{"id":644,"date":"2012-01-10T11:19:06","date_gmt":"2012-01-10T17:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/geekygirl.ca\/?p=644"},"modified":"2017-05-26T10:59:25","modified_gmt":"2017-05-26T15:59:25","slug":"how-to-not-let-social-networking-sites-dominate-your-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geekygirl.ca\/how-to-not-let-social-networking-sites-dominate-your-life\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Not Let Social Networking Sites Dominate Your Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/geekygirl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/iStock_000017122233XSmall.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-645\" title=\"'Social media' concept\" src=\"https:\/\/geekygirl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/iStock_000017122233XSmall.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"425\" height=\"282\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Do you know that there are several things you can do to optimize the time you spend on Social Media?<\/p>\n<p>I love to spend my time between Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn but it can certainly chew up time if you let it. \u00a0I have composed a few ways to help you manage your time with Social Media networking.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Schedule your updates (<a href=\"http:\/\/hootsuite.com\" target=\"_blank\">Hootsuite<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/SproutSocial.com\" target=\"_blank\">Sprout Social<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tweetdeck.com\" target=\"_blank\">tweet deck<\/a>\u00a0and many others)<\/li>\n<ul>\n<li>You can line up a bunch of posts to see what kind of\u00a0interest\u00a0they generate.<\/li>\n<li>Things like quotes, or key information\u00a0about\u00a0you or your industry<\/li>\n<li>You can even schedule important time sensitive updates (to tell people about a particular sale, open house etc)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li>There is even a tool called <a href=\"http:\/\/j.mp\/uTCrFt\" target=\"_blank\">Buffer<\/a>\u00a0(I love this little tool).<\/li>\n<ul>\n<li>You can add updates to the &#8220;buffer&#8221; and it will post and tweet them for you<\/li>\n<li>You can get suggested posts from it as well<\/li>\n<li>You can load it on your toolbar to post pages you find<\/li>\n<li>You can even get it for Twitter so that you can &#8220;buffer&#8221; all the cool things people say and tweet them out later ;)<\/li>\n<ul>\n<li>It is only for Twitter (and now facebook)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<li>Check into your Social Media sites at least 2 times a day (three is better)<\/li>\n<ul>\n<li>Check for DM&#8217;s (direct messages) and respond<\/li>\n<li>Check for new followers on Twitter and thank<\/li>\n<li>Check out groups and discussions you are part of, other people&#8217;s posts<\/li>\n<ul>\n<li>Add value to the groups discussions<\/li>\n<li>Share some content from the people you are following<\/li>\n<li>Then get out!<\/li>\n<li>This should only take about 5-10 min (depends on how many people you are following and long you are searching through their posts)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<li>I like to have my settings adjusted so that everytime there is something that I feel is important, I get an email, and I read those emails on my Smart phone.<\/li>\n<ul>\n<li>Sometimes I get a lot of emails that are of little importance, but when I get one that is urgent it makes up for the others that I just skim over.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ol>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/geekygirl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/iStock_000016676358XSmall-e1326215434617.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-646\" title=\"iStock_000016676358XSmall\" src=\"https:\/\/geekygirl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/iStock_000016676358XSmall-e1326215434617.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"165\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>I hope that this has been helpful to you&#8230; let me know how you save time. \u00a0If\u00a0you are stuck and need some personal guidance I have a great training program <a title=\"Services\" href=\"https:\/\/geekygirl.ca\/services\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> and we have a fabulous Social Media conference call once a week that is available <a title=\"Membership Options Page\" href=\"https:\/\/geekygirl.ca\/home\/membership-options-page\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/div>\n<p>I look forward to hearing from you&#8230; Let me know if these work for you, and if you have any others to suggest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you know that there are several things you can do to optimize the time you spend on Social Media? 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