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HootSuite – A Better Way to Tweet on Twitter

Posted on : 21-09-2009 | By : Erika Marie | In : Entertainment, Technology

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Everything that I thought I hated about Twitter has been fixed with a web-based Twitter Client, HootSuite 2.0.  First of all, I must say that whoever invented “tabs” is my hero.  You don’t realize how much you love tabbed browsers until you go to work where they’re still making you use Internet Explorer 6.0.  HootSuite lays everything out in easy to find tabs.  My Twitter followers keep growing in numbers, and I obviously don’t have the time to read each and every tweet.  HootSuite allows me to column off my close friends so I don’t miss a beat with their tweets.  In another column on my first tab, I am able to see everyone who mentioned my name, while the other two columns on my first tab have direct messages and everyone else’s tweets.  My second tab shows tweets from HootSuite and other “featured” tweets.  I’ve only just begun to customize my HootSuite.

I have a website I intend to launch in the near future and can also add this account to my HootSuite where I can monitor both accounts at the same time.  Not only that, my partner in crime, Molly can share access to the account easily with HootSuite on her own dashboard.  You can schedule your tweets and track statistics on all of your Twitter accounts all while using their new Drag & Drop features.  I would also like to add that HootSuite is a bit too advanced for the likes of older browsers.  If you’re still using IE 6, it’s not going to work.  HootSuite will suggest other browsers for you but I can say that I’m still an avid Mozilla Firefox user.  I tried Google Chrome but did not like that you couldn’t get the Google Toolbar on Google Chrome.  However, HootSuite works on both, and Safari as well!  So try out this new Twitter toolbox.  It’s  a real hoot. *chuckle*

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  • At 2009.08.28 08:01, R.W. Jackson said:

    Thanks for this. There is so much about Twitter that I find challenging. I’m looking forward to trying out HootSuite and hopefully getting a little more of a clue.

    ~R.W.

    • At 2009.08.28 08:06, Erika Marie said:

      You’re quite welcome! Twitter and I have gotten along much better since HootSuite!

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