7 Ways To Save Time With Your Social Media

Social Media Shouldn't Take All Your Time!

Are you spending too much time on your social media?
Here are 7 ideas to speed things up so you can get to doing what you do best!

1. Make a Plan for the Time You Have to Work

Create a to do list!  I know it sounds to easy, but if you don't know what you want to get done, you'll waste time between tasks.  People don't plan to fail, the fail to plan.

2. Set Boundaries and Try the Pomodoro Technique

Nothing can suck up your day like social media when it's not managed. 
How it works:
  1. Decide on a task like making graphics or doing social warm up
  2. Decide how long you are going to spend on that task. The Pomodoro method says to work in 25 minute spurts with a 5 minute stretching break and it works great for me.
  3. Set the timer.  I use an app called Focus To Do but you can use a simple kitchen timer.
  4. Shut off Notifications and block out distractions and work for 25 minutes, then take a 5 minute break.
  5. Move on to your next Income Producing Activity

3. Turn off Notifications

How many times have you sat down to schedule your party graphics and got sucked down a rabbit hole of mindless scrolling?  Try muting your notifications for a specific amount of time.
On your desktop, click the down arrow on the top right. Click Settings & Privacy > Settings then on the left click Notifications. Scroll down to How you get notifications, click Browser > Mute Notifications.
The steps are the same on your phone, just start from the 3 lines in the top right.

4. Batch Your Tasks

Save time by grouping like tasks together.  Make a week's (or a month's) worth of graphics, THEN write the captions in a Word document, then schedule.  It's a lot faster than making a graphic, switching apps to schedule and write the caption.  Also less chance of getting sidetracked!

5. Clean Up Your Folders & Have all the Tools You Need Before You Start

How often do you spend time searching through folders looking for a specific image?  Spending an hour cleaning up your folders now will save you so much time over the long run.  Create a simple system and stick to it!

6. Use Templates

Don't recreate the wheel every time you sit down to design. All my Facebook parties are based off the same template.  I have a Canva template for my Instagram posts and just copy the master file each week.  (this also gives my feed a pretty aesthetic)  Templates will save you a crapload of time!

7. Know when it's Cheaper to Pay

It's important to know when to do it yourself and when it's more effective to spend a little money.  Sure, you can make all your own graphics, but if that's not a skill you are good at, you could save hours by buying them.  How many Income Producing Activities could you accomplish by not spending 6 hours creating your engagement graphics?  
Or consider hiring a local pre-teen or teenager to do mindless work like putting your stickers on samples, folding and stuffing your thank you notes. They might even work for product!
Think about when it's time to hire a Bookkeeper, VA, or a Social Media Manager.  Paying for tasks that you are not great at leaves you time to focus on building your team or reaching new customers.