New features for HootSuite Twitter client: WordPress integration, previews and more

Just read that the folks at HootSuite have added some new features to their Twitter client (or should I say Twitter/Facebook/LinkedIn/Ping.fm client?).

What’s up? First of all HootSuite added support for WordPress blogs which enables bloggers, using WordPress of course, to schedule and cross-post content to their WordPress accounts (as HootSuite already enables you to with all the above mentioned social media and, yes, blogs are social media).

TypePad bloggers, including me, will have to be patient or not use HootSuite at all. After all, TypepAd enables to post to most social networks, right?

Back to HootSuite: on the blog the people behind the Twitter client say “WordPress is the first blog platform officially supported by HootSuite”. You know what that means.

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Bit.ly Pro: custom URLs and cross-channel content distribution dashboard for Twitter

In December so many companies have been launching their own URL shorteners (shall I mention Google?) that I forgot to follow the existing ones.

Take bit.ly for example. Maybe you already know it but the people at bit.ly recently launched bit.ly Pro mid December.

What does this professional version offer?

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