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When does too much of a good thing become a bad thing? Specifically, I’m talking about the ongoing proliferation of new social networking opportunities. What got me thinking about this was word of the pending launch of SocialMediopolis, which promises to be “a central resource for anyone concerned with learning about social media, online communities and how to market successfully in this new medium. We will provide not only the latest news and technology updates, but also informative and original articles, interviews with industry leaders, an open exchange amongst members, a free newsletter and other benefits.”
Oookay. So my question is … why?
Seriously, do we not have enough places to learn about social media? Where we can be part of the social media community? Get the latest news and info? Or maybe it’s the free newsletter.
Let’s see, there’s Social Media Today, inSocialMedia, countless Google and Yahoo groups and Twibes and, for that matter Twitter itself, where there’s a very rich dialogue and knowledge-sharing thing going on around social media issues.
Instead of creating more and more sites that cover the same territory, maybe what we need are more people willing to invest their time and energy into making what’s already out there richer and more robust. Being part of a community requires more than signing up and filling out a profile. It takes active participation. Engagement. Conversation. Sharing. If you “belong” to a community but never show up and never contribute, then you’re really not part of the community. I know I’ve got a few profiles floating around out there in communities I’ve never had time to revisit. That’s a mistake on my part.
One of the mantras of successful social networking is to be in lots of places, participate in lots of conversations, etc. But rather than offering many communities watered-down versions of our best efforts, maybe we should focus a little more on sharing our best selves in just a few places where it makes the most sense given our individual goals and objectives.
Just a thought. What do you think?
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Social Media are the ultimate empowerment of the individual in the society, for those that master and understand the conversational flow.
As Gary Vaynerchuk who is building a small empire on his own obsession with wine, the Internet, and business puts it, passion is key. Combining passion, hard work, and technology to create a successful niche business…niche being the key word, or as you put it “where it makes the most sense given our individual goals and objectives” /passions if i may add.
The sooner you will embrace your DNA, who you are, the sooner you’ll win, whatever winning is for you, emotionally, socially , financially, you name it!
Edin Shaba –
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