Comments on: How Do You Prioritize Your Social Media?

By: New Comm Biz » Conversations vs Sharing. Where’s the Value?

New Comm Biz » Conversations vs Sharing. Where’s the Value? — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:46:38 +0000

[...] recently mentioned that more than a few people have noticed that my twitter conversations have dropped off since taking the new job. As my friend Chris [...]

By: tacanderson

tacanderson — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:59:36 +0000

Tobin,
Thanks for the comment. I totally agree that how you do something less important than what you do. But having a how is crucial or you never get to the what. I think most people struggle with the work flow behind social media. Because they never figure out how to make it work it either becomes a time suck or it wallows on the sidelines, neglected.

By: Tobin Truog

Tobin Truog — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 23:36:40 +0000

Thanks for the useful post. New Media usage is a great study in how different personalities using the same set of tools will come up with different approaches, so it is very useful to see your usage / priorities.

As I get busier and busier myself, I have found that having a flow to each day has helped. I use Feedly as an awesome way to organize my reader info, and I am on FriendFeed all day long via the desktop tool. I CC key posts from FriendFeed over to Twitter and then I use Seemic to manage my Twitter only stuff. (I use Seesmic because it allowed multiple Twitter accounts + Facebook integration before Tweetdeck, plus I think Loic is a cool name!)

I am getting ready to launch a new blog, but have found the flexibility of FriendFeed so awesome that I am having a hard time adjusting back to the longer form.

Not sure why I am sharing this...it's just how I use this stuff.

At this point, my belief is that HOW you do this stuff is less important than WHAT you do. By that I mean that no matter what tool you use, real participation in that community, and real person to person engagement is more important than if you are using LInkedIn every day or not.

Thanks for the post. I will share it on my FF!