Lets Talk Tuesday - Managing Social Media

Hello Friends!

*Side note- It's day 3 of #MinsgameBoss ... What have you gotten rid of today?*

Let's get to the point, today I am going to discuss how I manage Social Media for 4 different business, for free, on the side - all without wanting to end it all. 

I am slowly making progress but my fiance & my boss aren't quite on the same page as I am. They don't understand how Social Media Marketing could help. They also won't put any money into it, alas, I do what I can.

Response to my attempts at convincing them about SM Marketing.

I manage Twitter & Facebook for: Hills & Valley Water Systems, AnaLorr Design (My Design Company), Silver Brook Paints (also my Full-Time job) & Outgoing Owl. It's exhausting sometimes but then I have days of complete awesomeness & it makes it all worth it. 

My Fiance & I got a sale last week, that I am 100% sure came from twitter, and that is exciting! It means it is working!

How do I do this without contemplating ways in which to murder everyone & or chuck my computer at the wall? 

One word, One company, One amazing life saving application: BUFFER! 

Honestly, I would die without my little buddy buffer.

I schedule 10 tweets for 3 out of 4 business all in one shot, usually in the morningish (10-12) when I am feeling my most productive! 

& I let it be for the next 10 days. I respond to any RT's, favourites (or now hearts?), likes or comments.

For now that is it.  I am learning where our customers are for each business and where I should probably be focusing more energy. Twitter is great for my Design business, Pinterest would be better for My boss & our store with Twitter. Facebook is where it's at because of the age group for my Fiance & I's water treatment company. It's weird what you start to realize when you pay attention.

I look at the analytics that buffer provides and it gives me enough insight. For now since no one is paying me, what I am doing is working but if I want to one day work for companies who will pay me I have so much more to learn so this is a great stepping stone! I don't want to feel like I am overwhelmed (then I get all kinds of anxiety & that's fun for no one. Ever)

There is so much for me to learn in this industry, I know I'll figure it out one day. I follow all sorts of amazing people on Twitter, read blogs, watch videos, & participate in Twitter chats to learn & learn some more. That being said, if you have any advice for me please send it my way!

Thanks for reading!

Lets Talk Tuesday: Social Media Relationships

Hey Everyone,
Am I actually writing to anyone? Please leave comments if you are reading this :)

If you're anything like me, you probably have more friends online then off.
I used to be an extremely outgoing individual, and once I know you, I still am but I am finding society as a whole is difficult to talk to in real life, until you establish a common ground.

This doesn't apply online, why? Because you're already into the same things. Personally I mostly pay attention to Interior Design & Social Media Marketing on my social media so anyone I connect with is also into at least one of those things maybe both so we already have something to discuss.

You're really gonna get me all up in your business if you make a Harry Potter reference. 

Do you like, Harry Potter, Marketing & Interior Design? Then we're already besties - bring it in ;)

So, why does this matter?

I just find it curious, and very intriguing that we can make a better relationship on social media then in real life 8 times out of 10.

Just today, at the mall a young man and myself both looked up from our phones and shared a little smile. How often do those things happen? & how often do we miss them? Are we so caught up in our social media worlds, that we are missing key real life meetings? OR are we making new & better friends through our social media relationships? 

Now I know meet-ups happen quite frequently in the United States but I don't hear of many here in Canada (Specifically, Ottawa) So what comes of these meet-ups? You already know you're on the same page, you know you have similar interests, so when you meet face to face, do you become awesome friends really quickly?

I hope I get some feedback on this post because I am genuinely curious what happens at a meet-up & as they don't occur where I live, I would have to travel and that's just not gonna happen. Not anytime soon anyways.

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