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5 Tips to Fit Social Media Into Your Busy Workday.

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Real Estate Agent with LAER Realty Partners

Is social media part of your business strategy?

Do you spend a lot of time on Social Media?

Tim L. Ramey, in this re-post shares

5 Tips to Fit Social Media

Into Your Busy Workday.

Original content by Tim L. Ramey

5 Tips to Fit Social Media Into Your Busy Workday:

Using social media to market your business shouldn't take up most of your workday, but you do need to carve out some time for it.  

Unfortunately, there are plenty of reasons why people don't bother doing that.  They tell themselves things like:  I'm too busy with important work,  I can't see any value in it, I don't know what to post, I can't figure out the tools, I think social media is just for kids.

But deep down inside, most business peole know they really should spend more time with social media.  Here are 5 tips to help you find the time to fit social media into your busy schedule.

 

1)  Understand the importance of social media to your business.

With all the professional and personal demands on you, there's only one way to find the time to blog, tweet, share, and comment:  YOU MAKE THE TIME FOR SOCIAL MEDIA BECAUSE YOU KNOW IT'S IMORTANT!  The truth is, as a business person, you need to do more online that just consume content or share what others have created.  You also need to be a content creator, because that ultimately will build your business.

 

2)  Take a good hard look at how you spend your day.

A recent survey revealed that we business people spend more than one forth of out day (28%) dealing with emails.  We're in meetings for 19% of the day and we think half of them are a total waste of time. Another 25% of the day is taken up with meaningless distractions.  A second Study reported that executives spend up to 33% of the day in meetings.  What all this tells us is that finding the time for social media is just daily distractions.

 

3)  Make a commitment to spend a small amount of time on social media every day.

Consider this your daily social business investment.  Spread out your activities.  Tweet daily, but perhaps post to your blog just once a week.  Share links and comment on other sites as the opportunities arise, but limit these pursults to ten or fifteen minutes a day.  Amazingly, this small daily commitment soon adds up.  In a year, you've tweeted hundreds of times, written dozens of blog posts, connected with a good group of people, and discovered lots of things you didn't think you'd be learning about.

 

4)  Be guided by your strongest Iinterest.

Blog, tweet, share, and comment on the things you care about most (of course, keep it work-related and avoid politics and religion).  It takes far lsess time to write about and share the things you really know about and appreciate.  It also attracts an audience of like-minded people.  They in turn can provide stimulating questions, ideas, and points of view that will inspire fresh thoughts from you.  You wind up creating an idea factory that keeps generating more terrific share-worthy content with a lot less time and effort.

 

5)  Focus on helping others

Put something in your blog that can help others achieve something worthwhile.  The saying, "What's In It For Me) is written on their forehead.  

Have an awesome day and KEEP UP YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA! 

Tim L. Ramey

LaBelle Real Estate Group

Tim@TimLRamey.com

612 701 5335

www.TimLRamey.com

 

Comments (7)

MichelleCherie Carr Crowe .Just Call. 408-252-8900
Get Results Team...Just Call (408) 252-8900! . DRE #00901962 . Licensed to Sell since 1985 . Altas Realty - San Jose, CA
Family Helping Families Buy & Sell Homes 40+ Years

All of this is good advice. For many folks it's easy to get into a time suck with social media.

Jan 13, 2017 07:45 PM
Sheila Newton Team Anderson & Greenville SC
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices - C. Dan Joyner - Anderson, SC
Selling the Upstate since 1989

great advice.. It seems like the days are shorter and shorter.. I don't know where the time goes, but making time for social media is crucial for my business

Jan 13, 2017 08:34 PM
Praful Thakkar
LAER Realty Partners - Andover, MA
Andover, MA: Andover Luxury Homes For Sale

Thanks for stopping by at this post and your comments, Michelle Carr-Crowe-Top 1% Diamond Certified Real Estate Team Sells Cupertino San Jose Homes-Just Call 408-252-8900.

I get addicted to social media - so avoid it as much as I can!

Jan 13, 2017 08:53 PM
Tim L. Ramey

Oh yes, so true.  Need to incorporate it in our business, just one of the many tools we need to use.  So what areas do you cover?  What do you specialize in?  Praful, when you have clients thinking Minnesota-think Team Ramey and allow me to put my over 25 years of real estate experience to work for them...AND upon a successful closing, receive a 33.3% referral chk!  Oh, what is the beste email for you please?  Mine is: Tim@TimLRamey.com  Have an awesome day!


 


Tim

Jan 14, 2017 11:52 AM
Praful Thakkar
LAER Realty Partners - Andover, MA
Andover, MA: Andover Luxury Homes For Sale

Sheila Newton Team -- Anderson & Greenville SC Real Estate - you are right - there are so many more avenues now to market yourself.

Good tips in this post - to limit our time on Social Media - and still get the best results.

Jan 13, 2017 08:54 PM
Nathan Gesner
American West Realty and Management - Cody, WY
Broker / Property Manager

Praful Thakkar thanks for sharing this. #3 is the one I need to focus on!

Jan 14, 2017 05:09 AM
Praful Thakkar
LAER Realty Partners - Andover, MA
Andover, MA: Andover Luxury Homes For Sale

And you are not alone in that Nathan Gesner - count me in.....

Jan 16, 2017 09:21 PM
Praful Thakkar
LAER Realty Partners - Andover, MA
Andover, MA: Andover Luxury Homes For Sale

Once again, thanks all for stopping by at this post and your comments.

Jan 16, 2017 09:21 PM