Logan's Marketing Blog: Week 9- Using Hootsuite

Last week, I discussed the social networking application, Hootsuite, which allows the user to be able to post and manage multiple social media pages on one easy to use platform. Now, I will quickly run through how you will connect Hootsuite to your social networking sites and how to make your first post.

The first thing you want to do is go to the Hootsuite dashboard by logging into your Hootsuite account. Once there, you will want to click on the “profile picture” icon in the top right corner which will open a drop down menu (Pictured below). In the drop down menu, select manage social networks.

Once selected, Hootsuite will take you to the member page where it will show you the details of your membership and a section that allows you to add a private social network (as pictured below. Your page will not look exactly the same as mine already has my existing networks showing, but once you add social networks they will show in the same way).

To add a private social network, click on the tab that has a green “+” sign and private network. This will take you to a menu screen (pictured below) that will show you all of the social network options you may choose including: Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and others. SImply click on the one you’d like to add, put in your profile credentials and accept Hootsuite’s terms and agreements for each page and you will be connected!

The next step is to make a post. Once you are returned to the member page you will want to click on the “Send To” bar above your main credentials and select the networks you would like to post your message to (shown below).

Once the networks are selected, you can make your post. Type the message you want to post to your selected social networks by typing it into the “Compose Message” bar to the right of the “Send To” bar. For this test, I am simply going to put “Testing Hootsuite” (as shown below).