If I sound like a broken record at the end of each month I’m sorry! It’s just – I feel like time speeds up each month and I can’t believe it’s almost February! As January comes to a close I’m reviewing my progress with my task of amping up the social media outlets of bedsidesign.
Here’s what I learned:
1. I’m still a bigger pinterest/twitter/instagram fan. I like facebook too, but I’m a bigger fan of the interaction with the other outlets.
2. 80/20 rule: I’m trying to find a balance in content outside of my .com where I share 80% related to bedsidesign and 20% of the life of Christie Jones. I’m no where near that perfect balance but I’m working on it.
3. Blog growth is connected with effective use of social media. I’m sure you can have one without the other, but I don’t want to.
4. It may sound silly but favorites, retweets, repins, likes – they all do make me a little happier. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that.
5. Blogging and drinking wine is COMPLETELY acceptable – especially by the blogging community.
What do you love about social media?
Oh and if instagram, pinterest, twitter, and facebook aren’t enough I just signed up for vine!
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I’m right there with you on the retweets, pins, and likes.. heck even a comment can brighten my day. I think it’s natural to gain joy from those things because it tells you that someone out there likes what you’re doing and that’s encouraging.
Glad to see you learned so much from social media this month! :)
I agree Kory – comments (like these) put a smile on my face too. It’s so encouraging. It’s been a great month!
I’m a huge fan of twitter, so that’s where I spend most of my social media time and don’t worry as much about the rest. Instagram is fun, but for me personally, it takes the fun out of it to try to use it strategically for my blog, so I just post tidbits of my life whenever I feel like it. And I think that’s really the key to social media — focusing on the areas you like best. You don’t have to do everything. This month, though, I would really like to clean up my Pinterest and start using it more effectively again — I think it’s a lot of fun, but it hasn’t been inspiring me lately because I haven’t been using it in a smart way.
Lisa – I saw some of the pinterest clean-up talk on twitter and I definitely am trying to do that too (deleted 4-5 boards the other day!). I definitely think I can utilize it better. And twitter? That’s my jam, I love it.
Yes! Totally acceptable. Write Drunk. Edit Sober. Everyone knows that :) And I am the exact same way with instagram as Lisa. I might screen shot a special post but it’s mostly personal.
Haha – I can’t believe I’m new to this drinking and blogging game. It’s amazing! I toe the line with instagram – just started using it for my photography series #foliophoto but the rest I post things that I see that might not wind up on my blog – and hope that it rounds out more of a personal experience for my followers. :)
I see blogging as the original social media outlet, thus it’s still a major portion of the whole thing. Blogging gives you something to share in all those other spaces while still addressing those who already support your blog and space.
Other than blogging Twitter is my favorite place to be, but without Facebook I’d have never learned of our blogging thing last week. ;-)
I totally agree Mitch. Blogging is key to promote your blog – if you spend time on content there’s not much to share about!
I agree with #5. Drinking wine and blogging is not only acceptable, it helps make blogs more exciting! …As long as I go back in the morning and edit, edit, edit before I publish ;)
Kelly I totally agree – wine makes everything better especially blogging!
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