Social Media Strategies

Friends, how much nerve do you think it takes to participate in new initiatives? How much do you think it takes to run organizations? Now, multiply that to a thousand. That’s how much it takes to pioneer new business models that span across the globe and will be used for years to come. Pioneering new models puts you in the league of inventors and thinkers.

When you’re walking on a path, you sometimes forget to notice the bigger picture. You’re so busy enjoying the journey that you forget how far you have come. I believe Social Traffic is at such a turning point.

Friends, please don’t forget where we started. Don’t forget that out of 500 people we screened and filtered and washed and fought down to 20. Twenty remarkable people with sharp business acumen, might I add. After months of posts, discussions, notes, waves, exercises, meetings, videos — 20 people were left standing. Out of 20, perhaps 10 would enjoy the summit of success. These top people know what it takes to lead.

Today, we are at the brink of a huge launch. Things are looking up. Your time, sweat, tears and exertions are finally going to pay off. This is the time to move things up and etch your name on Social Traffic’s history for all times.

We have a Hollywood videographer wanting to make a movie about Social Traffic’s journey. About how it started, and then wave after wave led to where it is now. About how people who have never met in real life can come together and work in this fashion without even getting paid for it. This is the new model that I was referring to. I call it the passion-driven business model. The biggest success of Social Traffic is how we managed to bring together all of these wonderful people, who worked towards a common goal without any monetary compensation for months, with the only motivating factor being passion. A relentless passion to make a difference. If this videographer’s dream to shoot this movie happens, he will be visiting all of the individuals who stuck through Social Traffic (Australia, USA, Philippines, India, UK, New Zealand, Japan, Mexico, etc) to interview you all to talk about this model… and to talk about your passions.

Friends, I have met many great people through Social Traffic. Some have been with us ever since the first day - I like to call them the originals: Dino, Anne, Jonathon, Rebbecca, Lisa, Andrew, Axel, Peter, Dave to name a few. They are our pillars. Then we were fortunate enough to get more people to join. There are so many that I can’t take all the names, but I have to point out others like Doug, Karen, Steve and Neil who are like shining stars for Social Traffic right now. All of the names that I have taken are just a few from the many who have helped shape Social Traffic and take it where it is now. Nobody’s efforts are going unnoticed, so if I haven’t taken your name here don’t take it personally. This is just a limitation of words, nothing more.

Just like all of our activities have been about building a circle of trust, now is the time for you take the beacon forward. Build your circles. Build your teams. Show us what you’ve got.

We have earned each others respect. We’ve seen what you’ve been through. So please don’t hesitate when building your teams. Nobody is here to judge anyone. The winners will automatically shine through. Don’t hide behind cover. We know who is planning on leading teams for this contest, we just hope you can come in and add your team’s list now. Don’t shirk it for the last minute, and definitely don’t be afraid. Just choose wisely, and stand tall to honor and defend your decisions.

Friends, don’t forget that Social Traffic has been formed on the codes of honor, respect and support. You have two choices: you can either live your life in constant fear: Somebody will rip you off, somebody will copy your work, somebody will break into your house, somebody will steal your code, somebody will bad-mouth you, you will fail in an attempt to shine publicly etc. Fear and good business can’t go together. OR you can live your life with a positive attitude and consider everything and everyone an opportunity to strive for better. Remember, if it were easy everyone would be doing it… and it wouldn’t be something remarkable to achieve. Challenges that demand you to put something on the line is what makes us better.

This, my friends, is an opportunity for you to excel. This is an opportunity for Social Traffic to become a legend. What the heck, give it a try. In fact, give it a nice good push. And we’ll all get to see the results in the end.

It is time for you to come out of the shadows into the shining light. Here’s a link to the spreadsheet. Add your team there - don’t miss this opportunity.

I’m going to highlight some of the important aspects of the contest in my next post.

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