Complaining is negative energy and the enemy of greatness.
If pondering whether something is appropriate to post online, ask yourself: Would I tell this to a large group of people in-person? If the answer is “no” or “maybe not,” do not post it.
It’s important to be socially active, engaged and connected with powerful tools like LinkedIn. These tools can be used in a myriad of ways to benefit you both personally and professionally.
Fail Fast: break items into small chunks which allows for more experimentation, leading to more chances for success Fail Forward: learn from what didn’t work, but continue toward what will work Fail Better: the best way to increase our amount of learning is to increase our amount of failure.
A British Institute of Psychiatry study revealed that reading digital messages while performing another creative task decreases your IQ in the moment by 10 points. This decrease is the same as not sleeping for 36 hours – more than twice the impact of smoking marijuana.
We don’t have a choice on whether we DO social media, the question is how well we do it.
With the growing reliance on social media, we no longer search for news, or the products and services we wish to buy. Instead they are being pushed to us by friends, acquaintances and business colleagues.
The beauty of social media is that it will point out your company’s flaws; the key questions is how quickly you address these flaws.
The ROI of social media is that your business will still exist in 5 years.
Successful companies in social media function more like entertainment companies, publishers, or party planners than as traditional advertisers.
Social Media isn’t a fad, it’s a fundamental shift in the way we communicate.
The power of social media is it forces necessary change.
The easier things are to buy, the more we consume.