Sometimes I pick up signals from people (90% men) who can’t understand my interest in social media. They nod to each other, make jokes like ”Has anyone been on Facebook today? Well, we know Åsa has…” and the underlying meaning is that I’m kind of a strange person who wastes my time on social media. Sometimes I take my time to talk to them and try to make them understand why I spend so much time on social media, why I find it both fascinating and necessary, but if they aren’t interested, there is not much I can do about it, and I don’t really have the time to convert social media sceptics to social media interest. If they don’t get it, they don’t get it, and I just go on minding my own business, and part of that is doing my business in social media.
Today started with a question from a university in California. An international class will travel to Scandinavia, and they are considering Gotland as a destination. Do I know any companies or persons they should meet? Yes, of course! I wrote a long list with suggestions. How was that good for my business? Well, one thing leads to another. In this case, I’m not sure what it could lead to, but it comes naturally to me to help out.
Then I contacted a person who found my company online while searching for a specific solution and sent me a request. Well, that was not exactly about social media, but I wrote about it on Facebook and it was fun to get my friends reactions, they wished me luck and it’s part of my marketing to make a buzz about my daily work.
Another friend contacted me on Facebook chat. She asked me to give a lecture on social media. I will come back to her with an offer.
When I mentioned that on Facebook, a woman sent me a message with information about an organisation that might need my services.
A couple of hours before lunch, I got an invitation via Facebook events for a lunch walk with some businesspeople – I couldn’t go with them today, but now I know they do this lunch walk every Thursday.
We had lunch at a restaurant that provides excellent, informative content on its Facebook page.
Back at the office, I checked a secret Facebook group to see the latest changes to a project presentation. I made the changes, and then I had a meeting with a man – do I need to say that we booked the meeting using Facebook?
So, has anyone been on Facebook today? Yes, I have. And so have many of my business contacts. I think people should worry less about whether I have been on Facebook today and start worrying about the opportunities they might miss if they don’t spend enough time on it every day… How can they afford not to pay attention to Facebook?
Now I have to check my Twitter. See you later, folks!
