a place for parents and teachers to learn, share, and grow

Social Media

I'm curious as to how everyone uses the different forms of social media. Do you have a facebook page for your blog? Do you use twitter? Pinterest? When you post a new post on your blog do you post a link to it on facebook, twitter and pinterest? Does that ever feel redunant to you? Do you post different things on twitter than you do on pinterest?

Replies to This Discussion

Permalink Reply by Jackie Higgins on October 17, 2012 at 4:05pm

I use FB, twitter, and pinterest. I think you generally have a different audience in different places. I also try to word it a little different on facebook and twitter-- unless I'm using something that automates it. I was only posting each place once each day. Recently, I've seen suggestions that you need to schedule something on fb and twitter for 3 times each day. I do worry that it could get annoying if I post too much of my own stuff. I don't want to sound like a self-promoter. I try to sometimes share others posts or share a fun fact. What does everyone else think? At what point does it become redundant and self-promoting? Oh, and I also use Google + now which I am FINALLY starting to enjoy!

Jackie

Permalink Reply by Tonya Dirksen on October 17, 2012 at 7:40pm

I have a Facebook page for my blog and I put a link on there whenever I write a post. I'm not really savy- whenever I post on my blog I immediately post it on Google +, FB, twitter and pinterest. I just do it all at once. I will often pin the post at other times to a few different boards. I have found that Sunday afternoon is the most popular time for pins on pinterest. I'm sure this isn't the best schedule but it is what I have time for.

Permalink Reply by Jackie Higgins on October 18, 2012 at 8:13am

I use Hootsuite to schedule my tweets through out the day. But I recently noticed that they now have auto scheduling- which sends your post I guess when the largest number of your followers are online? I'm not really sure how it works, but it seems like since I started using it, my twitter interactions have really picked up. Maybe it's my imagination?

group leaderPermalink Reply by Becky on October 17, 2012 at 9:06pm

Ditto what Jackie said, except that I haven't figured out G+, yet! :)

Permalink Reply by Jackie Higgins on October 18, 2012 at 8:11am

You know what helped me with G+ was having interaction with others. Once my circles got active, I enjoyed it more. We should start using the #weteach on G+, then you can just search for other people who have used it and + their posts. It's supposed to be very good for SEO!

Permalink Reply by Jodie Rodriguez on October 23, 2012 at 3:44pm

I use Facebook and Pinterest too. Pinterest has pulled a lot of traffic to my site. I've only been posting about once a week on Facebook. I know I should do more, but I struggle with writing something that isn't just a waste of time and space. I need to educate myself more on G+.

Permalink Reply by HearMyHands on January 14, 2013 at 6:28pm

Yes I want to figure out G+ too!

Permalink Reply by HearMyHands on January 14, 2013 at 6:28pm

I usePinterest and FB. I have Twitter but don't do much with it. I don't post different things. I feel like I have good success FB ... I have a store on myblog though and onamazon and ebay ... not sure if there's correlation .. that's my 2013 goal!