Social Media is Dumb and A Waste Of Time— Pt. 2
In case you missed yesterday’s post, I talked about getting your small business involved in social media through blogging. If you are going to do one thing with regards to social media, that is where I feel you will get your most bang for your buck. Once you start blogging and assert that social media is not dumb and a waste of time, you may want to get more involved with social media. This is the point where business owners get curious about sites like Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. What are the best social media outlets for your business. That’s really up to you and your clients to decide. You
If You Don’t Have Goals, Why Worry about Time Management?
Once you have a set of core values down for yourself. The next piece to your time management platform is to have a goal or plan. I have always wondered why people get so concerned with how they manage their time on a day-to-day basis when typically they have no goals or plan. In the end all that ends up being managed is busy work. When you don’t have a specific plan of intentional action, time management is meaningless. Not too long ago, I ran across a statistic that said that only 5% of people actually have written goals. I was surprised by how low the number was. When I
The underlying theme of Social Media
I have been thinking a lot about why we use social media today. The reconnection with past friends, the ability to connect with people more frequently that live far away and also the possibility of finding like minded individuals that you may be able to do business or collaborate with in one way, shape or form in the future. These are all great things. The problem is that I think we start to forget why we blog, use Twitter or Facebook, comment on other people’s blogs. When it’s all said and done, the underlying theme is to build meaningful relationships. The key word being meaningful. While I was thinking about
