It may be hard to remember back to when Pac Man machines were popular. You could go to an arcade and literally spend all day playing games. Today you can do the same thing on the Internet or with popular games such as X-box.
This reminds me that social networking has become a phenomenon that many people are involved in. You literally can spend all day hanging out in social network sites such as Facebook, My Space, and Twitter.
It’s interesting that even famous celebrities tweet a consistent basis! Even politicians such as President Obama and John McCain have hundreds of thousands of followers.
However if you have an Internet business you need to determine whether you are actually benefiting from social networking or whether you are wasting your precious time.
Because many Internet business owners start out on a part time basis they are limited in the amount of time available to build their business.
You need to be careful that you do not fall into the trap of hanging around in social networking sites thinking you are actually making money.
Certainly there is a skill to doing such social networking for profit. The key point is to budget your time and use it effectively when trying to advertise and promote online.
By doing it this way you will always know when it is time to get out of the social networking sites and work on another part of your business.
This way you are in control and when you are working on the Internet you will focus on the task at hand and not on just having a good time.