DailyBlogr - 16 Tips for being everybodys friend on Social Media

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I know exactly what youre thinking. Oh! No. Not another post on how to do it on social media.

Well, good or bad is your call. But this is yet another post on social media. But this time, I dont want to make it short and crisp. No fluff just the real deal, out of my experience. Hope youll like it.

1. Find what youre good at. Stick to it, brood and improvise on it. Period.

2. Information is everywhere around you on the internet, but dont just copy paste everything. Put in your bit & add value.

3. Dont believe what the A-listers & Pros say. There is only one way to popularity on social media hard work.

4. Short cuts are in plenty. Softwares are in plenty too. But they cant keep you for long. You need to find your own potential.

5. Make people feel important. If youre trying to get something out of them by being popular, youre doing it the wrong way.

6. Treat everyone like a friend.

7. When you climb up the ladder, you might feel that people below you are not important. Wrong. They make you.

8. Find time to talk to people. Its impossible to give time for everyone, but youll have to find work around ways to this.

9. Dont get excited. Responses and praises may make you feel like the most important person on earth. No. The question is how long will it last?

10. Every other person you meet is special and has a talent. Accept it and try to find it out. Theyll appreciate it.

11. Let your communication be two way, monologues are boring.

12. Dont stick to just one social media channel. Ex:- Twitter or Facebook. Each channel has its characteristics, find it out and adapt.

13. Dont take sides. When you speak your mind, think of the broader audience. Youre not talking to a small cluster but to the world. Unless you have enough facts to substantiate, or a reason to be adamant, dont take sides.

14. Take the pain in finding the gems out of the mesh. Be it posting content or finding people, there is always that little unnoticed gem in the crowd. Find it because nobody else does.

15. Make sure you have the Wow factor ready with you all the time. People come in all the time to your profile, keep something ready for them to get excited about.

16. Dont repeat what others are doing. Figure out what extra you can give, in a unique way.

Im not sure if this will work in every aspect / situation we know of. They might differ but the crux of the whole thing is that while you try too hard, it shows up. While short cuts and softwares can do the trick in boosting up your numbers (many folks do), the community is clever enough to find out if youre bogus or not. The real value therefore is not in the numbers but the value. If you know how to deliver value, with your profiles, youre automatically on the winners side.

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