Social Media: it’s an elusive term, to begin with. Then you throw in some @ signs, #hash tags and an endless barrage of noteworthy content to sift through and you, officially, have a problem. So, what do you do about it?
A significant challenge/question I’ve encountered at Circle Social is: “How can I best organize all of my social media interactions in order to keep track of them across platforms while still growing our network organically?” Though I by no means have the definitive solution, I have found a sort of system that works for me (note: someone reading this, please create a platform that does all of this).
So, you obviously need something to help you find all of those interesting articles, blog posts and other content that you need in order to stay informed and conduct your own blogging. For this, I’ve found Google Reader to be simply fantastic (though this isn’t really a surprise). Organize all your RSS feeds here and get through them rather quickly. But what if I also want a way to tag my sites so I can sort through and search them quickly?
Even though there was a big hissy-fit surrounding Delicious a couple months ago, it’s still here and Yahoo says it isn’t going anywhere. And, in spite of some shortfalls, the social bookmarking tool is still, in my opinion, the best of its kind. You can tag pages by topic and there’s also a nifty comment section where you can jot down relevant notes.
And lastly, but certainly not least, there are Twitter lists. Group all your must-have bloggers, experts and other Twitter-people using the list function for an easy way to access and interact with the actual authors of those great blogs and articles you’re reading and writing about.
