Comments on: Is Social Media Driving You Crazy? 5 Blogs to Sort You Out – Resource Roundup Tuesday http://www.aboutfreelancewriting.com/2009/09/is-social-media-driving-you-crazy-5-blogs-to-sort-you-out-resource-roundup-tuesday/ Helping freelance writers make more money with their writing by Anne Wayman Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:48:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: Mary Crotty http://www.aboutfreelancewriting.com/2009/09/is-social-media-driving-you-crazy-5-blogs-to-sort-you-out-resource-roundup-tuesday/comment-page-1/#comment-6006 Mary Crotty Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:26:02 +0000 http://www.aboutfreelancewriting.com/?p=4543#comment-6006 I have to agree. I attended a webinar on social media yesterday and they estimated the amount of time that an entrepreneur should be spending on social networking in order to get their ROI and it was a minimum of 1-2 hours a day and that was how long it would take if you knew what you were doing, which many don't. I know that as wearer of all hats in my business, there is no way I can devote that much time to it, yet as a freelance writer I need to be educated on the topic. Sylvain's suggestion that you monitor it wisely and filter the irrelevant is great advice. I have to agree. I attended a webinar on social media yesterday and they estimated the amount of time that an entrepreneur should be spending on social networking in order to get their ROI and it was a minimum of 1-2 hours a day and that was how long it would take if you knew what you were doing, which many don’t. I know that as wearer of all hats in my business, there is no way I can devote that much time to it, yet as a freelance writer I need to be educated on the topic. Sylvain’s suggestion that you monitor it wisely and filter the irrelevant is great advice.

]]> By: Sylvain http://www.aboutfreelancewriting.com/2009/09/is-social-media-driving-you-crazy-5-blogs-to-sort-you-out-resource-roundup-tuesday/comment-page-1/#comment-6001 Sylvain Tue, 08 Sep 2009 23:05:31 +0000 http://www.aboutfreelancewriting.com/?p=4543#comment-6001 I'm afraid the only way to get the most out of social media (without going crazy) is to monitor it wisely. Identify what you like and what preoccupies you, monitor it using Google Alerts or another monitoring tool, and filter this information thereafter. Hence, you won't spend hours everyday filtering out what was said everywhere. You'll know exactly who wrote about a specific subject and where. No one can read what 1,200 followers tweet daily or read the hundreds of rss feeds they've subscribed to. Social media generates too much information for one brain (and one life). I’m afraid the only way to get the most out of social media (without going crazy) is to monitor it wisely. Identify what you like and what preoccupies you, monitor it using Google Alerts or another monitoring tool, and filter this information thereafter. Hence, you won’t spend hours everyday filtering out what was said everywhere. You’ll know exactly who wrote about a specific subject and where. No one can read what 1,200 followers tweet daily or read the hundreds of rss feeds they’ve subscribed to.

Social media generates too much information for one brain (and one life).

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