How to use Hootsuite

Let’s face it in today’s busy lifestyles we can all use a little help making it easier to keep up with our Social Media efforts. Hootsuite.com is a valuable tool for doing just that. It gives you the ability to manage multiple twitter accounts and schedule tweets ahead of time. Check out this video to learn how!

Tips for Tweeting

Make sure you have a good mix of the following types of tweets:

- Educational Tweets Pertaining to Your Field of Expertise. (ie. cool articles, blog posts, stats, etc…)

- Promotional Tweets - It’s perfectly fine to promote your event, product or service to your loyal followers. The rule of thumb is to mix them in about every 10th tweet or so. Nobody likes to feel like they are being spammed.

- Retweets - Show the love! See a great article, post or tweet, share it with your audience! Just be sure to acknowledge the original tweeter. Proper format is [RT @soandso "Be the Change You Wish To See in the World. Gandhi"]

- Connecting Tweets - Reach out and connect to others. This is a great way to meet new people and increase followers. Search for terms that apply to your area of expertise to form a solid group of relevant followers.

[VIDEO] How to use Hootsuite to Manage Multiple Accounts & Schedule Tweets

Happy Tweeting!

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