How do you find the time for Social Media

In the present day hectic lifestyle when people are far too busy in the pursuit of their own businesses and professions, they seldom find time for social media.

But if you have the will and a proper sense of time management, you can always find time for social media without compromising on your daily activities.

Active involvement in social media entails you write posts, respond to enquiries, reply to comments or post a new thread. For this you should not need more than an hour to start with. This time duration can be gradually extended as you begin to enjoy your interaction with the social media and also start benefiting by it.

Go over your day’s activities and try to identify the areas where you are spending more time than is necessary. Even if initially you can find 30 minutes of spare time, it should suffice for a start. You can always gradually build momentum as you proceed. You can succeed once you are comfortable with the social media site you are using.

It is better to start using one social networking site first, get used to the manner it works, its merits and limitations and more importantly, how others uses and interacts on it. Remember that the more you try to use the site the faster you will get at using it – and this will begin to save you time.

It is only after you find more time, you should move on to the next site – without in any way severing your interaction with the first site. Avoid getting distracted by the features of the new site and abandon the earlier site. This way, your commitment to social media will ever remain unfulfilled.

It is not necessary for you to remain with your social media live for long hours. You can spend some time every day or a an hour every week preparing what you want to say as pre-planning can save a lot of time. But it is essential that you spend some time responding to comments as otherwise your participation in social media will be of no avail.

It is a good idea to use Hootsuite to manage your social media presence and to oversee what is happening online. Please know that Hootsuite is free and is web-based – and as such, you can manage your social media from anywhere. There are also other effective tools that you can use to save time.

Try to integrate social media seamlessly into your daily routine and then you will never be bothered about time constraints.