Social Media: How Much Time Does it Actually Take?

How much time should you spend on Youtube?
40-80 hours per month

To Do:

  • Research keywords and optimize your filenames, titles, descriptions for search
  • Respond to comments and DMs daily
  • Check your stats and adjust your strategy weekly
  • Plan your content monthly
  • Shoot and edit videos
  • Create and schedule your content each week
  • Create graphics for videos

How much time should you spend on Instagram?
20-30 hours per month

To-do:

  • Respond to comments and DMs daily
  • Check your stats and adjust your strategy weekly
  • Plan your content monthly
  • Shoot photos and videos, including live videos
  • Create and schedule your content each week
  • Create graphics and editing photos
  • Double-check your content weekly to make sure it’s still relevant to whatever is happening in the world at the time.
  • Comment on and share other people’s posts

How much time should you spend on Facebook?
10-30 hours per month

To Do:

  • Respond to comments and DMs daily
  • Check your stats and adjust your strategy weekly
  • Plan your content monthly
  • Shoot photos and videos, including live videos.
  • Create and schedule your content each week
  • Create graphics and edit photos
  • Double-check your content weekly to make sure it’s still relevant to whatever is happening in the world at the time
  • Participate in groups
  • Find articles to share
  • Create and manage ads

How much time should you spend on LinkedIn?
15-30 hours per month

To Do:

  • Respond to comments and DMs daily
  • Check your stats and adjust your strategy weekly
  • Plan your content monthly
  • Shoot photos and videos
  • Create and schedule your content each week
  • Create graphics, infographics, and edit photos
  • Double-check your content weekly to make sure it’s still relevant to whatever is happening in the world at the time.
  • Comment on and share other people’s posts.
  • Find articles to share
  • Participate in groups

How much time should you spend on Pinterest? 
30-40 hours per month

To Do:

  • Check your stats and adjusting your strategy weekly
  • Plan your content monthly
  • Shoot photos
  • Create and schedule your content each week
  • Create graphics, infographics, and edit photos
  • Double-check your content weekly to make sure it’s still relevant to whatever is happening in the world at the time
  • Pin other people’s posts.
  • Research keywords and optimize your filenames, titles, descriptions and board names for search

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