I am an opinionated and staunch advocate of my beliefs, values and opinions; which, obviously, puts me at odds sometimes with others who can not or will not validate their own with facts; truths.

Thus, I, too, keep my personal and business social sites completely separate.

However, some of found their way into each other “lives” so to speak, thus I’ve had to block or unsubscribe from receiving DM or email updates altogether.

To be perfectly honest, social media has become so diluted/polluted with copy-cats and “me too’s” that I view it less as a verifiable means for any real productive business building each day.

This is what happened to Safelists many years ago, and is what could become of social media as well. That’s a blog post forthcoming as we speak 😉

As for social media playing a role in your business building efforts, the bottom line is the bottom line:

“Is my ROI worth the time I put into it?”

If not, then go invest it in something that is…

God bless,

James

Thanks so much, Clyde.

I definitely agree on the religion/church thing. Sharing your personal views on your business page can be good. But sharing your business on your church page – not the best plan, probably. 🙂

You won’t catch hell from me about YouTube. If you’re consistently getting exposure and traffic in other ways that work, don’t dilute it by forcing yourself to do video. I always say to stick with the format that is easiest for you to produce on a regular basis, whether that’s text, audio, video, graphics, software, mindmaps, etc.

Thanks so much for taking the time to comment!

Let me know if you find that magic tool. 🙂

Facebook – I have 2 accounts one for my church, ministry family and one for business. Although I have no problem sharing my faith in God in my business I just didn’t feel like combining the 2 on FB was a good idea. BTW, I spend WAY TO Much time with my church family on FB but…..

Twitter – I do have an account but do not access it more than once or twice each month, if that often.

YouTube – I know I am going to catch it for this. I do not even have an account, I don’t think. I know, I know, video sells and I need one but, you have to remember, I am an old guy and somethings just come around slower than others.

Guess if I were as popular as you and your guest I would have to make some changes.

Well, you didn’t ask me for a guset post but, it looks like you got one.

Have a blessed day and a wonderful holiday,
Clyde

This topic is of particular interest to me, because it goes along with my own research on the best ways to handle social media and subscriber/customer contact.

Hmmm. Like you, I’m wishing for a magic tool. 🙂

Teresa