{"id":2358,"date":"2011-07-26T10:48:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-26T00:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordconstructions.com.au\/blog\/?p=2358"},"modified":"2011-07-23T13:39:59","modified_gmt":"2011-07-23T03:39:59","slug":"discussing-automating-social-media-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordconstructions.com.au\/blog\/2011\/07\/discussing-automating-social-media-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"Discussing automating social media updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I admit there&#8217;s a lot about social media I don&#8217;t yet know, although I am getting a grasp of the basics now.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s one topic I have noticed floating around that I&#8217;m not sure I agree with, although I see the argument presented. So I want to ask what others think&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Should you use software to automate your posts on social media such as facebook and twitter?<\/p>\n<p>The argument against it is that it looks impersonal and like you haven&#8217;t bothered to log into the specific platform to post something. Some make an exception for automatically sending a message about a new blog post if (and only if) you post other things around the blog post messages.<\/p>\n<p>Here is my thinking on that argument&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I may not have logged into the platform but I did still take the time to write whatever the message is<\/li>\n<li>if I didn&#8217;t use automated software, I&#8217;d have less time to post on social media so would do less &#8211; surely someone who values my input cares more about getting the messages than how I post them?<\/li>\n<li>personally, I take little (if any) notice of the icon showing how someone submitted their comment &#8211; it is the comment I am interested in (or not!) Am I the only one who doesn&#8217;t notice the icons?<\/li>\n<li>I think I might actually respect or at least understand someone&#8217;s use of automating software as they are sensible enough to manage their time<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I am busy and while I do sometimes log in directly, the reality is that without tools like <a title=\"tweetdeck\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tweetdeck.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tweetdeck<\/a> and <a title=\"leenk.me Wordpress plugin\" href=\"http:\/\/leenk.me\/\" target=\"_blank\">leenk.me<\/a>, I just wouldn&#8217;t be able to manage a social media presence along with everything else.\u00a0I certainly don&#8217;t want to give a bad impression by using such tools, but I need them and can&#8217;t see me logging into each platform multiple times each day (multiple because I manage more than one account on some platforms).<\/p>\n<p>How do you feel when you see a link showing I posted without logging into the platform?<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/TashWord\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wordconstructions.com.au\/images\/twitter.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"109\" height=\"68\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/word-constructions?trk=fc_badge\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static01.linkedin.com\/scds\/common\/u\/img\/webpromo\/btn_cofollow_badge.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Word Constructions on LinkedIn\" width=\"158\" height=\"27\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Word-Constructions\/194517077251419\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wordconstructions.com.au\/images\/f_logo.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I admit there&#8217;s a lot about social media I don&#8217;t yet know, although I am getting a grasp of the basics now. There&#8217;s one topic I have noticed floating around that I&#8217;m not sure I agree with, although I see the argument presented. 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