How To Add Facebook To Hootsuite

Hootsuite.com is a web-based professional Twitter (and now social media) client. It boasts a suite of features including:
- Scheduled tweets
- Stats tracking
- Mulitple users and accounts
- Brand monitoring
- And now, adding additional social networks

Hootsuite has recently given users the ability to add additional social networks, eg. Facebook to your Hootsuite control panel. This tutorial will showcase how to do just this.

Why Add Other Social Media Accounts To Hootsuite

01. Convenience: With Hootsuite’s new integration, you have the convenience of viewing all your mulitple social media accounts from one powerful client, instead of logging into 3 different services.

02. Control: The Big 3 social media networks I participate in are: Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. This new integration gives me control of my Big 3, check updates and feedback on friends’ updates from one control panel. And since Hootsuite is web-based, I can login to my account at any Internet cafe or even at a friend’s home.

03. Accomplish More: Since I’m saving time (and in essence, money) with this convenience and control – assuming I’m being intentional in my social media efforts – this allows me to get on with my other ‘spinning plates’ for a productive day.

Processs Map To Work Flow

Step 1: Log In To Hootsuite

If you have not signed up for a free Hootsuite account, click the green "Sign up now" button to do this now.

If you have an account, login to your Hootsuite account now.

Step 2: Click “Settings” Button (Footer)

Step 3: Click “Social Networks” (Top)

Step 4: Click “Add Social Network” (Top Right)

Step 5: Click “Facebook” & Connect with Facebook

Click “Connect With Facebook” Again

Input Email and Password. Click “Connect” Button.

Click “Finished” Button

View New Facebook Profile Added

[Adding Facebook Column] Step 6: Click “Home” Tab (Top)

Step 7: Click “Add Column” (Top Right)

Step 8: Select “Facebook” From Dropdown Table

Step 9: Select “News Feed” From Type

Step 10: Check Your Profile. Click “Create Column”.

View New Facebook Column Added

Now that your new Facebook column is added, simply drag & drop the column to customize your control panel view of your social media profiles.

Send Status Update To Facebook Via Hootsuite

(1) Add whatever text update you desire in the text field

(2) Check your Facebook profile icon

(3) Click "Send Now"

End Result: Status Updated in Facebook

Your Thoughts?

Would you use Hootsuite? Would you integrate Facebook? Did this tutorial help?

Appreciate your thoughts and feedback

Julie Henderson

Hi Sherman,
Today, I integrated Twitter and LinkedIn with Hootsuite but cannot with Facebook...keeps disconnecting and says I need to say "allow" yet there is nowhere to do this. Any suggestions? Thanks!
Julie

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Sherman Hu

I'm afraid I'm unsure, Julie. What i would personally do is to try again on another day. Sometimes that works for some weird reason. If not, check your Facebook permissions, or seek help from the Hootsuite folks or their knowledge base. Happy Hootsuiting! :-)

Jen

This is a great guide; however, whenever I try to connect Hootsuite to my business Facebook page, it doesn't work. I will let me do it with my personal page...do you know how to get around that? I'm have the same problem getting my business FB page to connect with Twitter. Any idea what's up?

Rebecca Ruck

I also can't get this to work with Business Pages.....any ideas, anyone? Can it even be done?

Jennifer

Hey Sherman -

Thanks Sherman. So, why did you choose Hootsuite as against, say, Tweetdeck?

01. Hootsuite is SAAS (Software As A Service). Because its web-based, I can use it anywhere, with or without my own laptop.

02. Hootsuite offers pre-scheduling, multiple accounts and team-based workflow and Tweetdeck doesn't.

03. Tweetdeck seems to max out my Twitter API often. I've never had that issue with Hootsuite or other desktop apps.

Those are some of the reasons why ;-)