Software to make your social media time more streamlined

So you are using social media as part of your online marketing plan. Great! But have you found it time consuming to update and respond to multiple people on multiple social media sites? You are not alone.

Most people find social media almost addicting. So they spend more time on it than they planned.

What can you do?

You can find some software that will make it easier and faster for you to update and follow. My current recommendations are Ping.fm and Hootsuite.

Ping.fm will allow you to post to multiple social media sites all at once.

Hootsuite will let you follow Twitter, Facebook and Linkedin at the same time. It will also let you follow your twitter lists. And Hootsuite will let you use Ping.fm.

So what I do is use Hootsuite to see what I need to follow up on and Ping.fm (within Hootsuite) to post to all the sites at once.

And what is best – all free.

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Until the next time,

Craig Childs
Toronto Ventures LLC
10004 Wurzbach Road, #153
San Antonio, TX 78230
210-595-9304

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Social Media Social Sites

I recommend that you join the social media movement. But social media can take a lot of time. So I also recommend you limit your social media effort to only three sites. These sites are:

• Twitter
• Facebook
• LinkedIn

Why Just These Three Sites?

To help market your online business these sites can excel. But you need a plan for each site before you get started.

I will discuss the plan for each site in the next few posts.

So just visit these sites and become familiar with them.

Take action to Be Visible Online.

Until the next time,

Craig Childs
Toronto Ventures LLC
10004 Wurzbach Road, #153
San Antonio, TX 78230
210-595-9304

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Social Bookmarking

The second type of social media site is the bookmarking site. These sites allow you to bookmark a site and share it with others. Some of the best known bookmarking sites are StumbleUpon, Digg and Delicious.

You can use just one or a number of them to bookmark your favorite posts, pages and websites. Once they are bookmarked your choices are public. So your friends can see what you bookmarked.

Plus the site you bookmarked gets a back link.

However, be sure you don't just bookmark your own posts and pages. These sites and people viewing your bookmarks will not appreciate that. Remember this is a social site, so bookmark your favorites by others as well as by yourself.

Take action to Be Visible Online.

Until the next time,

Craig Childs
Toronto Ventures LLC
10004 Wurzbach Road, #153
San Antonio, TX 78230
210-595-9304

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Social Media

There are two basic types of social media sites. Some are bookmarking sites such as Digg and Delicious. And others are more communication sites such as Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.

Social Media Social Sites

I recommend that all business bloggers have an account with Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. Each of these sites are different and can help you market your website, services and products.

One thing I always recommend is not to post only information and links to your site or products. Don't always sell. Share useful information, start a conversation and become involved.

Also remember that the number of followers is not important, it is the quality of the followers that's important.

Social media social sites can drive traffic to your website. But as you come across people who are always just selling their products, be sure you are not one of them.

Take action to Be Visible Online.

Until the next time,

Craig Childs
Toronto Ventures LLC
10004 Wurzbach Road, #153
San Antonio, TX 78230
210-595-9304

Twitter | LinkedIn | Facebook

For more Online Marketing Tips. Updated frequently so check back often.

Social media should be an important part of your Internet Marketing Plan.  And you need to use both types of social media sites in your plan.  Plus remember that social media takes time and effort to build up to a great marketing plan.  This is not a one way street, you need to interact and share with others.

I found a good overview of social media.  You should look it over.

Until the next time,

Craig Childs

Craig Childs
Toronto Ventures LLC
10004 Wurzbach Road, #153
San Antonio, TX 78230
210-595-9304

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