This week we jumped into the world of social media and using it to market and advertise our business website. This is a tricky one for me. I don’t do social media. I do have a Pinterest account, but I have no idea how to pin something to Pinterest, just my own board. And I don’t ever look at anyone else’s boards, I don’t even know how to! Refraining from using social media has been a personal decision – one I don’t regret. Although I often miss new engagement announcements, pregnancy announcements, someone moving, someone dying, a divorce, a marriage, a missionary farewell, or other life changing moments … I have seen how some get caught up in the social comparisons, the negativism, the pornography, the crap and crud. Let me be clear – there is SO MUCH GOOD on social media. It makes me sad that I miss that stuff. But I don’t want to be sucked into wasting my time or worse and so I have chosen to not engage.
So, again, this week’s assignments have been a bit tough. It is hard to market using social media when you don’t even know how to use it personally! 😉 I completely understand the importance of social media to a business. It is the means of reaching people and advertising. If I desired to continue this business website, I would definitely take the steps to integrate into social media. Quite honestly it is necessary in today’s world. But, for me, I am not planning to continue, and thus, will not spend much time getting to understand the ins and outs of social media. It’s okay, living in the “dark ages” isn’t so bad! 😉
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