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Hootsuite.com
Why Hootsuite?
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We use Hootsuite to manage all our social media accounts. It means you can
write one message and select which accounts you would like to post it to.
And don’t worry it doesn’t cost a thing for a basic account!
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What do these icons mean??
Reply: you can respond to a
specific tweet and you
response will be attached as a
‘conversation’ to the original
post.
Retweet: you can re-post a particular
tweet for your own followers to see. If you
do this the tweet will start with ‘RT’ which
shows your followers that you have
retweeted it from somebody else.
Direct message:
you can privately
message someone
about a specific
tweet
Reply all: you
can tweet all
the people
mentioned in a
particular
tweet.
Favourite: If you favourite a tweet
it means it will be saved in your
‘favourites' folder on your twitter
account. To view your favourites
you need to log directly into
twitter.com
Send to
email: will
forward the
specific tweet
to your email
Ignore the last to they are
for Pro account users.
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How to post on Hootsuite
When you click on the ‘compose a message...’ box, to opens out so you can
write your post. (Don’t forget that you can only write in a 140 characters for twitter otherwise it will truncate your post.
But if you are not posting to Twitter then you can write as much as you like!)
Hootsuite is great if you want to add a link to a post. You copy the link into the
box and press ‘shrink’. It will make your link a lot shorter, meaning you have
more characters spare for what you want to say.
You can also add attachments, locations and schedule your tweet to be posted
on a specific day at a specific time!
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How to post on Hootsuite (cont.)
Once you have written your post, click on the ‘Click to select your profile box...’
A drop down list will appear of all your social media accounts, and you can
choose one or more to send the post to.
Then all you need to do is press ‘Send Now’ and your post will be automatically
sent to the accounts you have chosen.