I just read an e-mail from Dr. Mani, whom I have been following for some time now. He has some great ideas to share and he does a lot to help disadvantaged children.
Well, in one of his Tweets he posted an affiliate link to another person’s sales page and one of his followers said she was not on Twitter to be pitched to. Dr Mani pointed out that there are no rules on how one Tweets and of course she has every right to un-follow him or anyone else whenever she wants.
Actually, from my point of view Tweeter and every social networking site as well as everything we do involves selling. The only way to escape selling is to bury your head in the sand and what kind of life would that be. The woman that left his Tweeter made a sale to Dr Mani. She sold him the idea that she is not interested in anything of value. She sold him the belief that she doesn’t want to step outside of her comfort zone and that she is more than happy to vegetate in front of a TV set and watch the reality show of other people living a life.
With only 140 characters to express an idea is very difficult, hence the reason for me to have written my Tweet with a “because…” at the end. In my Blog I can say a whole lot more and hopefully come to some logical conclusion. Yes, sometimes I do ramble.
From reading other Tweets, it seems like a lot of people think others want to know that you just flushed the toilet and that now you are washing your hands (you are aren’t you?).
If the truth be told, people really don’t care about what you and I are doing at any particular time in our lives unless what we are doing will help them is some way. This is where the selling comes in. We should, in my opinion, be selling the idea that we have something to offer others and that what we have to offer will add value to their lives (and not necessarily ours).
Of course, I must add that you are selling yourself so at times people do want to see some of the personal you. Maybe even something humorous that happened to you that made you look the part of the fool or lightened your day. After all when selling yourself, people need to know that you are human to, just like them. So make sure you wash your hands afterwards.
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