Author: Chris Garrett

One of the big concerns about using social media for business and marketing is time. Social media activities do pose a risk of drawing you in and taking up a huge amount of your day just interacting with people.

Add that the technology is changing all the time.  It can seem impossible to keep up with all the tools, software, techniques, etiquette, and social media best practices.

It's hardly surprising that people are looking to social media consultants, agencies and contractors to take on their social media activity. But should you?

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One of the major objections I hear about social media is about time.

Do any of these sound familiar? "Who has time?" "You expect me to do all this on top of my normal duties?" "How do you fit everything in?" ... and so on.

I am not going to lie to you. Social media does take time. In fact, time is going to be one of your major hidden costs of doing business on the Internet.  And for some of us, that time could be wasted if we are not careful.

You need to watch where your time goes to ensure you're spending it efficiently and with the

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