19. "I follow @Robin2go because she speaks the truth , from her heart ; she is real and funny ; she offers great insight into things social media." "Okay, srsly: you have provided me with more insight to the power and potential of Twitter than anyone else I know." " Connected to my usual suspects at UP, so widens who I influence and who influences me , plus. . . . . .I can't look away from all that sarcasm, humor, and how much she can pack into 140 characters that's LOL! And. . . . . .she reminds me of how connected and truly supportive the PSU community can be "
The social media thing? It's about people. if you can't deal with ppl, or didn't have friends as a child, you should stay away.' The only thing worse than not having a social media presence? Being poster child for how NOT to do social media.
Success in SM: being able to embrace and leverage what is weird and quirky. Using humor, laughing at yourself can get people on your side and change the direction of conversation. Taking yourself too seriously riskes being discounted and ignored. It's a long way down when you fall off that high horse.
Some groups think it's enough to create a Twitter/Facebook/LinkedIn account, then sit back and wait for people to come to them.
This is like sharing your toys and playing well with others. If you are using social media, you should be sharing what you think is valuable -- be it content, conversation, media, whatever.
You may be using social media to get people to use your services, but you can't bring them in without creating a conversation and a real relationship with your followers.
Unfortunately, these are the internets. Unless you're Al Gore, you have no authoritay....
You have 5,000 Twitter followers? 10,000 Facebook fans? Enough RSS subscribers to choke a horse? That's not social media. Step up to the plate or step out of the game. Better to have 50 followers that are interested in what you do, and having a relationship with them. Otherwise you just annoy everyone.
Yep, there are lots of people in social media. You may think some of these people aren't "serious" social media folk like yourself. Get over it. Being dismissive of clients, students, and people you might not agree with can get you into hot water faster than calling someone a name you'll regret later. If you live to regret it.
Twitter is a social media tool. So is facebook. So is blogging. The strategy is how you are going to use these tools to get your message out, engage people who are interested in your work, and generally get them to care about you.
Some places just don't share. Perhaps they have research contracts, or stakeholders who use their work to get ahead of their competition.
We care about people, groups and brands who are interesting, and move us. If you don't have the passion to connect with people, you simply aren't gonna inspire people. And that's from the heart.