I've said it before. I'm not very good at social media. Part of the problem is that it just overwhelms me. So I'm trying to put all of my social media outlets into semi-neat boxes online so that I can actually try and better manage them.

Here's where I list and define them so far:

• Instagram. I post most of my photos. I'm also trying to add a bit of a story behind photos (at least those that aren't just family photos).
• Twitter. It took me forever to figure out Twitter. But now I see it basically as a quick and easy communication tool. Short questions get short responses. But I'm more likely to respond since I don't have thirty points to respond to like in email. It's also nice to share posts either something Celtic or Geeky that interests me, or share mentions of me.
• Facebook fan page. I don't really update my Facebook fan page. Right now, it just consists of blog posts like this that are automatically posted. But I do share Celtic stuff with the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast fan page, or cat stuff for the Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers fan page. And of course, a lot of family pictures are posted on my personal page.
• Facebook groups. I try and read Facebook groups more than my personal timeline which is overrun with political crap that just pisses me off one way or another. I want my Celtic Geek group to actually be active, but most of the members are pretty passive people like I am.
• Patreon. I decided this month that my twice a month newsletter would be posted on Patreon. It gives me an extra reason to promote my Patreon page. Plus, I feel blogs should be more focused.
• My Blog. I've had a tough time determining how to use my blog. I finally decided that I should use it to post mostly news items. But as I said above, to limit the news items to one thought or idea per blog post. That's tough for me!
• YouTube. I still haven't figured out how to best use YouTube. Right now, I post episodes of the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. I love the One Minute Memories of The Opportunistic Travelers Podcast, but that seems tough since I'm not traveling that much. And I just don't make many music videos. I can't figure out how best to do those by myself…
• Pinterest. I have an account. I can't figure out how best to use it efficiently. So I don't.
• Flickr. Any photo that I want to use for promotion later, I post to Flickr. I don't do much interacting over there though.
• The Celtfather podcast. Until I can finish these audio travel blogs, this show is sort of on a brief hiatus. I need to redefine what I want to do with it. I lose focus every now and then. And of course, recently, I ran out of time to create it.
• Marc Gunn newsletter. The newsletter will be coming out twice a month and features all of my latest news, occasional free music, and of course special offers on my music and swag.

I think that's basically all my social media outlets.  I think these are pretty good descriptions of how I use, or at least try to use, them.

I'd like your thoughts and feedback. Do you think I'm doing things right? Do you find it easy and fun to interact with me?  Post your comments below.