With Neil Godin

What? Mobile Media Maven, Roxanne Reid, walked Jonathan through Tout Suite a few weeks ago – while I looked on – not really paying attention. So, of course, I haven’t been using it – until now. Now colleague Shane Morgan  has he told me that Hoot Suite has changed his life on line – at least when it comes to social media. So. With apologies to Roxanne for not paying closer attention, I decided to learn about  – and write about – this unique platform.

Why? Hoot Suite allows you to write one message – and then send it out to several social media outlets at the same time. In other words, I can write a message reminding people of our next Meetup gathering on Saturday, July 3 – and – instead of having to go to Twitter, and post it there – and then having to go to LinkedIn and post it there – and then having to go to Facebook and post it there – I can simply hit a button that sends my message to all three at once. How good is that, you time-whacked dangerous marketers?

How? Here’s the drill, and I think you’ll find it really straight forward:

1. Go to www.hootsuite.com
2. Sign up
3. If you use Internet Explorer 8 (as I do) and you get a message saying you need to upgrade to Explorer 8 (as I did) ignore it.
4. When you log in, click on the picture of the owl at top left
5. Then click on ‘Settings’ and choose ‘Social Networks’
6. Then click on ‘Add social network’
7. Now add each social network that you want your Hoot Suite messages to go to (I chose Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook, and I suggest you do the same, at least to start)
8. Do as you are asked to do  by the prompts (obviously)
9. Then write a simple message (of less than 140 characters, so it fits on Twitter) that you would like to send out via all three social media platforms.
10. Then, hit send. That’s it, you’re done! (Now, to make sure it worked, go to each of your three social media sites to see if your message appears. I did. And it did. Amazing.)

Tipzntrix: Next Monday, stay tuned for Part Two – how to write a series of messages on Hoot Suite, and time their release via your social media outlets. This is even more amazing!

NG
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Don’t miss our next Social Media Challenge Meetup – Saturday, July 3 – in Langley, BC

Featuring: Canadian Internet business pioneer, David Neale
Topic: How to use Google Business Maps (a free service now called ‘Google Places’) – and other Google Services – to ramp up ‘your’ business – now!

David Neale registered his first internet domain name, ‘www. pricehunter.com,’ in 1995 – when domain names were still free of charge. His first online company, ‘Webscape Internet,’ opened in 1996 and was the largest reseller for yellowpages.ca online directory advertising in the Lower Mainland of BC. In 1998 he launched one of Canada’s first social media sites, called ‘RendezView’ – just in time for the Dot.com bust that followed the Dot.com boom.

Today, David works with business owners to help them fully utilize the Internet to grow their sales, improve relationships with customers, and reduce marketing costs (especially print Yellow Page costs).  He is a genuine Internet marketing guru – and you do not want to miss his presentation. (Visit David’s website at http://neale.ca/).

The details:

Date: Saturday, July 3
Where: Hampton Inn, Langley,  Langley (Metro Vancouver) Canada (On the Langley Bypass east of 200 street)
Time: Time: 2:30 to 4:00
Request: Please RSVP – and – would you please alert your business friends?
Admission: Free of charge.
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Special Offer:

‘Three Ways to Drum up Business in a Down Economy’

An action packed TeleCoach Audio Seminar with Neil Godin and Shane Morgan Learn how to take action — each and every day — to grow your sales, improve your service, and promote your business. This simple, three way approach to building business will ensure your success — no matter what the state of the economy. By booking time for sales networking; business promotion, and service improvement – every single day – you will take market share from those who are ‘giving it away’ by waiting for the phone to ring! This TeleCoach audio seminar gives you the hard-hitting how-to’s.

Audio Download Regular Price: $29 USD
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Note: This offer ends on Monday, July 5, 2010.

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