Hootsuite allows users to broadcast a single message across multiple social networks simultaneously. The document provides step-by-step instructions for setting up a Hootsuite account and connecting social media profiles like Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. It then explains how to write a message, attach photos or videos, and schedule the post to be broadcast to all connected accounts at a specified date and time. With Hootsuite, users can create one message and have it distributed across different platforms with just one click.

1. How to Use Hootsuite
to Broadcast a Single
Message to Multiple
Social Networks
BY ALLAN T. AGUIRRE

2. Hootsuite is a social media
management system

3. Open your browser

4. Go www.hootsuite.com

5. Welcome to Hootsuite log-
in page

6. Click Sign Up

7. You have options for your
plan

8. For now, let’s start with free
plan

9. Click Get Started Now

10. You can sign up using your
social media account

11. Or by your email address

12. Enter your Name

13. Enter your Email

14. Create a Password

15. Take note rules for creating
password

16. You can change your
profile picture

17. Click Create My Free
Account

18. For free account, connect
up to 3 social profiles

19. Click one of the icons to
start

20. Or click Go to Dashboard

21. A welcome message from
Hootsuite

22. Click I want to explore on
my own

23. Hootsuite’s dashboard

24. Point your mouse to your
profile picture

25. Click your name to share your
social media accounts

26. Click Add a social network

27. You can add from the list of
social networks

28. If you have Twitter, click
Connect with Twitter

29. See how Hootsuite access
your Twitter account

30. Enter your Twitter Username
or email

31. Enter your Password

32. Click Authorize app

33. Your Twitter account has
been added

34. You will also see it in the
upper left panel

35. Click button to add your
other social network

36. Let’s say you want to add
your Instagram account

37. Click Connect with
Instagram

38. Enter your Username

39. Enter your Password

40. Click Log In

41. Hootsuite asks for access
authorization

42. Click Authorize

43. You can skip this process
and do it later

44. Your Instagram account
has been added

45. It’s also placed in the upper
left panel

46. Add other account, let’s
say Facebook

47. Click Connect with Facebook

48. Enter your Email

49. Enter your Password

50. Click Log In

51. See how Hootsuite can
access your FB account

52. Click Continue

53. Notification from Hootsuite
which you can accept or skip

54. You can choose Public post

55. Or post to you Friends

56. Or post to yourself only

57. Let’s put in public and click
OK

58. Hootsuite asks how it will
manage your FB pages

59. Click Choose what you
allow to manage selections

60. Click Not Now to skip this
step

61. Or untick those you will not
allow

62. Then click OK

63. Tick pages, groups and
profiles to be added

64. Click Done

65. Your Facebook account has
been added

66. It’s also included in the
upper left panel

67. To schedule a post, click
Publisher

68. Hover the mouse on the list
of accounts

69. Click the pin to select account

70. Let’s send to all accounts

71. Write your message on the
space provided

72. Take note the maximum
words per network

73. Attach picture or video for
Instagram

74. Click Upload to attach video

75. Drag your photo to attach
photo

76. Or click choose files to
upload

77. Select the photo

78. Click Open

79. Your uploaded photo

80. Click calendar icon to
schedule the message

81. Select the date

82. Select the time

83. You could also add link to
your message

84. As well as your location

85. Tick the box for email
notification

86. Click Schedule

87. You have a successful
broadcast!

88. Hootsuite works only on
Instagram mobile app

89. Click Setup publishing now
to setup app

90. Enter your mobile number

91. Click Send

92. You will receive SMS for
app installation

93. Click the link

94. Install app to view your
message

95. You can still edit message
prior to broadcast

96. Click the calendar to
change date and time

97. Click the pencil icon to edit
content

98. Click x to delete

99. Now let’s view your message

100. Your scheduled message in
Instagram

101. Your scheduled message in
Facebook

102. Your scheduled message in
Tweeter

103. One message

104. Three platforms

105. In a single time

106. “It’s not always that
we need to do more
but rather that we
need to focus on less”
– Nathan W. Morris