Tuesday 23 July 2013

Confused, so very confused

Ok so here is my confession of the day. I am seriously behind the majority of the word with regards to Social Media. Up until about three months ago my experience was limited to Facebook and I was quite happy to update my status with random snippets (interesting ones obviously) about my daily life, photos of the girls and generally keep up, and be nosey with what friends and a few random acquaintances were up to. Then I was introduced to the world of Twitter which is a different animal all together. I love that can follow anyone you want to which means I can keep up with what John Bishop (yum) is up to. Once I’d got my head round the # thing and that people I’d have never heard of were following, replying and re tweet things, I was away.

Now I consider myself relatively intelligent and I used to pick things up quite quickly, but two babies and a year as a SAHM means my poor brain is stodgier than the porridge I make. But this was one of the main motivating factors for starting my blog; to exercise my brain, to try and keep up with the world and to see if I can actually write.


But blogging is a BIG thing with a whole world of its own that I knew nothing about. It turns out it is not just emptying the contents of my head onto the World Wide Web. There are, amongst other things, content strategy, monetization, traffic generation, self hosting, guest blogging, pugins and communities to get to grips with. Whilst at the same time making sure what I’m blogging is interesting and has personality and integrity. I know a bit about Facebook and Twitter to promote my blog but what about Google +, Pinterest, Intragram, Linkedin and Youtube! There is so much to learn and I’m not sure where to start. I feel out the loop, out my depth and a bit like I’m the last one to the party! But my mum has a great saying for times like this “How do you eat an Elephant? One mouthful at a time!” This is certainly an elephant, so pass me the fork, I’d better get stuck in!

8 comments:

  1. Take your time. Concentrate on two of the social media sites for a while, dont worry about the other, but my all means post to them. Blog when you can, because after all, its your space. This is for you, don't get sucked in to everything too soon, take you time and enjoy it x

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  2. Thank Chelsea, I'm trying to learn as I go along but I am certainly enjoying it :)

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  3. I only started blogging a few months ago but I think if you blog for you and not for readers your blog naturally becomes something you love. Mine is completely different to what I had planned it to be and I'm sure it will continue to change over time. Just have fun with it, if you are yourself it will work. Enjoy!!

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    1. Thanks that is good advice and I am definitely having fun

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    2. I meant to ask, what is your blog address?

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  4. I started blogging in March this year. It is totally for my daughter and personally I will not be getting in to the advertising and reviewing way of things. I have recently signed up for Twitter but Facebook is my comfort zone!
    I too love it and if my followers stopped tomorrow, I wouldn't care, as my reasons for doing a blog in the first place was purely for my girl.xx

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    1. That was one of my reasons for starting mine as well, for my girls for the future but now I've started I'd like to do more, I think!! What is your blog address?

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  5. hi emma, i am currently going through what seems like a never ending amount of sites to add my blog to.. i feel like i may never get off my laptop. i am not strictly a new blogger, i have had a much longer than intended break so feel like i am starting all over again.
    i look forward to following and reading more posts
    nikki xo
    www.lovenikkih.com

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