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My Favourite Social Media Platform In A Network Of Distractions
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My Favourite Social Media Platform In A Network Of Distractions

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Wilko van de Kamp
Nov 06, 2017
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In a network of distractions, here’s what’s going to save you time. How much time do you spent on social media? What results are you seeing from your time invested? Are they where you’d like them to be? What networks do you spent most of your time on?

I love Instagram, but it’s not my favourite. A lot of people “like” the images I post. There’s one problem: Likes don’t buy (The Dutch adage of “kijken, kijken, niet kopen” applies in full force – literally translated as “looking, looking, not buying”, often used to mock the conservative spending habits of the Dutch). Unlike just “likes”, I’m seeing a lot more results from images I share on Twitter. Twitter generates serious leads every day, for my photographic art, books, and courses.

Most social media posts only get seen by a small percentage of your followers. I follow thousands of people on Twitter. So any time I visit my newsfeed, there are many new updates from each of them. The chances of me seeing an update from one person in parti…

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