The Basics of Hootsuite

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How to use

HOOTSUITE

©2015 [email protected] – How to use Hootsuite



What is Hootsuit




Hootsuite is a social m

management tool or sys




in the form of a dashbo




that helps in tracking

managing your social me

channels




such as Twitter, Facebo

LinkedIn, Google+,

Foursquare, MySpace,




WordPress, TrendSpottr

Mixi.

©2015 [email protected] –

How to use Hootsuite



How to access

Hootsuite





Open up a browser.





For this presentation,

will use Mozilla Firef

browser.





Type here www.hootsuite





Press Enter key





This page will appear





Click here to sign u





you can also sign up uTwitter, Facebook or Goo





You can click here as wto create account






will sign up using Face

account.





Key in your email addrhere.





Your password here





Click Log In.





This window will appea





Click on Okay to contin





You will now see thiscreen.



hi i



For this presentation,will choose ‘Okay’





You will now see thiscreen.





Choose Okay.





The hootsuite dashboawill now appear.





Let’s add other socianetwork. Click here.



t’ h itt C



Let’s choose Twitter. Chere.





Click here to connect wtwitter.





This window will pop-u



i i



Key in your Twitter emaddress here.





Your twitter password h





Click here.



Y ill



You will now see yourtwitter account here





Let’s edit the name o

the first tab





as ‘Personal Twitter





Type the name here.





Now, let’s try to add

stream.





What are streams?





Streams are parts of y

Social media account




that help further bre

down each tab in you

hootsuite account


di t i l



according to social

networks, apps,

functionality, keywor

searches, etc.©2015 [email protected] – How to use Hootsuite

To add a stream eith



To add a stream, eithclick this button or


h f h



Choose from here


For this presentation w



For this presentation, wwill choose Scheduled Str




Since there is no sched

message yet,


i ill di l hi



it will display this




Before we create a mess

let’s install a hootl

first.




What is a Hootlet?




A Hootlet is a hootsui

extension that

automatically takes con




you want to share and p

it into a message,




ready to go.

No need to leave the w

page.


Hover your mouse to t



Hover your mouse to tleft section,


then click on Tools



then click on Tools,


Under Extensions and



Under Extensions andDownloads, look for Hoo


Click ‘Install Extensi



Click Install Extensi


This window will pop u





Click here



Click here.







Click on ‘Install now



Click on Install now


This notification will



up.


Let’s click on ‘Restart N



Let s click on Restart N




Once Mozilla

Firefox is reopened,


You will now see thi



You will now see thiHootlet icon here


Let’s now go back to y



Let s now go back to yhootsuite account.




Before we proceed to

schedule a message,




let’s add a tab for yo

facebook first.


Click on the plus sig



Click on the plus sig


Type in a name for your



Tab


Click here.



Click here.


Select Facebook.



Se ect aceboo


Click on ‘Connect wit



Facebook’


Enter your password he



y p


Click here to continu







p p


Choose the facebook pah i



that you want to impor


Let’s choose the first li k h



Click here.


Click on ‘Finish Import




You will now see thiscreen



screen.


Click the dropdown arrow choose your personal face



y paccount.


Now, choose your persofb account



fb account.


Now, it will look likthis



this.




Let’s add 2 streams f

facebook personal accou


Let’s click Timelinestream



stream.


It will now display yofacebook timeline her



facebook timeline her


Let’s also add SchedulStream



Stream.


Scheduled stream is ndisplayed here



displayed here.




Remember that when you

social network account


You will also find thh



here




Now, let’s use the Hoot


For instance, we go tlifehack org website



lifehack.org website


Let’s say we like thiarticle



article


Click on the Hootlet ic




It will immediately putlink on the message b



link on the message b


Choose here the socianetwork



network




where you want to send

message to.


You can either schedulesend the message



send the message


or send immediately







will schedule the mess


Let’s click here toschedule the message



g


Choose the date and tihere




Put a check as well on box.




Click Schedule.






You will now see the p

in your scheduled strea


This is for facebook




This is for Twitter.




If you want to delete post/message, click ‘X



post/ essage, c c




When composing message

note that you will se


the number of characteallowed in Twitter an



Facebook


Do not worry in puttinglong links here






As there is a defaul

option to shrink it


For example, we want share the link below




Cut and paste the link




Click Shrink




Now this is the link shortened form.




You also have other optfound here.






dd l ti l t



add location, select

targeting options, an

select privacy.




THE END


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