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I've just recently decided I'm not going to bother with twitter anymore. It's not something I enjoy using so I don't feel at home there and I don't feel like myself. I don't think I'll ever be 'successful' at it when I find it such a chore.
And that got me thinking. Marketing on social media isn't really my thing. Does that mean I'm just doomed to failure in promoting my work because I won't get on board? Is it possible to do this without it?
I mean in my personal life I love Facebook, and I like to blog. But when I try and do these things for branding etc etc I just about lose my mind.
Yet everywhere I turn it's shouted from the rooftops that you need to build your social media platform. But I keep searching and I'm not entirely sure of the evidence of this. Some is anecdotal, but a lot is just presented as if it's a given. You MUST if you want to be successful.
But it seems to me that a huge proportion of the people being the most successful through social media are the ones writing and selling about 'How to be successful in social media'. And so of course they want us to keep believing we all need it. It's their cash cow.
Anyone else out there questioning if it's all real. Or as vital as everyone keeps telling me it is?
Can anyone give me some hope that there are other ways of marketing your work without enslaving yourself to the social media merry go round?
I think the people it works best for - if it does work - are the people for whom social media is where their skills and interests lie anyway. For me a lot lf it is like being at a huge party and making constant small talk. Eventually I just get exhausted and have to retreat. I can't keep it up.
I might be able to find certain avenues that work for me. I'm not saying I'm eschewing it altogether. But I've got to find a different way. Twitter is definitely not for me. Facebook is okay if I find my own way of being there.
I just refuse to believe social media is the be all and end all it seems to be sold as. What else can I do?
(Or am I just burying my head in the sand?
And that got me thinking. Marketing on social media isn't really my thing. Does that mean I'm just doomed to failure in promoting my work because I won't get on board? Is it possible to do this without it?
I mean in my personal life I love Facebook, and I like to blog. But when I try and do these things for branding etc etc I just about lose my mind.
Yet everywhere I turn it's shouted from the rooftops that you need to build your social media platform. But I keep searching and I'm not entirely sure of the evidence of this. Some is anecdotal, but a lot is just presented as if it's a given. You MUST if you want to be successful.
But it seems to me that a huge proportion of the people being the most successful through social media are the ones writing and selling about 'How to be successful in social media'. And so of course they want us to keep believing we all need it. It's their cash cow.
Anyone else out there questioning if it's all real. Or as vital as everyone keeps telling me it is?
Can anyone give me some hope that there are other ways of marketing your work without enslaving yourself to the social media merry go round?
I think the people it works best for - if it does work - are the people for whom social media is where their skills and interests lie anyway. For me a lot lf it is like being at a huge party and making constant small talk. Eventually I just get exhausted and have to retreat. I can't keep it up.
I might be able to find certain avenues that work for me. I'm not saying I'm eschewing it altogether. But I've got to find a different way. Twitter is definitely not for me. Facebook is okay if I find my own way of being there.
I just refuse to believe social media is the be all and end all it seems to be sold as. What else can I do?
(Or am I just burying my head in the sand?