{"id":461,"date":"2015-12-17T20:52:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-17T20:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nickiong.com\/wp\/?p=369"},"modified":"2021-04-13T18:59:02","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T18:59:02","slug":"how-to-become-more-social-online-without-having-to-fully-commit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nickiong.com\/simplesprout\/2015\/12\/17\/how-to-become-more-social-online-without-having-to-fully-commit\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Become More Social Online (Without Having to Fully Commit)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Everyone\u2019s been telling you where your business needs to be. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your business has to be on Facebook. Your business has to be on Twitter. You\u2019ve got to get some videos on YouTube. You need to start blogging\u2026the list goes on and on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img src=\"https:\/\/nickiong.com\/app\/uploads\/2021\/02\/social-media-focus-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-370\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>You\u2019ve read the stats and they look promising, but you just can\u2019t get yourself to start being social online.&nbsp;<strong>There are a few things you can do instead.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can have your business succeed on social media\u2026without having to fully commit to it yourself!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Don\u2019t want to blog but know it\u2019ll help your business?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Hire a copywriter. These folks\u00a0do this<em>\u00a0for a living<\/em>.<\/li><li>Write about what you know. 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