Let's Get Engaged : Who Gives a Hoot?

This is the fourth article in the social media strategies series "Let's Get Engaged"

I will never forget the day that I found myself returning back to my apartment after a course in spanish. Just before I had left for my lesson, I discovered a new program called Hootsuite but had no time to get it set up. After my lesson, the last thing I wanted to do is have to create another account and a password. I feel like this would be the millionth time that I would have to do it. More than anything in the world I wanted to turn on the t.v. and just get away from the world of social media. But I stayed disciplined and the moment I got into my apartment, I headed towards my computer to finish the process of setting up Hootesuite. Not only was the process short and painless but little did I know that the time that I took out to set up Hootesuite would save me hundreds of hours of valuable time as well as give me the leading edge on the social media world. There is no other tool that has enabled me to organize all my different social media accounts as well as help increase the level of engagment between me and my audience.

Hootesuite has won several awards for being the best social media tool and rightfully so. As a blogger, having the right tool is a big key to my success. When a million things are happening in the world of social media, the last thing you want is to be working with tools that break down. To give you an idea of how face paced it can be, I'll give you a true life example. As you know, I recently redid a blogsite. That same day, earlier that morning before the makeover was the day after the King's Speech won the Oscars and a few hours later Lady Gaga releases her new music video "Born this Way". I had to be very aware of these events happening and see if I could use them for leverage to draw people to my blog. And then several hours later the blogsite makeover began. It gets intense around here!

But thanks to Hootesuite and the great level of organization I had, I knew what was happening up to the moment and like a surfer, I was well prepared to catch the big wave and use these events to my advantage the moment the news broke. And hootesuite was a great way for me to stay in touch with the world and check in even while I was doing the blogsite makeover.

I'm at a point in my blogging career where I want to give praise where praise is due. And recently I became a proud affiliate of Hootesuite because I want it to be as accessible as possible. You'll notice that there are Hootesuite banners and badges on all my blogsites, so now all my visitors can experience this awesome product that has made ALL the difference in my blogging career. There is definitely a special place in my heart for companies like Hootesuite, Dlvr.it (publishing my content to the web), and Social Oomph (scheduling your tweets).  HOOT! HOOT!

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