This past Thursday, we conducted our first ever “Social Business Boot Camp” which was designed to provide folks with the fundamentals of the three major social networking sites (Twitter, FaceBook, and LinkedIn), introduce them to Nimble Social CRM as a tool to manage these networks, and to provide them with business-specific strategies for social media,
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I had a discussion the other day with “Fred”. Recently I had sent Fred a request to connect on FaceBook. We are business associates but have only been recently introduced. Fred went on to explain to me that while he was not yet comfortable with connecting on FaceBook, he would be happy to do so
It’s not necessarily well known that my real passion is training. I did it full time some 20 years ago and loved every minute of it! I live vicariously by seeing others succeed and watching the bulbs light up in their heads. I also taught sales at the university level. What they say about that
Or, are you too afraid to ask? That’s a bit of a loaded question. A lot of salespeople I know are either too afraid to ask their customers how they are doing, are too afraid of the answer, or see little to no benefit in doing so. Sad on all three counts. Perception is everything
And, I really hate it when that happens. Since the day I began working with Social Media, I made the decision to be somewhat of a closed networker. At the time, at least, it made sense. I preferred quality over quantity – I still do. Why would I want to connect with people I have nothing in common with? – True & not so true. Social Networking is about discovering new relationships as much as it is about nurturing existing ones. I wanted to concentrate on making local connections – That’s still true but, this focus is shifting and I’ve done a poor job with that anyway. My B2B networking groups are closed (not open to the public and very discriminating) – This has not changed but, my new services are open and not at all discriminating.
The folly of my previous strategy is exposed …..
