Happy Face 29 Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 Just been adding my social Networks to Hootsuite. Used Tweetdeck previously, but tended to be limited in how many sites it will integrate. Early impressions are Hootsuite is class...and not been mentioned on here. You can add Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Youtube, Google+ Wordpress, Blogger, Tumblr, Flickr, StumbleUpon and there's dozens more I've not looked through properly yet. You can post to multiple social networks at once too. http://hootsuite.com Tooj, it also has an RSS reder app, which I hope will still work once Google Reader goes tits up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 Cheers Happy Face I shall check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted April 30, 2013 Author Share Posted April 30, 2013 Helpful hint if you do use it. I spent an hour adding all my old Google Reader feeds to it. Turns out you can export them from google reader... >Settings >Import/export >"Download your data through Takeout" >Create Archive Then import it to Hootsuite >Add Stream >Apps >Get more apps >Search on "RSS" >Add RSS Reader >Click the settings cog >OPML import tab >select the xml file created by the export from google and import. Unfortunately that just creates one long stream of all your subscriptions. I like to have a stream for news, one for comment, one for football, comics etc so if you want structure like that it's best just to subscribe to sites within each stream. But as a way to get all your feeds out of Google reader and stored somewhere else before it closes down, it's a good quick fix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 It's only offering me the choice of four social networks. Do you have to pay for more? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted April 30, 2013 Author Share Posted April 30, 2013 It's only offering me the choice of four social networks. Do you have to pay for more? You have to add others as apps There are premium apps which you have to pay for but also free versions of youtube, Instagram, tumblr, stumbleupon etc. Slightly annoyed that the Google+ stream is only available if you're an organisation with a product page, not to integrate an existing personal account Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21965 Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 i never really get why people post multiple updates to various social networks. what's the point? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted April 30, 2013 Author Share Posted April 30, 2013 i never really get why people post multiple updates to various social networks. what's the point? There's not really any point in posting to any when you boil it down like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21965 Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 There's not really any point in posting to any when you boil it down like that. but i've already read that post on twitter. why post it again on facebook too? yagetme? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted April 30, 2013 Author Share Posted April 30, 2013 but i've already read that post on twitter. why post it again on facebook too? yagetme? Half the people on Facebook don't use twitter and vice versa. You wouldn't want any of them to not know when you've scratched your arse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Hermione 13894 Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 Does it allow me to network with my favourite social media brands? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15560 Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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