Bad Reputation
7 May
I do give a damm about my reputation Joan. During a meeting today, I was hooting on about the power of community and positive connections made thorugh social media and it kept getting back to reputation. How are you regarded within your community? Are you seen as someone who plays fair, who values real exchange or are you a pusher or taker – someone who just pushes their messages to others without any thought to the utility or purpose involved?
Consider your reputation. Ask others what their perceptions of you are. Sometimes the answers may be shocking – but are most beneficial. Examine your voice. Do you sound like a know-it-all or are you truly engaging and kind? SEO is important but I also believe in taking a Self Examination Overview (SEO for those concerned with their reputation).
Check to see:
- How many comments you leave and receive in the blogosphere?
- How often you mention the words ‘sharing’, ‘community’, ‘help’ in your daily vernacular.
- How much you listen rather than speak.
- How often do you smile or giggle?
If you’re not laughing or smiling often enough, then you are either taking yourself too seriously or have too much of an emphasis on the “I” in ‘social’. Kind of anti-social isn’t it?
A message about how often we comment annd no one has commented yet? Let me be the first! :D
Great post and great reminder. I am a Joan Jett fan as well, but I agree with you that we should care what others think.
PS – I just saw that you mentioned you like pugs. I have a 14 year old pug that keeps me company here in my office every day. He mostly sleeps, but you can’t hear him snoring because I have the iTunes up too loud. ;)