Okay, we know that Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn are the biggest 3 Social Media Networks. However there are other smaller networks out there too. But how many are too many to join in the early stages of business. I feel like there are only so many hours in a day for networking, especially if you’re a one person operation. The more networks you join the more thin your available time becomes. The 3 Social Media sights I mentioned above has the ability to tap you into millions of potential customers if you utilize them to the max. I was chatting with a friend and she mentioned that she was going to join every social media site she could. My question to her was between making the products you actually sell, plus working full-time when will you have the time to devote to actually promoting on the sites.  What do you all think how many is too many social medial networks?

@shantelturner-collins I would say the big 3 are Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. Although YouTube is not ideal for a lot of individuals it still is one of the biggest I would say probably bigger than Twitter. If your business is not one of the ones that can really utilize YouTube then LinkedIn is definitely your next bet. As for how many is too much? Well, the unspoken rule is 3 is good but you have to know which 3. It may not necessarily be the usual ones. Although Facebook is always and has been proven to be a must have! For example for my business of mobile game and comic book I can utilize YouTube much more effectively than a LinkedIn page. The trick is don’t overload yourself or the quality of your posts will decline. If two is what you can handle then do two. I would say first figure out how many you can handle. Then research 5 and pick the top of how ever many you can handle that your business can best utilize.I hope this helps! Take Care and Happy New Year!

This is a great question. You’re participating in “too many” networks when you find that you’re not able to keep up with them adequately and when you start to feel stretched thin. My thinking is to adopt 2-3 networks that you will use comfortably and regularly and then extend this out if you feel you need more reach.

The key, I think, is to have clear objectives and goals for your social media use- so you can measure your investment and return on investment appropriately.

I don’t think it makes sense to sign up for every social media network you can only to eventually abandon your profiles there.

Rachna

I think it depends on the needs of each company and what is your target audience. A good social media campaign can be more successful if you use the right tools, and usually the more media used to advertise your product or service is likely to reach more people. Of course nothing is achieved by having many channels, if there is no time to handle them.

Rather than thinking of a number of channels to use, I would say that it is appropriate to cover the areas that make a successful campaign.

Use tools that help you network, promote and share. Pick as many tools you can handle that are appropriate to reach your target and is likely to get what you are looking for.