Vancouver startup HootSuite launches Conversations chat function

Vancouver startup HootSuite launches Conversations chat function
Gillian Shaw, Postmedia News | Sep 26, 2012 3:19 PM ET
The owls at HootSuite are starting to chat.
In its latest move to lead the growing market in social media management, the Vancouver startup behind the wide-eyed owl logo has expanded its social media dashboard to add real time online chat.
Fittingly, the company, which has become the darling of private investors and counts among its clients such high-profile social networkers as the White House and Fortune 100 companies, announced the new service today, midway through Vancouver’s Social Media Week.

Twitter Partners with HootSuite on Advertising Deal

Posted by Rob Lewis on 2012-08-24 12:48:00 AM

Twitter may be getting a little more serious about the enterprise.
Yesterday TechCrunch reported that they are teaming up with Vancouver's HootSuite to sell advertising in a promotion to 30,000 HootSuite Pro Premium clients

HootSuite Adds Private Enterprise Social Network Yammer to App Directory

Posted by Knowlton Thomas on 2012-08-14 6:00:00 AM

Vancouver's HootSuite has added private enterprise social network Yammer to its continually expanding App Directory. The addition will allow users to monitor and reply to Yammer conversations within HootSuite's social media management dashboard.

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Organizing Your Social Business 
Event Date: June 21, 2012 at 2:00 PM ET
In this presentation, Ben Watson, VP of Marketing at HootSuite, will speak about organizational social media maturity and the differences by role. He will do a deep dive into the marketing and advertising functions to illustrate the different levels of social media maturity, and how to develop an effective and scalable organizational strategy at any stage of maturity.

Vancouver's HootSuite Enhances Hootlet and Main Dashboard with Addition of AutoSchedule

Vancouver's HootSuite Enhances Hootlet and Main Dashboard with Addition of AutoSchedule

Posted by Knowlton Thomas on 2012-07-17 5:30:00 AM

Vancouver-based social media dashboard HootSuite has added AutoSchedule technology to their Hootlet browser extension, which is available free in the Google Chrome Store, as an add-on for the Firefox web browser, or through the HootSuite dashboard.

OMERS to buy $20-million stake in HootSuite

OMERS to buy $20-million stake in HootSuite
tara perkins Globe and Mail  March 29, 2012 7:03AM EDT
@OMERSVentures  @hootsuiteOMERS Ventures, the pension plan’s venture capital investment arm, is buying a $20-million interest in Vancouver-based HootSuite.‬
‪The deal, one of the largest Canadian venture capital transactions of the past decade, is being done by way of a secondary purchase from HootSuite’s existing shareholders.‬

Vancouver’s HootSuite rolls out new App Directory

Vancouver’s HootSuite has expanded up its online social media dashboard today with the launch of App Directory, a new feature adding integration for YouTube, Flickr, Tumblr and Get Satisfaction to HootSuite’s lineup.

Initially, the new tools will only be available for HootSuite Pro and Enterprise customers but the company said in a release it plans to roll out the new App Directory for all of its 2.5 million users in the near future.

The new integration allows for more than just monitoring on YouTube, Flickr and the other newly added networks. Users will be able to upload, search and comment onYouTube videos and similarly interact with Flickr and Tumblr and particpate in Get Satisfaction support conversations, all without leaving HootSuite. Today’s announcement expands on a social media dashboard that includes support for Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and other networks.
The App Directory also allows for third party developers to participate in expanding the HootSuite platform by creating apps.

“We look forward to seeing the unique extensions, mash-ups and integrations savvy developers create for the HootSuite App Directory,” HootSuite CEO Ryan Holmes said in a release. “Our rapidly growing customer base is eager for more tools to spark their social media powered campaigns and build their brand online to drive leads and awareness.

“If you have an idea, I encourage you to apply for access.”
The announcement is the latest in a string of new developments for HootSuite. It has been on an acquisition spree, most recently acquiring the location-based marketing tool Geotoko. That followed its earlier acquisition of What the Trend, Twapper Keeper, TwitterBar and Swift App. And the Vancouver company recently raised three million in debt bridge financing.