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HootSuite Challenge Day 9-10: #ThanksFor5 Feature Image

HootSuite Challenge Day 9-10: #ThanksFor5

I took HootSuite through the hardest test on Tuesday - the Social Media London test. Now, I blog and live-tweet for Social Media London, the biggest Social Media meetup in London. The main tools I use when live-tweeting during this event are Tweetdeck and Tweetbot (although I later ditched

· 8 min · Hootsuite

HootSuite Challenge Day 8: 'Obrigado' Feature Image

HootSuite Challenge Day 8: 'Obrigado'

While writing the title for this post, I realised that this "10-day challenge" is soon coming to an end. Despite all the frustrations that I've had with HootSuite (the free version), it actually saddens me that this trial is coming to an end. (Not that

· 3 min · Hootsuite

Hootsuite Challenge Day 5-7: Tough Love Feature Image

Hootsuite Challenge Day 5-7: Tough Love

I learned about a few new features within HootSuite, and I also realised that regardless of how frustrated the tool makes me at times (and by at times I mean oftentimes), there's just so much that I haven't tackled yet - while I'm familiar with

· 10 min · Hootsuite

Hootsuite Challenge Day 3-4: Can Anybody Tell Me... Feature Image

Hootsuite Challenge Day 3-4: Can Anybody Tell Me...

I'm going to keep this short and sweet. I've said "why?" so many times both yesterday and today, mainly in front of Hootsuite Web instead of the app. I've been following and trying to live-tweet Socialbakers' Engage 2013 event, while

· 3 min · Hootsuite

HootSuite Challenge Day 2: Seriously? Feature Image

HootSuite Challenge Day 2: Seriously?

I called Day 1 "Frustration". If I could define Day 2 of my Hootsuite challenge in one word, it would be "Seriously?". (Question mark included.) Let me explain. I started the day still frustrated from the previous day - no notifications? I got some more followers, some

· 6 min · Uncategorized

HootSuite Challenge Day 1: Frustration Feature Image

HootSuite Challenge Day 1: Frustration

So I did it - I uninstalled Tweetbot and the default Twitter app, and relied solely on Hootsuite to get me through the day. Oh boy... I had a tweet scheduled to go out at 8.30 in the morning, and I suddenly thought, "let me change the time"

· 5 min · Uncategorized