1. A GUIDE TO USING
Hootsuite is a social media management tool that aims to make managing social media easier. Hootsuite can be used to
schedule posts, maintain several social media accounts, and analysis performance.
General Features of Hootsuite
Streams can be used to help organize information on any Social Network. Our Hootsuite Dashboard for example has Streams
for "Home Feed" and "Target Clients". You can add a Stream by Clicking the button.
2. The Hootsuite Navigation Bar lets you use over features such as looking at publisher (scheduled tweets), analytics, and
settings of your account.
To compose posts or messages
Hootsuite allows you to quickly schedule and compose posts or messages for our social media networks. To composea post
hover your mouse over the "compose message" text box at the top of your Hootsuite Dashboard and then you should see
something like this appear:
To compose a post or message:
1. Select a Social Network (multiple can be chosen).
2. Type your message.*
3. Click Send.
*You can also add Pictures, Schedule Post, Insert location, and change privacy settings
3. Scheduling Posts and Messages
This is what the Auto Scheduling Feature looks like. You will be able to manually set and time and date for your post to be sent
or let Hootsuite automatically sent a time for you by turning on the AutoSchedule button:
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Hootsuite Analytics
Hoostsuite analytics allows users to view reports on their social media profiles. These reports show graphs and charts about
the success of your current social media strategy.
4. Here is an example of what a report might contain:
You can select what information you would like to be on your reports depending on your needs.