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I pulled this list of time management on social media from an article in Square Martini Media
Have fun,
Jim
…list of Ten Easy Tips for Finding Time for Social Media Marketing during your day to get you started:
1. During a Coffee Break
2. While Waiting for a Meeting to Start
3. Scheduling 15-30 Minutes at the End of Every Day
4. When You Can’t Sleep
5. When You’re Stuck on Solving Another Problem (Give Your Mind a Break and Market)
6. In a Taxi, on the Bus, in the Train or on an Airplane
7. Anytime You Are Following Up from an Event (A Conference, Association Meeting, Networking Event)
8. While Your Children are Doing Anything That Takes Too Long
9. While Stuck in Traffic
10. Waiting in Any Line
Ten Easy Tips for Finding Time for Social Media Marketing | Social Media | Square Martini Media.
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This is another very good article from the eBay Selling Coach (see link at the top of my pages). Suzanne consistently provides valuable information for newbies to long time online sellers. Her blog is one of my daily stops before starting my day.
Jim
Monday, November 8, 2010, Building Passive Income Streams – Anyone Can Do It
People often ask me if all I do is sell on eBay. No. I have many other income streams. eBay is just one of them. The key to making money with multiple streams of income is persistence, time, and commitment. For example, here is my history on eHow – an article writing site.
I started writing for eHow back in June 2007. I didn’t even know the site paid its writers. I was just writing articles about how to do stuff on eBay. In January of 2008, money started showing up in my Paypal account. I have submitted 316 articles to eHow since September 2007. The last article I submitted was in February 2010. (I stopped submitting articles when the system changed and it became more time consuming to write there.) Click here to see my profile. My articles have had over 1 million views in the last 3 years and I am now making about $35 a day and haven’t submitted anything in over 8 months. I now make enough money from this income stream to pay my mortgage. Continued below:
at eBay Selling Coach.
I routinely check Social Media Examiner for insight on how to better use the media for personal and professional reasons. Here is a pretty good discussion on its use for business.
What Is Social CRM? | Social Media Examiner
From Social Media Examiner, By Jacob Morgan, Published November 3, 2010
You keep hearing about this social customer relationship management (CRM) thing, right? It’s definitely been a hot topic.
Here are some important points to consider when thinking about social CRM.
I frequently meet folks involved in non-profit or charitable efforts who have no idea about how to leverage the free services found on the Internet. I asked them to check on this site and send any questions they may have because there are a lot of us willing to help at no charge.
I found this article By Rich Brooks, at Social Media Examiner. on November 2, 2010. Hopefully it will help and help you when you are trying to assist those groups.
Have fun
Jim
Click on 21 Ways Non-Profits Can Leverage Social Media | Social Media Examiner
“By Rich Brooks, Published November 2, 2010: Like their for-profit brethren, many non-profits understand that using social media can help them reach and engage their audience, create momentum and build community. However, there’s uncertainty around how to create a sustainable social media campaign, although the tools are plentiful and often free.“
It looks like this feature may be used to help or hurt online ecommerce. This needs to be evaluated in depth.
From Practical eCommerce, October 28, 2010, · by Jill Kocher
Bing Social Search: Are ‘Likes’ the New Links? | Practical eCommerce
Organic search revolves increasingly around personalization, delivering relevance not just to a searcher’s literal query, but also to the implied intent, geographic location, and historical preferences.
Earlier this month Bing took another step toward integrating Facebook’s social data into the personalization mix by launching “Liked Results and Facebook Profile Search” in its primary web search results. Bing discussed the launch in its blog post “Bing Gets More Social With Facebook.”
I know I sometimes fail to follow all these rules; and I am sure I should. It seems good to have a lot followers, friends and likers on the various social media systems, but in the long run it pays to set some standards.
This article from Practical eCommerce, October 26, 2010 by Paul Chaney elaborates on four basic rules. ..check the complete blog…
Rule 1: You Must Win the Right to be Heard
Rule 2: Don’t Follow Just to Pitch
Rule 3: Provide Value to the Community
Rule 4: Mix Business with Pleasure
4 Rules for Marketing on Twitter | Practical eCommerce
Being a retro-Geek I am always in search of things that are or were cutting edge technology, meaning of course that digging through piles of rusty tools is heaven. Frequently I run across items that I know were hi-tech in their day, ie my 1895 draw knife with folding wooden handles. Even if I don’t know what the things are I frequently must have them, then when I find they have no retail value I change from being a dealer to being a collector (never a hoarder).
One of the sites that has helped greatly in identifying these finds is Rose Tools. She has excellent descriptions and photographs, you may register free without listing a credit card, and she has a link to educational information on antique tools. You may also be tempted by the enormous number of antique tools she has listed for sale. Try this site if you have any interest in tools, antiques, or visit estate and yard sales, you may be walking right past a gold mine in retro-Geek items.
From Rose Antique Tools old tools and history.

This site is dedicated to the memory of my sister Karen who always encouraged me to do the things that I really wanted no matter what others may think, and to a very special friend of mine John who loved antique tools very much. I miss them both dearly.
I would also like to say a very special thank you, to every man and woman in our military forces, who are risking their lives every day to keep us here at home safe and free.
“Keep Old Tools Alive!”
We now have a new online store located at www.shop.roseantiquetools.net
From the About us page:
Welcome to Rose Tools, Inc. also known as Rose Antique Tools. My name is Donna Rose Allen owner and operator and everything in between.
I have been collecting tools for over forty years and it is definitely an addiction as you can see. My goal is to educate and keep the old tools alive. That is why we are a different kind of website which mixes the antique tools with the new tools. We are an authorized dealer for Dremel, Bosch, Rotozip, Skill and Flexcut tools. We have been selling tools online since 2001 and have shipped all over the world! We have even sold tools to Universal Studios for a movie that was released in 2007 called “Evan Almighty”. Operating hours to visit our shop are by appointment only. I take great pride in my company, my commitment to customer service and in the tools that I sell. Our online store is designed to provide you with a safe and secure environment to browse and shop our product catalog.
We are located in Northwest Arkansas at:
15086 Fielding Road,
Gravette, Arkansas 72736
You can visit the educational part of our website at www.roseantiquetools.com
Please note that I am not an appraiser an antique is worth as much as someone is willing to pay for it!

We have a lot of balls in the air but the one we can least afford to drop while juggling is ‘time’. If we don’t manage that the others will fall and we fail.
In my constant search for better time management I came across this item at Practical eCommerce (one of my favorite sites). Hope it is beneficial.
Have Fun,
Jim
5 Timesaving Social Networking Tools | Practical eCommerce
“A concern I often hear from those new to social networking is the amount of time it takes to manage engagement activities, such as tweeting or posting status updates to Facebook and LinkedIn. While there’s no cost to use these channels, time is valuable and, therefore, the more efficient its utilization, the more cost-effective it becomes.
This article presents five tools that will help you make the most of your social-networking time. You won’t need to use all five, however. I simply want to give you a good selection to choose from”. ...read on...
NOTE FROM JKP: The entry goes on to discuss the following five tools:
- NutshellMail, from Constant Contact
- Sprout Social, a social media management and monitoring console
- TweetDeck a third-party Twitter applications
- HootSuite to manage different social profiles and accounts
- CoTweet designed for organizational use
