Comments on: Help! One of Me, Dozens of Social Media Sites

By: Kelly

Kelly — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:43:28 +0000

Tim,

Exactly the quandary I’m in. I (think I) see the value, and I’d really like to be on Twitter, at the least, but between blogging and “real” work, I already have zero free time, so I sigh and accept that some parades must pass me by. Can’t give up t.v. for social media when I did that to write a blog 2 years ago, and yeesh, at some point I have to sleep and eat and see my kid.

Heh. That’s not terribly helpful, is it? I feel your pain, is about all I can say!

Regards,

Kelly

By: Team The Rise To The Top

Team The Rise To The Top — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:47:50 +0000

Tim,

All of these sites can be useful, but if you’re notable to utilize them to their full potential then what’s the point. I agree focus on the 2 to 3 sites that will yield the most positive result that you are searching for instead of using every single on but not being able to maximize their tools. Businesses can also hire interns who are interested in social media marketing to help get a handle on these sites. Good luck!

By: Strategic Growth Advisors

Strategic Growth Advisors — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 03:21:13 +0000

Hey, Tim. This is one dilemma most active social media enthusiasts can easily relate to.

In my point of view, I think that you can solve this by choosing only the best social media platforms that you believe can help you the most. Stick with 2 or 3 (or even 4, if you like) and you’re good to go.

It doesn’t mean that you have to own an account in every social media site developed almost daily just to make your own niche.

By: Patty Reiser

Patty Reiser — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 22:00:03 +0000

Social Media can be overwhelming. My thought process is to prioritize which ones I am involved with and which ones will give me the most ROI of my time.
Wishing you a scent-sational day!
Patty Reiser

By: John Caddell

John Caddell — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:26:04 +0000

Tim, this one is easy–tell your colleagues at Palo Alto software to add support for these social networks into Email Center Pro. That way, you can deal with receiving and sending from all those networks with one interface, and integrate your communications from each sender, no matter if they use email, Facebook, Twitter, etc., or all of the above.

I blogged about this a few weeks ago: http://caddellinsightgroup.com/blog2/2009/07/desperately-needed-a-killer-front-end-to-integrate-all-online-comms-channels/

regards, John

By: CJ Boguszewski

CJ Boguszewski — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:25:51 +0000

I saw @fredwilson post Tumblr yesterday and it looks like the most mesmerizing time-waster on the internet yet.

I’m all for the benefits of entropy, but as you point out, Tim, this is a serious problem. What to do? Where to find stability?

I, too, wish I had some answers…

By: Josh

Josh — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:07:39 +0000

This is an issue I am working on as well. I’d love to here other’s thoughts as well. What I’ve found so far is that there are “dashboards” that you can use for the general social media sites (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn) they allow you to see all your messages/updates in one place they also allow you to post your updates.

For forums, many of them have RSS feeds I like to add them to my bookmark toolbar this way with one click I can get all the headlines and only visit the site when I have something to add.

Along those lines many smaller networks have “Javascript bookmarklets” that let you share right from your browser. If they don’t you might be able to suggest it or read a few tutorials and build you own.

Hope this helps,
Josh

By: Dan Levine

Dan Levine — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:00:34 +0000

Tim, great question. Check out this from @harvardbiz — “Social Media is Fast, Cheap, and Easy. Well, Not Quite.” http://bit.ly/eLDKZ

It’s incredibly time-consuming to be on 6 different sites — Tumblr, however, seems to combine the best qualities of Twitter and Facebook. Will be interesting to see if it takes off …