Hootsuite, the social media management dashboard, expanded its App Directory with a new round of partner integrations — extending the platform from a publishing and scheduling tool into a broader social operations layer.
The App Directory, launched in 2012, lets Hootsuite users plug third-party services directly into the dashboard so social activity can flow into CRM, customer service, content, and analytics workflows without bouncing between tools. The latest additions cover marketing automation, customer support, and content distribution.
New and Notable Integrations
Marketo — the cloud marketing automation platform — connects social engagement data to Marketo's lead nurturing flows, letting marketers tie social activity to broader campaign attribution.
Salesforce integration turns conversations surfaced in Hootsuite into Leads and Cases inside Salesforce CRM, with full conversation history attached.
Zendesk routes high-volume customer service messages from Hootsuite Inbox into Zendesk tickets — useful for brands using social as a frontline support channel.
MailChimp, SocialFlow, SlideShare, and Tumblr round out the publishing and content side of the directory, giving social managers more endpoints to push content to and pull engagement data from.
What It Means for Operators
The expansion reflects where social management was heading in 2013: away from standalone scheduling and toward integration with the rest of the marketing and service stack. The platforms that survived the next several years are the ones that solved for that — the ones that didn't, didn't.
For Hootsuite users, the practical takeaway is straightforward. The dashboard is no longer just a posting tool. It is, increasingly, where social conversations get triaged, routed, and measured against the systems that already run the rest of the business.
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