Social media is part art, part science. There are techniques, but as in any other activity that deals with fellow human beings, you can count on being surprised from time to time. The most common surprises become the most important lessons in social media and your public relations. So, you must have to learn from your mistakes you have done in past. Here I am sharing some experiences about social media which may help one to be successful in this field without making some mistakes.
- Not Being in Contact Regularly: If you want yourself to be called as a social person, then it is a primary need to be in contact with others, regularly. A friend may need you help at some point of time, so you should be present at that time to help. If you are in contact with a friend every day, then they might find befriending you, and pay you more attention.
If you are not in contact with a friend regularly then he/she might forget you after some time. When you contact that friend they may ask “Who are you?” or say “I do not remember you”, which could be serious for your social media presence. Give them a way to remember you. If you are going out for a vacation or have some other planing, make sure to let everybody know about your absence. So that once you come back they will still remember you. Professionalism you see!
The reason above step is very important is that, they may not respond when you have their need. You thought that your friend will help you but, that’s not to be. Relationship is based on communication and mutual understanding, if you are not communicating and contacting your friends then how will you make a mutual understanding.
- Not Helping the Community With Quality Content: Every community is driven by their users. Users are the one who submit content on social media sites, which are really interesting, resourceful and helpful to the community members. If you are sharing good content on social media then the community will acknowledge you.
If you happen to share poor quality content on the social media sites then you will be obsolete of your friends because, many of the users join the social media sites for gaining knowledge and making better relationship. Many of the new users submit content from their own site, it is generally not liked by the social community because, they think that you are promoting that poor site or poor content. Following are worst practices about the content submissions.
1. Sharing content from your own site, which are not that good to be called as quality.
2. Benchmarking a new user for selection of content which has to be Shared.
3. Sharing an old content on social media which is probably known to every one there. - Submitting Content of Single Field: If you leave some niche specific social media sites then on all the social media sites there are all types of people, who have different taste and interest.
If you are submitting content only from a single field then you will earn the attention of some of the users. If you do this, then you will get friends from specific field only. A better network will not be formed because, some of the times people from same field have the thinking of competition in their minds. To gain full potential on social media sites, you should have friends from all the fields. So, you must share the stories from various fields, which are interesting.
- Not Communicating in a Proper Language: Language is the most crucial factor in the social media. Communication in a proper language is the best way to impress others. If you use easy and simple language then you do not have to worry about anything. Being humorous at times is also necessary. Face it, you are there to make good friends not slaves!
Language having words like Sorry, No Problem, Well Friend are generally used while talking to a friend on social media or on Instant messenger. Using an aggressive tone may hurt your friend. So, you must not make following mistakes while talking to a friend.
1. Using a language which is not easily understandable.
2. Showing aggression while Conversation.
3. Showing attitude.
4. Showing that you are busy while talking. - Not Being Active Regularly: Missing just one day, may harm your image on the social media. If you are not regular on social media then every one will not expect that you will be online when they need your help. So you must avoid this by following the first point. Also show your presence on other social media sites where they can find you.
To get yourself updated with the social media you must have to be online for few hours if you are busy the whole day. Be active most of the time if possible, you can influence social media users by doing so. If you are not regularly active then there is possibility of following things.
1. Your friends may un-friend you.
2. Your friends will not trust you that you will be available in the time when they need help.
3. When you are not active, you can be unknown to the new submission for your friends. - Not Paying Attention on Friend’s Submissions: Do this one thing and consider yourself dead on social media sites! Giving from one hand and taking from other hand is the key rule of social media. Remember it always about giving first, then taking. For getting voted on your stories you must have to vote your friend’s submissions.
If you do not pay attention on the friend’s submission then why will he/she give you vote in return. So, always pay attention on friend’s submission and also cast some comment for creating discussion on it.
- Assuming That What’s Important to You is Important to Everyone Else: In the social media arena, you are interacting with people socially so it is not certain that you and your friend have a common interest. For an example, your interest is in Search Engine Optimization but generally it is not liked by most of the users on Digg but there are many friends you have may have interest on it.
So, always think about a problem from your glance and from your friend’s glance too. In the case of sharing news and information on the social media you must be sure that it will be liked by your friends too, because it is not necessary that what ever you liked, your friend will like that too.
- Thinking That Only Breaking News Counts: It is not true that only breaking news is liked on social media. There are many people who share breaking news whether it is a good news or a bad news. So, on the social media sites it is not necessary that you only share breaking news. Share some humor, it will change your image on social media as humorous person. And so on…
In the environment of social media, breaking news may be bad for someone and good for some others. So, do not try to share only breaking news. Discovery of some new data which is always existing on the Internet and less known to people is a best story for the social media.
- Duplicate the Best People Around: Always keep eyes on friend’s action, benchmark a power user, always open your channel of communications, show dedication towards your colleague, helping your friend in any condition, sharing any news which must be known to every user, helping the community by your actions. These are the key things that every users must keep in mind. If you do so you will be away from avoiding the things which are obvious.
- Not Providing Help to New Users: Think about your start and struggle. If any one had not provided you help? In the same way if you help some new users then it will be more easier for him/her to establish in social media. A new user may benchmark you in social media, what is the better thing than this?
Helping new users may establish you as a good member of social media, and by doing so you will counted in those people who are helping the community.
- Spamming the Social Media: Do not send the same message again and again. Send it once, and twice at the most, in case your friends did not get it. If you continue sending messages over and over again, it may harm you and establish your image as a spammer.
Well friends that grabs it up! These were the general mistakes made by new people on the social media sites. So, for success on Social Media Sites avoid these mistakes as soon as possible.
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