Comments on: Don’t Be A Social Media Beggar

By: Bill Whetstone

Bill Whetstone — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 08:49:44 +0000

The content you shared freely on your Facebook page was so consistently interesting that I embarrassed myself by retweeting or sharing it across multiple platforms. I do intend to provide some value in return and I will in the near future fulfill reciprocating in a manner beneficial to you. Thanks for keeping your eyes and ears open and sharing your thoughts.

By: Tania

Tania — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 01:13:29 +0000

The numbers game really annoys me although I do understand the motivation behind it. I’ve had another writer post a uninspired comment on my blog and then specifically request I post a comment on hers (& then after the initial request, she reminded me again to please do so). Or there are those on twitter who use an unfollow tool in order to stop following those who didn’t follow back. I don’t mind if you throw your fb page, twitter handle or blog address my way, in fact I like to check out new pages/people. But let me make the decision whether I’m going to like you, follow you or feel compelled to comment on your blog. Following me and then blatently asking I follow you is not a relationship, in fact, it’s a turnoff. I am a business minded person by the way but have always believed in the pull, not push, sell.

By: Nick Stamoulis

Nick Stamoulis — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 13:42:57 +0000

It’s definitely about forming relationships when it comes to social media. Don’t guest post on someone’s blog and then disappear. Maintain that relationship and ensure that the benefits go both ways.

By: Jake Kern

Jake Kern — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 23:56:46 +0000

AMAZING post, John! I’ve found that if I: surround myself with people of integrity; and, give & love as much as I can, it is returned to me far beyond what I can ever repay. We reap what we sow, and we reap it abundantly. It’s that simple.

By: Guy Clapperton

Guy Clapperton — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 17:20:25 +0000

Nice post. A slight variation is the ‘beggar’ who is convinced that offering them free stuff constitutes value in its own right. I’m lucky enough to be asked to speak on social media occasionally and at the moment am going through a few speaking engagements in Europe. I’m being well paid and well looked after. I’m not bragging (well, yes I am, but I have a reason); I mention this purely because I had a request last week to go and speak at someone else’s seminar. I asked what was in the budget and they were quite affronted; their seminar would do me good, they said. I’d get valuable exposure to potential small business clients and it was apparently ridiculous to expect money as well. This from a person who was being paid for her time asking me to come and give mine for nothing, purely to help build her employer’s business up. She just couldn’t see it, and thought I was being in some way unrealistic and egomaniac for expecting payment for my time (I may be both of those things as well, but anticipating recompense for helping a business has nothing to do with that).

Great piece, highlighting how much more widespread this is becoming through social media.