I don't know about you but I love blogging. I love the people that I've gotten to meet because of it. I love the experiences I've had because of it. I just love it! But lately I've been struggling with "engaging" your readers and specifically on twitter.
I love twitter, don't get me wrong but sometimes I find it extremely overwhelming. It's hard to really connect. Things just move too fast. I feel like more and more, I'm using it as a gateway to other, more engagement ready channels like Facebook or blogs (either mine or others), heck even instagram is a little better.
I love seeing what everyone is doing and the quick conversations I do get to have on there but I just feel like I need to figure out how best to interact with everyone there. I miss so much because the time I have to be on there has been even more limited these days.
So I don't know...maybe I'm the only one and maybe I'll figure it out but for now, hit me up on twitter @MomsLRB and let's talk. Otherwise, I'll do my best to support, promote and engage the best ways I know how.
Don't forget you can find me on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/MomsLittleRunningBuddy
So I'm asking..
Does anyone else feel like this?
What are your twitter habits like? How do you manage?
I haven't signed up for Twitter yet & am slightly terrified at the thought! Don't know how it works & afraid of how time-consuming it might be! Any suggestions for a newbie?
ReplyDeleteI don't really use Twitter at all. I have an account, and I have it set so my blog posts automatically post there, but that's it.
ReplyDeleteI don't think that you're alone in this. I used to LOVE Twitter but lately I've been feeling really overwhelmed by it too. It is hard to engage unless I'm going on there to specifically tweet someone, you know? A lot of it just feels like sharing links and giveaways which is great and honestly what I do half of the time but I miss the Twitter from last year. My fav? Instagram.
ReplyDeleteI went on a kind of Twitter drought for a while there. Suddenly I found myself never going on and reading (nor favoriting nor retweeting much). I wondered if I was done with it. I started liking instagram, because looking at a pretty picture was always nice, even if I only had mere seconds to look at something online before the kids needed me or something.
ReplyDeleteStill, I think I came back to it a little, mostly because I got a little blogging mojo back and started tweeting my own stuff. I'm probably still not back at the level of engagement I once had.
I used to think my blog didn't need a Facebook page; anything I wanted to re-share would either be tweetable, or if I wanted more discussion/analysis I should write up a complete post. Still, I found there was a sweet spot where there was more than 140 characters to say, and yet not enough to really merit its own post. So the FB page is handy for that, and sometimes I round up a few of those into one post.
Sorry for rambling a bit, but this ended up bringing up more questions than answers, like all great discussions do!
It can be overwhelming, I tend to, for the most part, stick with my @ section, this keeps me focused on my own conversations, I rarely go on the "home" section, yes, this area is no good for my very ADD brain, it's like taking speed to a meth party... haha, not that I've done either, but you get what I'm saying... see I'm ADD.
ReplyDeleteI just started blogging and being active on Twitter and I feel like I'm engaging with dead air.
ReplyDeleteI don't use twitter as much as I should either. I find it overwhelming as well. I actually just went through my 'following' list and unfollowed a lot of people and companies that I don't even know/use. I do utilize the list function on there, I add people/blogs that I really like and like to follow and then I can look at my lists and see blogs I've missed or engage that way.
ReplyDeleteI like Instagram a lot more for engaging with others.