Is it Possible to Effectively Handle Your Business Social Media in 15 minutes a day?  This article discusses tips to show you how.  Would they work for you?  Weigh in here and let me know!

http://socialmediatoday.com/specialtytas/538137/15-minute-social-media-workout

Hi @kimkline.  I do use some of the tools she suggests in the article, but I still don’t see how it can be done in 15 minutes!  I’m with @amyhallbiz!

@amyhallbiz @dianebianchi @famousalice  I have to agree that I am skeptical on being able to get it all done in 15 minutes myself!  I have done some preliminary work to try and streamline my Social Media efforts and am hoping that it will result in being able to reduce the time I currently spend.  Not sure if I can reach 15 minutes, but I will let you know!

@joanmuschampfagnani  Good points Joan.  I do agree that in Social Media “immediacy” and “relevancy” are key.  For this reason, while I do pre-schedule many of my posts, I often alter that schedule to include a new story or issue.

I really posed this question to see whether I was alone in the time it takes me to keep up in my own Social Media world!  I am still going to try and stream line, so we shall see how it goes!

Thanks for all the great comments from everyone!

@kimkline Hi Kim

You should pretty much ignore these sorts of articles as they are used as linkbait.

For a better understanding on how social media marketing would work in the real world, have a look at my article on how it could work for a store owner.

Cheers

@kimkline good  points…. especially  about  dropping   work that  doesnt  bring in  customers…we have done that   pretty well…after  trying……

…  it  kind of leaves out the main work  tho,  for me anyway…..that would  be   staging and  taking the right pictures of inventory,   talking over  the   ideas  for  good  engaging  posts,,,discussing  new ideas some  from here with my  web  person,  and  mainly  truly  answering  the   important  questions  that  come into us   thru our  facebook page like~~ how tall is  that and whats the price?   besides  replying  to all the   nice easy   comments….so mine   needs  more than  15 minutes a day…i post  2  times a day….

..also  since im  kind of  a dud   mechanically,  just  posting  correctly   probably takes me   twice as long as it should….that part is  always  done at home in the mornings  tho   in  under  1/2  hr….

@russellallert LINKBAIT…. .. i love  new words……  and  thats  such a  point….so many links  are   truly  shallow and  dont   dig into the  hard  questions  of  real use….like  the piles of  pinterest links  that w ere written  by  folks  who  didnt even have a page..it was hard  to find much  past  what   everyone already knew…..of  course i do a little    linkbait too, when i post  a good   post on an industry  forum, just in my sig  tho……or  put my pinterest on  my  facebook..so it can be a  good thing too….

i dont  see why  they are used  so much forideas and  articles…. especially on here….i  would  much  rather   read  whats  working   for   our members in their actual  experience…. so i hardly ever go to links anymore…i already  get several  social media  places in my   inbox…….i would  much  rather read   your  theory  for stores here on  sme      than have to go  to  your link.. … or  even  better…a real discussion /thread   for stores on here….  im a  store..

.i did  go to your link, it was  kind of  real world and  refreshing!!! thanks…it  slightly  showed me how  hootsuit   and instagram  could  be   used..how  did they enhance  pictures on instagram?   what  did they do?..i dont know about those at all…yet….