Social media sites nowadays are playing a big part in our daily lives. Not only in communication but also in many businesses around the world. Using social media tools is also helpful to save time, effort and money. I’ve been searching online lately about how to manage and set a schedule on my social media accounts. I noticed that most of the social media tools are not allowed to post directly on Google plus business page. Most of them are directed to be posted on a Facebook page, Twitter, Delicious, Stumbleupon and other social networking sites. How could it be? Is there any available tools that can directly post on Google plus business page? Well, when I kept on searching last time, I saw this tool that can allow to post on Google plus and other social media sites. The good thing is, you can set a schedule and social media accounts which the articles you want to be posted. This social media tool is Hootsuite. Hootsuite is a leading social media dashboard. Which you can manage multiple social media accounts.
Here’s the easy steps on how to set up an account to improve your visibility online.
1. Create an account – You can sign-up to different social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, Google plus, Linkedin, Delicious, Tumblr and many more.
2. Sign-up on Hootsuite – You can sign-up to Hootsuite or Log-in if you already have an account.
3. Add Social Network account – If you are a new user to Hootsuite, it’ll ask you to add new Social Network accounts, simply add Google Plus to it.
4. Add RSS feed - Once you are done adding all your Google Plus profiles and Business Pages, go to Hootsuite Settings. Click on that wrench icon, located on the left. New pop-up will turn up. Choose “RSS/Atom” from the left panel. Click on the Plus button, and all the necessary details to it, including “Feed URL”, “Profiles to send the feed item too”(in case, you’ve many), “Feed post frequency” and other details. You can also add a custom text message(20 chars max) to each feed, on top it also allows offer URL shortening service. Make sure, the status is set to ON and click save. Now you are done setting up feeds in your Hootsuite settings, this will fetch all your posts from your blog via RSS Feeds and will push them to the respective Google Plus Pages or profiles depending upon your settings.
5. Compose a message and set a schedule – After you set-up those important things now you can compose messages and start promoting to social media sites. Your link will be shortened automatically, you can add images and location on your messages as well. On the right hand beside “compose message” panel on the top of your account, you can set a profile which account or profile you want the articles to be posted and click auto schedule. And now, you can see your messages on the selected social network profile.
Hootsuite pricing plans.
1. The FREE account includes:
• NEW - HootSuite Conversations
• 5 Social Profiles
• Free Quick Reports
• Message Scheduling
• Unlimited Apps
• 2 RSS/Atom Feeds
2. PRO account for only $9.99/month 30 day Free trial includes:
• NEW - HootSuite Conversations
• Unlimited Social Profiles
• Advanced Message Scheduling
• 1 Enhanced Analytics Report
• 1 Additional User Included
• Google Analytics Integration
• Facebook Insights Integration
• Unlimited Apps
• Unlimited RSS Feeds
3. Enterprise – In this plan, you can go to Hootsuite website and ask for a demo which includes:
• NEW - HootSuite Conversations
• 5-500,000+ - Team Members
• Unlimited - Social Profiles
• Advanced Security
• Compliance Integrations
• Enhanced Analytics
• Geo-Targeting
• HootSuite University Included
• Tier 1 - Enterprise Support
• Professional Services
Using this tool, it will make your life easier in managing your visibility online.
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