Adding & Managing Accounts in Hootsuite
Hootsuite
| Beginner
- 11 videos | 29m 42s
Hootsuite is a social media management tool designed to help you curate and control your different social media accounts. Explore the Hootsuite interface.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
-
sign in to Hootsuiteexplore the Hootsuite interfaceadd a social media account in Hootsuiteadd a stream in Hootsuitemanage streams in Hootsuitebrowse statistics in Hootsuite
-
add RSS feeds in Hootsuitemanage RSS feeds in Hootsuitechange the Hootsuite account and profile settingscustomize the Hootsuite interfaceconfigure notifications on Hootsuite
IN THIS COURSE
-
2m 10sHootsuite is a social media management platform that helps you keep on top of your various social media sites like Twitter Facebook and Instagram. Hootsuite is presented in the style of a dashboard and gives you an overview of everything that is happening at once across all your social media platforms. In this video, we’ll look at finding the Hootsuite website, connecting to the platform and signing out of the Hootsuite. FREE ACCESS
-
2m 57sNow that we’ve signed in to Hootsuite, we can begin to understand the user interface. In this video, we’ll see an overview of the site, understand the publication bar, explore the Hootsuite pane and browse through the search and profile tools. FREE ACCESS
-
3m 3sOnce you've learned how to navigate within Hootsuite, you can begin adding social media accounts. Hootsuite works best when you have several accounts linked so that you can save time by posting across different platforms at the exact same time. FREE ACCESS
-
3m 1sNow that we’ve seen streams in action while looking at a site overview, let’s see how we can add a new stream. Streams are columns on your dashboard dedicated to one particular function of the site such as posts you were mentioned in or an inbox. Not all streams are necessary to effectively run a site, so it’s good to explore the options and have as many or as little streams as you prefer for each connected network. In this video, we’ll look at adding a stream, adding a stream tab and removing a stream. FREE ACCESS
-
2m 30sNow that we’ve set up some streams, we’ll see how we can manage them. Managing your streams can allow you to organize Hootsuite even more, in order to maximize efficiency while using the program. In this video, we’ll look at managing tabs, moving streams, updating streams and changing a stream’s display. FREE ACCESS
-
2m 43sOn Hootsuite you can browse statistics and visual representations for each of your connected networks. Statistics can give helpful insight to learning about what is working and what is not. In this video, we’ll look at how to browse the results and statistics of a network in a given time period. FREE ACCESS
-
3m 23sAn RSS feed is a type of web feed which allows users to access updates to online content without visiting each page. On Hootsuite, you can add RSS feeds to your networks and customize how often the feed reposts content from other sites to your LinkedIn feed, for example. In this video, we’ll see how to add an RSS feed and then browse through our RSS feeds. FREE ACCESS
-
2m 13sWhen you have a few RSS feeds set up, you may need to manage them from time to time. RSS feeds can be customized at any time. In this video, we’ll learn how to activate and deactivate an RSS feed, edit the RSS feed and finally removing RSS feeds we no longer want. FREE ACCESS
-
3m 16sYou can modify your account and profile settings to personalize your Hootsuite account. In this video, we’ll look at changing our profile picture, changing your profile information and changing your account settings to optimize your Hootsuite experience. FREE ACCESS
-
2m 14sWhen looking at your Hootsuite streams, there can be a lot of information to take in. You can adjust the Hootsuite interface help you digest the information faster. In this video, we’ll look at changing the Hootsuite display options and adjusting language options and preferences too. FREE ACCESS
-
2m 12sOn Hootsuite you will receive alerts for certain notifications like new messages and e-mail notifications. In this video, we’ll look at adjusting the alerts for these notifications and changing them to suit our needs. FREE ACCESS