I have come to realize that for me Social Media is about developing the community I crave. I have spent the past Year and a few months acting out an action plan, but without a very specific strategy for developing what I want to develop. The Community I crave. So I am no beginning to do that – to define my entire strategy on several levels – What I have to offer, what I am looking to gain or learn about from others, and generally what are my topics of interest. So I am writing a piece – it’s detailed and I am thinking of calling it my “White Paper” but I am not 100% sure if that is fitting. I am also looking to frankly monetize the time I put in on the web because it is an extraordinary amount of time, so I will probably sell this for all of $2.00 for those who are interested in reading it. In the meantime I am in the process of defining my strategy according to the following outline (the details will be included in the paper):
What is My strategy / what do I want?
What can I offer people?
What am I looking for from people/
What are my topics of interest?
Then where do I find the people who meet the criteria set forth above, (ie the people who want what I am offering, and the people who are offering what I want)?
Seth David
Daniel Richman said,
May 17, 2010 at 8:56 PM
All very good questions. Social media seems almost like a ghost. I know what I see, but I can’t make it out very well. I think it’s going to take the next big thing for businesses, in essence, to breakthrough on the web. I imagine a mash-up between facebook, linkedin, and something like ebay or etsy for services rendered. Whatever it is, it’s got to be HUGE. One cannot forget the undying desire to witness all that I can of small businesses in my area. Thus, I am taking my fight to the people that are closest to my goal. People that have given the “local movement” a jump start. I am one of them. I developed a “community” page on website to spotlight on some of the businesses that I thought needed recognition. The fight is not over, those without internet or access to it, go unrecognized. I follow you my friend, into the future.