How to Schedule Recurring Tweets on SocialOomph

Since Twitter decided to slap SocialOomph/TweetLater with a cease and desist order on the recurring tweets service, I’ve had to identify a different solution for getting messages out to all my followers.  I don’t want to limit my conversations to only the few who might be listening at the moment of the tweet.  More discussion of my Twitter conversation philosopy here.

SocialOomph already had a solution in place, but many are unaware of it’s existence or they don’t know how to use it.  It’s a fairly simple process, but it does take a little longer and a little more effort than the previous recurring tweets solution.  I’m making the assumption that you already have the Pro version of SocialOomph. If you do not, you can get SocialOomph here.

1.  Open SocialOomph and go to the “tweets” menu then click on “upload.”

2.  Open Notebook and write out your tweet.

3.  Spin your tweet because Twitter’s TOS won’t allow you to repeat the same tweet.  Notice how each of these tweets are different.  I only took a couple minutes to spin this tweet, however with a little more time and creativity, it could be made into many more tweets.

4.  Save your notebook file someplace where you will find it easily.  I put mine on my desktop.

5.  Go back to SocialOomph complete each of the following:

• Select the Twitter account you wish to submit to.
• Browse your computer for the Notebook file you created.
• Indicate the date an time you wish your first tweet to occur.
• Specify the time between recurrence of your tweet.
• Determine if you wish for any URL’s to be shortened automatically.

6.  Scroll to the bottom and press “Upload.”

That’s all there is to it.  Now you have a series of repeating tweets going out, which increases the probability that more of your followers will benefit from your tweets.

Please don’t abuse the Twitter rules.