games, or join this cause or that cause. It never ends.
Create a plan — Plan out how you will use social media to the letter. Plan each day, each update, and what you'll do with your time. No one can find the treasure at the end of the rainbow without a map, and nothing is magic about Internet Marketing. Plan for success, and you will experience success.
Automate — Updating your social network about new posts, articles and information can be automated without any ill effects. This one act will save you hours each day. (assuming you're blogging and creating content like you should) Smart automation is imperative to being able to get everything done that needs to be done.
Schedule — Many of us, who work from home, really hate schedules. We don't want to feel like we have a job so we really fight against this whole schedule idea but the fact is, if you have a schedule for your social media, as well as the way you're going to run the rest of your business, you'll do better and you'll be more successful. The great thing about working from home is that, when needed, you can adjust the schedule, but having the schedule and you stick to it for the most part, you'll do well.
Participate — Automation is great but there are some things you should not outsource and that is your participation in the social media conversations within your niche. Spend a little time each work day participating in social media and it will pay off. Participating means having back and forth conversations with others. Answer questions on LinkedIn, via Twitter, and Facebook and in forums freely giving information without automatically going for the sale. You'll be surprised to start receiving emails begging you to work with them.
Separate Business from Personal — Your Facebook Pages, Your Twitter, and your personal life should be separate. It's okay to play games on Facebook on your off time on your personal account, but if you find yourself playing farm town for four hours during a time you were supposed to be developing a product, you're letting it suck your time. Turn it off.
Social media, if used correctly is an invaluable source of business, but it can be a time waster if you don't know how to avoid the issues that suck the time right out of your day. At first, you'll feel strange and unnatural learning to avoid time suckers, but it will also be an empowering experience that will help you grow your business using social media well. After all, you must use social media, this is where your clients are, so you gotta be there!
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