HootSuite: 5 tips for effective use

We will give you 5 Hootsuite tips to improve your dealing with the Social Media Tool. In order to reach in the future, all social channels with ease.

1. HootSuite: Twitter search Stream set

New topics for your preferences to find, it is recommended in the case of Hootsuite, a Stream for the Twitter search set.

Click in Hootsuite on the "+add Stream".
Select your Twitter Account and click "search". Here you can enter your Keyword.
In the Stream will display all of the Tweets from Twitter that contain your search word.

If you want to post something, if you do not have access to your social networks, recommends the scheduling function of Hootsuite.

Click in the top bar, click "compose message" and select the networks in which your Post should be shared.
Click on the "planning function" and enter the time that your Post will be published.
You can change your Post later. You need not be afraid of mistakes have. In the Free Version you can schedule up to a maximum of a Post.

HootSuite, with the help of free and Premium Apps expandable. How to install an App, read here:

You click to the left of the action bar on the Puzzle icon. A new window will open.
You will now see all the available Apps. With Apps for Instagram, Flickr, Wordpress, or YouTube to Share them in these services a lot easier.

Also in the Free Version of HootSuite, you can view Analytics and statistics to their social channels:

You click to the left of the action bar, point to "Analytics".
Add pre-built reports, or create it with a click on "custom report" create your own report.
You observe, for example, your Followers on Twitter or Likes on Facebook.

The HootSuite service is not only available as a Web application, but also as an Androidand iOS App.

The possibilities are limited with the Apps, but the mobile solution is worth to keep on the go all the social channels and respond to Trends.
They also share the App Posts to multiple social networks at the same time.