Are You Spreading Your Social Networking Too Thin?

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Experts say be on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, YouTube, Linkedn, Instagram, Klout, Google+, Foursquare…..okay you get my point, the experts say you need to be everywhere!  However, WHERE are your followers?  Are the experts your followers?   LOL…I doubt that!  I would pay damn pretty penny to get one of the experts to follow me!  Hell, I got excited and did the happy dance when the Lieutenant Governor re-tweeted my non-sense!  However, being on all those social networks takes time, effort, and brain power…most days I just have brain farts! 

Where are your followers?  Chances are if you are living in the same region as me, your followers are on Facebook…yes the blue social network that everyone gabs about!  I will never tell anyone to put all their eggs in one basket, as I have done that way too many times and totally #failed.  However, I do suggest focusing on one maybe 2 social networks, and let the big wigs chatter about the others...after all most of the time all they are really doing is chattering!   

In rural Missouri (where I live in the sticks) most people are on Facebook, in fact that is probably true anywhere, a few are on Twitter ( I think 30 in my hometown of 1400), and many are on Instagram.  If I was a local business working to Social Media Market my business, product, or brand in this rural Missouri area, here is where my target would be:

Facebook – this would be my focus, I would post daily, maybe 3 times a day depending on what I am marketing.  I would refrain from only posting about what I do, what is on sale, and I would post also about community events, inspiring quotes, and something funny…everyone loves to laugh.

Twitter – I would set up a Twitter account to follow other local businesses, even businesses that are far away, but similar and just to have staked my claim on my Twitter handle.  I would develop my own #hashtag that may someday help with my branding.

Instagram – okay I would have Instagram…I think I have preached a thousand times over why local businesses should be on Instagram!  Share your life, your story, and what you have in the most visual way you can…PHOTOS.  Instagram easily links to your Facebook and Twitter, #hashtags work, and you can follow local folks and start up some local gab! 

Social networking can and should be fun, it should never be let go to the side, as it has potential to bring in new customers and remind your old customers how super duper cool you really are! 

~Becky 

Online Survival Guide by Becky

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After the bazillionth time being asked by an 80-year-old farmer what the heck is a blogger and what do you do?  I have decided to start posting random questions that I get asked and tips that will help our community get social, get attention, and most importantly help bring in revenue to small businesses.

When I started Adventures Among Us, a thousand or so blog post ago, my original goal was to let people know what was going on in our area, where the cool places are, and fun things to do as a family.  I don’t claim success with that, but I do know it is working.  However, from the get go I saw a bigger need than just me telling people.  People need to be able to find the information, understand the information, and get to the source.  Well I live in the most rural area in the world….just kidding, but I do live in an area that is technology challenged.  Many of the areas around me have poor cell service, poor internet service, and just like myself struggle with keeping up on the online world. 

With that said I have expanded my mission, I have been told that it would be crazy to do this for free, but in reality giving a helping hand has a bigger reward in the end.

Now what the heck is my MISSION, I am going to periodically, randomly, sporadically share online tips for businesses, bloggers, readers, and anyone else that works via online world.

I will disclose I AM NOT AN EXPERT…I will be sharing how I screwed up, what I learned from my mistakes, advice I have received from others, why I dislike certain things, and how to’s on things I learned the hard way.   

I had thought about starting a new blog for this, but then that is just more work for me, and well I am LAZY, plus many of my readers are interested in blogging, social networking, and other things, beside my local travel adventures.   So here we go, you will randomly see post with a label Online Survival Guide by Becky this label will link you to other post that I have put up about living a life online. (there is also a link to the left of this post)  

With all that said, I am NOT an expert, so if you have a tip, question, advice, or criticism feel free to share with me….I am game to talk and learn to survive!

Have a good day,

Becky      

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