In a recent Entrepreneur.com article Hall advises using third party "helper" programs to manage your various social media sites. For instance, Tweetdeck helps you tie your Twitter updates with your Facebook updates. And Facebook has a little application called Networkedblogs that lets you pull your blog entries into your Facebook page.
Since you need to use more than one social medium -- but NOT that many more, please! -- these helpers are a great timesaver. And just to remind folks we advise that a blog, Facebook and Twitter are the only ones you need. And of course, you're sending regular enewsletters via a service like Myemma.com (we're an agency for them and can help you set it all up) is also essential to your marketing plan.
That's all you need to be completely plugged in.
Adding Linkedin is ok if you want a professionals only network, too, and Flickr for photo sharing if that interests you. No more! Don't confuse the issue; those sites suffice.
Another time saver Hall suggests is not to "e-mail back or talk to every single person that responds to your post or that thanks you online for posting something. The easiest way to stay connected yet not get overwhelmed is to only respond to conversations where the person is asking for an answer, further information, or guidance. If they simply post a thank you, let it be. Another effective way to stay on task with social networking is to set up a response system. One or two days a week, set aside 15 to 20 minutes to respond to your social networking e-mails and posts."
Read the full article here on msnbc.com where the article recently was published.
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