Slowly Building A Following - More To Learn

Hey WA! I have somewhat successfully ventured into the world of social media. (Here is my first post about the successes) So as I move forward, I want to update everyone on my social media status...

I Am Getting There

How am I doing? Well, I am a few months in and slowly building a following:

• Facebook - 48 followers on my page. Mostly friends and family, but there are some others. I did "boost" a post and it added 1 follower. Not sure I am where I want to try again, but it was fun to see the stats.
• Pinterest - 9 followers...but all organic. I get some pretty good page views, but still not where I would like.
• Twitter - 52 followers... all organic. It was an awesome feeling to pass the 50 follower mark, but not much traffic generated
• Instagram - 29 followers... again, all organic. Weird side note: my niece has decided to "learn" how to promote a business so she is one of the followers. It seems weird to promote beer with a 12-year old follower, but her mom was cool with it so I will continue
• YouTube - 5 subscribers (and 65 views of my 3 videos). I must admit this is a tough one. My niche should be great for YouTube, but I hate making videos

So there it is. I have picked up some followers, but I did notice something funny. I tend to do my website work late at night. This includes much of my social media...

That means I have a lot of followers from other countries. It is all one big intertwined web of people so I am getting more people in the US to follow me... I just thought it was interesting.

But I Still Need Help

This is where the awesome community here really helps out. For everything I have needed help on there is usually people out there with an answer.

I currently will schedule some posts throughout the day so that I can get more access to people in my timezone (I will settle for my side of the world). Personally, I think social media has the potential to drive my business, but I don't think I am using it to it's maximum potential.

Here is my call to action...please answer some (or all) of the questions in the comments so that everyone can learn.

1. What constitutes a good post (if you are a follower, what makes you respond?)
2. How do you effectively use hashtags?
3. What have been your most successful posts?
4. Which social media has been the best at driving traffic?
5. Does boosting or promoting actually help?
6. What other social media hacks would you pass on to someone new to social media?

Cheers!

Nate