I’ve learned if you’re not careful, some of the apps for these sites will take over your media presence -- even without your knowledge -- and have a field day informing your friends about your every move. For example, some will post things on your behalf even if you don’t expect them to. Articles you read may magically appear on your Facebook wall for others to see where you’ve been. Yikes! That feels a bit invasive to me. My least favorite little app demon is the one that checks your e-mail contact list to invite EVERYONE from your personal attorney to your contact at your online bank to join you on the social media site. Double yikes! That feels a bit like spam to me. I would prefer the app to access my list and let me choose who I’d like to invite to my social circle and not just send out a blanket invite to the entire list.
Now don’t get me wrong. I’m not against anyone wanting to join my social circles (the more the merrier), but let’s face it, my attorney might not be interested in my tweets about my latest romance book and there’s a good chance that the lady I send my online bills to doesn’t really care if Steel Magnolia Press is running a $.99 promotion on our books. Unfortunately, they both may now get to see and hear every “share” I send forth into the internet world, which could become annoying if they really didn’t want to hear it in the first place. So the bottom line is one must be careful about which apps they allow to access their information. I’ve learned this the hard way.
However, I still think syncing your sites is a good idea, and after working with the social sites I’m a member of I’ve hopefully -- with fingers crossed -- now synced them so when I post on one, it will post to the rest as well. I’m hoping this will cut down on the double and triple postings about the same topic too. Seriously, who wants to see the same information posted three different times on your Facebook wall from several different venues?
So, my question for our readers is: What social media sites do you frequent and are you “in sync” as well? I’d love to hear your solutions to some of these issues and maybe even learn about a new media circle or two to get in “sync” with too.
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 | Tamelia Tumlin has worked with several online publishers, but is now writing exclusively for Steel Magnolia Press. Juggling motherhood, teaching and writing is a challenge, but one she welcomes to pursue her passion. Her romance novels range from sweet and sassy to dark and dangerous. |
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4 comments:
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Wait... you're talking about in 'sync', not N'Sync.
I will admit that it's too much for me to keep up with, and when you're trying to write it becomes a question of priorities.
I'm a fan of Twitter. So I mainly log in there. I don't bother syncing things up. Because like you mentioned then the apps basically start taking over for you.
So I bounce around. I try to pay attention to what's happening, and introduce time management. My 15 minutes on blogger are up. :)
Well, I left a response, but I guess the cyber cookie monster must have eaten it. :( But, you are so right, Landra. Time management is the key. I'll admit I've been a bit a bit lax with that lately since it is summer, but in a few weeks when school starts back, I must work on a schedule. Possibly scheduling certain days for social media fun and certain days for promo with STRICT time limits on each one. Otherwise I won't have any time for actual writing. LOL! But, of course motherhood must be my first priority. Kids grow up so fast so we must cherish every moment. We used to do family game night every Wednesday, but that fell by the wayside due to extended family medical issues. But, I think it might be time to unplug and start that back up as well. :)
I love family game nights. Those kinda fell to the wayside in our house to, but we recently resurrected the practice. I just wrapped a game of Monopoly and I will happily admit my 2 sprites kicked my pants.
Goof luck in your family games.
My young one almost always wins Monopoly too. We have several versions (Star Wars and Dinosaurs). LOL! But, I am excited about my new Life game. We picked up the Haunted Mansion version on our trip to Disney World and it looks awesome! :) Same general rules, just cuter graphics.
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