HootSuite have finally caught up with me

Since blogging about our post-HootSuite options back in August I’ve been keeping a low profile on the subject.  That’s because, admittedly rather sneakily, I realised that if I neither up-graded not went free then when I exceeded the 7 days grace period colleagues I’d registered as administrators for the accounts could still access it. I couldn’t access it but [...]

 
Our post-hootsuite options

Since my post Thinking about alternatives to Hootsuite I’ve been mulling over what other services we could use to manage our social media for Student Development. I don’t mind paying a bit, we just can’t afford (and I object to anyway) paying what Hootsuite are charging. I had thought to put up a blog post asking if [...]

 
Thinking about Hootsuite alternatives

Today Hootsuite announced a freemium plan. I understand the need for a freemium model and Student Development already have a subscription with Flickr, however Hootsuite’s price plan looks like it’s going to be prohibative for us. Hootsuite has been brilliant for us in the following ways: team collaboration – allowing us to have lots of people (currently [...]

 
Engaging without invading at ALDinHE

This is an update on the draft of the workshop that I’ll be running with Becka Currant on 31 March at the Association for Learning Development in Higher Education conference. Thank you to all of you who commented on my draft – it was really helpful. The comments especially prompted me to think through the [...]

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