Working out a social media schedule

By: Meradeth Houston on 4:00 AM

Summer break is HERE!!! (I'd add a whole lot more exclamation points there, but I'll refrain, but know that they're there in my mind :) Anyhow, this summer has so far included moving, a family reunion, and a whole lot of books. But, very little writing. And that needs to change because I've got loads to do. Like this:

-Finish the 4th Sary book. (Woot!)
-Revise that book. (Not so woot.)
-Revise another book I wrote ages ago but want to work on again. (Maybe woot?)
-Work on this shiny new idea that I really think will be epic if I can get some time to get it started. (Possibly, very likely, a cool woot!)

So, I'm attempting to work out a schedule for how to handle my social media load. Because lately its
gotten a little overwhelming, and with limited time (because I still have research to do this summer...even if I don't get paid *grumble grumble*), there may be some changes. First off, I'll only be blogging twice a week. I'll still post stuff for friends and all, but I'll be cutting back.

I'll probably respond to comments less here on my blog, too. Because, well, who goes back and reads my responses? Does anyone? I really don't do so very often at all, and I'd rather go to your blog and see what you have to say there. (But I'm curious, do you read my responses?)

Twitter and facebook are other beasts. I sometimes feel like I'm really fumbling and don't know how best to go about them in the first place. I love interacting with people, but coming up with posts that allow for that? Not my forte. Soooo, who knows what I'll be doing. I love Triberr for sharing tweets about cool blog posts, and then Hootsuite for scheduling posts, too. Facebook's scheduler has also been really helpful.

Question: what do you find most interesting on twitter and facebook? What do you most like seeing?

Anyhow, this is my plan right now. I'm not totally sure how it's going to work out in the end, but hopefully it allows for a little more time to, you know, actually get some work done on my projects :) If you have any hints on stuff that's worked well, I'm all ears!

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