"I unfollowed someone last night because they kept tweeting every couple of minutes."
"I took that person off of my newsfeed on Facebook because I seriously couldn't STAND how much they were updating their status, events and pictures."
"I refuse to follow their blog because I feel like I always get notifications for blog posts--and they are irrelevant posts. I want to follow a blog with RELEVANT content, not just some bored person who blogs about their pets at home between her other posts."
"Tumblr? I wish I could tumble hers off of that website...they post the most pointless stuff."
"Instagram is for cool pictures! NOT PICTURES OF YOUR FOOD EVERY SINGLE TIME YOU EAT ANYTHING. I don't care that you had tacos for lunch. Honestly."
We have all said something like this before in our lives. This are actual quotes I have overheard people saying about others profiles on various social media sites. While social media is usually a very useful tool and a great way to get your presence known to all, it is also a way to make your presence too well known (to the point of annoyance).
Updating your online social profiles is essential and very necessary in the public relations world today, however, updating isn't necessary to do for every single little thing.
Common mistakes people make:
- Updating status on Facebook over 10 times in one day. Yes, folks...I've seen it.
- Tweeting every minute of the day about every single thing you have done...(Actual tweet example: I tried going to the bathroom but my silly dog wouldn't stop bugging me) I am going to go ahead and say that is a little TMI (too much information).
- Using their professional blog as their personal blog. I have made this mistake before. I definitely try to keep my professional blog and personal blog separate--however, there are loop holes around that. If you just make different categories of what you want your blog to be focused on, generally that works fine for bloggers.
- Blogging several times a day. Blogs are exciting for followers--don't make them unexciting by updating your blog every hour.
Just be sure you are aware of how often you post and how much you interact on social media. Social media is a great thing--when used the right way!
What do you do to make sure your presence is known online? I personally have an online newspaper I update every day around the same time...so people know when to look for my tweets or updates.
What advice do you have for users that have overbearing presences?
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Ash, I 100% agree. My advice is before creating a post, ask yourself "who cares?" If you can't answer that question with a real, living and breathing person, don't tell the world! The bathroom tweet made me laugh, gross!
ReplyDeleteI love this post! Many people think that when it comes to online presence, it's all about quantity. I completely disagree. Like you, I have no problem unfollowing an individual who posts or tweets excessively. I believe that social media is more about quality, not quantity. I would rather read one post that is interesting and relevant to my life as apposed to multiple post about stupid topics that no one cares about.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree! I mentioned some of these same points when i blogged about ways to get unfollowed on Twitter. If you want to succeed in social media, or at least not annoy your followers, you need to post relevant content often enough to remain known while not over-posting.
ReplyDeleteGreat post!