Hootsuite.com
HOW TO USE
What is
Hootsuite?
Hootsuite is a social media management tool that allows
users to schedule and post updates to any pages or profiles
Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+, Instagram,
WordPress and others from one place
I will teach you
How to log in
How to sign up
How to connect your Social Media accounts
How to schedule a post
Let’s start
Open your Web Browser
Enter Hootsuite.com in the search bar
www.hootsuite.com
Click Compare All Business Plans to see your options
You have 3 Plans to choose from
1. Free2. Pro3. Business
For now we will choose the Free Plan
Type your Full name
Type your Email Address
Type your Password
Click Create account
Or Sign up with a social network
Just pick from any of these options
Welcome to the DASHBOARD !!!
Once you have set up your account
You can download the app in your iPhone
your tablet, android phone or to your iPad
The convenience of managing your social media accounts using
Hootsuite app
Since we have the FREE planWe are only allowed to have 3
social profiles
To add a social network
Click Add Social Network
For Twitter
For Facebook
For Google+
For LinkedIn
For WordPress
For Instagram
Now let’s try to add an account
Click Connect with Instagram
Enter your Username
Enter your Password
Click Log in
Click Authorize
Congratulations !!!Successfully connected Instagram account
You can see in the Dashboard that it was successfully added
Now let’s add another account
WordPress
For WordPress
Once you key in your details it will automatically go to your
Dashboard so don’t be shocked!
To see your accounts
Just Click the drop down curser
To Add a Stream
For Social Media Manager a Tab or Stream corresponds for one client which means you decide on how many tabs you want to
create or you can rename it whatever you want
Click Add Stream
Click the + for the pages
that you want to manage
You will see
a message Stream added!
This is now your Dashboard
Let’s rename it
Type the Title
Press Enter and it’s now updated
If you want to Delete a tab just click the X sign
If you want to change the tab position just click drag and release
One of the good things about Hootsuite is you being in control
of your posting schedule
at the same time you can create a content plan in advance
and target the ideal time to post your content
To schedule a Post
Click on the Compose message
You will see this
In Instagram there is a limitation on what your going to type same as twitter so always double check
If you want to attach an image
Click Select files to upload
If you want to add a Link and shorten it you can use this portion
For adding a Location
For Targeting options
For Privacy and sharing options
For Scheduling a Post
Just pick the date and time and Click Schedule
Click this if you want to receive an email that your message has been sent
This is one of the advantage of using Hootsuite
They have this Autoschedule option wherein they will analyze
your followers and figure out what is the best time of the day to put out any given message
If it’s On you will see this message
If your done with your message just click Schedule
Then Click Send Now
Clicking Publisherwill show you the updates in all your Hootsuite post
You will see this options
I also suggest that you do this in your account
Go to Settings
Click AutoSchedule
I recommend to change the schedule from 5 days to 2 days
Because we don’t want to irritate our audience for 5 post a
day and bother them during their work or any activity that
they are doing.
According to statistics 2 post is enough for them to read.
Additional tip for you is to click Sunday for scheduled messages
Again Hootsuite can do the calculation for the best time to post for your specific audience
Then Click Save Settings
You will see a prompt that it is updated
To Sign out
Click Sign Out
Congratulations !!!
With GOD
all things are possible
Matthew 19:26