How do you keep up with blogging and social media when business is busy? This has been a big challenge for me. Unlike most years when business slows down around the holidays, this year business is booming. On top of that, holiday shopping, decorating the house, putting up the tree, handing the outside lights – life in general is busy. Something has to give.
For me, I’ve found it very hard to keep up with blogging and social media. This can be a time drain when I really don’t have any spare time.
A New Year’s Resolution
I was recently given some great advice that I think will make a great New Year’s Resolution. Go offsite to a coffee shop once a week/month and write multiple blog articles at once. So if you blog daily, write 5 articles every Monday or if you blog monthly write a month’s worth of blog articles. By leaving the office and turning off your phone (this is key!) you’ll have fewer interruptions and will be able to spend your time more efficiently. Plus, if your blog software has a scheduler, schedule your articles to go out automatically and check that task off the to-do list!
As far as social media goes, you should at a minimum promote your blog articles on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. There are even applications that can automate this task for you.
So no more excuses – businesses need to keep marketing during the busy times to keep business rolling in.
How do you keep up with blogging and social media when things get hectic? Please share your tips in the comments below.