HOW TO GET THE MOST OUT OF FACEBOOK

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Facebook is a conversation.  You post on Facebook just like you are talking with a group of friends.

Yet I find many people don’t get it.

Do you enjoy people who only talk about themselves?  Do you enjoy talking to people who regularly force their religion or politics on you?  How about people who are always trying to sell you something, push their causes, or promote their events?

I promise you do everything in your power to avoid such people.  Yet that is exactly what many of your friends do on line.  Fortunately with Facebook you can hide their posts or “unfriend” them.

Now I’m not saying you shouldn’t do any of the above.  I’m just saying if you do it every day, you are not going to be very well liked.

This is all a matter of balance.  Just like a real conversation.  You talk a little about yourself.  Learn a little about others.  You comment on their lives.  It’s then okay every once in a while to say what you do for a living, discuss some of the causes you support, talk about your life.  But this needs to be a two way conversation.  It can’t be all about you. 

Ask for advice from your Facebook friends.  Seek their opinions.  Tell them jokes.  When you hear about things you think they would be interested in, tell them. 

Read their posts and make a comment.  If they have questions or a problem, try to help.  Strive for balance.  Ask yourself, would this be appropriate in a normal face to face conversation?

Don’t you want people to like you?  To be glad when you come into a room?  Then help others, show interest in them, and be of value to them.

Your goal in social media is to get others to know you, like you, and trust you…just like real life.

This is David Sher, your WeMentor Guy saying it’s not what you know, but whOO you know.