My thoughts on Social Media ymmv

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I've promised to redo the social media module today. I've been through it once, but I just breezed through it because A) it holds absolutely NO interest for me and B) I guess it scares me as it is something completely new and foreign to my way of thinking. As I've said before, I am a serious introvert.

I've put it off as long as I can this morning so here I sit finally ready to go through this module again. It's odd because I know that to be successful I will need to use social media and yet I'd almost rather go to a dental school for a tooth extraction by a first day student with no novocaine.

I'm going to write this blog as I go through the social media process as I know there are others out there that feel as I do. This is going to either be a really long blog or quite short depending on what I find in this nemesis of mine named social media.

Level 4 Section 1- Set up 3 out of 4. I skipped Twitter. Maybe later, but my old fingers aren't nimble enough to be shooting out short messages on a tiny keyboard. Why do my profiles have a string of numbers instead of a pretty link like Kyle's? Not too bad, yet.....

Section 2- Talks about Akismet which I know is no longer needed. Why don't they update training? Eyes beginning to glaze over. Social engagement? I knew there was a reason I didn't want to do social media.

Lesson 3- You had me set up a FB page only to tell me that most people don't get good engagement of their posts including Seth Godin??? Eyes are drooping. Looks like a waste.

Lesson 4- Pinterest, This sounds more interesting to me. Eyes are opening again. Maybe all is NOT lost.

Lesson 5- Twitter, Thanks, but no thanks. This looks like an even bigger time waster than FB.

Lesson 6- Google +, the best part of this is that since Google owns it you should be able to increase your Google rankings fairly quickly. I'll probably use this one, but wish I knew how to change number string to something nice looking.

Lesson 7- The benefit of being social at WA. Can earn affiliate commissions and increase popularity quickly by bragging of your accomplishmants at WA. I really don't care about popularity, but commissions are always nice!

Lesson 8- Basically become your own brand. To me this is nonsense, a waste of time. As an individual you are as good as your last post. You aren't Nike, WalMart, Michael Jordan, etc. I'm Bryan and that's all I ever want to be. If you want to be Joe or Suzy "the brand", go for it. I'll be right here, still Bryan....

Lesson 9- How to use your WA links to earn referral credits. Seen this before eyes closing.

Lesson 10- You Cannot Be a Master of Everything. Their title, not mine. This pretty much says it all for me.

While I may use Pinterest or (what happened to) Instagram once in a while it won't be often as I'd rather focus on content. All of these sites look like great big time sucking vacuums to me. If I'm posting there I can't be creating content, or helping others, here.

For those off you that find social media useful I'm happy for you. As for me, Ross Perot once said, "that giant sucking sound." That's what social media is to me. Your mileage may vary ;-) I'd be willing to bet that the higher the income of the individual the less time they spend on social media sites. Don't look for my posts on social media networks anytime soon.

Best of luck in your online journey to success!

Bryan




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Thanks for the honesty, Bryan. It took me a while to get on to social media. Now that I have joined the bandwagon, I have decided, somewhat, how I shall use each. I know FB can only be for communication with friends and family. LinkedIn is for business. Most likely the rest too: Pinterest, Instagram, Google +.

Awesomeness!
Mojalefa.

You can actually add a Facebook business page by using the dropdown arrow. That allows you to keep both separate from each other so that your friends aren't inundated with biz opp posts and your customers don't see your personal pics etc, but then that's even more time. Does anyone have experience with the auto post apps? Opinions on them?

I can agree with you about social media, Bryan!!! I don't do it either and since I'm in that stage of learning it's just FRUSTRATING to me! I skipped FB and went to twitter. Thought I got it set up, but I don't know all about the #s and @s, so I'm doubting myself now. I even became a traitor and went to you tube to see if I could get ANY info. on ANY social media. Sorry I can't help, but I can definitely agree!!!

I kind of blew through this section the first time around. This time I tried to approach it with an open mind. I still think it's nothing but a time sewer. All of your time disappears down the drain. Only here you hope that you will see some return.

Hi Brian tweet tweet oh no the nest is still empty. Glad you gave it a go. I'll follow you but right now its goodnight back to the grind tomorrow early shift no less take care

Mary, I just see a huge waste of time for a very limited, if any, return. You've got to get your site bringing in a bunch of money so that you can stop working when someone else snaps their fingers.

i couldnt agree more and thats what im aiming for with WA so /i will only answer to my dogs sapping their fingers lol. I work to keep them in the style they demand, blasted expensive my grocery trolley is filled with dog food, dog biscuits, dog bones, dog treats and musn't forget the chook feed, then i put in six packs of up and go for me along with a loaf of bread. that is truth haha

Hi Bryan,
I couldn't agree with you more about social media. I have an account with Pinterest, Google + and a couple of other ones.

I use none of them. I am going to be forced to give it a whirl with Google + as soon as I figure out how to operate it.

Thanks for sharing.

Bill

That's a great word for it! Forced! I like it.

Best of luck to you,
Bryan

Social media should be the expansion area of your site. Spend time on your site content and expand the good news on the social media.

Yes sir, I've come to the conclusion that now is NOT the time for me to be playing with that while trying to get my site functioning and studying WA.

Best wishes to you in your journey.

The decision and time are all yours. But I myself have learned new thing about social media as you pictured each clearly.

I get how you feel about it Bryan! The problem with social media is that it operates on the premise that everybody is equally suited to mass crowd socialisation. This has never been the case for everybody, not before social media appeared and not afterwards. It's a hard one for those of us who don't naturally feel at home with social media since it seems to play such a big part in all communication these days,

~Mark :)

All I can say to that Mark is Amen!

I totally understand.
Jerry

The only thing that I can say about social media with a great deal of certainty is that I won't be spending much time on it!

Your thoughts on personal "branding" match my own, I think. Never going to be more (or less) than Netta...which is a pretty scary thought all in itself. Hee!

Yeah, my sentiments exactly just sucks substituting Bryan for Netta!

Thanks Bryan.
I've been an introvert for over 80 years. I personally don't care much for Social Media, however, it is a useful tool, so I use it.
Hope the lessons get better!
Best wishes

For me I think the best they got was I won't be wasting time there.

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