Social Media Marketing In Less Than An Hour A Day

Most people, when they get started with social media marketing, have issues with two things – how much time it takes and how to make sense of it all.

Admittedly, when I first started, I was resistant because of time constraints.  I’d ask myself, “Where is my time better spent, on Twitter or trying to get new clients?”

Little did I know that the two can actually work hand in hand.

Just three weeks ago, I had a phone call with a client who understood social media very, very well.  She was into all the different networks and had content going this way and that.  Her one major problem was the time commitment!

She said, “Jason, I know that social media is the way of the future but I just don’t have any time to actually DO any of the work I pick up!  I’m trapped by it!”

So what I did was recommend all sorts of tools to her that she could use to automate her workflow a bit.  Here are some of them:

• TweetDeck
• Twhirl
• SocialOomph
• FutureTweets
• CurdBee (not social media but essential)
• LinkedIn Outlook plugin

Then, I gave her a brief tutorial and showed her how to work with them.

Using SocialOomph and FutureTweets, she was able to schedule tweets.  Then, using the desktop applications, she was able to still participate in social media without having to go back and forth between all the sites.  Finally, CurdBee let her invoice her new clients in a fraction of the time it took her to before!

Just yesterday, she called me back.  She had been able to cut her ’social media addiction down to 47 minutes a day (give or take a few), while doubling her productivity and new leads!

Amazing huh!

If you’d like more information on how you can minimize the time you spend on social media, visit Social Media Marketing Hour.  There’s you’ll be able to get free training and a free DVD taking you through, step by step!