Social Networking 101 - Effective Online Social Networking
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Free Download - Social Networking 101 - Effective Online Social Networking By Bert Martinez |
Are you into social networking? Do you belong to one or more social networking sites, e.g. MySpace, Twitter, or Facebook? The tips listed below will help you manage your time and get more networking done in the shortest time possible.
Schedule time to work on your page or site treat it like a meeting. Schedule how much time to spend developing your page for each of your networking sites. Also consider having a weekly agenda or list of items you want to complete. Now, block that time and commit yourself 100% to the completion of the meeting's agenda.
2. Quality Time. Depending on the usefulness or quality of the site, you may consider how you divide your time. Example, if you believe one site is more useful or better than another, you may schedule more or less time per week or per day. There are some sites I commit 20 -30 minutes per week while others I commit 1 hour per day.
3. Plan Your Work then Work Your Plan. As mentioned above prepare an agenda or list of tasks to complete, remember it's another meeting and you want to accomplish specific items. Read blogs, send messages, update profile, send friend requests, or make some comments, etc., I think you get the idea. Decide what you want to accomplish and as Larry the Cable Guy would say "git-er-done."
4. Time Saving Tip. If you're a member of multiple sites you may want to manage the emails received from your sites. In my opinion most of the emails and alerts can wait until I log in. I only want to respond to friend's request or specific questions that are sent to me and not to the entire site. As you develop the relationship you can exchange emails with those contacts that you trust. To control which emails you receive on any site visit the email options in your setting's page.
5. Celebrate You Accomplishments. Give yourself a HI-5 for completing the tasks you completed. Don't feel bad if you can't complete everything, most of these sites won't make you rich or even generate huge profits. They're low cost (free to join but require time) and I feel most have value but they won't replace daily marketing and sales strategies.
6. Start with the End in Mind. What is the result you desire from networking do just want to extend your brand's awareness or maybe explore new customer service options or explore new of way of building relationships with your customers ? If you have a specific goal in mind networking will be more valuable and more lucrative.
You Were Created to Succeed!
Bert Martinez
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