09 Nov, 2008
TMLC Part III – Engaging
Posted by: Jeff In: blogging|social network|The Lunch Money Challenge
The is the third installment of The Lunch Money Challenge (TLMC)
If you’ve spend the time to find topics that you that you have some level of authority or passion about you should have two or three solid interest that you wouldn’t have any problem carrying a discussion or online dialogue about. Your choices should be something that you won’t grow tired of after a month or so. If so you’re just going to be wasting your time.
Now you’re going to be taking your game to field. If you haven’t joined a social network you’ll need to. The two top picks are Facebook and Myspace. After you have set-up a profile that gives enough details to offer other members an insight to who you are and what makes you tick (not too much like your home address or where to find you, for your safety) it’s time to do some exploring.
Take your list of topics and find some interest groups on the network that cover items. Join them and introduce yourself to the community. Offer you opinions in a constructive fashion without offending anyone. Never challenge anyone if you think they are wrong, it never turns well doing that. Share photos of the topic (i.e. if it’s a Corvette group – photos of ‘vettes you admire) so everyone can see you’re true of heart when it comes to the topic. Take time to make as many online “friends” as you can in the group. You’ll find that plenty these folks will have a lot offer in your success in this challenge.
Most social networks have a blog section. Take the time to start writing in the blog. This might feel a little foreign to start out with, but take time to commit you thoughts to writing. Try to keep your postings about the topics you’re identified as your core interest. If you’re uncomfortable writing to much, try just gathering a fews links to stories about those topics and post them with your quick thoughts about the articles. Get your readers in the habit of wanting to jump on your links. Once you get started try to post at least once a day or every other day. You want people to make reading your thoughts a ritual and you do that you’ve got to make writing the posts a ritual for yourself also.
In the next posting we will be looking at ways to bring other social media into your exposure. In the meantime, keep your postings and interaction as active as possible.
