The Most Important Piece of Online Marketing Advice I Will Ever Give You.
There are only a few hard and fast rules in marketing (from my point of view, at least).
- Consider your ideal client. All the time. Constantly review and tailor your efforts to meet their needs and wants.
- Remember that time is a commodity, just like money. Spend it carefully.
Those are priorities for me. Other marketers may have different ones. But neither are The Most Important Piece of Online Marketing Advice I Will Ever Give You.
Here it comes
Stay off social media when you are seriously grumpy.
It's tempting to scroll through the Facebook or Twitter or G+ in a futile attempt to be entertained out of your funk. But don't. Just don't.
Everything you share that you think is funny may not actually be so.
Every punny or witty comment you leave probably isn't.
Every heart-tugging image with a quote on it will only be amplified to the point of inducing tears or just incredibly annoying, tossing you into a deeper pit of grump.
You'll read every word with the wrong (pissy) tone infused in it and you'll respond inappropriately.
Worse yet, you'll make vague-posts that allude to your grumpyness and well, c'mon. Do you really want to be THAT person? Ick.
Stay off social media when you are seriously grumpy. Trust me.
What to do instead?
Create a new Pandora station full of excessively grumpy songs. (I usually start with anything by Jane Olivor.)
Get some cake.
Help someone.
Brush your My Little Pony's hair.
Email me and I'll send you pictures of dancing cats.
But stay off social media when you are seriously grumpy.
You're welcome.
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GREAT advice. I also stay off of there when I am Sleepy or Dopey. It seems to work when I am Happy or Doc. It doesn’t seem to matter when I’m Sneezy or Bashful. I digress.
I’ve had nights when I wake at 3am to go delete a post when I was too tired or tipsy to be on social media. Lost a client over writing something that I was just too fuzzy-headed to properly edit.
I’ll be e-mailing you regularly, then.
But yeah. Posting things that you regret hours later is never fun, in the long run. Especially when you know better.
Friends don’t let friends make drunken facebook posts…
Great suggestion!! Let’s go further. If this involves business, contacting clients, other professionals, etc., do not text, email, or call if you are feeling grumpy! Get past that and when you are able to see the whole picture, then proceed. This doesn’t mean that all your messages have to be happy but when you are clear on what you want to say, then “speak” clearly so that the other person can “hear” what you are saying.
Your suggestion also reminds me not to go food shopping when I’m hungry!
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It’s now entered into the running for This Month’s Award…..
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