A step-by-step guide on how to manage your social network through Hootsuite; open an account and connect your social media networks; set-up tabs and streams; compose and attach files; manually publish and auto-schedule messages across social media networks.

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Glenda A. Mendoza
A step-by-step tutorial with screensh ts for beginners
Managing your
Social Network through
Hootsuite

2. What is Hootsuite?
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3. Hootsuite is a social media
management
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4. where you can
automate your
social media
content
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5. grow your online fans
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6. and engage
with your
followers
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7. through a single dashboard.
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Scheduling iconSocial profile picker Compose box
Tab
Launch
menu
Stream
Viewing options

8. So what are the benefits of using
Hootsuite?
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9. You can monitor
multiple social
media streams in
one place
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10. and
schedule post
in advance.
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11. You can also
listen and engage with your
followers
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12. and collaborate
with your team
too!
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13. You can manage the following social
networks:
Facebook profiles
Facebook pages
Facebook groups
YouTube channels
Wordpress.com blogs
Twitter profiles
Google + Pages
Instagram profiles
LinkedIn profiles
LinkedIn groups
LinkedIn company Pages
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14. Hootsuite offers 3 pricing plans.
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16. You can start with a free plan and
upgrade later.
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17. In this tutorial, you will learn how to:
Open a Hootsuite account and
connect your social media
networks
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18. In this tutorial, you will learn how to:
Set up tabs and streams to
monitor your social profile and
feeds
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19. In this tutorial, you will learn how to:
Compose and attach file to social
media post
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20. In this tutorial, you will learn how to:
Manually publish and auto
schedule messages across social
media networks
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21. Now, let’s open a Hootsuite
account.
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22. Go to hootsuite.com
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23. Click Sign-up
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24. or sign-in with your social media account.
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25. Select your plan to get started.
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26. For this tutorial, click create an account by email.
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27. Enter your name, email and password.
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28. Then click on ‘Looks good, let’s go!’ button.
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29. You have successfully opened your Hootsuite
account.
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30. Connect a social media account into
Hootsuite.
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31. Click the launch menu.
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32. Then, click on + Add a Social Network button.
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33. A pop-up window appears.
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34. Select social media account you want to connect.
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35. Then, click ‘Connect with Twitter’.
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36. Enter your Twitter account credentials.
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37. Then, click on ‘Authorise app’ button.
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38. Your twitter account is now added into
Hootsuite.
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39. Let’s add another social
media account.
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40. Select Facebook.
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41. Then, click on ‘Connect with Facebook’ button.
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42. Select the Facebook account you want to add.
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43. Then, click ‘Add Selected Account’.
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44. Your Facebook page is now added into
Hootsuite.
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45. Repeat the steps to add another
social account into Hootsuite.
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46. For free version, you can add up to 3 social
accounts.
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47. Set up tabs to monitor your
social profile and feeds.
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48. Below the launch menu icon, click Streams.
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49. This is your first tab.
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50. Click once to highlight and type a new name.
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51. For this tutorial, it will be the Twitter tab.
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52. Click the plus (+) sign to add a new tab.
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53. Click and type a name for the new tab.
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54. Now, let’s add streams to the
tabs.
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55. Click + Add stream.
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56. A pop-up window appears.
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57. Select the social network and appropriate profile.
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58. Press ‘+’ icon to add the desired streams to the
tab.
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59. Hootsuite dashboard with tabs and streams.
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60. Compose and attach file to the
social media post.
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61. Point your mouse over the social profile picker.
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62. Click one or multiple social media accounts.
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63. Note the character count limits for the social
networks.
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64. Craft your message in the ‘Compose message’
box.
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65. To share an image, press the paper clip icon.
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66. Select the file or drag and drop it into the
window.
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67. Click on ‘Send Now’ button to publish it
immediately.
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68. Or save it as a draft and schedule to go out later.
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69. Manually publish messages
across social media networks.
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70. Click on the scheduling icon.
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71. Select a date and time to publish your message.
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72. Then, click Schedule button.
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73. Message is now scheduled for 2 social networks.
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74. Auto schedule messages across
your social networks.
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75. Turn on Auto Schedule by clicking the switch.
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76. To edit the schedule, click the cog wheel.
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77. The settings window appears.
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78. Select the days by clicking the corresponding
box.
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79. Adjust the options by clicking the drop-down list.
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80. To keep the changes, Click ‘Save Settings’.
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81. AutoSchedule settings is now updated.
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82. Close the ‘Settings’ window.
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83. Click on the ‘AutoSchedule’ button.
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84. To view all posts schedule, click ‘Publisher’.
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85. Edit or delete posts by clicking the appropriate
icon.
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86. So let’s recap…
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87. In this tutorial, you learned how to:
Open a Hootsuite account and connect your social
media networks
Set up tabs and streams to monitor your social
profile and feeds
Compose and attach file to social media post
Manually publish and auto schedule messages
across social media networks
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88. That’s it!
You’re on your way
to using Hootsuite!
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