobile experience. To help get you acquainted with the functionality, or just for a refresher, here’s a new #HootTip about a handy mobile HootSuite feature.
Transferring HootSuite to Your SD Card
HootSuite for Android is an amazing tool. It provides a nearly seamless transition between web and mobile, so managing your social networks in real time, from just about anywhere, is possible. This helps our Owls stay on the ball and lets them easily post and monitor updates across the web. With all this information coming at such a fast pace, you need your phone to be nimble and adaptable. To keep your phone as free as possible, we’ve updated HootSuite on Android to easily be transfered from your phone’s internal memory to your removable SD card. Read more…
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The greatest thing about social media is the bridge it creates across the diverse cultures that are spread throughout the globe. People from all over the world can communicate and exchange messages in an instant. The HootSuite Dashboard is designed to support the diversity found throughout the world. To help get you acquainted with the Dashboard’s functionality, we have an all new #HootTip all about a handy HootSuite feature.
Changing the Language in the Dashboard
The HootSuite Owls come from all over the world, and bring an eclectic mix of both culture and language. We’ve worked with our diverse international users to translate the Dashboard in multiple languages through HootSuite’s crowdsourced Translation Project. Whether you’re working in Japanese, Spanish, or Korean, we’ve got you covered.
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Social media has given users the ability to browse through posts and messages in real-time and engage immediately. For those who use Facebook to interact with friends, fans, and clients, monitoring and engaging in the conversation that comes after a post is key. To help get you acquainted with the Dashboard’s functionality, or just give you a refresher, we have a new #HootTip all about a handy HootSuite feature.
Creating a Comment Stream
In one of our most recent updates, we added a flock of features that enhance the Facebook functionality within HootSuite. With the ability to monitor comments, likes, and posts from the Dashboard, it’s easy to see how using Facebook in HootSuite can work for you.
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Looking for work or changing careers is both exciting and time consuming. HootSuite has recognized this and is here to help. Our Certified Developer status with LinkedIn gives you the ability to use LinkedIn to comb the social network for job opportunities. To help get you acquainted with the Dashboard’s functionality, or just give you a refresher, we have a new #HootTip all about a handy HootSuite feature.
Using LinkedIn to Search for Jobs
LinkedIn is a powerful social network as well as an amazing place to find career opportunities. Looking through job listings – even online – can take up a lot of time. To streamline your career seeking efforts, HootSuite has added a “Job Search” feature. Be prepared to set up a whole new stream of opportunities.
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With winter just around the corner, hockey season starting up and snow falling in the mountains above HootSuite HQ, we find our speaking Owls knee deep in HootSuite events.
In the last Event Round-up, we were in San Francisco, Austin, Boston and Virtual Space. Taking HootSuite stories to audiences at Gravity Summit, ITEXPO and Dreamforce. In this month’s round-up, we’ll show you where our Owls were in attendance as well as give you a sneak peak into where we’re headed next.
Where We’ll Be Hooting
Moving forward through time, we’re sending HootSuiters out to more conferences in more locations. Check out the posts below to see if there will be an Owl in your nest this month. Read more…
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With all the busy Owls out there, one needs make sure they’re making the best use of their time. Scheduling posts in HootSuite is an easy way to maximize both your presence and outreach in your social sphere. To help get you acquainted with the dashboard’s functionality, or just give you a refresher, we have a new #HootTip all about a handy HootSuite feature.
Scheduling Posts
Using social media to share and express your thoughts is as rewarding as it is entertaining. Whether you’re a startup, mid-size business, or a huge corporation, there may be times when you can’t be on your mobile or computer to be active in your social sphere. To stay on top of your game and multi-task your online and offline activities, schedule your messages and let HootSuite do the work for you. Scheduling messages you want to send out to your followers is also a great way to keep your information updated and timely. This way, you can send out a post for a time when you’re not plugged in to the world wide web. Read more…
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Surfing the web is a favorite past time of many internet users. Why not use HootSuite to be productive while you’re doing so? The Dashboard is chock full of features and tools to help make the most of your social media management. Plus, we’re always adding more. To help get you acquainted with the functionality, or just give you a refresher, we have a new #HootTip all about a handy HootSuite feature.
Using the Hootlet
If you’re an Owl on the web looking for a quick way to easily share interesting content, the Hootlet is here to help. Using the Hootlet, you can send out a message to any of your social networks which automatically includes a shortened link to the page you’re on, the title of the page you’re linking, and you can personalize any message to send along. The best part is, you can do all of this without leaving your browser window! Read more…
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Social Media Industry Events
Fall is conference season and here at HootSuite we’ve sent out our parliament of owls to speak at some amazing conferences around the globe. From summits to virtual conferences, you can find the team speaking on social media in all sorts of places. Check out where we’ve been and where we’re going next!
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The HootSuite Dashboard is dedicated to streamlining your social media efforts. That’s why the Dashboard is chock full of features and tools to help you make the most of your social media management. Plus, we’re always adding more. To help get you acquainted with the various functionalities, or just give you a refresher, we have a new #HootTip all about a handy HootSuite feature.
Setting up your RSS Feed
RSS Feeds are a great way to save time, and stay updated on the latest information from your favorite websites. Once you set up an RSS feed in HootSuite, you have the ability to take an RSS feed from any site and update it to your social network accounts automatically. Not only will this save you time, and effort, but will also make your social network accounts a hotspot for the latest news.
Follow the steps below to set up an RSS feed in HootSuite. Read more…
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