Hootsuite is a great twitter application that I’ve been using for the past couple of months. I thought I would share why I use it and why you might find it helpful if you are a twitter user.
1. You can add and manage multiple accounts, including facebook and tweet from them simultaneously.
2. You can shorten URL’s. Tweeting blog links can often take up most of your 140 character allowance so by using this inbuilt URL shortener you can make the longest URL only 18 characters long and make a lot more sense of the information you’re trying to convey.
3. You can track URL statistics and find out if people are engaging with your twitters and where people are coming to you from.
4. You can schedule twitters to ‘tweet later’. Very helpful for me when I want to tweet things in country appropriate time-zones!
5. You can tweet files.
6. You can create numerous columns to view direct messages, @responses, twitter lists and searches you might be performing to find people of similar interests…etc.
7. You can view everyone who is following you… see who’s not following you back. This is great when you have maxed out the number of people you can follow and need to unfollow people who aren’t returning the love!
8. You can view people’s twitter klout and get tips on how you can improve your twittering.
9. You’ll never need to open your twitter account again!
10. One function I would love Hootsuite to add is Geocoding. The ability to find people tweeting about certain things within a region. Tweetgrid is the only place I have found so far that does this. (I’m sure there are others!)
Hope that helps your tweeting! If you are new to twitter or are wondering what the heck it even is you might want to check out some of my previous posts.
Twursday Twitter Tips for a twitter beginner
Twursday Twitter Tips
Twursday Twitter Tips #3
