MBA901 Why I Quit Social Media

The $100 MBA Show

Omar Zenhom

Careers, Entrepreneurship, Business, Marketing

4.9 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2017

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Are you addicted to social media? More importantly, is social media having a negative impact on your business? There’s lots to love about Twitter, Facebook, and all the rest. For business owners, social media is an undoubtedly useful tool for outreach and marketing. But many independent business people — myself included — think there’s a fine line between useful and necessary.

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0:00.0	Heyo!
0:09.0	Welcome to the $100 MBA show!
0:11.0	If you are looking to better your business, you're in the right place.
0:15.2	This is where we deliver practical business lessons.
0:17.6	I'm your host, your coach, your teacher, Omar Zenholm.
0:21.2	I'm also the co-founder of the $100 MBA and Webinar Ninja.
0:24.8	And in today's episode, you will learn why I quit social media.
0:30.5	A few weeks from the day I'm recording this episode, I made an announcement on social media that I am taking a break.
0:37.0	I am taking a hiatus that I will be off social media indefinitely. Why did I make this decision? I want to share it
0:45.8	with you. Now even though this was my own personal decision, I do believe this
0:51.2	decision has greatly affected my business in a positive way.
0:57.0	Now this may not be something you choose to do, but I do feel obliged to share with you my experience and what led me to this decision so you can make your own decision.
1:07.0	I want to make a quick disclaimer before we get into all the nitty gritty of this episode.
1:12.0	I do not believe that social media by nature is
1:15.3	evil or there's nothing good about social media, nor am I against the technology itself.
1:20.8	But I will explain to you why I got off of it. Why it was the right decision for me.
1:26.0	And why now? Why did it take this long for me to make this decision?
1:30.0	What prompted the decision? And it's still early days. It's only been a few weeks.
1:35.0	I want to share with you what I hope this will generate in my business.
1:40.0	So let's get into it. Let's get down to business.
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