It's all about adding value
This meme speaks to me and, I suspect, a good number of people.
I would add to this stress is also a mismatch between what you want to be and the demands or expectations of others.
Be you.
Be the best you you can be, in the capacity that brings you peace.
That’s my goal. It manifests for me as being the best dad and human and advocate I can be.
As you go through your day do you find yourself doing the busy work or the important tasks?
Have you as a business owner taken the time to map out which is which?
Do you have a battle rhythm? A battle rhythm is a mapped out baseline plan for your day, a list of minimum, mandatory tasks or processes aimed at sustaining and building your business. It is also a career decision.
When you share something on social media, are you including a call to action?
What do I mean by this? Shoot me an email at rob@10thHuman.com and I’ll let you know! (See what I did there?)
Facebook is an incredible tool for connecting to our fellow humans. As a platform, it provides an awesome way to connect to fellow groups and communities. The last time I checked, something on the order of 52% of web sharing is occurring within Facebook.
That’s a staggering statistic.
It’s masking several problems, though, two of which I’d like to elaborate on.
First, the 52% statistic means there is 48% of web traffic Facebook users who rely on this medium alone are not seeing. Personally, I believe this risks building an echo chamber of sorts. Breaking out of the Facebook bubble we’ve built may expose us to alternative sources of information. And I don’t believe that is a bad thing.
Second, Facebook does not, in my humble opinion, lend itself to in depth conversations. This is not to suggest blogs do so, necessarily. However, a blog is a more static platform. I personally find it easier to track conversations in vs. the non linear nature of the way our Facebook feeds us informations.
What are your thoughts?
Please also feel free to share any blogs you frequently read. Personally, I am a Seth Godin fan, as well as find Scott Adams a good read (side note: his content often challenges conventional wisdom).
Last week, I posted about the idea of developing a sustainable battle rhythm as a career decision. Seth Godin indicated he viewed his habit of blogging daily as one such decision he’s made.
I wanted to share another component of the conversation. Blogging, Godin says, “leaves a trail.”
What possible benefit could an entrepreneur derive from such an activity?
There are several that I can think of:
What would you add to the list?
22 September edit
I have been thinking about this a lot recently and would add one more item to the list, for now. That is, if you blog the platform is YOURS. Some of the systems out there, like Facebook or WordPress, are promoting the idea of blogging within their system. Facebook also penalizes the sharing of external links in terms of reach. However, in this lies the very reason not to abandon your platform.
Other systems will come along. Facebook WILL be disrupted. If you’ve maintained your content on your own platform, you alone control the disposition of the same.
Just something to consider!
I asked a couple of days ago about, What comes after the URL? Molly Reynolds of Inc. answers this question here in one fashion. Sites are transforming into media hubs. I suspect the medium and way through which we access those hubs will change faster than expected, but I agree that this is how this is evolving right now.
I recently had a breakfast meeting recently with a very smart man who made a statement that has been circling around in my mind for some days now.
He suggested the way we access information may soon shift.
Consider: 52% of web sharing is now occurring on Facebook. Over half of information being shared right now is being done inside Facebook. A number of prominent bloggers have also shifted to FB versus maintaining their own website.
What do YOU think the future of information in the cloud looks like?
I was asked this question recently by Twitter user @funding_tech and it has
had me thinking quite a bit today. About the nature of social media, social markets, social capital…what is this exactly and can you turn it into startup funding?
I propose that social capital, defined as:
“the collective value of all “social networks” [who people know] and the inclinations that arise from these networks to do things for each other [“norms of reciprocity”].
Source: Harvard Kennedy School
can be turned into startup funding.
Case in point: Facebook. Facebook is the powerhouse social media network across the globe, recently surpassing 1 billion users in a single day.
The recent earnings report highlights that there is value in a social network.
I’d expand this value a bit and posit that Facebook, Twitter, Instragram, etc., are social media banks unto themselves.
They are depositories of social capital and do pose significant value.
Stay tuned as I develop this out a bit further!
P.S. Please follow me on Twitter @rob_t_realtorco!
If you aren’t, you’re leaving business on the table.
Do you have a Twitter account? A Facebook page? A Facebook group?
If not, let’s chat. I want to help you grow your business.
Why does social media matter? There are two very good reasons I think it matters: