{"id":13796,"date":"2016-04-13T05:30:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-13T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog?p=13796&#038;preview_id=13796"},"modified":"2026-04-14T23:36:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T06:36:03","slug":"social-media-marketing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/social-media-marketing\/","title":{"rendered":"New Research&#8230; Is NOW the Best Time to be Doing Social Media Tasks?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Winning at <strong>social media marketing<\/strong> means consistently performing a\u00a0<a title=\"9 One Minute Social Media Marketing Tasks for the Busy Person\" href=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/easy-marketing-tasks\/\">few simple tasks daily<\/a>.\u00a0More than likely, a few of these are tasks you dread or will avoid doing all together.<\/p>\n<p>Want the secret to success with social media?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here it is: &#8220;Pre-crastination.&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong><strong>The opposite of procrastination. <\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>In other words &#8211; d<em>o those things you dread the most, first thing in the morning.<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Say what?<\/p>\n<p>Yes, tackle the tough stuff right away!<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;But isn&#8217;t that counter intuitive or go against conventional wisdom?&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Yes, but science says we should tackle the hardest things first!<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Social_Media_Marketing_Before_Breakfast\"><\/span><strong>Social Media Marketing Before Breakfast<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a title=\"Roy Baumeister\" href=\"https:\/\/psy.fsu.edu\/faculty\/baumeister.dp.html\">Roy Baumeister<\/a>, a leading expert on willpower,\u00a0claims we have the most self-control in the morning. That makes it the best time to do that thing you&#8217;re trying to avoid.<\/p>\n<p>Putting off tasks until later, or procrastination, is common.\u00a0 After doing a series of studies, <a title=\"Pre-Crastination Hastening Subgoal Completion at the Expense of Extra Physical Effort\" href=\"http:\/\/pss.sagepub.com\/content\/early\/2014\/05\/06\/0956797614532657.abstract\">Penn State discovered<\/a> the new trend called pre-crastination &#8211; hurrying to complete a task as soon as possible, may also be common.<\/p>\n<p>Brian Tracy author of <i>Eat That Frog <\/i>claims that if you do your difficult tasks first, your\u00a0other tasks won\u2019t seem so bad.<\/p>\n<p>Do any these sound familiar?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hate <a title=\"5 Social Media Tasks You Should Automate in Your Small Business\" href=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/social-media-automation\/\">writing tweets<\/a>?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Combing through <a title=\"How to Auto Enable Google Analytics UTM Tracking Code for Social Media\" href=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/auto-enable-google-analytics-utm-tracking-codes-to-social-media-posts\/\">social media analytics<\/a> get you down?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Always putting off getting more <a title=\"3 Best Practices for Growing QUALITY Fans and Followers on Facebook and Twitter \u2013 Backed by Data\" href=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/3-best-practices-for-growing-quality-social-media-fans-and-followers-backed-by-data\/\">Twitter followers<\/a>?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>How can you stop procrastinating?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Make doing the tough stuff part of your daily routine<\/strong>. <a title=\"Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream: A Day in the Life of Your Bod\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Sex-Sleep-Eat-Drink-Dream\/dp\/0547085605\">Research shows<\/a>\u00a0the first 2.5 to 4 hours after waking up is when your brain is the sharpest. Roy insists the longer we wait doing the hard stuff, the more unlikely we will do them at all.<\/p>\n<p>When you do the hard stuff first, a few outcomes will happen:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>You have the rest of the day to focus on things you like (vs. stress on that one task you don&#8217;t like)<\/li>\n<li>You&#8217;ll feel a sense of accomplishment to start your day.<\/li>\n<li>You&#8217;ll feel good about yourself.<\/li>\n<li>You&#8217;ll get more done in your day!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>And now if we can only get out of bed for that <a title=\"Yes, You Can Force Yourself to Become a Morning Person. Here\u2019s How. [Infographic]\" href=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/how-to-become-a-morning-person-infographic\/\">early morning<\/a> workout!<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p><strong>(Running out of time for social media marketing? 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