The Line Where Quantity Meets Quality

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I think the future of the web will come down to a balance. The web is heading towards a more regional structure where the best networking opportunities will be where online opportunities meet offline to add a richer experience. The internet has grown so fast that for some people networking has become a shallow and half-baked representation of numbers, giving importance to speed connecting and link baiting without investing time into each other. Yet the simple truth of the matter is that people who are successful online through social media are those who can balance the exploitation of vast connections across space and time all the while maintaining the depth of meaningful affiliations.

We have had 200+ event marketers sign up through this method alone. Showing an interest in them, asking about them first and asking permission to send them a link rather than shoving one in their face are the manners and etiquettes that define the language of the greater online tribe. I can enter any tribe with the confidence of knowing this simple etiquette of social networking, and will be taken seriously regardless of my underlying knowledge of a tribe’s language or content base.

When people begin to understand and adopt the tribal language of mutual respect they stop at nothing to point out to people who make mistakes. A case in point is that when I am approached in chats or on walls (where other people can see it) by someone shoving a link in my face, I feel compelled to bluntly tell them how I will never be interested in their services because of their imprudent networking tactics. Doing this publicly makes them alter their strategies for future networking opportunities and positions me as someone who is somewhat of a thought-leader on social networks. Everyone who sees this becomes curious.

In short, the language of social networking and its etiquette is still young but it is universal. It’s a great way to leverage yourself into a position of being a thought leader within your niche through leading the way in paving social networking etiquette.

“The relevance of social media is that it allows us to interact in the world increasingly more like we behave in our own physical neighbourhoods.” (Shel Israel http://redcouch.typepad.com)

Simon U Ford (SUF.EDBD)

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