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HootSuite Hoots About Its First Quarter - Posted April 4, 2013
Social media management system ... [AllFacebook]

WWE Trains For WrestleMania 29 With HootSuite Command Center, New Facebook Game - Posted April 2, 2013
World Wrestling Entertainment is gearing up for its WrestleMania 29 pay-per-view event Sunday, and social media management system HootSuite is entering the ring with The Rock and John Cena... [AllFacebook]

HootSuite Rolls Out HootSuite Assignments Google Chrome Extension - Posted March 19, 2013
Social-media-management platform ... [AllFacebook]

Yammer VP Of Marketing Dee Anna McPherson Assumes Same Role At HootSuite - Posted March 13, 2013
Social-media-management platform HootSuite has a new vice president of marke... [AllFacebook]

Former Yammer Exec Dee Anna McPherson Joins HootSuite as VP Marketing - Posted March 13, 2013
HootSuite has tapped former Yammer executive Dee Anna McPherson to serve as vice president of marketing for the enterprise social media management company. McPherson was serving the same role at Yammer when the enterprise social network was acqui... [SocialTimes.com]

Social Media Newsfeed: Social SxSW | Facebook App Activity - Posted March 11, 2013
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HootSuite Improves Tracking, Targeting for LinkedIn Company Pages - Posted March 8, 2013
HootSuite today announced new options for tracking and targeting company pages on LinkedIn. Members of the professional network can follow the companies they are interested in to receive updates from the company such as news releases, blog posts, and job openings. Through HootSuite's socia... [SocialTimes.com]

HootSuite Adds Tool for Publishing and Analyzing Promoted Tweets - Posted February 20, 2013
HootSuite has announced a new integration with Twitter that will give marketers the tools for managing their advertising campaigns on the microblogging site. Companies can use the Promoted Products Integration to build their campaigns, monit... [SocialTimes.com]

Tweetdeck's New Column Filters Help You Sort Twitter Noise - Posted February 19, 2013
Ever try to follow a #hashtag chat and get annoyed by certain folks posting irrelevant tweets that muck up the stream? Tweetdeck now offers a way for you to wash that junk right out of your feed, with column filters. ... [AllTwitter]

Socialcast Added To HootSuite App Directory - Posted February 5, 2013
The latest addition to the HootSuite App Di... [AllFacebook]

HootSuite Adds Support for Enterprise Social Network Socialcast - Posted February 5, 2013
The HootSuite social dashboard now supports VMWare's Socialcast, an enterprise social platform designed to accommodate highly-regulated industries such as finance and health. HootSuite has managed to stay afloat while other social networking clients have failed in part because it connects users to multiple networks from the same Web app. It supports the... [SocialTimes.com]

Can HootSuite Predict the Winner of the Super Bowl XLVII? - Posted January 28, 2013
HootSuite today announced the launch of its social media command center for the Super Bowl game on February 3. The dashboard is the official social media management system for the New Orleans Super Bowl Host Committee, done in partnership with FSC Interactive. Fans can see how the Baltimore Ravens stack up against... [SocialTimes.com]

The New Social Networks: Which Ones Will Be Useful for PR Pros? - Posted January 14, 2013
As Instagram continues to lose members, Twitter decides whether to go public, Google+ screams "Notice Me!" and Facebook tries to resist th... [PRNewser]

Social Media Newsfeed: Klout 2012 Stats | 'Ho Ho HootSuite' - Posted December 26, 2012
Click here to receive the Morning Social Media Newsfeed via email.   Most Influ... [SocialTimes.com]

Santa Says, 'Ho Ho HootSuite' - Posted December 24, 2012
How does Santa Claus manage ... [AllFacebook]

Report: Facebook Page Posts Will No Longer Feature Third-Party Attributions - Posted December 19, 2012
Facebook will eliminate third-party attributions in posts by ... [AllFacebook]

Social Media Newsfeed: Twitter-Pinterest Integration | HootSuite Apps - Posted December 12, 2012
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Track Holiday Sentiment On Twitter With Hootsuite - Posted December 11, 2012
Have most people on Twitter been naughty or nice? You'll have to ask Santa for that information. But Hootsuite's Holiday Command Center can offer insight into how many people are tweeting about the holidays, and their sentiment about the holidays and their shopping exp... [10,000 Words]

Track Holiday Sentiment On Twitter With Hootsuite - Posted December 11, 2012
Have most people on Twitter been naughty or nice? You'll have to ask Santa for that information. But Hootsuite's Holiday Command Center can offer insight into how many people are tweeting about the holidays, and their sentiment about the holidays and their shopping exp... [AllTwitter]

HootSuite Adds Three Business-Focused Apps - Posted December 11, 2012
Social-media-management platform HootSuite... [AllFacebook]

HootSuite Adds 3 New Social Business Apps to Its App Directory - Posted December 11, 2012
HootSuite has added three new apps from Nimble, StockTwits, and YUPIQ to ... [SocialTimes.com]

How To Target Facebook Posts by Age, Gender, Relationship Status, Interests & Education - Posted November 13, 2012
Wish you could limit your Facebook posts to certain people in your network? Hootsuite has added a new set of Facebook posting tools for HootSuite Enterprise users. ... [AppNewser]

Homework | Target Practice | Wordplay [Podcast] - Posted November 13, 2012
On this week's social media edition of the Morning Media Menu, GalleyCat editor Jason Boog talked about what a weird coincidence it was that technology was able to bring our offices, Facebook posts from HootSuite's enterprise clients, and the spoken-word poetry of William Shatner that much closer t... [SocialTimes.com]

HootSuite's New Features Make Facebook Pages More Like Google+ Circles - Posted November 13, 2012
Social monitoring giant HootSuite has made it possible for businesses to target their Facebook posts by demographics, language, and location, the company announced today. A total of six new features will make Facebook pages more interactive and easier to monitor from the... [SocialTimes.com]

HootSuite Adds Half-Dozen Facebook Features - Posted November 13, 2012
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HootSuite Adds Half-Dozen Facebook Features - Posted November 13, 2012
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Learn More About the Vote With These Useful Social Tools - Posted November 5, 2012
How much social media sways swayable voters is perhaps the same sort of question as how much wood a woodchuck would chuck if it could. Even so, some projects designed to give average users access to information about the vote are worth watching. HootSuite's ... [SocialTimes.com]

HootSuite Counts Down to Election Day with Launch of Dedicated Command Center - Posted November 2, 2012
The debates are over, but the presidential elections are just getting started. Social media monitoring service HootSuite has set up a command center for the 2012 presidential elections that tracks the activities of both candidates, the company announced today. The 2012 Election Tracker gives viewers minute-to-minute updates on voter sentiment on... [SocialTimes.com]

HootSuite: 5 Million Users, 290 Employees, 1.3 Billion Messages Sent [INFOGRAPHIC] - Posted November 1, 2012
It's always been a favourite here at AllTwitter, and social media dashboard HootSuite continues to grow at an astonishing pace. The platform is celebrating its five m... [AllTwitter]

HootSuite Grows As Other Social Dashboards Are Eaten - Posted November 1, 2012
The social dashboard HootSuite has reached the 5 million user mark, the company announced today. The company grew from 4 million users in just two months, fueled largely by expansion into Europe and Asia.... [SocialTimes.com]

HootSuite Adds Reddit and StumbleUpon to App Directory - Posted October 30, 2012
HootSuite today added two first-generation social media platforms to its app directory, which allows users to engage with platforms from their HootSuite dashboard. Users can now access StumbleUpon ... [SocialTimes.com]

Social Dashboard HootSuite Hits 4 Million-User Mark [Infographic] - Posted October 23, 2012
HootSuite, a Web-based social dashboard, has 4 million users, the company said today. HootSuite netted its first million users over a two-year period and its final million in just four months. The fastest growth occurred in the U.S. and Europe. HootSuite supports Twitter, Facebook, Google+ pages but not profiles,... [SocialTimes.com]

HootSuite and the Rise of the Social Media Command Center - Posted October 16, 2012
HootSuite today announced the launch of its Social Media Command Center: a new system for gathering and organizing data from social media sites. But we're not talking about a simple dashboard -- this command center comes with multiple screens. It's basically an air traffic control room f... [SocialTimes.com]

HootSuite Announces Integration With Webtrends - Posted October 2, 2012
Social-media-management platform ... [AllFacebook]

Hootsuite Adds Real-Time Chat to Dashboard - Posted September 26, 2012
Social media management system Hootsuite has released Conversations, a real-time instant message tool that lets you collaborate with colleagues without leaving your dashboard. Founded in 2008, Hootsuite connects... [SocialTimes.com]

HootSuite Acquires Seesmic In Bid To Grow Social Business - Posted September 6, 2012
HootSuite has acquired an application that offers users pretty much the same features HootSuite does, but using a different price structure: Seesmic. The aquisition should make users from both sides excited. Seesmic could stand adding a little finesse to it's dashboard and the new talent on the Hoo... [SocialTimes.com]

Third-Party Facebook-Management Tools Join Forces As HootSuite Acquires Seesmic - Posted September 6, 2012
Two third-party social-media-management tools are now one, as ... [AllFacebook]

Twitter Teams Up With HootSuite To Sell Ads, Preferred Users Get $100 Credit - Posted August 24, 2012
A lot has been written about Twitter's latest developer guidelines, which outlines the types of third-party apps the company supports, and those it wants to eliminate. Calle... [AllTwitter]

HootSuite Adds Yammer to App Directory - Posted August 14, 2012
HootSuite, the all-in-one social media management tool, has added Yammer to its App Directory. The new app will allow Yammer users and managers to manage their accounts and reply to threads without leavi... [SocialTimes.com]

You Can Now Manage Twitter, Facebook AND Google+ Pages From HootSuite - Posted July 19, 2012
Ever feel overwhelmed popping around from platform to platform to post content and interact with followers? Sure you do. Well, HootSuite just made your life easier by adding the ability to manage Google+ pages to its Twitteriffic dashboard. Check. ... [AllTwitter]

Social Media Newsfeed: Google+ Liked | LivingSocial | HootSuite Autoschedule - Posted July 18, 2012
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HootSuite's Update Gives Buffer Run For Money; TweetDeck's Update Less Impressive - Posted July 17, 2012
If you're a fan of autoscheduling your tweets, a la Buffer (and you should be, young ninja), you're going to go bananas over the new HootSui... [10,000 Words]

HootSuite's Update Gives Buffer Run For Money; TweetDeck's Update Less Impressive - Posted July 17, 2012
If you're a fan of autoscheduling your tweets, a la Buffer (and you should be, young ninja), you're going to go bananas over the new HootSuite autoscheduling optio... [AllTwitter]

Social Media Newsfeed: Internet Outage | Trojan App Axed | Webinar Record - Posted July 6, 2012
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HootSuite Adds New Services To App Directory - Posted June 28, 2012
Adding to the many offerings already available in its App Directory, including Youtube, Tumblr and Flickr, HootSuite now offers four new integrated... [10,000 Words]

HootSuite Adds New Services To App Directory - Posted June 28, 2012
Adding to the many offerings already available in its App Directory, including Youtube, Tumblr and Flickr, HootSuite now offers four new integrated... [AllTwitter]

SocialAppsHQ Enters Facebook Post Scheduling Fray With Social Planner - Posted June 19, 2012
Facebook tab developer SocialAppsHQ added scheduling to its ... [AllFacebook]

Do Automated Facebook Responses Defeat The Purpose? - Posted June 8, 2012
As demand for customer support on Facebo... [AllFacebook]

HootSuite, HubSpot Join Forces To 'Close The Loop' On Facebook, Other Social Media Marketing - Posted June 6, 2012
Social media management system HootSuite and marketing software platfo... [AllFacebook]

Facebook to Set Final IPO Price | Pinterest Raises $120 Million | States Weigh Social Media Gambling - Posted May 17, 2012
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HootSuite Takes Aim At Businesses' Facebook, Social Media Teams - Posted May 7, 2012
Social media management platform HootSuite ... [AllFacebook]

When Is Automation OK On Twitter? - Posted April 12, 2012
Twitter is all about personalization, accountability, transparency... everything that automation isn't. Still, there are some cases where automating part of your Twitter account is actually beneficial - as long as you know when and what to automate. Finding the time ... [AllTwitter]

HootSuite Takes $20M Investment From OMERS Ventures - Posted March 29, 2012
In one of Canada's largest venture capital transactions in the past 10 years, Twitter dashboard HootSuite has announced a $20 million investment from OMERS Ventures. HootSuite is just four years old, but a... [AllTwitter]

How To Use HootSuite To Get More Information Out Of Twitter - Posted February 22, 2012
If you are one of the 78% of Twitter users who rely heavily on Twitter.com to access tweets and timelines, chances are yo... [AllTwitter]

The Owl Rises -- HootSuite Achieves 3 Millionth Signup [Infographic] - Posted January 17, 2012
At Social Times, one of our favorite tools of choice for managing our social media presence is HootSuite. The service is an essential time-saver with an attractive user interface and an even more attractive owl icon. What can be said about that owl that hasn't been said before --... [SocialTimes.com]

Social Media Dashboard HootSuite Now Has 3 Million Users [INFOGRAPHIC] - Posted January 17, 2012
It's a big day for HootSuite and another major milestone - the social media dashboard has just announced it's 3,000,000th signup. HootSuite, which has added a million users since July of last year, sends 1.5 daily messages, and has now been part of over 700 ... [AllTwitter]

Here's Why You Should Avoid Tweeting At Certain Times Each Hour - Posted January 17, 2012
Here's an exercise for you: Open up TweetDeck or another Twitter client that uses the streaming API. Wait f0r the top of the hour. Then watch closely as your timeline explodes with tweets. It's a problem that hasn't been written about much: Folks who schedule their tweets choose to (or have to,... [10,000 Words]

The Top 15 Brands On Twitter In 2011 [INFOGRAPHIC] - Posted January 11, 2012
We're 11 days into the new year, but there are still some things left to learn from 2011. HootSuite, the popular Twitter dashboard, has put together an infographic of the top brands, topics, hashtags, "in memorium" and holid... [AllTwitter]

5 Useful Tools to Monitor Twitter Hashtags - Posted December 23, 2011
Want to know what's being talked about on Twitter right now? Or how about what people are saying about your or your brand? Monitoring hashtags is a great way to get in on a conversation on Twitter, whether it's a trending topic or a few tweets per day. We've... [TVSpy]

Advanced Twitter Techniques: Scheduling, Monitoring, and Managing with HootSuite - Posted November 23, 2011
This is part two of our feature on using HootSuite to get more out of Twitter. Since you learned the basics of HootSuite in part one, we'll use this ... [10,000 Words]

HootSuite Now Offers YouTube, Tumblr, Flickr Support With New App Directory - Posted November 9, 2011
HootSuite, one of the most popular Twitter dashboards, is expanding in a big way. The company just announced its new App Directory, a platform for third-parties to integrate their existing apps (or build custom ones) into HootSuite. The first wave of big-name apps t... [AllTwitter]

HootSuite CEO Ryan Holmes On How The Company Crowdsourced Its Name [VIDEO] - Posted October 18, 2011
HootSuite is one of the largest social media management platforms out there. With over 2 million users sending tweets, managing lists and participating in hashtag chats every day, it is a Twitter power-user's dream. At the Shorty Awards industry awards ceremony on October... [10,000 Words]

HootSuite Snags Vancouver's Geotoko - Posted October 17, 2011
Vancouver's HootSuite is growing like gangbusters with no plans of slowing down. Reported by The Vancouver Sun, the company is on an acquisition spree... [SocialTimes.com]

More Shrinkage In Twitter Eco-System As HootSuite Acquires What The Trend - Posted September 27, 2011
HootSuite, the company behind the popular social media dashboard of the same name, has acquired What The Trend, a web-based service that provides user-defined explanations of the top Trending Topics on T... [AllTwitter]

Headliner.fm: A Social Network for Musicians - Posted September 27, 2011
Even though the rest of the web has moved on from Myspace the site is still the go-to network for a great many musicians, maintaining relevancy with bands that use it to easily track fans, set up (and publicize shows) and host music, photos and news in a single place. The... [SocialTimes.com]

Why You Should Not Use Third-Party Apps For Facebook Posting - Posted September 7, 2011
It's worth spending that extra time to post to your Facebook page, a new study says. Facebook posts that are posted via a third-party app like HootSuite, TweetDeck, dlvr.it and others receive an average of 70 percent fewer likes and comments for each fan, according to a new study by Applum. Facebook's algorithm... [TVSpy]

Why You Should Not Use Third-Party Apps For Facebook Posting - Posted September 7, 2011
It's worth spending that extra time to post to your Facebook page, a new study says. Facebook posts that are posted via a third-party app like HootSuite, TweetDeck, dlvr.it and others receive an average of 70 percent fewer likes and comments for each fan, according to a new study by Applum. Facebook's algorithm... [10,000 Words]

Five 'Must Have' iPad Apps for PR - Posted August 25, 2011
Many of you shared and debated our previous posts about mobile apps for PR. Since then, I upgraded the quiver to include a tablet--an iPad2--and we hope you do too. The iPad is truly the "leanback" device so we'll hedge thi... [PRNewser]

Have Your Searches Frozen On @HootSuite? One Simple Tip To Get Them Working Again - Posted August 8, 2011
Earlier today I noticed that the searches I had running over various Twitter profiles in HootSuite had stopped updating. Further investigation revealed that some of these had been frozen since Friday... [AllTwitter]

BIG MONEY: Social Media and Consumer Web Dominate SecondMarket Action - Posted July 27, 2011
Where is all the money going? Well, it's easy to find out on SecondMarket these days. The New York-based marketplace for private company stock has just released its second-quarter/first-half results. To check out the infographics from the SecondMarket report, take a look at the slideshow immediately below. Then, dig deeper into... [SocialTimes.com]

HootSuite Now Has 2 Million Users [INFOGRAPHIC] - Posted July 5, 2011
We're big fans of HootSuite at AllTwitter - Lauren and I both use the software extensively for all things Twitter, both professionally and with our personal accounts - and I'm very pleased to see ... [AllTwitter]

How to Have Multiple People Use the Same Corporate Twitter Account - Posted June 27, 2011
How long does it take to tweet something? A few seconds? So, the decision to pull the trigger on up to 140 characters shouldn't be too terribly involved. There's no need for a lot of discussion. Yet, somehow big companies, with a penchant for policy, inadvertently wind up struggling over the... [SocialTimes.com]

HootSuite Responds with Shorteners, Security, Sanity - Posted April 27, 2011
Around this time last week, Social Times got heads up from HootSuite about a rolling release of some enhancements to its platform. Who could have predicted that the next day would bring a web outage that would take d... [SocialTimes.com]

TweetDeck Hits The Web (Do You Give A Hoot?) - Posted April 7, 2011
Many dedicated TweetDeck Users had tired some time ago of running a bulky, memory-hogging desktop application to control Twitter (and then other social streams) some time ago when web-based options such as Hootsuite became available. The folks at TweetDeck heard their cries, and Wednesday released its own long-awaited Web app. But... [AllTwitter]

HootSuite Acquires Firefox Add-On TwitterBar - Posted April 6, 2011
Keeping social media management efficient and fun usually means keeping an eye out for ways to save clicks and keystrokes. HootSuite today announced its acquisition of TwitterBar. Rebranded HootBar and available for immediate download, this add-on for th... [SocialTimes.com]

HootSuite Pro Tip - Clear Your Cache To Speed Things Up (And Clear Away Ugly Tweets) - Posted March 16, 2011
Regular readers will be aware that I'm a long-term, big fan of HootSuite. I'm a pro subscriber, which means I'm actually paying to tweet. That's fine - for me, and my team at work, HootSuite is totally indispensable. At least, for now. In this crazy, app-filled world, nothing is forever, and no product... [AllTwitter]

Track the Return on your Social Media Investment with HootSuite's New Social Analytics - Posted March 9, 2011
Stats lovers, this one's for you: HootSuite has upgraded its dashboard to include some pretty powerful analytics and customizable reports. Called the HootSuite Social Analytics, this new addition will make mea... [AllTwitter]

HootSuite for Blackberry Gets a Big Update - Posted February 24, 2011
HootSuite for Blackberry users, rejoice: the social media dashboard has been updated to deliver almost the same functionality as the robust web-based version. You can now manage multiple Twitter accounts, along with your LinkedIn profile, Facebook pages, ... [AllTwitter]

How to Retweet Like the Old Days Using HootSuite - Posted February 23, 2011
When New Twitter came to town in September 2010, many people lamented the fact that Twitter changed the way you retweet. The default on Twitter.com for the past five months has been a static retweet, basically "forwarding" a tweet to your followers rather t... [AllTwitter]

Advanced Twitter Techniques: Scheduling, Monitoring, and Managing with HootSuite - Posted January 28, 2011
This is part two of our feature on using HootSuite to get more out of Twitter. Since you learned the basics of HootSuite in part one, we'll use this ... [AllTwitter]

How to use Twitter to Spy on the Competition - Posted January 10, 2011
If your business has a Twitter account, you might want to consider using it to do a little digging into what the competition is up to. We're not suggesting anything underhanded here - but just by browsing past tweets, looking at following lists ... [AllTwitter]

HootSuite Gets Cozy with Japan - Posted December 22, 2010
HootSuite, the popular Twitter management platform, is expanding further into the Japanese market with three announcements yesterday. This push into Japan highlights the microblogging's popularity overseas. ... [AllTwitter]

5 Useful Tools to Monitor Twitter Hashtags - Posted December 10, 2010
Want to know what's being talked about on Twitter right now? Or how about what people are saying about your or your brand? Monitoring hashtags is a great way to get in on a conversation on Twitter, whether it's a trending topic or a few tweets per day. We'... [AllTwitter]

HootSuite Reaches 1,000,000 Users [Infographic] - Posted November 30, 2010
HootSuite, one of the most popular third-party Twitter dashboards, has just reached its million member milestone. Welcoming in the millionth member, HootSuite released an infographic illustrating just how its users are engaging with its dashboard over th... [AllTwitter]

5 Productivity Tools for Twitter - Posted November 23, 2010
It's easy to waste away the afternoon browsing for celebrity gossip, breaking news and funny tweets on Twitter, but even better than its entertainment value is Twitter's productivity capabilities. You can streamline not only your Twitter experience with t... [AllTwitter]

Promoted Tweets Spotted in TweetDeck - Posted November 17, 2010
ReadWriteWeb has spotted Promoted Tweets in the TweetDeck Twitter client, apparently quietly inserted without any fanfare from Twitter, TweetDeck, or any of the adve... [AllTwitter]

It IS Possible To Turn Off Promoted Tweets In Your Timeline - For Now - Posted November 10, 2010
Some people aren't too happy with Promoted Tweets in their HootSuite timeline. Although we think that the Promoted Tweets are pretty user-friendly, ... [AllTwitter]

Promoted Tweets in the Timeline: A User's Perspective - Posted November 8, 2010
The blogosphere has been abuzz with debate over the recent expansion of Twitter's Promoted Tweets and Trends into users' timelines. Is it a slick marketing move? Too intrusive? Ineffective? The jury's still out ... [AllTwitter]

Freemium Summit East: When Free Isn't Enough -- Transitioning from Free to Freemium in the Consumer Space - Posted October 25, 2010
A panel at Freemium Summit East in New York Monday, "When Free Isn't Enough -- Transitioning from Free to Freemium in the Consumer Space," featu... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]