As important as promoting is to our business, limiting our time on these activities is important to our creative spirit.
Try Limiting your twitter activity to 10 - 15 minutes a day. Same with Facebook. Giving yourself time limits, even using a timer will make it easier to control how much time you are spending online.
Here are a few ideas to keep in mind when planning out your scheduled marketing plan:
• Carry postcards, flyers, and business cards and pass them out wherever you go
• Schedule your blog posts so you can post at least 2 - 3 times a week
• Add new images to Flickr and Facebook
• Engage fans on facebook
• Tweet about a twitter friend daily
When you are creating your list of daily activities give each task a time limit. Time limits will help you stay on track, giving you more time in your day to do what you enjoy most create. Stick to your plan and within 3 weeks it will be a routine.
Do you have a daily self-promotion routine?
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Not yet but I am working on all you've suggested? ;)
ReplyDeleteIts difficult to stay in a time restraint, but its necessary to get other things done offline as well. so I usually spend about 2 hours in the morning visiting blogs, writing posts, and anything else that I need to get done. :) Great post as always!
ReplyDeleteI don't really have a plan, but I like your ideas. My problem is that I am addicted to blogs. I actually need to spend more time on Twitter and FB.
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this is so true! I actually have a timer I set for myself, doing things in 30 minute blocks, or else I just get carried away.
ReplyDeleteGood stuff- and I am looking for my self-discipline as I have missed placed mine somewhere over the last few months and can't seem to find it. Maybe it will come to me where I put it before too much longer :)
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