Comments on: Social Media For Business — Why bother?

By: Michael M McCurry CMP

Michael M McCurry CMP — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 04:54:10 +0000

thanks for your comments.

There is a time and learning investment to really discover what this world holds. You can’t just flip a switch and expect its all gonna come together.

Building relationships, some call “lifeline” is what its all about.

Once again thanks for the contribution!

@michaelmccurry

By: Michael M McCurry CMP

Michael M McCurry CMP — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 04:51:23 +0000

@Robert Swanwick,

Robert, you are so right…. the key word is “collaboration.”

At the end of the day it is those face2face interactions that matter the most.

I love the concept of a horizontal collaborative society versus the topdown bureaucracy we have all grown up in.

This has got to be healthy for all concerned! … except for the bureaucrats of course.

Thanks for contributing!

@michaelmccurry

By: Meg Hasten

Meg Hasten — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:41:34 +0000

Agree, great insights. SM is a HUGE commitment and needs to be treated as such with time and resources. I see too often people not recognizing the value in SM because they don’t know how to use it or use it poorly or too little. And as always, it’s all about building meaningful, symbiotic relationships.

By: Robert Swanwick

Robert Swanwick — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:33:04 +0000

As always, great insights.

The one facet that I would like to reverberate is that if you are looking to go beyond learning from reading and want to step into the world of relationship building then it is on you to reach out.

Turn a one way reading relationship into a two way “discussion”
Turn Twitter or fbook “discussions” into phone calls
Turn phone calls into f2f relationships

As you mention, give before you get, but if you are “putting credits in the bank”, don’t be afraid to ask your new friends for help when you need it. If they are good friends, they also will want to give.