50 Tweetable Tips For Beating Social Media Fatigue!

Recently, we posted the following question on Garious Facebook page.
As you see, more than 90% of the voters believe that social media fatigue is valuable! I guess, what they mean is that social media stress is unavoidable if you want to get real value out of it.With Garious’ relentless quest to make social media drop dead simple and enjoyable for everyone, we have compiled a list of 50 tweetable (140 character or less) tips to help you overcome social media fatigue. Enjoy!Feel free to tweet the entire post. If you choose to tweet individual tips, please include the following hashtag in your tweet #GariousSMFatigueTips. Thanks in advance for sharing

But the fun does not end here: We are planning to publish Garious first-ever collaborative blog post on the same topic and you are most welcome join. You will find all the exciting details below.

25 Practical SM Fatigue Combating Tips

1. Having a preset social media strategy will help you stay on track and use your SM time wisely
2. Schedule the time you spend on social media time. NEVER exceed it no matter what!
3. Prioritize: Resist the urge to watch your friend’s silly Halloween costume & go contact this hot prospect!
4. Work smart not hard! Use social media automation tools whenever possible to make your life easier
5. Do NOT mix biz with pleasure on social media! Mark up different times for each in your calendar
6. If you hate falling asleep on your laptop, curate SM content you use for reading and/or sharing purposes.
7. TARGET your social media interactions to avoid spending extra SM time in vain!
8. DELEGATE some social media tasks to QUALIFIED candidates in your organization
9. Do NOT feel obliged to comment on every blog post/social update you read!
10. To keep your readers happy and save tons of time, leverage automated content curation tools. I love Paper.li! (For in-depth Twitter content curation tips, I invite you to read this article: 7 Awesome Twitter Content Curation Tips Inspired By Paper.li)
11. Follow Twitter lists of influential people in your industry to get the best info fast & easy
12. Prioritize: Start with the most important social media tasks so if SM fatigue kicks in, you can take a worry-free rest!
13. Do NOT let social media steal the joy of offline socializing: meet friends regularly
14. Prioritize: Social media fun should come after doing what matters in life like spending quality time with your loved ones
15. Prescheduling your social updates using social scheduling tools can save you loads of time
16. Clean up your SM clutter regularly: Unfollow the wrong people, block spam commenters…etc.
17. Do NOT push yourself too hard! If exhausted, take a good rest.
18. Evaluate your social media habits & eliminate what doesn’t serve you
19. Using a social media dashboard can help you see “what’s cookin” in all your fave SM sites at a glance
20. Take regular SM time-outs to meditate, go for a walk, and pleeeease: eat away from the computer!
21. Are you trying to do too much too soon? Take SM slowly but surely!
22. Try to take a technology-free vacation every now and then
23. Do important SM tasks in the morning & postpone mundane ones till later!
24. Maintain the right balance between interacting with your existing network and expanding your SM reach
25. It’s best to print lengthy reports and white papers for faster reading, plus it’s more relaxing to your eyes

 

25 Super-Funny SM Fatigue Combating Tips!

1. Create a virtual support group for social media fatigue victims & add it on top of your SM-stress-causes list! LOL
2. Be picky: Stop following every dog on the street!
3. No need to tweet about your sneezing, yawning or eye-blinking! Make your SM time counts
4. Try to remember not to forget to preschedule important tweets. Alternatively, stay up all night!
5. Multitask by meeting your friends on G+ hangout while tweeting about it…waaw That’s time saving!
6. Some Twittaholics wish they can tweet their snoring but they can’t grab the mouse w/their eyes closed! Don’t be one of them!
7. Get a cat to chase your computer mouse out of your sight! Not funny! Pls do NOT retweet this joke for tweeples sanity! LOL
8. Fool your network into believing that you are sober by prescheduling your social updates!
9. Become a social media addict…your addiction will “numb” the fatigue!
10. Check into a virtual rehab
11. Don’t tweet while drunk! You can “drive” tweeples crazy! Another silly joke…U can thank me later!
12. So, you decided to take a walk to overcome SM fatigue? Gr8! Leave the damn cell phone at home!
13. Are you eating in front of the computer? Darn! I can’t even “swallow” it! Pls forgive unbearable humor of SM fatigue victim
14. Run a contest for those who can resist watching 10 cool YouTube videos in a row! Nah! No one will enter!
15. Tweet as you watch TV! That’s what I call multitasking
16. Get yr lazy *** away from the computer & get active 10 mins every 2 hrs & No cheating: Leave the damn iPhone behind!
17. If becoming alcoholic is the only cure for being Twittaholic, I would say embrace your Twitter addiction
18. Distract yrself from SM temptation by taking cool pics of your kids/pets then spend hours uploading them!
19. Do you even have any offline hobbies? Go rescue whichever is left of them!
20. If you start seeing the Twitter bird in your dreams, time to tweet Dr. Phil!
21. Leave the damn Farmville and visit a real farm WITHOUT yr smartphone pleeeeeeeease!
22. When you climb the ladder of SM success, do NOT put yourself under too much stress!
23. Tweet inside your Jacuzzi & tease your Tweeples….yeeeeah that’s refreshing!
24. Don’t tweet while you drive! Who else can tweet about yr crash when yr cell phone breaks?!
25. Do NOT start a G+ hangout with your spouse especially if s/he is in the same room!

It’s Your Turn!

What’s your take on these tips? Which ones are you already applying and which are your absolute faves? Please share your thoughts in the comments.