and life you love, and this is Q&A Tuesday. Today's question comes from Miss Morgan and

she writes:

"Hi Marie. I stumbled upon your website just a month ago and have been THRILLED at all

the valuable information you give. Thank you so much for that extra kick I needed to get

my business going. I love entrepreneurship but find myself aching for a simpler way of

life, one that doesn't involve me updating Twitter every two seconds and posting on my

blog every day. I've researched this thoroughly but I feel like every guide I come across

recommends doing more and more and more for each new social media outlet that pops up.

Is there a way to successfully market my business online that doesn't involve me constantly

checking in, or is that just wishful thinking?"

Great question, Morgan, and I got to tell you I am with you, girl. I for one do not

want to be on social media all day, and if you haven't noticed, I update my blog just

one time per week, and I'm doing just fine. Here's the thing: you do not need to be on

social media 24/7 in order to be effective. In fact, here are four tips to help you be

on social media without having it overwhelm your life.

Tip #1 -- Realize you don't have to do it.

Yes I know. There may be social media experts out there that want to shoot me right now

but the fact is if you don't want to do it, you don't have to do it. If you don't like

Twitter, screw Twitter, and that's a tweetable. Just kidding. But seriously, "social media's

not a hairnet. No one's going to shut you down for not using it." Now that's a tweetable.

While there can be a lot of benefits to being on social media, it's not right for everyone.

In fact, I found this great article on Mashable about 10 successful small businesses who are

not on social media at all. Now granted, these businesses are more B-to-B, business to business,

but they are successful and they're not on Facebook or Twitter.

Tip #2 -- Less is more or "Menos es mas."

Just because everybody says you should be on 50,000 different social media sites does

not mean that you should. In fact, I think that's a really bad piece of advice. What

you should do, if you want to be active on social at all, is to just pick one or two

places at the most to have a presence and then happily ignore the rest. Morgan, I took

a look at your business and it's very visual in nature, so for you, maybe it's Facebook

and Pinterest, or maybe it's Instagram and Twitter, or maybe it's something different.

The point is choose ones you like, commit and have a presence on those only. I'd rather

see you be really effective on one or two platforms rather than being sucky on a bunch

which can turn out to hurt your business more than it helps. And remember this, Morgan,

either do something full out or don't do it at all. As my man Big Daddy Kane says "ain't

no half steppin'."

Tip #3 -- Get organized and make a schedule.

If you're going to do this, decide how active you want to be on a platform and then get

yourself organized and create a little schedule. Do you want to post one time a day? Two or

three times a day? Do you want to post weekdays or every other day? There is no right answer;

just start somewhere and adjust as you go. In my business, we keep a running list of

articles, videos, images, great things that we want to share with our audience, and because

we're organized and we have a schedule, I never wind up spending any more than 10 to

15 minutes a day tops on social media.

Tip #4 -- Remember every open channel is a liability.

If you do decide to have a presence on social media, you have to remember to monitor all

those outlets because as a business owner, they can become liabilities. For example,

if a customer reaches out to you with an issue or a complaint and you're off and you're just

ignoring it, "no bueno." In fact, Pete Blackshaw even wrote a book with the title Satisfied

Customers Tell Three Friends and Angry Customers Tell 3,000. The bottom line is if you're going

to be on social, do it right and keep an eye on it, or don't do it at all which again is

just fine.

Morgan, that was my A to your Q. I hope you liked it, definitely let us know how it goes.

Now I would love to hear from you. Do you ever feel pressured to do more than you think

you have to on social media? What are your tips and tricks for keeping it simple? I would

love to hear your story and your experience.

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