I’ve often been asked how I author a blog while working a full time job. My answer has always been that you make time for what’s important to you and I see my blog as an investment. That’s an important word…investment. It assumes that you put in time to get something in return. And boy have I seen returns. From new clients to speaking & writing opportunities to personal and business brand awareness (not to mention the amazing people I’ve connected with).
However, tonight, as I come off of a full day out of the office, prepare to write a massive proposal, know that I have a 700 word story to submit to a magazine, finish some blog research, write this blog post, AND know that I desperately need to start creating my social media presentation, the words ‘time’ and ‘management’ loom like a rain cloud over my head.
Experience tells me that one of the best things I can do for myself right now is create a schedule. And for those of you who find it difficult to manage social media and your business and personal lives, I’ve found a few resources to help:
. Creating a social media schedule by Duct Tape Marketing includes a great example of how the author manages his multiple social media outlets.
. this To-Do List article by Mind Tools provides tips on how to create a useful list and also provides a free template.
. True You Marketing published a great post on how to get things done on Twitter. Some good tools and processes.
Care to share your time management tools?…please leave a comment.
Now stop reading this blog post and do something useful 😉
Lara McCulloch-Carter
Author of the Special Event blog ready2spark
Director of Marketing – Regal Tent Productions
President – ISES Toronto
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This is honestly one of the best blog post I have ever seen. Managing your social media is definitely a job in itself!
One tip I have is to make sure your inbox is cleaned out everyday before you leave the office. Keeping up with my incoming mail is crucial for me. Also, I take about ten minutes at the end of the night looking over what I accomplished that day, and make a to do list for the next day. That way I go into work the next morning with a clear set of goals to accomplish.
I hope these tips help, thank you so much for sharing your great advice!
This is honestly one of the best blog post I have ever seen. Managing your social media is definitely a job in itself!One tip I have is to make sure your inbox is cleaned out everyday before you leave the office. Keeping up with my incoming mail is crucial for me. Also, I take about ten minutes at the end of the night looking over what I accomplished that day, and make a to do list for the next day. That way I go into work the next morning with a clear set of goals to accomplish. I hope these tips help, thank you so much for sharing your great advice!
This is such a fabulous post, Lara! Thank you so much for sharing your helpful tips! One of the things I do before I close my computer for the night is make sure my inbox is cleaned out. This may seem like a huge task but nothing is more distracting to me in the morning than seeing a million emails that need to be answered, deleted to dealt with. Another must do is having a clean and clear Blackberry. I hate looking at my screen and seeing message remindeers, email reminders, etc. In fact, the addition of my Blackberry has helped to achieve the goal of a cleared out email box.
This is such a fabulous post, Lara! Thank you so much for sharing your helpful tips! One of the things I do before I close my computer for the night is make sure my inbox is cleaned out. This may seem like a huge task but nothing is more distracting to me in the morning than seeing a million emails that need to be answered, deleted to dealt with. Another must do is having a clean and clear Blackberry. I hate looking at my screen and seeing message remindeers, email reminders, etc. In fact, the addition of my Blackberry has helped to achieve the goal of a cleared out email box.
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Thanks, Jodi! I'm so happy that this post connects with you & thank you for your great comments!! I'd love to say that after a day, I'm back to my regular schedule, but it looks like I'm going to be burning the midnight oil for the next week or so. So I apologize in advance if my posts are a bit slow in coming.
Thanks, Jodi! I'm so happy that this post connects with you & thank you for your great comments!! I'd love to say that after a day, I'm back to my regular schedule, but it looks like I'm going to be burning the midnight oil for the next week or so. So I apologize in advance if my posts are a bit slow in coming.