I want to share a few ways that I stay connected without actually being online.   I like to try to jump on every day, a few times, but some days (like Saturdays) when I am spending time with my family, I just can’t be online.

FACEBOOK:
Did you know that Facebook frowns upon using outside services to schedule Facebook posts?  For this reason, I schedule my Facebook Posts all at once, right from my Facebook Fan Page.   Just now, I went onto Facebook and scheduled four posts to go out today.   A few were just questions and one was a picture and link to that picture.   This will allow me to stay offline most of the day, while just hopping on now & then to write back when I can (or I could do this tonight).

TWITTER:
For Twitter, I use a service called TweetDeck, which I have on my computer for our Blogging on the Side Twitter account and I use another service on my phone called HootSuite for my Your Modern Family Twitter account.  I do the same thing.  I schedule all of my tweets online at once.  (I also do my sponsored tweets, where I get paid to tweet) when they come into my e-mail inbox.  (It is so easy!)

PINTEREST:
I try to do my Pinning twice a day- once in the morning and once at night.  I find that most of my Pinterest followers do their re-pinning before bed.   I sometimes will get on during nap time to do a few pins, too.   The easiest way for me to use Pinterest is from my phone on the app.  It is so easy to use and I can do this while I am standing in the line at the grocery store if I wanted to!  If you want to pay for a service, check out Pingraphy.  I don’t do this because I only spend a few minutes a day on Pinterest, but if you feel like it is taking up too much time, check it out for $5 a month.  I use Ahalogy (it is free) – it schedules for you.

HOMETALK:
I use Hometalk (if you are a DIY blogger, this is for you!) and I schedule my posts on here, too.  I just set it up exactly as I want it to be displayed and I hit the schedule button and schedule it for the day/time that I want it to be posted.

Do you use any of these?  What are your best tips?