Steven Robbins here. Welcome to the Get It Done Guys quick and dirty tips to work less and do more.

Today, Small BizTex girl and I talk about social media.

I'm a firm believer in marketing yourself and your company through social networks.

However, no small business owner has enough time in the day to manage

even a fairly passive social networking presence. So how do you whip your social networking efforts

into shape to get the most out of them? I've invited the Get It Done Guy to share some ideas

of getting a handle on your ever-growing collection of social networking sites.

So, get it done, Guy? What advice do you have for our listeners about managing your social networks?

Hi, Steven Robbins here. I just love social networking. Every day I happily check my

Plaxopulse, LinkedIn, Amazon, author blog, eBay community, Facebook, Friendster, Myspace,

Goodreads, Cards, Cans, Spoke, Flickr, Twitter, Plurk, Plunk, Burple, and Plop,

plus two professional sites I'm part of.

Pathetically, every site I just listed actually exists.

It gives me hope for the human race, however, that some of them aren't really social networking

sites. At five minutes

each, it would take an hour out of my day to check in with my sites. Unless I'm paid to be a

web 2.0 marketer, or I have no real life whatsoever, that's a total waste of time. To get the most

out of social networks, know why you're joining them and use them accordingly.

Some sites are good for jobs and recruiting.

Others are more about sharing tastes or keeping a more personal connection.

If you're a small business wanting to use social network for marketing,

find a site where you can reach the people you're likely to market to.

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