It's hard not to sometimes be sucked in BUT it is also necessary to network or there is no reason to work...you have to find the balance. Some weeks I rock the networking scene without my work time being affected at all, other times well not so much, LOL. However, if I do not deviate from my schedule that does not happen too much ;)

The key is scheduling your networking time, it's easy to get sucked in so stick to schedule.

Do you use in the forums the link to bring you to the newest posts? I find that cuts down mine time looking through the forums.

Do you avoid the games on FB or do you scroll back reading old updates?

On twitter I use an add on from mozilla FF that sits on my open window in the corner. It updates every few minutes and I can work and glance to see if it's something I want to respond to, retweet or click on..can do it all from that box. There are some other nice twitter programs that can run while you work without having to be on site with it.

There is never a problem with networking as without it, it would not matter if you have a website to work on anyway...right? Maybe I will mock up my scheduled blog reading/networking time schedule that's been working pretty good for me...

I appreciate your thoughts :)

Thanks! I treasure you all....no joke! So many wonderful women online!!!!

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Excited to have you here Noel! This post is excellent thanks for posting it here. Looking forward to many more.

Wonderful site love it. Noel, I just sent you off an email :)