Allow us to be able to save template messages for repeat use!
Just as you allow a quick drop down interface for draft messages. Allow us to save template messages for repeat use.
For example I like to send out a stream of my social network links about once every two weeks. I like to send out a reminder thanking all my subscribers for re-tweeting my messages - hint hint. :-)
You could even add a feature that allows us to push a button and it recreates a new ow.ly link for the listed domain in the message to keep stats more accurate. You can call it "New Hoot Link" :-)
Michael Shepherd
shared this idea
This has been implemented as draft messages:
http://help.hootsuite.com/entries/113218-how-to-save-a-message-as-a-draft
6 comments
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forteabo
commented
after you post a message, save it as a favorite so that you always have it for future use. Then just go to your favorites column and retweet it.
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Richard Smith
commented
I see the opportunity for abuse. However think of it like this.
I want to create a rule that says: repeat this message to this channel 1 time every 3 days until X date. This could be... dont forget that October 12, 2010 is the big event! for details http://ow.ly.... and so forth.... -
Draft messages do not have routine scheduling features. Draft messages do not re-create the ow.ly links. Draft messages cluttered with saved template messages adds confusion to those of us who want to create more than a handful of marketing or branding messages.
Perhaps next to the 'Save As Draft' button you can create a "Save As Template" button and then a 'schedule template' feature.
Not sure if it goes against the TOS of twitter but I know I can manually do it and I do and I'm sure others do as well. So in the end, people are going to do it. Perhaps there is a way to limit abuse of the scheduling platform. For example 'every 10 minutes clearly would be spamming your followers, of course they can always un-follow. So in that regard I suppose one could argue that is not spam. :-)
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Mark commented
I think it's against Twitter's TOS (not sure though) to repeat tweets. I get the message every once in a while "You already said that" when I Retweet (old style) something.
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Also add the option to schedule the template messages routinely (similiar to Outlook scheduled appointments).
I would love to be able to set a message to stream once a week reminding everyone how they can reach me on Facebook, or Myspace, or Twitter, or my Blog. I would love to be able to remind people once a week about my free mini-course.
The only note I would make is I would have the URL recreated each time with a new ow.ly link or it will create inaccurate stats. Either that or allow us to remove certain messages from our stats by adding a 'remove this message from stats option'. :-)
I'm a genius I know. (and equally humble :-)
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