Episode 026: Hootsuite Tips and Tricks

This week we talk everything Hootsuite including some tips and tricks. Key News Stories: Early Proof That Geolocation Marketing Will Succeed, Seattle Storm Land Bing.com for Jersey Sponsorship, Indians Create a Blogger Pres row, NCAA announces 68 games, Olympic TV Network plans Dropped, Twitter Promoted tweets explained, and Facebook f8 Conference creates new opportunities for brands.

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News

Early Proof That Geolocation Marketing Will Succeed – Link
- 500 ticket vouchers dropped at area locations
- 76 redeemed (15.2%)
Seattle Storm Land Bing.com for Jersey Sponsorship – Link
- Owned by Paul Allen, MS Co-Founder
Indians Create a Blogger Press Row – Link
- 10 bleacher seats with TV and WiFi
- Invitation only
CBS/TURNER Bid – Link
- 65 to 68 teams
- CBS/Turner deal, 14 year 10.8 billion (771.5mil/yr, 11.5mil/game)
- Every game broadcast across live
- Hell of a deal for CBS in 2024
Olympic TV Network plans Dropped – Link
- Seen threat to TV deal NBC, which Comcast now owns
Twitter Promoted tweets explained
Facebook f8 Conference – Link
- Like Button acoss the web
- Users defined by all web content, not just content within FB
- ESPN Draft example – Link
- Open Graph
- 400 million users sharing 25 billion things per month

Quick Tip – HootSuite

Tweet to multiple accounts
Tweet scheduling (now facebook + linkedin)
Auto post RSS feed based info , news stories
Reply to all
Manage Access, setup your team
Auto Initial Tweets
Managing tabs, searches, frequency, lists
Sent list, stat button
Lists – Compatible with Twitters
Hoot Bookmarklett and On the Go – iPhone App

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