Online Time Management: Scheduling Time for Social Media
How often should I blog? How often do I tweet? How often should I update my Facebook status?
These are among the most common questions I get. For most, I answer an indefinite, “however often feels right” or “however often you have something meaningful to say“.
For most business owners, this answer is not concrete enough. So, here’s an example of how you could manage your social media time:
Every day…
- Digg something of someone else’s
- Bookmark something on Delicious.
- StumbleUpon something of somone else’s
- Twitter
- Add something of value
- ReTweet someone
- Engage with someone
- Promote something of your own
- Follow someone new
- Facebook
- Add something of value
- Comment on something (friend’s/business’s status, photo, etc.)
- “Like” something
Every few days…
- Write a blogpost (and ping it)
- Update your LinkedIn status
- Add photos to Flickr
- Comment on a blogpost
- Facebook
- Friend someone new
- Update your business status
- Promote something of your own
Every week…
- Check your Google Analytics
- Digg something of your own (and ask others to digg it)
- StumbleUpon something of your own (and ask others to give it a thumbs up)
- Check in somewhere on Foursquare
- Participate in a forum or LinkedIn thread
- Do one “Please RT” on Twitter
- Answer or ask a question on LinkedIn
Every two weeks…
- Create a new YouTube video
This schedule won’t work for everyone and, as it’s generalized, certain social media channels might need to be tweaked.
Nicki Hicks
It’s all about Time Management
Tags: Social Media, Time management