Hootsuite 2.0

So, I was once again browsing the forum pages of Etsy.com and came across a woman that mentioned a third party twitter application called Hootsuite 2.0. She said that it was a huge lifesaver when it came to her advertising her shop on twitter. In usual fashion, I had to go and check it out. I went to my trusty Google search page and typed in the word “hootsuit” and was immediately taken to a result list that had the application’s home page listed right on top. I clicked and was on my way …

My first impression of the page was that it was very professional! It was very evident that time had been put into the website … there were even very nice tutorial and tour videos. In my opinion, if they put that much time and energy into the website, then the quality of the application itself should be comparable. At this point, I felt it was worth my time to continue looking around the website — there were functionalities that were very useful to business people such as myself looking to promote on twitter. It looked like it was a well organized and easy to use platform … and best of all, it was FREE.

I signed up and started using. What I have to tell you I use the most is the “pending Tweets” functionality. Every morning, I take about 30 minutes and set up all of the promotional tweets I want sent out for the day and the times that I want them posted. This saves a lot of time for me during the day and helps to ensure that I have a very steady stream of posts that link back to my products. Some of the other features that are included are a fuctionality to allow you to update multiple twitter accounts with the same tweet all at onece, the ability to allow other users to post tweets to one or more twitter accounts, and the ability to customize columns and gather statistical data.

This is truly a twitter application for those that are trying to move forward with a business. I suggest it for all of my fellow Etsians and many, many more!

Here is a link to the site: www.hootsuite.com

Let me know what you think. Until then, I’ll see you at checkout!