{"id":2266,"date":"2018-02-19T08:35:15","date_gmt":"2018-02-19T08:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simonday.com\/web-design-news\/?p=2266"},"modified":"2018-07-17T09:26:05","modified_gmt":"2018-07-17T08:26:05","slug":"why-i-came-off-facebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simonday.com\/news\/why-i-came-off-facebook\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I came off Facebook"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve had a few people remark that they find it odd that someone promoting ‘social media training<\/strong>‘ should come off of Facebook. I’d like to clarify why it was the right decision for me.<\/p>\n

In the training I say to people “If you only have X amount of time each day then it is better to produce great content on one or two social media channels, than sub-par, mediocre content on lots of social media channels.<\/p>\n

The content I post to social media has changed substantially over the last few months. I used to sit at my computer all day so I would post about topics I found while I was online.<\/p>\n

Now though, I love photography, I like being outdoors but photography is a very new thing for me, I only started it last September. \u00a0I used to post news and gossip articles from the digital world, but I now enjoy posting my photos and using them to promote Torbay.<\/p>\n

I started posting on my\u00a0Instagram<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0account and I very quickly started growing a following. Here is the thing though… the interactions on Instagram were and are, much more than all my other social media channels combined. By ‘much more’ I’m talking about a 90% increase in engagement. I had found the perfect outlet for my new hobby, which in turn, creates awareness of myself and my freelance web design work.<\/p>\n

I post the photos on my\u00a0Twitter<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0 account as well, but engagement on Twitter has always been very low.<\/p>\n

I do also have a flickr<\/a><\/strong> account but I use this channel just for my best photos, the ones I’d print and stick on my wall. I don’t post on here often but when I do take a photo that I really love, I back it up on here. Again, I’ve had thousands of views on here and the engagement can be fantastic.<\/p>\n

Having your page being found on Facebook is becoming increasingly more difficult. I had one page with several hundred followers but on the whole, it was a struggle and a chore with no real reward, compared to the work and brand awareness I’m getting elsewhere.<\/p>\n

My personal Facebook account was filled with drama and I wanted out of that, so I took the plunge and deactivated my account.<\/p>\n

I now have more time because I’m not checking Facebook during the day. I have vastly more engagement because I’ve switched to the right channels for me.<\/p>\n

I am maximising my time, producing what people are saying is great content, on my two main social media channels, rather than wasting my time on others.<\/p>\n

I stand by maximising your time and using only the channels that work for you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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