How much time to spend on social networking?

[Zila1]

I spend at least 2 hours a day on social networking. And it really brings results.
My point of view is that bloggs are the most effective way achieving smth.

[MyDubli]

Social Networking has really been driving my business through the roof lately.

I have Twitter on all day, and spend a good amount of time daily doing writing, as well as coordinating with my marketing team to drive traffic to our sites.

Networking with people brings trust --> Giving away yourself to them --> More trust and loyalty.

[TrafficGenie]

I spend at least an hour a day. I found that MySpace groups and YouTube are very useful for getting a lot of website traffic. Twitter is also very good but more time demanding in my opinion

[StarWAHF]

I check a few each day, digg is a good one, myspace im a bit iffy if its even worth it, and the others are alright, i have yet to see a pull in traffic but it hasnt been too long for something of them.

[webfltrs]

I spend maybe 1-2 hrs a day on informal social media...Twitter mostly, and sometimes social bookmarking if I find a bookmark-worthy story on my Digg feed.

I try to keep my time limited and focused, because it's easy for me to get distracted and lose track of time. But sometimes it's that mindless wandering that shows me some great resources or stories online -- that I actually need for my own site. So while I don't like to "surf" sometimes it's the best thing I can do.

[dave1]

I don't spend much time on social marketing, probably should do more. I usually just stumble or digg my articles where they are listed