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StumbleUpon, Digg, and Empire Avenue—among others—aren't worth the trouble, this blogger says.
Do you feel like you must be on all social media sites? They can eat up a lot of your time if you are on every one. I've joined most of them in the past three years, and have seen many of them change. A few don't drive the traffic they once did to my websites or blogs. Why spend time on them if they are not productive?
Here is my list of social media sites you should ditch...
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Wow, an amazing way to start or improve your social media strategy. In this post you'll find all what you need to do a great job! [note mg]
Clarify your objectives and discover your route to social media success. This step-by-step guide will take you from tentative novice to intrepid explorer, and help you make the right decisions unique to your business.
Read more: http://www.simplybusiness.co.uk/microsites/guide-to-social-media-success/ Via Martin Gysler Delete the scoop?
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This piece is from Martin Geysler's collection - Social Media What We Think About it.
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If you subscribe to a lot of blogs and invest time in sharing useful content with your audience this workflow will help you streamline your process.
One of the most powerful dynamics of social media is the democratization of information. The more you can read, learn and share, the more value you should be able to extract from various digital channels.
Tapping into Web 2.0 to stay educated and informed is a labour intensive proposition.
**The tools are free but your time comes at a cost, so the more efficiently you can mange the process the better.
**If you subscribe to a lot of blogs (and other RSS feeds) and invest time in sharing useful content with your audience this workflow will help you streamline the process.
Before getting started there is one important caveat I need to mention.
**This is a broadcast tactic that will help you become more efficient at scheduling and sharing information. It’s one small piece of digital communication puzzle.
**To get the most out of social media you need to make connections and build relationships by engaging in real time. Enough said, let’s proceed.
Read more: http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/social-media-marketing/buffer-and-google-reader/ Via Martin Gysler, janlgordon 
Beth Kanter's comment,
January 23, 2012 3:53 PM
I saw an article like this from Christopher Penn over the summer, he uses his iPad and flipboard to do this. I'm using buffer and find one of my best Twitter tools - if I can discipline my self to use it. The Chrome plugin helps a lot. But one of the things I've noticed is that I don't systemmatically read blogs as much as I did a few years back. Now, I look for particular Twitter lists, honed keywords, and specific sources. I need to get my discipline back around this ...
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Social media food for thought. I agree. You need to focus on key social channels delivering ROI....
Time for change