A Guide to Setting Up Your Hootsuite Dashboard

A GUIDE TO SETTING UP
YOUR HOOTSUITE
DASHBOARD
BY: NEZEL P. YURONG

-You can see all your profiles in one
place.
-You can schedule updates and
links way into the future without
having to jump on and off social
media all day long.

-With a platform like Twitter (that
moves so fast) you can customize
your streams so you don’t miss the
things you want to see.
-You can shorten links to save on
characters!

-If you add a Hootsuite extension,
you can follow all your favorite
blogs!
-Anytime you click on the RSS
button, a hootsuite box will open up
and ask if you want to add that blog
to a tab.

-Click save and you’ll be able to
access them all in one place!

To add more of your Social
Media, click Add Social
Network

To add Google Page, click
Google

Do the same with your other
Social Media Networks

This is what your Dashboard
would look like

Once your profiles are
linked, it’s time to add
Streams

Think of Streams like
different trails of
conversation

With Twitter, there are several
things you probably look at —

With Facebook, there are Wall
Updates

Hootsuite wants to know
what Streams you care
about most.

Click the profile on the left, then
choose your profile from the drop
down

Then click on the green +
buttons to choose streams

Hover over this tab and click on
it

Write Twitter. This will be your
Twitter Area.

A box will pop up with your
profiles on the list.

Choose a list of Common
Streams

These Tabs are ways you can
add particular streams that are
specific to you.

You can add any Keyword you
wish and it will pull up a
Twitter feed for that word.

This works great with
hashtags.

Finally, click on the Search Tab

Put in the URL of your Blog if
someone tweets out your post
and forgets to mention you, you
can still follow how many
people are sending out links to
your site

If you linked your Facebook
profile at the beginning of sign
up, you don’t have to add it
again

Add the Streams you are
interested in

When you have added your
favorite streams, this is how it
looks like

SENDING OUT STATUS
UPDATES AND TWEETS

At the top of the dashboard,
you’ll see a little box that says,
Click to select social network

Let’s tweet first. Choose your
twitter handle.

In the box to the right,
compose your tweet.

If you have a link, you can put it
in the link box

and hit “shrink” which will
make it compact.

Underneath the box, you’ll see
a few buttons.

One is to add an image or file

you can schedule your tweets for
the whole day. Pick a date and
time.

If you selected to see your
schedule stream, it’ll appear on
your screen.

Apps let you extend your social
reach with popular social
networks and services.

Most of them are free, and
they don't count towards
your social profile limit

Open the App Directory from
the Dashboard

Select the App from the
Directory at the left side

For this tutorial let’s select
Free Apps

Search or click the App you
want to install

You may add the streams to a
new tab

Or add streams to an existing
tab

RUNNING A BASIC
ANALYTICS REPORT

See what’s working and what
needs work with Hootsuite’s
Basic Analytics Reports

Hover the mouse from the
Dashboard and click Analytics

Under Customize click Build
Custom Report

Upload a logo or an image of
your choice

Select the specific aspects of
your social network

Click the green plus sign of what
you selected

Next select your specific
account

Then you’ll be asked to receive
emails for the report

Select No Email if you prefer
not to

This is how your report looks
like

You will then be redirected
back to Hootsuite

Here, you may Share your
report

The capacity to
learn is a gift; the
ability to learn is a
skill; the willingness
to learn is a choice.
Brian Herbert

A Guide to Setting Up Your Hootsuite Dashboard

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