Comments on: Involvement needs to come from yourself.

By: Karin Castens

Karin Castens — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:06:17 +0000

Very true indeed.
I see a lot of tweets and Facebook updates and think “what do I care?”
That has made me very weary of posting anything. When I post, I want to add something that I imagine others would actually find interesting. Not just “I uploaded a new piece in my shop”. Might be interesting to some, but definately not to all. So how do you find out what might be interesting? By getting involved.
However:
The hard part is finding the time to get involved in the first place.
I suppose that is where you earn you cornflakes and sugar?

By: Henriette

Henriette — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:12:57 +0000

Hi Jesper – I involve myself in others first. Always have – always will =). you ?

By: Jesper Åström

Jesper Åström — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:26:11 +0000

Just curious to know. Which of the two scenarios above do you feel you are embodying through this blog?

By: Smurftips — Doktor Spinn

Smurftips — Doktor Spinn — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:23:05 +0000

[...] Involvement needs to come from yourself.“This closeness with your network means that you can’t use it for business as usual. You can’t be not-personal and noisy. You have to proactively involve yourself in your network, before the people in your network will involve themselves in you, your brand and your activities. You need to earn every one of your facebook page fans or twitter followers – you need to involve yourself in them and be proactive about it. In that exact way you create the involvement that is oh-my-so-hawt-right-now. They will follow and involve themselves because you are a company that cares and provide value for them by facilitating their interest and keep on showing them to the rest of your network.” [...]