What a timely question! I deleted my Twitter and Google+ accounts about two weeks ago so I can focus on LI and FB. Reasons include: Most of my website and blog traffic come from those two sites, I enjoy those sites much more than the other two, I have made great connections, I want to engage with my fan base, I think Twitter is mainly cluttered with spam, and Google+ isn’t keeping the momentum it started with, it seems like it attracts a lot of photographers and many users established a user account but haven’t completed their profiles/pages after joining months ago.

I was considering deleting my accounts for awhile, and once I did it I felt an immediate sense of relief and a renewed focus on my social media efforts.

@rich-brooks

I have a love-hate relationship with LinkedIn.  I’ve built relationships with around a dozen new clients from using LinkedIn but the amount of inaccurate information that is posted on the boards is disturbing.  I used to participate a lot more but now when someone asks a question, I just message them privately.

Great question! There seems to be a lot of dropping of social media going on lately. Personally, I spend most of my time on Facebook. For business, I would like to spend more time on Twitter and LinkedIn. I get lots of referrals from LinkedIn and have gained a few really good connections on Twitter. 

I’ve noticed that on Google+, there may be lots of accounts, but not so many users. Those that are using it, treat it as an extension of Facebook. For now, I will continue to use Google+, but to make more personal connections than business. 

I would like to start using YouTube more, but I’m not as creative as @rich-brooks . 

I may be the only person in the world who can’t get excited about Facebook. Of all the social media, I like blogging the best. It seems to have the best chance at meaningful interaction and thought leadership. I approach all the others as necessary distractions. Their major value to me is broadening the reach of the blog.

LinkedIn is supposed to be valuable for a lot of reasons, but the fact seems that it isn’t used to anywhere near its intended potential as far as forums and so forth. I wonder if professionals distrust it because it is a major business prospecting medium. I think it needs to work on its image. Most people promoting and teaching LinkedIn are teaching “prospecting.” 

GUESS I HAVE ALOT TO LEARN N CATCH UP WITH ‘ COS IT ALL SOUNDS INTERESTING AND INSPIRING. BY THE WAY I AM IFY AND AM NEW HERE.

I’m still not sure about Google+.  I can see the benefits of Linked In and Facebook for consumer type products and services. (Although am struggling with Facebook for B2B a bit).

You can definitely engage better with people on Facebook as it’s their personal space, but still need to understand the Google circles more?  So I would definitely drop Google+

I use Facebook a lot, because this is where people are and where they interact. Not so on Google+. So if I could skip G+, I would do so, but I still keep it for ranking reasons.

I actually never started a Twitter account – neither for myself nor for my customers – because there are simply not that many interesting things to say several times a day. And I don’t want to spam followers with artificial space fillers.

I’m not blogging at the moment but will likely start soon for one of my customers whom I want to build up as an expert in her field. By creating relevant and interesting articles in a blog I’m convinced we can improve her reputation and increase her visibility in the market.

I like Pinterest but in order to be interesting for businesses, there’s still a lot of work to do on their side (for example, enable creation of several accounts)

I have a preference for Google+, but I use Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, and Facebook. Since each of these seem to cater to different groups of people, I am refining how I use them to try to fit each ones culture.

Why G+? I find it easier to use and share from (there are some really great extensions).

I notice quite a few people would get rid of Twitter.   I think there needs to be more education on the various uses for Twitter.

For example:  I moderated a discussion back in January and asked the question: Ok, tell me, what is Twitter and who uses it?

The answer I received from the others at the table:  We don’t know but it’s something that the kids use to keep in touch.