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SOCIAL MEDIA (CONT’D)

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SHOW YOUR GRATITUDE - 1 MINUTE
Did a reader rave about you on Twitter? Tweet back and say thank you. The same
goes for positive reviews on Facebook and other social media forums. Expressing
gratitude humanizes you and makes people want to be a part of your social circle.
Take the time to thank readers personally and your following will grow.
Now… relax! This sounds like it is worth trying, even if your personal routine takes

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more time. PR Web says,”Breaking up the job into small tasks makes it easier. Just
like the sales and marketing efforts it supports, social media is all about relationships.
The more you put into it, the more you'll get back. Connections and brand awareness
tend to have a snowball effect. Plus, it can be lots of fun.”
This all sounds great, but personally I have to expand those times. Something that
really helps, though, is to utilize the ability to schedule future posts. I don’t know
about you, but I tell myself I’ll only do a quick check or a quick post on Facebook and
somehow time flies and an hour has passed. Think about using Hootsuite.com. Here
is a link to posting to Facebook with Hootsuite: https://blog.hootsuite.com/how-toschedule-facebook-posts
Hootsuite can be use to post to multiple apps, too, so check it out. I like using
Tweetdeck.com to schedule my tweets because I can add photos and also see activity
in Twitter like who is retweeting my posts, things I’m interested in, etc.
Social media is without question a time vampire, and one that we enjoy so it is
easy to eat up the hours. Use aids where possible because it will free up more time
to write.

DEEP AND
CONTINUING
NEEDS, IS
GOOD FOR
HIM.
–Maya Angelou

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