Is it worth learning and mastering?
That was the question I asked myself when I decided to give HootSuite Pro a try. At first, HootSuite Pro’s bulk scheduler seemed just as confusing as a Google product. Here was the problem: When I tried to schedule a tweet for 7 pm, it ended up being scheduled for 7 am. I was unsuccessful at scheduling tweets in every pm time except for 12 pm.
This problem took over an hour to figure out. The main problem is that I went too far ahead without anticipating the problem. Regardless, the problem came, and I was presented with the option to quit and the question above. When I thought about the question, I realized that mastering HootSuite Pro would allow me to save a large amount of time. It takes me well over 4 hours to send out a week’s worth of tweets. With HootSuite Pro, I could do the same task in 15 minutes.
I was thinking to myself, “The time I save here would really add up. I could send out more HARO queries, write two 200+ page books every year, write twice as many blog posts every day, read more books, and work out longer.
In the end, I decided that it was worth it. I figured out that HootSuite Pro’s bulk schedule feature requires the use of military time (i.e. In order to get a tweet to be scheduled at 1 pm, you need to schedule the tweet for 13:00). Although it took me a day to rearrange pages and data, the problem was resolved, and now I save a big chunk of time because I gave HootSuite Pro a chance.
HootSuite’s bulk scheduler was something worth learning and mastering. It was an opportunity that I was not going to waste.
good input
Thank you.
Marc I find your blog on Hootsuite pro to be very inspiring. I’m going to start programming my tweets now.
My question to you is where do you find enough information to tweet every half hour?
I’d love to get your input.
I am glad to see that you are going to use HootSuite Pro. I find enough information to tweet every 30 minutes by tweeting my older blog posts, articles I have been mentioned on, my Squidoo lenses, and more!
I agree Marc. One must weigh the pros and cons of a situation, as well as attempt to perform the related action (in this case, realizing military time was the accepted formatting) to make an effective judgment on anything in life.