Managing social media posts with Hootsuite (Coursera)

In this 1-hour long project-based course, you will learn how to:

• Set up a free Hootsuite account, select your social media channels and link them to your account
• Edit the settings of your Hootsuite account
• Create boards and streams to manage your networks on Hootsuite
• Create and schedule social media messages
• Use Hootsuite Planner to review, create and organize your posts
• Directly engage with your audience and monitor online conversations on Hootsuite.

Note: There are no prerequisites for this project. You don’t need to be a digital marketer or marketing expert, but you should be familiar with how social media works.
This Guided Project was created by a Coursera community member.

In this Guided Project, you will:

• Set up a Hootsuite account to manage your social media networks
• Create, schedule and publish posts on Hootsuite
• Manage your social channels and interact with your audience on a single platform

Learn step-by-step

1: Set up a free Hootsuite account, select social media channels and link them to Hootsuite.
2: Edit Account settings in Hootsuite.
3: Create boards and streams to manage the social networks connected to Hootsuite.
4: Create and schedule social media messages.
5: Use Hootsuite Planner to review, create and organize posts.
6: Engage social media audiences and monitor online conversations on Hootsuite.