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3 Easy Tips about Social Media!
6:05 PM
Seems like just yesterday that I started to blog and
participate in the Social Media world. I have been on Facebook for a long time
but I was never intentional about it. Its hard to believe that this is now my
300th post to my blog. I remember thinking to myself. “how am I
going to be able to keep up this pace with writing when i first started.
In the 2 years, 300 post, and 2700 tweets that I have become
active in social media I have learned a few things that are necessary to be
able to stick it out. I know my personality is results oriented and when I
don’t see visible results I struggle to continue going. And trust me when I
tell you that there have been a lot of moments where I just wanted to give up
and stop. But I am a huge advocate thought sharing and reading different
perspectives on ministry, life, and leadership. That leads me to not only take
from but also give to the ideas and the thought sharing. I had to come to a
place where I realized it wasn’t about saying the perfect thing, but just
realizing that I have something to say.
Its been a blast for the last 2 years. I have met more
incredible people and learned more than I could ever imagine. But there have
been a few times that I wanted to call it quits.
So with that said. In honor of my 300th blog
post, here are 3 things I have learned about Social Media.
It takes patience –
I remember talking to a friend of mine that is an incredible writer and thought
provoker and asking him if my blog was terrible. He looked right at me and just
said be patient. It takes time. You have to continue working at it and
contributing, and be patient. The readers will come! I know for me I want to be
good at something now. But in reality it takes time. Just keep pushing forward!
It takes consistency
– how ever often you are going to write you need to stick to it. Don’t
take massive amounts of time off from putting content out there. Inconsistency
has been the hardest thing for me to overcome. If I get overwhelmed at work or
if I am tired the first thing that I cut is this. And I have learned to write
in advance and to pump out lots of content when I get on a roll. I save those
for the busy weeks and the tired times. Inconsistency is a killer. Fight
through and commit to being involved!
It takes focus –
Write about a few things repeatedly. I tend to stay to around 4 topics. That is
what I have chosen to do and it works for me. Some people stick to 1. Whatever
that looks like for you the more focus you can provide the more people will
look to you and trust what you have to say. It also gives you more of a voice
in particular area! Whatever you are going to talk about talk about
consistently!
What would you add to my list?
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