Recently, Sandy McDonald, of Why You Must Blog and fellow LinkedIn group member of Inspiring Women Online posed this question to the members of the group:

Do you have a daily social media checklist, and if so, what is it?

Sandy then shared her own rather extensive list of how she keeps up with social networking.  I was really impressed, for several reasons.  The main reason was she chose, what I believe to be, the key tools to focus on in her social media strategy.  They included:

• Blogging

• LinkedIn

• Facebook

• Twitter

She didn’t list hers in this order, but this happens to be the order I favor, and find them to be most effective, for me. Now that, of course, varies depending on your business and your target audience.

Another I like to use is YouTube.  Much of what we use in Facebook and Blogging can be re-purposed on video for YouTube.  Many of you may have products or services that are best showcased with visual representations.

The point, really, though is Sandy had a clear plan that she was willing to share.  It reminded me of a previous post, How to Manage Social Media Effectively.  Sandy’s post was an excellent representation of Part III, The Participation Plan of the social media strategy I outlined in that post.  Sandy’s is an especially effective participation plan.

If you haven’t already, take a look at Sandy’s list and see if it gives you some ideas how to build your own participation plan  in your social media networking strategy.

Or maybe you have some other ideas you’d like to share?