The value of social media is in its ability to quickly convey messages that are:
- important
- useful
- interesting
- entertaining
to people, in groups or individually, with the added bonus of correction, elaboration, clarification, and other feedback from those who received the message so that the overall communication brings benefit to the largest number of people.
There. Go use that to get rich now. Please remember who told you this earth shattering secret. You'll never have to read another blog post or E-Book or article again. You can thank me by linking back to this post or bookmarking it.
OK, <sarcasm off>, in all seriousness, I do think that every useful piece of information that you'll ever read about social media should have these ideas in its heart.
I'd really, really, really like to know if all of you Broadcasting Brains out there agree, disagree, or if the post gave you heartburn. Please share your thoughts.
Oh, and please read IttyBiz sometime. You'll pee your pants laughing, raise your blood pressure (or lower it, I suppose), shake your head in wonder and learn important stuff. And the author is Canadian, so according to super secret Canadian content regulations, I have to plug another Canadian blogger every now and then.
OK, the Canadian content regulation is a lie - bloggers do lie every now and then.
Actually, I just think it's a great blog, especially if you run your own business out of your house and want to be able to go outside again without being considered a public menace due to stir craziness and/or frustration.
Sorry, Naomi, this might not be the best recommendation you'll get, but it's free and (hopefully) entertaining!
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