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2 Functions @HootSuite Is Missing From Their New Publisher Tool

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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: HootSuite recently launched a new tool called the Smart Publishing tool. It's a way to manage multiple scheduled tweets and status updates from one view. As many of you know, I'm a huge fan of Hootsuite and what it does for small businesses trying to be responsible about their social networking usage. However, I feel there is always room for improvement when they release something new. Here, you can see my Beef with HootSuite Freemium - a change they made a few months ago. As is typical with product upgrades, there are a few things that the new release of the Publisher tool missed. 1. Click to Enter New Event While you can drag and drop scheduled messages, you cannot click on the calendar view and add your message. If HootSuite used a similar format as Google calendar, it would save you several clicks in the scheduling process. Instead of entering date and time, you could just click on the date and time and add your message. 2. Copy While a feature like this could be overused, it would be nice to copy and paste a scheduled status message to another date and time. This way, if you are running a campaign, it will save you the time of re-entering the text. Of course, I would suggest that you still edit the text to vary, but it would save yet another step in the process.

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Liz

Liz King is a social media-integrated event planner and award winning blogger. As the owner of Liz King Events, she runs an innovative firm that creates dynamic branding events integrating the use of social media. Planning events from soup to nuts, she works with her team to create and sustain your event brand and enhance attendee engagement. As the owner of Liz King Events, she has been featured as a speaker at the International Association of Exhibitions and Events, National Association of Colleges and Employers, ExpoWest/Supply Expo and several other events as an expert on the topic of social media and events. She has also been featured in Connect Meetings Intelligence and Convene Magazine, among others.

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  • http://blog.hootsuite.com Andy from HootSuite

    Thanks for your feedback. Consider adding your ideas at http://feedback.hootsuite.com to help us gauge interest and opinions. We’re listening.

  • http://www.lizkingevents.com Liz

    Thanks Andy! I will certainly add this and thank you for keeping an eye on these things.