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Adding Social Networks
Adding Tabs
Adding Streams
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Exploring HootSuite Organizations
New to HootSuite? Or new to social media in general? HootSuite Free Courseware is where you want to start! This course provides a basic overview of everything you need to know to maximize your use of HootSuite dashboard as a Free user.
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Exploring HootSuite Conversations
Publishing Messages
Engaging Your Audience
Attaching Photos and Documents
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Organizations are the highest level entity in HootSuite and contain all of the relevant social networks, teams, and team members. What are some examples of organizations that can be created? See�,_WSVYPUN�/VV[:\P[L Organizations
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Direct message is a feature used when you don’t want your conversations to be visible to the public. What are some examples of customer service situations where direct messages may be more suitable? See Starting to Engage Your Audience
With HootSuite, you can add photos or documents to your updates to illustrate your messages. What are some L_HTWSLZ�VM�KPɈLYLU[�[`WLZ�VM�ÄSLZ�`V\�JHU�H[[HJO�[V�`V\Y�TLZZHNLZ&�:LL Attaching Photos and Documents
Making your customers feel acknowledged and appreciated is one of the keys ways to engage customers and build your online brand. When your Twitter followers mention your brand, what are some tactics you can use to engage with them? See�,_WSVYPUN�/VV[:\P[L�6YNHUPaH[PVUZ�
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HootSuite’s mobile apps for iPhone, Android, and Blackberry help you spread messages, monitor conversations, and track results right from your handset. How can this be helpful if you tend to manage your social media on the go? See Introduction to HootSuite Mobile
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HOOT 105 - Introduction to HootSuite MobileHootSuite Mobile App enables you to take social media with you on the go. Learn how to manage multiple social accounts, track engagement and keep up with conversations all from your iPhone, Blackberry or Android.
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When using the HootSuite dashboard from a mobile device, your existing tabs and streams are automatically imported to your device. Why may this be helpful for a community manager who juggles work between their laptop and smartphone? See Introduction to HootSuite Mobile
You can also auto-schedule your messages to publish at optimal times on the mobile dashboard. Why would this be useful if you tend to catch up on your Google Reader during your commute to work? See Introduction to HootSuite Mobile
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Monitoring Search Streams
Utilizing Twitter Lists
Setting Up Advanced Search Streams
Monitoring Advanced Streams
Creating Job Searches
Keyword streams allow you to track multiple terms in one stream without needing to know advanced Twitter search tactics. What are some examples of keyword streams you can set up to monitor mentions of your brand? See Monitoring Search Streams
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A great use of search streams is following hashtagged discussions to keep up to date with your company’s THYRL[PUN�PUP[PH[P]LZ��>OH[�HYL�ZVTL�KPɈLYLU[�[`WLZ�VM�THYRL[PUN�PUP[PH[P]LZ�`V\�JHU�ZL[�\W�OHZO[HN�Z[YLHTZ�MVY&�See Monitoring Search Streams
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Adding Apps from the App Directory
Using Plug-in Apps
Shortening Links
Scheduling Messages
Autoschedule
Using the Hootlet
HootSuite’s App Directory allows you monitor and manage your community beyond Facebook and Twitter by
incorporating additional popular networks. What are some examples of apps you can add and how can they
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What are some apps in the directory that can help you enhance your business’ customer service across social
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HOOT 120 - Introduction to EngagementIn this lesson you will learn how to engage with your community using helpful tools that allow you reach out to
other social channels and save time when publishing content.
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App Plugins allow you to quickly and easily send social media content from streams in HootSuite to external,
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Scheduling is an easy way for you to save time and optimize your content publishing. What are some situations
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Shortening Links
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Using HootSuite’s Hootlet, you can easily share content over your social networks without leaving the page
you’re on. How can this be helpful and what other feature of HootSuite can you use with it to optimize your
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How does the Autoscheduler work and how can it help you when sifting through content that you may want to
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Set up Conversations and add a team
Send a message to Conversations
Assign a message to a team member
Share a stream with a team member
Create a draft message and share with youryour team
HootSuite Conversations enables teams and organizations to collaborate in real time without leaving the
dashboard. How can you use Conversations when you want your internal community to amplify a marketing
release? See Exploring HootSuite Conversations
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With Conversations, you can communicate internally with your entire company, or just your team. What are
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Conversations
How can assigning messages to the appropriate department to help your teams streamline and manage their
communication? See Assigning Messages
When managing social communities, it’s important that each message is answered by the appropriate team
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Responding to the same questions on social media repeatedly can be tedious and repetitive. How can the draft
feature help your team? See Creating Drafts
Sharing your streams with your team can be very helpful for managing communication with customers. What are
some customer service situations where sharing streams would be helpful with your team? See Sharing Team
Streams
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Create a custom report
Create a Twitter report
Create a Owly Analytics report
Add Facebook reporting modules to anexisting report
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If you were launching a live event for your company, what are some of the metrics that you may want to track in analytics for your Twitter and Facebook pre-campaign in the weeks leading up to the event? See Creating Custom Reports
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