Hootsuite

Hootsuite is great for connecting your social networking sites.

Features of Hootsuite

I know Hootsuite has various features which are great for social media consultants, managers and “gurus”. Hootsuite offers analytics, team working, scheduled tweets and a raft of other things that, whilst not exclusive to Hootsuite, are incredibly helpful to the professional user.

 

Multiple Networks

Save your time and your sanity. Monitor and post to multiple social networks, including Facebook and Twitter using the HootSuite dashboard.

Custom Analytics

Show off your social media success. Create custom reports from over 30 individual report modules to share with clients and colleagues. Track brand sentiment, follower growth, plus incorporate Facebook Insights and Google analytics all without leaving the dashboard.

Schedule Messages

Ensure your messages never get missed. Draft and schedule messages to send at a time your audience is most likely to be online. And with HootSuite Pro and Enterprise plans you can batch-schedule up to 50 unique messages at one time.

How To Schedule Tweets With Hootsuite

1. If you haven’t done so already sign up for an account and download the program at Hootsuite.com. It’s free, but they do offer a paid version which includes unlimited social networks.

2. Sign in to your panel and create your tweet. See the screenshot below.

3. From this panel you’ll be able to set the date, time and social network you wish to post to. Right now Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Ping.fm, WordPress, MySpace and Foursquare are supported by Hootsuite, but new networks are added all the time.

4. Once this is set you’ll see your tweet show up in the pending Tweets panel of Hootsuite.