HootSuite Media, Inc.

HootSuite Media, Inc.

HootSuite helps organizations use the social web to launch marketing campaigns, identify and grow audience, and distribute targeted messages across multiple channels.

Using HootSuite's unique social media dashboard, teams can collaboratively schedule updates to Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, Wordpress and other social networks via web, desktop or mobile platforms plus track campaign results and industry trends to rapidly adjust tactics.

Launched in Dec. 2008 by Invoke Media, HootSuite's rapidly growing user base includes governments, artists and organizations like The White House, Martha Stewart Media, SXSW and Zappos. Accolades include awards from Mashable's Open Web, Canadian New Media, and Shorty Awards.

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http://hootsuite.com
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Address:
37 Dunlevy Ave
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
2333 Dundas St W
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Blog Posts About HootSuite Media, Inc.

What HootSuite has taught investors about freemium SaaS
HootSuite has been a Canadian startup darling for awhile but that hasn't always been the case. In December of 2009 when CEO Ryan Holmes was raising money they had approximately 200,000 users and... [more]
Vancouver's HootSuite Cracks Open API; Adds Support for Digg, Trendspottr, and InboxQ
Vancouver-based startup HootSuite has announced support for three more platforms—Digg, Trendspottr, and InboxQ. The social media management dashboard now allows users to utilize many of... [more]
Canada's Top 100 Startups
Rank CompanyAlexa Rank 1   HootSuite Media, Inc. 222hootsuite.comAlexa: 222  2   PlentyofFish Media 294pof.comAlexa: 294  3   whos.amung.us... [more]
HootSuite reaches 3 Million users [Infographic]
Vancouver's HootSuite announced this morning that it has achieved another noteworthy milestone - 3 Million users. And this happened only 6 months after hitting two million users. Since... [more]
HootSuite needs Developers, Developers, Developers!
HootSuite is a rapidly growing social media company and they need Developers bad. Headquartered in Vancouver, HootSuite has developed a “best of breed” dashboard that helps... [more]
HootSuite Indexes What's Hot on Twitter: RIM Was the Top Canadian Brand in 2011 [INFOGRAPHIC]
What's the top brand on Twitter? Why, Twitter, of course. Vancouver startup HootSuite today released Part 2 of its Twitter 2011 Trends, courtesy of What the Trend?, a company it acquired in 2011.... [more]
HootSuite's Ryan Holmes: 'I Want to Build a Billion-Dollar Company and Take it to an IPO/Exit'
Ryan Holmes is the founder of Invoke Media, best known for HootSuite, an internationally renowned social media dashboard used by millions of users around the world. Now its own independent company,... [more]
HootSuite Reveals Canada's Top Twitter Trends of 2011
Social media startup HootSuite recently revealed Canada's top twitter trends of 2011. At the top was the Grey Cup, the November football tradition which saw the BC Lions take a bite out of the... [more]
Vancouver's HootSuite Finally Pushes BlackBerry App out of Beta
HootSuite launched a beta app for RIM's BlackBerry platform way back in October 2010. Despite several improvements since then, only now is the company releasing an officially complete... [more]
Canada's Top 100 Startups
Rank CompanyAlexa Rank 1   HootSuite Media, Inc. 215hootsuite.comAlexa: 215  2   PlentyofFish Media 285pof.comAlexa: 285  3   whos.amung.us... [more]
The winners of the 2011 Digi Awards are...
The 2011 Digi Awards were handed out tonight in Toronto across 17 digital media categories, from best in mobile and gaming to web series and technologies. The Digi Awards winners provide a... [more]
Canada's Top 100 Startups
Rank CompanyAlexa Rank 1   HootSuite Media, Inc. 214hootsuite.comAlexa: 214  2   PlentyofFish Media 281pof.comAlexa: 281  3   whos.amung.us... [more]
HootSuite Integrates With Google+
Today, HootSuite was named as an official launch partner for the Google+ Pages trial. “We have truly enjoyed working with the Google+ team to help further build upon the launch of Google+... [more]
Sell out? No way, HootSuite founder Ryan Holmes wants a legacy
Great article and interview in yesterday's Globe and Mail with HootSuite's founder Ryan Holmes. David Ebner digs deep into Holmes' history and his plans for the Vancouver-based social media... [more]
HootSuite launches App Directory integrated with YouTube, Flickr, Tumblr, and Get Satisfaction
Vancouver-born HootSuite, the popular social media dashboard, has launched an App Directory featuring integrations with YouTube, Flickr, Tumblr, and Get Satisfaction. Available immediately to... [more]
VEF tackles Freemium business models with experienced panel
For their October event the Vancouver Enterprise Forum (VEF) is digging into freemium business models and monetization. They've assembled a great panel of experts that will share their experiences,... [more]
HootSuite acquires Vancouver's Geotoko
With lots of talk about HootSuite being swallowed up by Facebook, the social media upstart made news this morning with an acquisition of their own. HootSuite has acquired fellow Vancouver startup... [more]
Mark Zuckerberg is in Vancouver… to acquire HootSuite? [Updated with Photo]
UPDATE 3: Invoke Media and HootSuite were initially quiet about the rising speculation that Mark Zuckerberg was visiting Vancouver to acquire the social media dashboard. However, after the Wall... [more]
HootSuite adds LinkedIn to its social media dashboard
Live from the stage at the Connect 11 conference this morning, LinkedIn announced HootSuite as a charter member of the LinkedIn Certified Developer program. This adds LinkedIn and over 120... [more]
HootSuite acquires What the Trend
Vancouver's HootSuite announced this morning that they have acquired What the Trend (WTT) - a web service which shares user-defined explanations of trending topics on Twitter. Branded as... [more]
HootSuite raises $3 million in funding, acquires TwapperKeeper, hires more executives [Updated]
Update 1: HootSuite has released the details of its fresh funding. In less than one year after launching it’s Freemium business model, HootSuite is a profitable, cashflow-positive company.... [more]
Vancouver's HootSuite among this year's Top BC Exporters; Awards gala in October
Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters BC Division and the Ministry of Jobs, Tourism and Innovation announced B.C.’s Top  Exporters for 2011 yesterday.  “We are pleased to... [more]
Vancouver's HootSuite thoroughly enhances Facebook functionality, adds overall improvements
Vancouver social media startup HootSuite has announced new tools to allow complete Facebook campaign management within its famous dashboard. The release includes support for Facebook Groups and... [more]
Techvibes TV at GROW 2011: HootSuite's Ryan Holmes
It been one week since the GROW 2011 Conference took over Vancouver. The city was abuzz as Canada's smartest entrepreneurs descended on the city along with venture capitalists from across Canada... [more]
Want to work with a social media rockstar? Become the Executive Assistant to @HootSuite CEO @Invoker
Ryan Holmes founded Invoke Media in January 2000. Exactly a decade later, in January 2010, HootSuite was born. Ryan Holmes was, and still is, at the helm of the social media dashboard that has... [more]
Launch @ GROW Startup Profiles: Vancouver's Food.ee, from Invoke, the makers of HootSuite
Techvibes is a media sponsor of the upcoming GROW Conference in Vancouver and will be highlighting the 15 Canadian startups that are selected to showcase at the conference's opening... [more]
5 online tools indispensable to small business
Entrepreneurs face a great deal of confusion when deciding which web tools to adopt to develop their business. Often lacking the deep pockets to invest in enterprise-class solutions, small... [more]
HootSuite named to Top 10 International Startups list by SecondMarket
SecondMarket is an SEC-regulated alternative trading system that has brought significant market structure to privately owned tech companies. SecondMarket has streamlined the historically... [more]
Celebrating Vancouver-born HootSuite's two million user milestone [Infographic]
HootSuite, a Vancouver-born social media dashboard, just announced it reached a milestone of two million users. Famous for its adorable owls and clean-cut designs, the company adequately... [more]
New speakers for GROW announced, including big names from HootSuite, Google, Facebook, and more
The roster of speakers for this year's second-annual GROW Conference in Vancouver is looking more and more impressive. Many interesting speakers were already lined up, from Beyond the Rack... [more]
How to win hearts and minds while building your brand online via #NXNEi
Day one of the NXNE Interactive conference kicked-off today in Toronto. While there were many sessions to choose from, it appears that the discussions that I attended fell into two categories:... [more]
Everyone's favourite social media dashboard unveils new features in HootSuite Publisher
Vancouver's HootSuite has continued down its path of leading innovation in the social media dashboard space (in my opinion) with the introduction of HootSuite Publisher, a revamped slew of features... [more]
HootSuite University-certified Junction Marketing launches in Vancouver
Junction Marketing is a brand new campaign-based marketing agency founded in Vancouver. One of the first Canadian companies officially certified by HootSuite University, Junction believes it... [more]
Vancouver's HootSuite launches White Paper series that explores the ROI potential of social media
In collaboration with Nichole Kelley of FullFrontalROI.com, Vancouver-born HootSuite Media is launching a series of White Papers that aim to delve into the largely unexplored realm of ROI on social... [more]
Invoke Media's Eat St. App hits 100,000 downloads
One hundred thousand and counting - that's how many people have downloaded Invoke Media's Eat St. App which helps the hungry locate mobile food carts throughout North America. Designed and built... [more]
HootSuite moves shorteners from Libya to Liechenstein
Vancouver's HootSuite got hit with a major service interruption thanks to Amazon Web Services last week but they're up in running and have made things right with their loyal customers. This week... [more]
Amazon servers take HootSuite down
For those of you wondering why Techvibes has been so quiet on Twitter today, our preferred Twitter client HootSuite is down. HootSuite is suffering downtime alongside FourSquare and Reddit, due to... [more]
Fusion 2011 tackles Search, Social Media and Mobile marketing
The International Internet Marketing Association is hosting their Fusion 2011 conference in two weeks in Vancouver and it has an all-star lineup of speakers that includes SEOmoz's Rand Fishkin and... [more]
Canadians get nominated for the Oscars… of Digital Media
The nominations for the Webby Awards are out. As many of you digital geeks would know, the Webby’s are the Oscars (in our world).  Hundreds and hundreds of brands/agencies apply to get... [more]
Arkli hopes to follow in the footsteps of Sysomos, Syncapse, Radian6, HootSuite and SWIX
Canada breeds winners in the social media monitoring, management, and analytics space - coast-to-coast. Seven months ago Toronto's Sysomos was acquired by Marketwire for $35 million. And in the... [more]
Vancouver's HootSuite acquires TwitterBar and re-brands as HootBar
Vancouver's HootSuite has acquired an add-on for the Firefox 4 browser called TwitterBar which allows users to post to social profiles directly from the web address bar. The add-on has aptly been... [more]
BCBusiness unveils Most Innovative Companies in 2011; HootSuite, Indochino, Strangeloop among them
Business magazine BCBusiness's latest issue reveals what it believes to be our country's top 20 most innovative companies this year. Topping the list is the City of Vancouver, with its... [more]
HootSuite launches Angry Birds style iPhone game
On April Fool's Day everyone is a little suspicious when checking their email or going online for the first time. Like many of you, my morning routine includes firing up HootSuite and that's when... [more]
Vancouver's HootSuite adds Secure Profiles feature for enterprise clients
Vancouver-based social media dashboard superstar HootSuite has added a new security feature called Secure Profiled, aimed to helping enterprise clients protect their brands by preventing the... [more]
Prepare to be impressed: Interactive social analytics come to HootSuite
Vancouver-based HootSuite has just launched its latest new service, HootSuite Social Analytics. This new service will provide a comprehensive view of statistics from Twitter, Facebook,... [more]
There are now 3 Canadian firms on Facebook's Preferred Developer Consultant list
In 2009 Facebook introduced the Preferred Developer Consultant (PDC) program to help companies looking for guidance on maximizing their Facebook presence. The goal of the PDC is to connect... [more]
TiE arrives in Vancouver with impressive roster of panelists
On Wednesday, February 23, TiE is coming to Vancouver for an evening of appetizers and presentations from key social media and technology professionals at the Fairmont Pacific Rim. TiE, whose... [more]
Egypt Remembers honours those killed in the name of democracy
Egyptian-born Toronto entrepreneur Mahmoud Hashim said he felt helpless watching the anti-Mubarak protests in Egypt. Unable to return to his home country, he watched, like the rest of us, as his... [more]
Viva Twitter: HootSuite usage increased exponentially in Egypt as a way to circumvent government crackdowns on social media
When the Egyptian protests began on January 25th, it didn’t take long for the Mubarak government to realize the importance of social media in organizing their opponents. That’s why they... [more]
Rocket Builders names a dozen to 2011 ICT Emerging Rockets list
Following release of its ninth annual Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Ready to Rocket list yesterday, Rocket Builders released a follow-on ICT Emerging Rockets list of 12 additional... [more]
HootSuite launches Affiliate Program
Last week Vancouver's HootSuite won the Best Social Media Management Tool award at the 2010 Mashable Awards thanks to a customer base one million strong. This morning they launched an Affiliate... [more]
Digital Media People to Watch in BC in 2011
One of the benefits of covering technology in BC is the opportunity to meet and interact with innovative technology leaders and evangelists every day. Over the past year, we had the pleasure of... [more]
Vancouver's HootSuite wins 'Best Social Media Management Tool' at the Mashable Awards
It just seems to get better and better for Vancouver startup HootSuite, who can add yet another trophy to their case: HootSuite won Best Social Media Management Tool at the Mashable... [more]
Vancouver's HootSuite collaborates with Salesforce, integrates apps into dashboard
Today at Dreamforce, HootSuite CEO Ryan Holmes revealed a preview of the upcoming Salesforce integration into HootSuite. This integration will tie into the HootSuite App... [more]
HootSuite hits 1 Million Users
This morning Vancouver-born HootSuite announced that they have exceeded one million users on their social media dashboard product. The tool which allows users to manage multiple social networks... [more]
HootSuite's iPad App ready for primetime and free
The wait is finally over. Vancouver's HootSuite have released their iPad App last week and it's free. We've artfully hand-crafted this mobile app specifically for the iPad's unique interface and... [more]
HootSuite launches Pro plan and scales back on some Basic features
You can't fault a company for wanting to make money.  Especially when the company has ties to the social networking world where everything is seemingly free.  So when I got word that... [more]
Movember Mondays: Invoke/HootSuite supports Movember
This is a continuing series of guest posts from Gregg Tilston.  As Global Social Media Manager of Flight Centre Group, Gregg is living his dream job as it marries Social Media and travel.... [more]
HootSuite is hosting a Hackathon
Interested in knowing what’s next for HootSuite? Head over to HootSuite Headquarters this Saturday, November 13th for the HootSuite API Hackathon. HootSuite is opening up an API to allow... [more]
Vancouver Tech Jobs of the Week
Here are five job opportunities that caught our eye on the Techvibes Vancouver Job Board this week. Check out the full job descriptions and be sure to apply if you're interested. Mobile... [more]
HootSuite delivers a post-Halloween treat with Promoted Products update
As Twitter progresses with its Promoted Products, Vancouver-based HootSuite—its first partner involved in the program—has announced a host of mini news updates to satisfy those curious... [more]
5 Tips for Startup Success From HootSuite Co-Founder
Yesterday on Mashable, HootSuite Co-Founder Dario Melio shared 5 Tips for Startup Success as part of their Digital Entrepreneur Series. The intro is below but you'll have to click over to read his... [more]
Vancouver's Hootsuite celebrates free apps with its own Mobile Fest this week
October 18th to the 22nd is Hootsuite's "Mobile Fest," a week of free mobile app celebrations. Sparked by Hootsuite making all of its mobile apps free, it's stirring up celebration by adding... [more]
Vancouver's Hootsuite collabs with Twitter for new Promoted Products feature integration
Hootsuite was recently announced as Twitter’s preliminary launch partner for the newly expanded Promoted Products suite, which includes Promoted Tweets and Trends. Hootsuite will... [more]
HootSuite: A Vancouver Success Story
VEF Momentum is kicking off their Fall season with a talk by a local serial entrepreneur Ryan Holmes, CEO and Founder of HootSuite Media. Ryan will share the story behind Invoke Media and how he... [more]
Made in Vancouver: The HootSuite Success Story
VEF Momentum is kicking off their Fall season with a talk by a local serial entrepreneur Ryan Holmes, CEO and Founder of HootSuite Media Inc. Ryan will share the story behind Invoke Media and how... [more]
Hootsuite launches translation project, sneak peaks Blackberry app
Hootsuite has recently made two announcements. Following the company's shift into paid premium services, Hootsuite is launching language localization, which will get wind under its wings from... [more]
Facebook Temporarily Blocks all Ow.ly URL Shortener Links
The Inside Facebook blog reported earlier today that the social networking site temporarily blocked URLs shortened with the ow.ly domain developed by Vancouver's HootSuite. According to Inside... [more]
Hootsuite announces prices for its new paid account plans
Hootsuite will offer 5 tiers of plans for regular users. There will be Basic (free), Bronze ($5 monthly), Silver ($20), Gold ($50), and Platinum ($100), as well as an Enterprise model for $1500 to... [more]
HootSuite drops the bomb - paid accounts - but it's a lot better than you might think
The owl has done it. HootSuite is now a paid service—for some at least. At first glance, this will give fits to many users: "I refuse to pay!" Which is fine. HootSuite is determined to keep... [more]
Vancouver Tech Jobs of the Week - BONUS EDITION
It's been a crazy busy week on the Techvibes Job Board, so we've expanded the Job of the Week feature this week to reflect the wave of new positions. Check out the full job descriptions and be sure... [more]
HootSuite adds Social CRM tools
HootSuite is at it again.  This time they have updated their dashboard to help businesses socially manage campaigns by allowing them to learn about their audience and engage them with the... [more]
HootSuite: Love them, Love them not?
With the proliferation of digital mediums used a method of communiqué for brands and businesses, Hoot Suite’s unique market proposition is its succinct and intuitive approach that... [more]
B.C. capitalizing on the new culture of openness in Japanese telecom market
Every week Techvibes republishes an article (or two) from Business in Vancouver. This article was originally published in issue #1078 - June 29 - July 5, 2010. Wireless developers in B.C.... [more]
HootSuite joins the HTML5 bandwagon
If it seems as if we're covering every update to Vancouver produced Twitter client HootSuite, it's because we are.  The fact is that each recent update of HootSuite has warranted coverage, as... [more]
Hootsuite's Vorsprung durch Technik
Forgive Babel Fish's shoddy German, but it just did not feel right to title a post about the addition of localization support to Twitter manager extraordinaire HootSuite without at least... [more]
HootSuite adds Instapaper, Languages, and Email
Anyone who is using Twitter in any sort of promotional or professional capacity is probably already using Vancouver's own HootSuite.  Both the web version and the iPhone application are the... [more]
HootSuite updates their popular iPhone app
Techvibes' favourite social media tool, HootSuite has recently added a plethora of updates to their popular iPhone application.  According to the press release here are the... [more]
HootSuite adds to their shortening options
Vancouver's HootSuite announced this morning that they've made a change to their built-in URL shortener Ow.ly and added another shortening option to their social media dashboard. With changing... [more]
HootSuite offering Pro Certified designation
Classes are about to begin at HootSuite.  Or as it is known now: HootSuite University.In a move seen as a way to monetize their business, the HootSuite University program will offer those... [more]
Hootsuite releases Team Collaboration tools
Yesterday Vancouver's HootSuite released Team Collaboration tools for their popular social media dashboard that allow teams to better manage message publishing and conversation monitoring across... [more]
5 Questions...with Dave Olson
Today I'm bringing you a special guest to our 5 Questions "Toronto" spotlight. The cool folks from Hootsuite were recently in Toronto.  Among other things, I managed to grab a few minutes of... [more]
Ryan Holmes of HootSuite in Toronto
Ryan Holmes is the CEO of Vancouver-based HootSuite.  As many of you know, Hootsuite is a very popular Twitter client and social media dashboard.  Ryan was in Toronto recently and I had... [more]
What's On in Toronto this week
  Toronto's tech scene will be busy again this week.  Here are a number of technology and social media events happening this week in Toronto:March 24.  6pm-9pm.  Sprout Up... [more]
HootSuite acquires Android Developer Swift App
PaidContent is reporting this morning that Twitter social media dashboard HootSuite has now made an acquisition, buying up Android app developer Swift App. Swift App was the developer behind... [more]
Foursquare and MySpace added to HootSuite Social Dashboard #140tc
This afternoon as part of a panel titled License to Tweet: Applications and Services To Die For at 140 | The Twitter Conference, Ryan Holmes of Vancouver's HootSuite revealed that his social... [more]
HootSuite releases Android App
Building on the success of their iPhone App, Vancouver-based social media dashboard HootSuite launched a new version for the Google Android platform this morning. With today's launch, HootSuite... [more]
HootSuite adds Social CRM Tools and Advanced Statistical Tracking
Best known for allowing collaborators to distribute messages across multiple networks starting with Twitter and then Facebook and Wordpress, the newest iteration of social media dashboard HootSuite... [more]
Welcome PEER 1, Outcome 3, Webnames.ca, and HootSuite
A couple weeks ago Techvibes quietly launched a new directory feature - Paid Featured Listings. Companies in our Directory are now able to purchase one of three featured listings that will appear... [more]
Dave Olson joins HootSuite as Community Director
One week after announcing that they raised $1.9 Million from VCs and Angels, HootSuite is putting that money to work and have hired Dave Olson as their new Community Director.Olson will be... [more]
Bootup Demo Days companies announced
The Bootup Entrepreneurial Society has announed the ten companies that will be participating in the Bootup Demo Days session at the Canadian Financing Forum on January 28th and they are:... [more]
TechProfile: Ryan Holmes of Invoke Media and HootSuite
In partnership with Carlson Media, Techvibes is excited to release the second episode of TechProfiles - a series of one-on-one interviews with leaders in the Vancouver tech community. We're sitting... [more]
HootSuite makes $1.9 Million round official
HootSuite Media, Inc.'s CEO Ryan Holmes announced the finalization of USD $1.9 Million of financing today in a press release. The official announcement comes on the heels of rumors and two... [more]
Did Hootsuite just score $1.9 million of VC money?
It appears they may have. News broke by way of Ian Andrew Bell’s tweet, where he pointed to documents at the SEC (US Securities and Exchange Commission) showing one David Blumberg of Blumberg... [more]
HootSuite adds WordPress support with today's update
The folks at Vancouver's HootSuite are celebrating the New Year by rolling out some updates this morning including support for WordPress blogs. So if you're a HootSuite user, log in and check out... [more]
Digital Media People to Watch in BC in 2010
One of the benefits of blogging about technology in BC is the opportunity to meet and interact with innovative technology leaders and evangelists every day. During 2009, we had the pleasure of... [more]
Hootsuite wins Mashable Open Web Award
Mashable - The Social Media Guide - announced the winners of the 3rd annual Open Web Awards: Social Media Edition today and a Vancouver company made the grade. Congrats to Ryan Holmes and the... [more]
HootSuite evolves into Social Media Dashboard
Vancouver's HootSuite has been hard at work over the last couple months and have emerged from the nest with what they think is the most easy-to-use and feature-rich social media dashboard on the... [more]
Canadian New Media Awards announces 2009 finalists
The Canadian New Media Awards (CNMAs) have announced this year’s finalists in 19 different prestigious award categories. As part of nextMEDIA Toronto, Canada’s leading digital media... [more]
Connect '09 Panels Will Not Disappoint
Next month the BC Innovation Council (BCIC) will be hosting Connect ’09, their premier event for technology start-ups and innovators. While the BCIC may have lucked out by securing... [more]
LPV8 Winners Announced
The Bootup Entreneurial Society's Launch Party Vancouver 8 "Under the Launch Party" took place last week and it was a huge success. Don't believe me??  Check out the photos. A panel of 8... [more]
Vote for Startup Most Likely to Suceed at LPV8
Voting for the Startup Most Likely to Suceed at this week's Launch Party Vancouver 8 event is still live for two more days. Head over to their contest site now to get your vote in for the People's... [more]
Hootsuite adds photos, file sharing, awesomeness
Vancouver’s own Hootsuite just went through a major upgrade, with some tasty new features that push it to the front of pack of url shortening, picture posting, social media-ing Twitter apps.... [more]
LPV8 Demo startups announced
Launch Party Vancouver has announced the startups selected to demo at their upcoming LPV8 event on September 16th and they have increased the number again to match the event with eight. Continuing... [more]
HootSuite 2.0 is here
The Vancouver twittersphere is well aware of Invoke Media's web-based Twitter client HootSuite and their aptly-named accompanying URL shortener ow.ly. Back in June we starting using HootSuite 2.0... [more]
Canada's leading Web 2.0 pioneers
The second annual PICK 20 roundup of Canada’s leading Web 2.0 pioneers has been announced over at Backbone Magazine. To compile the top 20 we assembled a crack panel of judges and asked... [more]
HootSuite 2.0 - get your Beta invite here
The Vancouver twittersphere knows all about Invoke Media's web-based Twitter client HootSuite and their aptly-named accompanying URL shortener ow.ly. Thanks to a 2.0 facelift, many more Twitter... [more]
The White House endorses Hootsuite
Earlier today, the White House made the switch from twitterfeed to Vancouver's own Hootsuite to manage their Twitter account - @whitehouse. Congrats to the folks at Hootsuite for gaining a very... [more]
HootSuite = Outlook for Twitter
Invoke Media's Ryan Holmes was at ad:tech in San Francisco last week and sat down with AdRants' Angela Nativdad to chat about Invoke's Twitter toolkit HootSuite. During the coffee shop interview,... [more]
Is the Business of Shorter URLs Worth Big Money
Should investors be gambling their investment dollars on fast-growing, but revenue-free startups? If the recent $2 million investment into Betaworks' in-house project bit.ly is any indication,... [more]
Vancouver-born Twitter Apps
Building applications on the Twitter API is all the rage and there are now hundreds of Twittter Apps competing for mindshare in the Twittersphere. Every developer community seems to have their... [more]
HootSuite Monetizes Twitter
Less than a month after they debuted a new name, HootSuite says they've now managed to monetize Twitter. We’ve integrated AdSense into Hootsuite, and allowed you to add your AdSense... [more]
BrightKit follower-sources new HootSuite name
After being online for less than three months, Twitter toolbox BrightKit premiered on the Vancouver Startup Index today in the #23 spot - very impressive. Now, I've just learned that they've... [more]
Startups on Tap at Ideas on Tap
Ideas on Tap have announced their final presenter lineup for tonight's event at the Yaletown Brewing Company at 1111 Mainland Street and their is a definite startup theme. Be sure to register and... [more]
BrightKit - the ultimate Twitter toolbox
Vancouver's Invoke Media is at it again. Today they launched a Twitter app called BrightKit - the ultimate Twitter toolbox. BrightKit allows Twitter users to manage multiple Twitter profiles and... [more]

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