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I just read a piece about 'Social Network Overload', where a person is on so many social networks and trying to keep up with them all that they are developing stress and anxiety issues. As companies seek to take advantage of and squeeze every possible revenue dollar out of social networks, is it possible for some companies to also experience Social Network Overload?

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As raised, social-network overload can hit businesses as well as people. Posts from and point to two predictable problems: audience fatigue (diminishing attention and negative sentiment when presence is everywhere but shallow) and organizational overload (time, budget, and creative resources spread too thin across many channels). These are not theoretical — creativity delays the point of diminishing returns, but lack of strategy accelerates it.

Practical checklist and workflow example:

  • Start with a 30-day channel audit: measure reach, engagement rate, conversion, and content cost per channel.
  • Prioritize the top 2-3 channels by net business value (audience + measurable outcomes). Archive or reduce activity on low-return networks.
  • Create a governance matrix: channel owner, posting cadence, content pillars, approved tone, escalation path for issues.
  • Run 90-day experiments on new ideas only after reallocating from lower-performing channels; measure lift versus baseline.
  • Monitor diagnostics: engagement per post, share/forward rate, conversion funnel impact, brand sentiment, and unsubscribe/opt-out signals.

Troubleshooting notes: falling engagement often stems from cadence and relevance, not platform saturation alone. If campaigns feel repetitive, rotate formats and reuse high-performing creative across fewer channels. If internal workload is the issue, centralize scheduling and listening into a single inbox and assign clear owners. In short: quality, governance, and measurable tests beat presence on every possible network.

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Of course, remember what happened with Skittles a few months ago.
The skittles site has changed since then but it was like listening to the skittles chatter on various social media channels.

For me that was a little overload but creative and innovative. Overall, it received good reviews.

http://mashable.com/2009/03/02/skittles-social/

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I just read a piece about 'Social Network Overload', where a person is on so many social networks and trying to keep up with them all that they are developing stress and anxiety issues. As companies seek to take advantage of and squeeze every possible revenue dollar out of social networks, is it possible for some companies to also experience Social Network Overload?

well said
too much or over--X could only cause negative consequences

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For me that was a little overload but creative and innovative. Overall, it received good reviews.

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good point , and for me , one thing should always be ur mind when we do things--that is the degree

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While I agree that if there is a real creative hook to what you are doing, ala Skittles, then it will take a while to get to the over-exposure point. But I see a marked lack of creativity in the business world when it comes to marketing. Combine that with the fact that some businesses think they can just keep pushing a marketing device beyond the over-exposure point and you have a recipe for disaster.

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