What To Do On Social Media When You Have Zero Time
Becoming a blogger means becoming a radical owner of your time. But with the literally millions of tasks that you have to complete it can become terribly overwhelming to figure out how to complete everything on your to do list.
Ever feel like you don’t have time for social media when it comes to your blog?
You aren’t alone.
So today I wanted to share with you what to do with your social media for your blog when you have zero time to do it.
First, decide what your non-negotiables are.
Right now, we need to start by figuring out what the most important tasks of your business are.
You can’t make a plan from a place of overwhelm. So, let’s start with ranking it all.
The non-negotiables are the tasks that your business couldn’t run without. These are your cornerstone tasks. And this list is going to look different for you depending on what season of blogging you’re in. Here are some ideas if you are feeling stuck:
- blog posts
- weekly emails to your list
- facebook group
- video creation
- product creation
Take everything that you do for your blog and make a list from most to least important. Got it? Let’s move to the next step.
Reverse Engineer Your Time
Choose your office hours for the week. These are the times that you know you can work on your blog during the week.
Once you have your office hours set and must-do tasks prioritized, you can start putting them into your calendar for the week.
Start each week with the most important stuff. Knock it off the list ASAP.
Then, if you still have office hours left, fit in some of the other priorities further down the list, like social media.
If social media doesn’t fit into your top priorities, THAT’S OK. Get your most important tasks done first. It can wait.
Even as a social media manager there are weeks where my own social media accounts have to take a back seat.
Are you shocked?
Right now, I’m in a season of massive blog post creation for this blog and my other blog learntolovehome.com. And it’s changed my non-negotiables for this quarter.
Here’s what my list of priorities looks like right now:
#1: Client Work
I’m getting paid to do work for people and you better believe that they are getting the absolute most from me. Clients get 1st priority always.
#2: Writing blog posts for 2 blogs.
Content creation is my 2nd priority right now. I’m looking to increase traffic to my sites and I know that have a vast library of content for people to consume is a piece of that.
#3: Weekly emails for Love, Andrea Moore.
I write and schedule these a few weeks at a time. I would love to add a few more helpful email each week, but one is going to be it for now.
#4: Instagram for Love, Andrea Moore.
I have a goal to be more consistent on Instagram this quarter. At the beginning of the pandemic I had a hard time doing this and I want to make it a focus for me again!
#5: Instagram for Learn to Love Home
I envision this becoming more of a hub for potential brand partnerships in the future so I’m starting by bulking up my content on IG! I’m thinking about moving this one over to TikTok, though. For now, it’s Instagram.
What if I still don’t have time for social media?
Let it go. If you’ve maxed your available time already, it means that you are doing the absolute most important tasks with your time!
Take a breathe and know that you’ve done your best. And also know that if you’re priorities change, you can change your schedule!
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