Creating Engaged Conversation-Your Input Welcome When Relevant
This past year has been an interesting Social Media journey
Not sure about you, but I have found great clarity
around my purpose and passion when engaging in
conversation via social media.
While many business owners still stand and say “I just do not get Social Media”. I invite you to stop acting like you can’t be bothered and start learning. You didn’t make sacrifices being a business owner to become another form of a drone like in corporate america.
- When do you go into the trust zone?
- Do you go into that trust space when people are talking, sending or even bombarding you with marketing messages?
In social media one of the advised positions is to be listening first. From that listening place, then you can hear with more accuracy what are peoples needs and if you can help. That help is not always something you sell. Sometimes that is knowing who can help them and you become their hero by connecting them.
In that listening process comes the ability to understand
when is it relevant to be that help.
Relevancy is a piece of the puzzle that is a missed piece of the puzzle when being part of the social media community.
People see right through you being self-serving.
Now, this is not about being timid, under valuing what you bring to the market or pretending you are there for only friendship. Being clear, honest and helpful are valuable traits to possess when creating as well as participating in engaged conversation.
- How have you missed opportunities from not being available to that conversation in social media?
- What if you scheduled consistent small amounts of time each week to participate?
- Who have you lost being able to strengthen a bond that would create better results for your business?
- When will you give yourself the gift that social media has delivered us, in a time when we have all asked for these new ways to connect with people in more a meaningful manner.
Here are some screen shots when engaged conversation was relevant and some when it was not relevant.
Can you see where there is room for improvement when using automated conversations? Never mind better language skills.
