Near Instant Relationships Through Social Media
Blog, blog, blog ... was blah, blah, blah to to me. As you can see from the tag line above, I am all about the relationship, the handshake, looking people in the eye, etc. The internet is a great tool for gathering news, information, or even for the purchase of commodities like books. But developing relationships?
This was my thinking until I met Mike Sansone of Converstations who ultimately became my Social Media Consultant. He explained to me that people can learn about each other via social media before they meet in person and it speeds up the development of the real relationship. It might also be what causes people to reach out to you in the first place.
I was skeptical, but curious and hopeful enough to commit myself to his teaching.
Over the last three months, I have "connected" with dozens of people on LinkedIn and have subsequently met with many of them.and their connections. Awesome!
This week, we launched this blog. If you are reading this, you are learning who I am, what I do, and how I think. Isn't that cool.
I am also on Twitter. I don't get it yet, but I will blog about it later.
Check out this real example.
This morning, I was at Panera and Zane Safrit, former CEO of Conference Calls Unlimited, business radio show host, and business blogger walked in. Mike Sansone introduced him to me. Well, I told him that I had seen reference to his radio show in a blog and I started downloading the pod casts. He has also "commented" on one of my blog posts featuring White Rabbit Group. I know who he is and what he does and that a lot of people "follow" him on the internet.
He had instant credibility with me because of what? ... Social Media!
Now, I have gone from blah, blah, blah, ... to Blog! Blog! Blog!
Hey! Thanks for the shout and the links. Great to meet you. Excellent post and points, even if my name wasn't in it.
Posted by: Zane Safrit | March 21, 2009 at 09:56 AM