The Ultimate Cheat Sheet On How To Use Hootsuite To Broadcast On Social Networks

HOW TO USE
HOOTSUITE
To B r o a d c a s t a S i n g l e M e s s a g e
Across Multiple Social Networks
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Social Media is an
important part of
any businesss
digital marketing
strategy.
Through the various

social media platforms
you can:
Expand your audience and find new customers
Drive traffic to your website
Share new content quickly
Create meaningful relationships with and gain

insights from your customers
Receive valuable feedback
However, managing
several social media
accounts at once can
often put a strain on
resources.
Thankfully, there are

social media
management tools out
there to make it easier.
The most widely used

of these is Hootsuite,
with over 10 million
users around the world.
What is Hootsuite?
Hootsuite is a web
based application to
manage, track, analyze,
broadcast and schedule
your social network
media campaigns.
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It enables you to
monitor multiple social
media accounts in one
place.
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It automatically posts
all your scheduled
contents across your
social media network.
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And it allows you to

schedule your posts
and/or content ahead
of time.
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Hootsuite offers a free

account to which you
can only connect 3 of
your social media
networks.
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Lets get started!
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In this tutorial, you will

learn:
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How to Sign-Up to Get Your
Free Hootsuite Account

How to Connect Your Social
Media Accounts
How to Add Streams
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How to Schedule and
Broadcast Your First Social

Media Post
How to Use the Analytics
Report
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How to Sign Up to Get
Your Free Hootsuite Account
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Open your web browser

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Google Chrome
browser is used in this
tutorial.
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Type hootsuite.com in the

address bar and hit enter
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Hootsuite homepage
will appear
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Click on Sign Up
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You have 3 plans to

choose from, namely:
Free
Pro
Enterprise
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Let s hoose the Free

plan
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Click on Get Started Now
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Enter the following

information on the Sign
Up page
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Your Email Address
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Your Name
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Your Password
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Your Timezone
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Click Create Account
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No , let s add our so ial

networks
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Notice the impressive

time-saving statistics on
the right of the page!
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Hootsuite is now giving

you the option of linking
your Twitter, Facebook,
LinkedIn and Google+
accounts to the
dashboard.
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{2
How to Connect your
Social Media Accounts
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NOTE that for a FREE

account, you can only
connect up to 3 social
networks.
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Hootsuite is now giving

you the option of linking
your Twitter, Facebook,
LinkedIn and Google+
accounts to the
dashboard.
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Back on the Hootsuite set

up page, click on the icon
of the social media
account you would like to
add.
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Click on Twitter
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A pop-up window will

appear asking you to
authorize Hootsuite to
use the Twitter account.
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Click on Twitter
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Enter your Phone, Email

or Username
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Enter your Password
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Click Authorize App
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Click Authorize App one

more time
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Wait for the process to

finish
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Twitter account has been

successfully added
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Click Continue
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Click Done adding social

networks
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A Welcome to Hootsuite
appears
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Welcome to your
Hootsuite dashboard
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Let s add a other so ial

media network from
your dashboard.
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Click Add Social Network
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Choose your social

network
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Click Connect with

Facebook
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A pop-up window appears
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Enter your Password
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Click Continue
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Click Okay
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Click Okay one more time
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Facebook account now

connected
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Choose a Facebook Page

you want to manage
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Facebook page now

connected
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Click on Finished
Importing
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By clicking on the
dropdown arrow from
your Networks tab will
show your added social
network.
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Ne t, let s add our

network streams
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{3
How to Add Your
Streams
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To break it down: Each

social media account has
its own tab, and you can
choose to view a number
of streams for each tab.
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Now you need to

populate your
dashboard. From there,
let s re a e our first
tab.
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Double click on the tab
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You can rename your tab

however you like
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Let s t pe Fa e ook
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Press Enter
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From the dropdown

menu, choose a social
network by clicking on it.
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Here is where
you select which
social network
you would like
to add
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Let s li k on Facebook Page
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Each icon represents the

tabs in your Facebook
Page including your
unpublished posts
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Click on the Timeline icon
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You can now monitor

your Facebook Page
timeline from your
Hootsuite dashboard.
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As you add streams, your

tab will fill up with a
column for each of the
streams you have selected.
You can always go back
and add or remove
streams.
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Let s add strea for our

Twitter account. To do
that, you need to Add a
Tab.
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Cli k the + sig
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Create a name for this tab
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Let s Add trea
for T itter
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Here s the T itter strea s

we just added
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Cli k the + sig
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{4
How to Schedule & Broadcast
Your First Social Media Post
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One of Hootsuite s ost

useful functions is the
ability to schedule posts
to go out on all of the
social networks you have
connected with.
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This is where Hootsuite

can really SAVE you time.
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To schedule a post, use

the boxes at the very top
of the dashboard
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The left-hand box is a

drop-down menu, from
which you select the
social media account you
want to schedule a post
for.
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Choose the social

network where you want
to post
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Let s sele t T itter a d

Facebook
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The right-hand box is

where you compose your
post.
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You have the option to

include a link, which
Hootsuite ill hri k for
you, as well as attach an
image or file.
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Click the paper clip icon

to attach an image
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Then select the file to

upload
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Next, click the Calendar

icon to schedule post
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Select a date from the

Calendar
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Enter the date and time

to broadcast the post
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Click Schedule
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To review your scheduled

posts or edit them, click
o the Pu lisher arro
icon on the tool-bar on
the left on the screen.
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Here s our s heduled

post
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How to Use the
Analytics Report
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Hootsuite also provides

its own Analytics reports.
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To access these, click on

the A al ti s graph i o
on the tool-bar on the
left of the screen.
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There are only three

report templates
available to you as a free
user:
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Twitter Profile Overview
Facebook Page Overview
Ow.ly Click Summary
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These free report

templates will provide
you with basic
information on your
accounts
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Such as follower growth,

most popular links, daily
likes, and page
engagement.
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Let s ge erate our

Facebook Page Overview
Report
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Click on Facebook Page

Overview
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Then click on Create

Report
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Report
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Report
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I would recommend
using these free reports
along with the analytics
provided within each
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of the social networks to

obtain a detailed picture
of your social media
performance.
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O e ou e gathered the
data, look at the posts
which received the most
engagement
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and use these to inform

your social media
strategy moving forward.
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Once you get used to how

the way the dashboard
works, which can take
some time, there are many
other functions to explore.
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Hopefully this step-by-step

guide was helpful to you.
You can read other great

resources and tutorials
on my blog.
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Visit Your Stellar Virtual

Professional Partner on the
website below. I would love
to read your comments and
suggestions.
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Through the various

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Expand your audience and find new customers

Drive traffic to your website

Share new content quickly

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Create meaningful relationships with and gain

Receive valuable feedback

heartiequeen.wordpress.com | Your Stellar Virtual Professional Partner

Thankfully, there are

The most widely used

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And it allows you to

Hootsuite offers a free

Lets get started!

heartiequeen.wordpress.com | Your Stellar Virtual Professional Partner

In this tutorial, you will

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How to Sign-Up to Get Your

Free Hootsuite Account

How to Schedule and

Broadcast Your First Social

How to Sign Up to Get

Your Free Hootsuite Account

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Open your web browser

Type hootsuite.com in the

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You have 3 plans to

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Let s hoose the Free

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Click on Get Started Now

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Enter the following

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Click Create Account

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No , let s add our so ial

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Notice the impressive

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Hootsuite is now giving

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How to Connect your

Social Media Accounts

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NOTE that for a FREE

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Back on the Hootsuite set

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A pop-up window will

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