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31
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WhatsApp Group Chat- 25th March – Delhi
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  • Amanpreet Sehgal had some inputs, “Technology has made a small world for us. We all are connected through various mediums.” Skype’s Video Chats has made recruitments across locations or countries quicker.” “Few years back, it was just job portals we were dependent on and only active candidates that are now on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook groups, WhatsApp Groups, quicker way of interacting.” In reply to Yusuf Pathan’s comment about, is technology killing the creativity of recruiters? His opinion was, “I have a different view here, and I feel technology has pushed creativity to a different level.”
  • To which Yusuf Pathan further enquired, “How?”
  • And Amanpreet Sehgal further stated and enquired, “Only mediocre will stop thinking beyond a certain point, a creative mind will keep working. Ok let me ask you, how has technology resulted in less creativity?”
  • To which Yusuf Pathan stated, “I think because we easily get everything, so we stop thinking out of the box, just a simple example – people are glued to job portals and Linked In, there’s a life beyond that.”
  • In reply to Yusuf Pathan’s statement, Amanpreet Sehgal said, “Ah, people are glued to it as long as they are benefiting out of it…the day stop getting what they are looking for, they will start looking for creative ideas to get candidates or stop working.‬”
  • Replying to Amanpreet Sehgal comment, Yusuf Pathan questioned, “So we are limiting ourselves to certain tools and technologies, could this be a negative impact we have because of technology?”
  • Sandeep had lots of other inputs to add such as, “I think it has its advantages and disadvantages. While it opens door to multiple avenues to go about a search, it at times may limit its application depending upon the results one draws out of one tool. Leaving out others! Knowledge and application of right mix of channels and tech tools is definitely a rare skillset.” “But if that is there, technology definitely has a positive effect and impact.” “Technology which comprises of phone, mobile or the internet have all, enabled recruiters to reach more and more candidates, within a short span. Earlier the demand was less since the technology utilised was old, so one could survive using old methods of recruiting strategies. But with growing technology, the demand has increased, which has led to increase in usage of technology to meet ever growing demands.”
  • Chinmay Chavan also had some inputs to add, “with the help of phones, mobiles and the internet, Recruiters can reach candidates who are based anywhere on this planet. One can also source them from just anywhere.”
  • Yusuf Pathan further enquired, “What other changes do we expect in the coming days or years with respect to Technology?”
  • Ruchi had a few comments about the same, “We can expect HR Tech playing a role in Data Analytics for Recruiting, Which key talent segment to attract, what are the numbers for different talent segments, how many we are able to hire, on – board, retain. Analytics will play a huge role for HR decision making.”
  • To which Yusuf Pathan commented, “Yes, Analytics is going to play an important role and we should get more and more analytical tools. Yes, I’ve heard about brassring, a good ATS and I’ve even worked on it in my previous organisation.”
  • To which Ruchi commented, “IBM Kenexa will be game changer for Recruiting in coming days or months.”
  • Yusuf Pathan, Ruchi, Anindita Samajpati and Sandeep all agreed, “Both Brassring and IBM Kenexa are good tools for creating candidates database, recording or analyzing requisitions.”
  • To which Ruchi mentioned to Medhavi, “In India these tools were launched last year only.  So in coming years, you will hear more about them and can experience demo at SHRM conference this year.”
Mar
31
sourcingadda
WhatsApp Group Chat- 25th March – Chennai
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  • Satish Ganesh put his views across about the same, “Technology has impacted the way in which recruiting is happening. However, there should be Human Touch involved. Gamification in recruiting will be more in coming days. Many companies would adapt to it soon”
  • Yusuf Pathan had some comments, “What other changes do we expect in the coming days or years with respect to Technology?”
  • Chinmay Chavan had a few thoughts, “More & more Automation in almost every aspects of recruitment. Search engines doing a lot more than just screening profiles.” He also mentioned, “Not all the work. But will make the job of scraping through the entire Internet a bit easier.”
  • Harish had some views, “In Today’s world who updates his technology he will be the successful person who will get the project easily. The Update must be user friendly, and then only he can survive. But without human work search engines don’t collect data. What I want to say is that the search engines data is also collected by humans. So there is no point in search engines doing most of the work.‬ but that has some loss as well, it accepts all the fake resumes and fake requirements blindly‬. Technology is changing rapidly and currently the problem is not because of lack of data, but the main problem being  not knowing what to infer from the data that is pouring in from various streams.‬ The Problem being of plenty.”
Mar
31
sourcingadda
How technology has impacted recruiting in today’s world?
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The Recruitment Industry is constantly evolving and has moved onto a higher level to accommodate the recent trend that is followed where Talent Acquisition professionals now use online and mobile recruiting methods for various reasons. Of which I’m sure you’re aware of by now, being as you are a Recruiter or Sourcer yourself.

In view of this evolving trend and to get more Recruiting and Sourcing professionals to interact; we at Sourcing Adda have taken the initiative to create multiple WhatsApp Group Chats. These groups have been created, with the objective to facilitate Learning & Networking among Talent Acquisition & Sourcing professionals. We have successfully created such Group Chats for 6 leading cities across India namely WhatsApp Group Chat – Pune, WhatsApp Group Chat – Mumbai, WhatsApp Group Chat – Delhi, WhatsApp Group Chat – Chennai, Bangalore and WhatsApp Group Chat – Hydrabad and we hope to create more such groups at a Pan India level in the near future.

During these chats we will be discussing about a topic. The topic choice is based on the suggestions given by members hence they are all encouraged to suggest one. The topic will be chosen based on a majority vote and that topic will be taken up for discussion at our next group chat.

The Group Chat discussions that were held recently focused on, “How technology has impacted recruiting in today’s world?” and here’s what Talent Acquisition and Sourcing Professionals like yourself had to say…

WhatsApp Group Chat – Bangalore

  • Anitha G had lots of inputs such as, “Fast recruitment is possible only because of technology. In older days receiving, applications itself was a time consuming process. But with Social Media, you can conduct a BGV at the initial stage itself and applicants too can conduct verification themselves in the same manner. She also mentioned that Mobile and Internet are the best channels that have taken recruitment to the next stage. Moreover, advertising, reaching the targeted audience, Headhunting and Mapping is easy. Apart from this it’s possible to close a position within a day due to technology. Even location is not a constraint these days, since we can fly him down or connect with him through Skype or video conferencing, Gmail, Fb, video calling across the globe. ”
  • Praveen Kothapalli said, “Passive sourcing has become easy”
  • Mitchell Coffer added, “Today’s technology world Reach has become 1000 times easier as one can connect with people across the globe!!”
  • Navanita Collabera had interesting insights, “Technology has helped Recruiters a lot. Senior candidates with busy schedules can be grabbed by technology, for instance WhatsApp or Viber.”
  • Chinmay Chavan mentioned, “Technology isn’t just something everyone is using to get work done and to stay connected. It’s also impacting how employers recruit great talent and how great talent finds the right employer. The biggest ways technology has impacted recruiting through Social Media Recruiting, Applicant Tracking Systems, Mobile Recruiting, Job boards and Career pages, Email Communication and much more!”
  • Yusuf Pathan enquired, “Is technology killing the creativity of recruiters?” and said, “Life is so easy with the help of technology, that people stop thinking beyond a certain point”
  • To this Mitchell Coffer added, “To use technology also one needs to be creative to know how to attract and source or network and communicate!!”
  • Yusuf Pathan had further comments, “Agreed but is that the normal trend in the industry now? What’s your experience, how creative are today’s recruiters?”
  • To this Mitchell Coffer mentioned, “It isn’t a normal trend but recruiters really need to pick up fast to reach there. How creative, what percentage, that’s a question. Recruiters need to spend time in learning different ways to efficiently use technology and their creativity, to explore and move to the next level. For E.g. a large percentage of recruiters still use only LinkedIn but there is much more than that.”
  • To which Yusuf Pathan mentioned, “Yes, but because we are getting everything easily we stop thinking out of the box, so is there a way technology can help us think beyond the obvious?”
  • Even Nisha Green Pepper had interesting insights such as, “Leverage technology for recruiting but don’t forget that in the end picking the phone and talking to a candidate to understand finer details is critical. We can make snap judgments based on his social media profiles but a Recruiter’s edge is when he gets first – hand information and technology compliments that.”
  • To which Navanita Collabera mentioned, “That’s really a valid point because talking to a candidate helps us to understand more about his skills, communication etc. but saying that technology also plays a vital role in connecting to these candidates via various sources of social media same only helps.”
  • Yusuf Pathan mentioned, “Somehow we are losing the human touch because of over dependency on Technology.” He also highlighted, “Employer Branding would be the next big thing, but how would technology play a role in EB?”
  • To which Nisha Green Pepper had great inputs to add like, “Companies should take conscious efforts towards their employer branding. It’s becoming more of a candidates market especially in niche high demand skill sets. Candidates too are checking prospective employer’s social media presence. A best example at Employer branding is Glass door. Again technology can be used to present the company as an employer of choice. I am emphasizing on the online presence of a company when I refer to technology. It’s as simple as a good responsive website with relevant content, clarity in the products or services it offers, high quality videos if possible slightly informal and updated blog or FB page which gives a glimpse of the company culture which could be team trip photos, celebrations etc. Moreover, EB is especially critical for start-ups or early growth stage companies.”
  • Sri mentioned, “Technology complements, it can never replace. By The Way”
  • Chinmay Chavan mentioned, “More & more Automation in almost every aspect of recruitment. Search engines doing a lot more than just screening profiles.”
  • Yusuf Pathan further mentioned, “But apart from Employer Branding, there’s a long list of other tools or technologies which would make a Recruiter’s life easy like Data Analytics.” He questioned, “Which key talent segment to attract, what are the numbers for different talent segments, how many we are able to hire, on – board, retain. Analytics will play a huge role in HR decision making, even screening assessment tools.” He had some further comments, “Yes, a lot of such tools would be available. There are tools available in the market but haven’t tested any tools yet… anyone from the group know of such data analytical tools?”
  • Nisha Green Pepper had some comments, “Yes, I heard recently that there are analytics which analyzes browsing patterns of employee’s n inform how many are looking out for change. Data analytics especially in HR space; I think, is in the very nascent stage largely due to intangible factors, Would be happy to know or learn of any tested and proven tools in this space.”
Mar
30
Ashwani Paswan
5 Ways to Mobile Marketing: The Apps Revolution!
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With Smart phones and Tablets flooding the markets and finding their way in almost every home, it is only natural that mobile marketing would facilitate a company’s branding and marketing. If there was an easier and efficient way to market your products or the company’s branding that too being cost effective wouldn’t you want to use it? Well mobile marketing is bound to be the most effective way to market ones products and the company’s branding as you can reach out to a wide range of customers. In view of this recent development we have come up with a list of Apps that can assist ones marketing needs and improve the strategies implemented.

Hootsuite
It was developed back in 2008 and is still a popular social media dashboard that allows you to post, monitor and measure social media sites. You can instantly and conveniently access all of your social media channels using Hootsuite. It also has the analytics feature to give you information on your activity and help you improve your results to increase traffic towards your website.

Buffer  
Another popular app after Hootsuite, allows you not only to manage but also monitor your main social media accounts at once. You can instantly schedule the content for your Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn accounts. Aside from this you can analyze the performance of your posts. Here too you can customize and set up your own updating schedule for each account, at different times throughout the week according to your audience.

Nimble
It has been rated as one of the top CRM platforms. The main aim for creating Nimble was to help professionals build better online relationships. It enables its users to track, monitor and maintain relations by unifying the contact information, social media profiles of important connections and online conversations in one location thus simplifying ones digital communications.

Feedly
It is considered as the best RSS News Reader website that lets you access all the information about your favorite sites and blogs all in one place. All the content that you are interested in is delivered directly to your Smart phone or Tablet quickly and conveniently. Some additional features include a popular section at the top of each feed to ensure that certain content isn’t overlooked, a custom sharing preference so that its members can send articles straight to their chosen clipper.

Facebook App
If you are on Facebook and are looking for the same experience on a mobile then the Facebook App does exactly that. If you use Facebook as one of your main social media channels for your business, this handy tool helps you to share status updates and content with your followers and that too while on the move. Along similar lines both Twitter and Google+ too have their own app that gives you the same experience as a webpage would but on a mobile instead.

These apps if used efficiently will definitely boost your mobile marketing results and improve your stand in a competitive market, provided your website is easily viewable on a mobile. So make sure that you have these apps to assist your company’s branding and increase traffic to your website.

Mar
16
Nitesh Kumar
Lippl- An exciting tool!!
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Hello Everyone,

I hope every one heard about Lippl,If not then please see webinar given by my friend Sandeep Singh on Sourcing Adda (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RO7TEhG9DY). This will surely help us in finding our 3rd degree/Out of network connection names on Linkedin (Those who don’t have premium accounts)

One more feature from Lippl can help us drastically when it comes to finding email address(Especially for Facebook) and contacting them.I know we had debate around the Privacy of Facebook users.

As my earlier blog i have shared with you all that we can email any Facebook users on their personal email id directly.Please check this link how we can do that (https://niteshthesourcer.wordpress.com/2014/10/14/do-you-know-we-can-email-anyone-with-a-facebook-profile/)

Lippl gives you exact email address(for any Facebook Users),using that email address you can email candidate. (Outlook doesn’t works,please use Gmail for best results).The mail will be sent on their personal address which they have used in creating their Facebook profile.

So don’t worry we are not sending email on their Facebook Inbox…We are going an extra mile to reach out candidates.Sending mail directly to their personal email address.

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Let me know if you have any question!

Thanks,

Nitesh

(Twiiter: @niteshnishu)

Mar
11
Chinmay Chavan
Social Media Recruitment Facts and Figures
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Social media has recently continued to evolve at a rapid pace, giving rise to new and improved methods and techniques for recruiting. To cater to these developments several updates have been made to various social media sites including browser extensions that now assist and enhance a recruiter’s experience. Thus modern recruiters and sourcers are now required to have a thorough knowledge about recruiting via social media.

Although Social media has revolutionized the recruitment process it has substituted traditional methods and also surpassed them in the hiring rate. So, is you company one of the 20% that say it now takes less time to hire due to social media or are you one of those recruiters who noticed that there has been a 31% increase in employee referrals through Social media? Whatever may be the case, if your company is one of those that still lives in the dark ages, it is essential to upgrade your methods or you’ll be missing out on pools of talented recruits.

Ever since Social media has made its way into the recruitment process, the hires have multiplied twice fold, so also has the competition to capture the best candidate for the job vacancy increased with more and more employers turning to social media to recruit the best candidate from the pool of qualified individuals displaying the right calibre.

Well enough of this and let’s focus on the Facts and Figures of Social media instead to keep ourselves updated. A recent study that was conducted revealed interesting results that indicates the progress of social media recruiting. So here’s what the findings of the study suggests to recruiters and sourcers alike.

Traditional Methods

With traditional methods the percentage of individuals found jobs via newspaper ads and online job boards was 30% and 36% got employed through referrals from professional and personal contacts. As for company career site recruits was 20%. Recruiting done via career fairs was 14% and recruiting via Recruiter agency or independent was 1% less at 13%.

Social Media Recruiting

Most job seekers use social media to speed up the employment process and land up with a profile that best interests them. Of the many users of social media seeking jobs 54% use Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. Out of the active users 50% use Facebook, 25% use Twitter and 26% used LinkedIn for Job hunts.

Company Recruitment

For recruiting 93% of company’s used LinkedIn, 66% used Facebook and 54% made use of Twitter to complete their employment needs. 73% were hired successfully via social media and 42% of companies said that their candidate quality has improved and 20% of them said that it took them less time to scout and hire qualified individuals. In addition to this 31% saw an increase in employee referrals, in view of this 65% of recruiters compensate employees for their referrals and few companies too have started it.

These are but a few facts and figures that I have come across, but in case you wish to add some more, do let us know via your comments section and I would be glad to add them to the article.

Mar
4
Sheetal Devarde
5 Little Known Features of Instagram
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You’re probably familiar with Instagram but the question here is how well do you know Instagram and its features? Is the knowledge you have enough to guarantee success?  These are important questions that require answers. Especially since, the current trend that is followed is social network recruitment.
Instagram is the perfect app for those of you who have a flair for photography and images. You can use this app to recreate and modify your images according to your needs. Well you don’t have to stop there you can upload and share them within and outside your connections on Facebook, Twitter etc. Not only will this attract other people with similar interests but you can also create images and get people engaged as well.
If you’re looking to get noticed or are interested in creating job post’s then these, “5 Little Known Features of Instagram” just might be perfect to suite your needs and in turn boost your responses.  Here we go, did you know that you can…

View Instagram Photos Online
With this app you can view anyone’s Instagram feed online at http://instagram.com/username and by logging in, you can see your homepage feed as well. If  you’re looking for a slightly more optimised viewing experience than there are several websites that have incorporated Instagram’s Application Programming Interface (API), some examples of these are Gramfeed, INK361, Print Studio and Websta Instagram Web Viewer.

Save an Image
Isn’t this amazing, you can now even save your Instagram images.  What’s interesting is that you can save two types of images on Instagram. Save Pre-filter

Images
Did you ever stumble upon an original pre-filter image that you took via Instagram but unfortunately you lost it and now you’re having a real tough time finding it? Well that doesn’t have to be the case if you know exactly how to get it back, if you haven’t turned on the “Save the Original Photos” settings. Here’s how…

  • Tap on the “three – dot” icon on the picture page
  • Choose the “Copy Share URL”
  • Paste the “URL” in to your “phone browser”
  • Save the image by “Long – pressing” on the “pic” and select the “Save Option”

Save Images from the Computer
Similarly; if you’ve encountered by chance an image that you absolutely like via the internet, then you can save it by the page source code. Here’s how…

  • On Chrome, simply “right click” on the image
  • Choose the “Inspect Element” option
  • You will see a “popup window” displaying the “code of the page” with a “highlighted section” of the “image” you “right clicked” on.
  • If you hover on the “first link” in the “highlighted section” the image will be revealed.
  • Right click the “image link”
  • Choose the “Open Link in New Tab” option
  • Save the image via the “New Tab”

Add a border to the Image
If you wish to add a border to the selected image, that too is possible with Instagram. You just need to follow these simple steps and here’s how…

  • With the app, “first choose” the “filter”
  • Tap the “filter” again to reveal a “box icon”
  • Tap to “add” a “border”

Make a Collage
Ever come across a picture collage and wondered how people did it? Well it’s pretty simple. You just need to create clippings or pieces that you can join together to form a collage and save it to you camera role and then upload them to Instagram. These are created with the help of photo – editing apps.  Once created you can add them to your mobile images folder and accordingly upload them.

Repost on Instagram Photo
Reposting an Instagram Photo requires a bit of a workaround; hence, you need to use third party apps like Repost for Instagram. The app lets you view your home stream of Instagram pictures and you can also choose which pics you wish to repost. Web apps like Websta Instagram Web Viewer and Iconosquare help you to repost, that even email you the image and add it to your Instagram manually.

There you have it, now you can create engaging images that will attract more users to your posts. What are you waiting for? Go ahead and implement them and get noticed by potential recruiters.

Mar
2
Jasmine Joseph
Ways to Build an Online Presence
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You’ve heard this once, you’ve heard this a thousand times but are you wondering why, well that’s not the first, I’ve heard of. Most individuals share this same thought, isn’t that a relief. You’re not the only one. Besides you can never have enough of information that will come handy.
In an age when internet is used in almost every aspect of life, it’s only natural that recruiting too will be done via social networking sites. If you are of the opinion that you have a better chance of getting employed with the traditional method then you are mistaken. Although it is effective it isn’t as effective as social media.
Therefore here are some “Ways to Build an Online Presence” that will help you achieve results faster. So let’s begin with the basics and then explore other ways in the process. In view of this, one question comes to the fore… any guesses, yet?

What is meant by an Online Presence?
An online presence is defined as the sum of all the identities you’ve created (either personal or business driven) and the interaction these identities have established and participated in collectively online.  This online presence is one with a broad reach and if it is built successfully it assists you in spreading your brand awareness, helps gain fans, followers, leads, customers, clients and anything else that your business requires to step up its performance. After this the obvious question is….

How to Build an Online Presence
Are you confused or are having a tough time on setting up your online presence? Are you troubled and are actually having a difficult time in deciding where and how to begin? Well it will be a relief to know that you are not the only one out there.  Lots of people and new entrepreneurs are troubled by the same questions as you.  And why not, there’s a lot that goes in to building ones online presence and that is to a great extent dependent on what you’d like to achieve with an online presence. To give you a boost, here’s something that you might want to decide first…

  • Figure out what your goals are
  • Know how to build your website
  • Decide where you’d want to create an online presence
  • Ensure that it is the right social media platform
  • Create different profiles and accounts
  • Find out the best ways to maximise your interactions to keep the audience engaged
  • Monitor all the activity on various platforms of your online presence

And lots more to do, now doesn’t this sound overwhelming? So let’s ease the process a little bit. So let’s begin in the same order as mentioned earlier.

Create and form Strategies
When we talk about developing strategies we mean streamlining and creating goals that are clearly stated and easily understood by all the people in question. Ensure that you have both short – term and long – term goals, most importantly be sure to form realistic goals else you’ll be running a goose chase and wondering what is actually going wrong. Now, you don’t want that do you?

Track and Trace you’re Progress
Make sure you jot these goals down and refer to them on regular bases and ensure that you are using the right tools to monitor the progress. If you aren’t aware already then, let me tell you. There are several monitoring tools that are available online to analyse the progress of your appearance on various social media channels.

Have a Solid Platform Base
I bet you’re wondering, what we are talking about when we mention a solid platform base. Put simply, the website should be engaging and the design should be up to the current standard if you are to attract any kind of attention towards your website. Besides make sure that the information given is up dated timely. Nobody wants outdated information that can do no one any good, you can be sure of that.
However these are but only a few pointers that have been discussed there are lots more that need to be considered before you build an online presence, so to know more about them stay tuned and we’ll be introducing some more that we have realised. If you have thought of any then you be sure to let us know by mentioning them in the comments sections and we’ll be happy to add them to our list in our next post.

Feb
24
Ashwani Paswan
Twitter’s new features – Group Chat via Direct Message & Video Tweets
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Twitter is definitely one of the popular social media channels used by most individuals and it has no intention of relinquishing its title either. As a result it has upgraded its features to improve the experience of its growing user base. Twitter’s two new features i.e. Group Chat via Direct Message and Video Tweets. The Group Chat via Direct Message enables users to interact with more than one individual at a time privately.

As a regular Twitter user, I’m sure you’re familiar with the Direct Message feature that is used so often to interact with individuals at large. The upgrades to Twitter’s features, now helps users not only to connect with one individual but to a group of individuals simultaneously.

Now converse with a group of Individuals, privately   
Did you know that you can now converse with more than one person at a time through Direct Message (DM)? Well Twitter’s new feature of Group Chat (similar to WhatsApp) helps you to create a Group of 20 people to chat with. Here’s how it works…

  • You can add people who you follow and follow you back in the Group Chat
  • You will be able to view the conversation of a member you aren’t following; if you have a two way connection with a person who has a two way connection with you and with the one who you aren’t following
  • Individuals who have been blocked by people in the group cannot be added into that group
  • When an individual is added, that person will receive a notification that they have been added
  • Even the information shared within the group will only be viewed by the ones that have been added

If you thought this was enough you’re mistaken, as you can do a lot more with the simple feature of Direct Message. You can now make it even more exciting as a result of these new features.

Now you can Capture, Edit and Share Videos with the help of Tweets
With the help of Twitter’s Video Tweets you can now capture live moments and create a 30secs video that can be edited to suit your needs. You can even add it to a Tweet you wish to send either within the group or individually. Since, Twitter is a Micro Blogging site you have a limit to the character usage where tweeting is concerned. So once you’ve added your video the number of characters you can use will automatically be updated to accommodate your video in the Tweet. You will be alerted about the characters you can use before you tweet it. Make sure you hit the play button to get a preview of the video before you tweet it.

There you go, you can now send Tweets with videos too and a message along with it, to convey your views about the event that is recorded and in the process also share memorable moments individually or within groups as well. Now isn’t that great!

Feb
19
Yusuf Pathan
Handy and Effective Twitter Analytic Tools
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We’ve come across this time and again, not only that; it has got us wondering what the hype is all about and for something as futile as this? You might also be puzzled about why this particular topic is given as much importance as it has. Well this is all about the changing trends that I’ve been mentioning countless times.

Any which ways with the internet now replacing the traditional methods of recruiting, keeping in pace with these new developments is just as important. As a result one is required to monitor their social networking sites effectively if you wish to progress or get anywhere for that matter. In light of these latest developments here are some “Handy and Effective Twitter Analytic Tools” that just might be the answer to all your social media monitoring needs.


TweetStats
Tweetstats is a perfect tool to monitor your activity on the chosen social media channel. It is preferred by most marketers as it gives one the feeling that they are looking at someone else’s Twitter account by showing their activities and the usage. It produces clean and detailed data that is helpful in arriving at solid conclusions about that particular social networking site. Apart from the other insights portrayed it also includes –

  • Number of tweets per day
  • List of most shared websites
  • Percentage showing the most interactions with users and much more
  • Due to API restrictions only the most recent activity gets displayed

Tweet Archivist
The tool Tweet Archivist is a perfect analytic tool and one that works best with Twitter. This tool helps in tracking hashtags and keywords used on regular basis. It circumvents Twitter’s API limits by saving all the tweets that mention the marketer’s keywords to their account thereby helping a business –

  • To view things
  • To see the number of Tweets over a specific period
  • To keep a track of the most popular users by volume and the top URLs shared

All of these aspects are most effective, when a company or an individual is going to launch a campaign along with a specific hashtag. All they need to do is –

  • Set up a file
  • Start keeping tabs on the associated activity

It’s that plain, simple and easy to follow even if you’re a beginner!

Tweet Volume
Tweetvolume is yet another interesting tool that is very effective. This particular tool provides you with the number of times a particular keyword or brand is mentioned. Some other features worth mentioning are –

  • Users can make use this tool to compare two brands
  • The stats provided can range from stats over a period of 24 hours, a week or for that matter even a year
  • It is most useful when a product is launched as you can find out the progress made by 3 to 4 different retailers
  • This information can thus help one to determine the demand for the products or services

Doesn’t this sound like exactly what you’ve been looking for? Were you aware of this tool? Tweetvolume is an amazing tool that simplifies your work.

Tweriod
What use is all your effort to get the right tools to monitor the relevant aspects of a business unless backed with the information on the most effective time to put up your posts? This is where a tool like Tweriod can be real handy in boosting your branding and searching efforts. This incredibly handy tool gives you clear cut results as to the best suitable time to post and achieve results you can count on. Some interesting features that will ease your confusion of the appropriate time for posts are –

  • It lets you know when most of your followers are online based on different times of the day and the days of the week
  • Perform an analysis on your account as well as your competitor’s to further improve your branding and other efforts

All of these tools are specifically designed to suit individual needs, to serve different purposes and to assist recruiters and a company’s tasks by minimising the workload into manageable bits.

Hey ! Don’t go just yet; you too will know of some tools that we’d like to hear about and learn. So be sure to mention them in the comments section and help us improve our knowledge base simultaneously.