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Staying current on what is the latest and greatest in social media is hard enough and I am in the business.

How do you keep up with the latest trends? the newest platforms? updates?  How do you find the time? I recently read this article – 6 Ways to Stay on Top of Social Media.

The two points from this article that I feel are the best are:

Newsletters – SmartBrief offers a daily newsletter on multiple topics, one of which is social media.  In some of the other topic areas like careers or leadership, the more important social media topics are repeated, so you wouldn’t miss out at all.

Blogs – two other sources besides my own blog, that I feel are well worth the time to

English: Mashable.com logo as of late 2008

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Whatever you do, if you follow your industry experts or a few social media gurus, you will find out the news you need to know to keep up with social media.review are – Socialmediaexaminer and Mashable. Both of these blogs send out an e-mail update in case you would prefer your news that way.

What is your favorite source to help you stay up to date?

 

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  1. Ana Lucia Novak

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    I find that organizing my social media infrastructure with Hootsuite, SproutSocial, and a few other tools in my browsers; and integrating apps in my Hootsuite like TrendSpottr, InBoxQ, Chime.in enable me to find fresh content, add value by responding to questions, and streamlining my favorite blogs thru Dlvr.it help me manage my time effectively, make my connections, contribute to my networks and still work on my other projects. I enjoy reading the content from SmartBriefs, especially since they make t so easy to share content across all channels; I also leverage Google alerts for timely and relevant content and seeking out new content and resources via Alltop directories.
    At the end of the day, it’s a matter of organizing your social media infrastructure, utilize a management/monitoring tool to get the big picture overview, focus on key goals and objectives, planning and scheduling and being consistent (even if you’re spending 15-20 minutes throughout the day). This can create good traction and you’ll notice a significant increase of followers, mentions, inquiries.

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