How to improve your PROFESSIONAL FUTURE in just 20 minutes per day by @trevoryoung Social Media and Content Marketing DIY Thought Leadership and Personal Branding AUTHOR | SPEAKER | CONSULTANT & ADVISOR

Twenty minutes per day. Or if you prefer 140 minutes across the week. TY

CMON, YOU CAN DO IT! TY

What the heck can I do in 20 MINUTES a day that will improve my professional lot in life? TY

I have two words for you. TY

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RECOMMENDATION: Spend 15 minutes per day on TY

#1 SPEND 5 MINUTES SHARING LINKS TO INTERESTING ARTICLES TY

Sign up to the social media scheduling tool BUFFER APP and install its plugin on your (Chrome) browser. TY

Whenever you read an article or watch a video you think others will be interested in, buffer it to be distributed via Twitter either in real time or at a later date/time. TY

N.B. time taken to read said article (or watch said video) doesnt count you should be doing this anyway :) TY

Sharing links via Buffer should only take you seconds but lets allow 30 seconds so you can make a comment or craft a more interesting headline than what pops up with the article when you buffer it. TY

Okay thats 10 tweets you should be able to send in ve minutes per day, or at least 70 valuable tweets over the course of a week! TY

The key of course is to ensure that what you tweet out has value TY

What do you want to be known for? What conversations do you want to drive or be part of? READ AND SHARE LINKS WITHIN THAT CONFINED INTELECTUAL SPACE TY

#2 SPEND 5 MINUTES IDENTIFYING & FOLLOWING THE RIGHT PEOPLE TY

Who are the people in your profession or industry the movers and shakers, or more importantly, the emerging inuencers? Who are the people who follow them? Who are the people they inuence? TY

BE PURPOSEFUL! TY

If you follow 10 people within a veminute period per day or 70 people per week thats 3640 people per year TY

if 50% of the people you follow on Twitter decide to follow you back, you will nish the year with potentially an extra 1820 followers TY

if you build a relationship ON and OFFLINE with just THREE PER CENT of these followers, theres a solid (and valuable!) 54 people ensconced in your personal and professional networks right there and this is being conservative! TY

#3 SPEND 5 MINUTES RETWEETING OTHERS, RESPONDING TO PEOPLE, GETTING INVOLVED IN CONVERSATIONS TY

This is the unsexy part of Twitter people dont think about or respect. TY

Indeed, it is the BIG failing of companies that jump on Twitter and bang on about their products! TY

Becoming a valuable part of the Twittersphere can sound jokey and loose and aky but youd be surprised how jokey and loose and aky can lead to serendipitous meetings and business opportunities! TY

BOTTOM LINE: On Twitter, the more you put in, in terms of genuinely engaging with others, the more you will get out of the medium! TY

RECOMMENDATION: Spend 5 minutes per day on TY

Visit the site every day keeping an eye on those people youre connected with and who are moving jobs or getting promotions, and (selectively) drop them a line to say congratulations! TY

Update your feed with news and links to relevant videos and articles you think others in your network might be interested in (you can do this via BufferApp if need be, thus saving tons of time!) TY

Share or comment upon other peoples content if you feel it is interesting and relevant for your audience. TY

Always be on the look-out to connect with people who you either already know and have had dealings with, or have come across as a result of your activity on Twitter, or as a result of meeting them at events and conferences etc. TY

Just 20 minutes per day is all it takes. Your time starts NOW J

How to improve your PROFESSIONAL FUTURE in just 20 minutes per day www.trevoryoung.me Social Media and Content Marketing DIY Thought Leadership and Personal Branding AUTHOR | SPEAKER | CONSULTANT & ADVISOR