When you were growing up, how many times were you told to share with other children.
For me, this was a good thing. I got more kids to play with me and many would share their toys with me.
Social Media sharing works the same way; when you share more, more comes back to you.
Let’s take a look at this in some more detail.
Don’t Think Only About Yourself
Don’t be stingy with what you have – share it with others.
This is something you have embedded in our mind from early childhood. You were always told to share your toys with other children.
Now it’s time to share your ideas, news and insights with others that will benefit from them. Don’t just keep things to yourself; share them with others. In Social Media, sharing is key to build relationships.
If you don’t share with others, who will want to share with you?
Don’t Get Upset
Did you know that kid who would never share with anyone? They kept their toys close to them and never let them out of their site.
Yeah, you know the one I am talking about.
How did it feel when you shared your toys, but they wouldn’t share theirs? You probably would get upset, mad or just plain sad. Trust me, I knew a few kids like that.
The same rule applies here, don’t get upset when you share your knowledge, but others don’t want to share with you. Social Media sharing is part of building a relationship and trust with your community.
You remember what happened to those kids that didn’t want to share, don’t you?
No one wanted to play with them anymore.
Share the Good Stuff
When you were growing up, you had certain classes of toys. You had your “couldn’t live without” toys and your “I can live without them for a while” toys.
When your parents told you to share your toys, you would give out your “I can live without them for a while” toys and keep your “couldn’t live without” toys to yourself, right?
Come on, I know you did it. Right? Right?
I was guilty of it as well. I was never able to part ways with my Star Wars and G.I. Joe action figures.
It’s a different game today – you want to share the good stuff with others.
What?
Why would I want to share all the good stuff with other people?
How does that help me?
I didn’t say you had to share all of the good stuff, did I?
You need to know when and how much of the good stuff you share.
You don’t want to share crap; that will give you a reputation of someone who only deals in and provides crap – why would anyone want to do business with someone who provides crap?
In Social Media sharing, giving out the good stuff shows you are genuine and want to help out other people.
Helping out other people is what it’s all about, right?
Sharing is a big part of the Social Media pie; everyone wants a piece of it.
Social Media deals with connecting and building relationships through community – if you want to grow those relationships, you need to share.
If you don’t share, you might as well take your toys and go home.
Do you practice Socail Media sharing? How do you share with the community?
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It’s a good example. You could probably spot the kids who were spoiled on social media a mile off! They would be the ones screaming about their own content and being really noisy on Twitter etc. It take s a while yo figure out but the more you share the more you get back. You nearly have to turn it in to a full time job of sharing and shouting about other people’s stuff as much as you can because it really will come back and hep YOU!
Thanks for the comment Niall.
Yes, I am always amazed at those that scream about themselves and wonder why no one wants to connect with them – they just don’t get it. You have to interact and share to build relationships. No one wants to hang out with the guy who just talks about himself.
Btw, love your site. I added it to my feed reader – great stuff!