HootSuite adds support for 750M more users: China’s Tencent Weibo, and Russia’s VK.com

April 25, 2013 8:20 AM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

In perhaps the clearest sign yet that enterprise social media management tool HootSuite has major global ambitions, the company announced this morning that it is adding support for managing China's most popular microblogging platform, Tencent Weibo, and Russia's most popular social media network, VK.com.

Ryan Holmes: HootSuite on the same user growth curve as Evernote, Zendesk

April 5, 2013 4:02 PM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

"We're kinda matching Zendesk and Evernote in user growth curve," Holmes said. "Our progressive cycle to each additional million is getting shorter and shorter, which is a good thing."

HootSuite unveils swanky new digs, complete with yoga studio, pup tent offices, and nap room (gallery)

April 5, 2013 11:25 AM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

Dogs, stumps, pup tents and bikes, the new HootSuite offices in Vancouver has them all. And then some.

Yammer executive Dee Anna McPherson jumps on the HootSuite bus as VP of Marketing

March 13, 2013 6:01 AM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

HootSuite announced a significant hire this morning: former Yammer vice president of marketing Dee Anna McPherson.

HootSuite + Twitter: The top social media dashboard integrates Twitter’s promoted products

February 20, 2013 9:32 AM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

Twitter and HootSuite announced a new way of selling and managing promoted tweets, promoted trends, and promoted accounts: right in HootSuite's social media management dashboard.

Buffer relaunches today as a sharing platform — a conduit, not a destination — with benefits

December 11, 2012 9:21 AM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

Social engagement tool Buffer is relaunching today as a sharing platform ... with big benefits. And analytics, and a great user experience, and some cool new features that HootSuite should start getting worried about.

HootSuite adds 5 more power tools to manage blogs, videos … and Pinterest

December 6, 2012 6:01 AM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

This morning HootSuite users will find five more apps in the social media power tool's app directory: Vimeo, Wordpress.org, Via.me, Reachli, and Scripted.

HootSuite Command Center: take a little Bond, add social, throw in enterprise (shaken, not stirred)

October 16, 2012 6:00 AM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

In the movies, corporate barons and evil geniuses have command and control centers with giant screens displaying the disposition of their empires. A new product from HootSuite may not make you James Bond or Dr. Evil ... but it will give you the ability to see and showcase your social media status in a very big way.

Exclusive: Buffer partners with “#1 Twitter client” TweetCaster to make you more popular

September 26, 2012 12:29 PM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

Social engagement tool Buffer will be announcing an integration with top Twitter web and mobile client TweetCaster tonight.

HootSuite takes social media management into Yammer territory with Conversations

September 26, 2012 6:00 AM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

HootSuite announced an new update to its popular social media management utility today, adding functionality that veers into intranet-light territory similar to a Yammer or a Chatter.

HootSuite’s Ryan Holmes on Seesmic: Price will vary; Loic staying, maybe; expect more acquisitions

September 6, 2012 10:36 AM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

Last night we broke the news that HootSuite, the social media management solution for companies, acquired Loic Le Meur's often-pivoting Seesmic. Today I spoke with Ryan Holmes about the acquisition and about the future of the social media management space.

HootSuite digs deeper into enterprise via integrations with Zendesk, Storify, and Evernote

July 31, 2012 6:00 AM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

Today HootSuite is announcing three new integrations with Zendesk, Storify, and Evernote. In addition, the company is now officially saying that “nearly five million” people are using its social media management tools globally.

Integrating with Zendesk will enable users to …

HootSuite adds AutoSchedule to the world’s most popular social media management toolbox (watch out, Buffer)

July 17, 2012 5:30 AM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

HootSuite is adding an autoschedule capability to its social media management platform, meaning that four million users will soon be able to schedule tweets according to fans’ schedules, optimizing brand messaging for maximum social impact.

“Instead of our users manually …

HootSuite and HubSpot chase Guinness world record for largest webinar, ever

July 5, 2012 10:14 AM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

In seven days, HootSuite and HubSpot are teaming up to make history, and it’s not about how many interCaps the two partNers can jam into their names.

Rather, the social media management company and the inbound marketing firm are holding …

HootSuite: 4 million users can now manage Instagram & SlideShare too

June 28, 2012 5:00 AM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

HootSuite, the service that 79 of the world’s Fortune 100 companies use to manage their social media presence, just added apps for Instagram, SlideShare, Edocr, and Zuum in its App Directory.

The company provides a unified interface where social media …