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December 29, 2008

Social Media for Beginners — All You Need to Know

ME Liz Strauss wrote this at 10:06 pm

Enter and sign in please …

The message said:
thanks! didn’t know there was
so much to blogging …

And I thought another one.

I wrote back:
yeah, writing is
just the vehicle.

All The Words You Need

It’s not

what you see is what you get; it’s what you get is what you see.

All the words you need won’t be found in all the words I’ve written about it.

They come from an ordinary conversation with a friend two years ago …


The whole thing changes when the world becomes your community.


–ME “Liz” Strauss
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24 Comments to “Social Media for Beginners — All You Need to Know”

  1. December 29th, 2008 at 10:12 pm
    Amy said

    That should be a t-shirt:

    “Everything changes when the world becomes your community.”

    Yeah!

    Sometimes ya gotta live it.

    Thanks for being one of the three — or so — people I know who does. :-)

  2. December 29th, 2008 at 10:15 pm
    ME Liz Strauss said

    Thank you for being one of the others who do. :)

  3. December 29th, 2008 at 10:17 pm
    Barry Moltz said

    Glad I am following you!

  4. December 29th, 2008 at 10:21 pm
    ME Liz Strauss said

    Barry,
    I’m delighted that you’re around so much now!

  5. December 29th, 2008 at 10:21 pm
    Barbara Swafford - Blogging Without A Blog said

    Hi Liz - Your final words nail it. For a blogger, community changes the whole scope of things. After that, it’s never the same. Don’t you love it?

  6. December 29th, 2008 at 10:29 pm
    ME Liz Strauss said

    Yeah, Barbara,
    That’s when you know you’re a blogger. When you understand it’s about community. ;)

  7. December 29th, 2008 at 11:26 pm
    Lucretia Pruitt said

    If it’s not about the people & your community, what is it about? If your community is the world…

    Brilliantly concise and to the point, as always.

    (((hug)))

  8. December 30th, 2008 at 7:24 am
    ME Liz Strauss said

    Lucretia,
    I swear, if you were the only one who heard, I would know someone understood what I was saying. What a gift you are. :)

  9. December 30th, 2008 at 7:24 am
    leslie said

    Is the title of the article supposed to be a link when it only links back to itself? Nielsen would not approve.

  10. December 30th, 2008 at 7:27 am
    DaveMurr said

    Regardless if you are a beginner or blogger black belt - this is an excellent message and reminder!

    Thank you Liz!

  11. December 30th, 2008 at 7:29 am
    Pierre Fregeau said

    Thank you for reminding us that’s it’s not about us. It’s about helping the community getting better so that each member of the community will be better.

  12. December 30th, 2008 at 7:32 am
    ME Liz Strauss said

    Hi Dave,
    You and I are a great example! We hardly met once. Then we met again on the phone. Now were part of the same community who meets every day. :)

  13. December 30th, 2008 at 7:33 am
    ME Liz Strauss said

    Hi Pierre,
    Welcome and thank you for caring with your head and your heart. The social sphere needs people like you.

    You’re not a stranger anymore.

  14. December 30th, 2008 at 7:36 am
    Todd Jordan said

    Short and beautiful. :)

    So enriching to have a large community of friends, followers, and geeks.

    Liz, you’re at the top of my list. :)

  15. December 30th, 2008 at 7:46 am
    @hdbbstephen said

    Getting right to the essence of “the whole thing” once again, Liz. I have been wrestling with the potential of this for almost two weeks now, as I look back over what I have done since I started blogging 2 years ago.
    It’s like the Observer Effect [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observer_effect_(physics) ] applies to conversation/community too: Simply by writing/talking about it changes it.
    Hmmm, back to the drawing board…

  16. December 30th, 2008 at 7:49 am
    Tony Logue said

    Great thought. We are new to the concept of blogging and it’s good to watch a pro at work.

    Tony Logue

  17. December 30th, 2008 at 8:11 am
    Richard Reeve said

    I knew this shift happened when everyone started to matter, regardless of station in life or personality.

    (P.S. As a country, we have a great deal of work to do in this regard, and the rest of the world knows it.)

  18. December 30th, 2008 at 8:48 am
    Joel Libava said

    Liz,
    Thank you for your post.
    Can you please just keep it simple, next time/

    Happy New Year!

    Joel Libava

  19. December 30th, 2008 at 9:52 am
    ME Liz Strauss said

    Hi Todd
    Yeah, a community of all minds, all around the world. :)

  20. December 30th, 2008 at 9:52 am
    ME Liz Strauss said

    Richard,
    You see so much. That’s why we need you watching. :)

  21. December 30th, 2008 at 11:36 am
    ME Liz Strauss said

    Hi Joel!
    I’ll try not be so wordy. :)

  22. December 30th, 2008 at 1:43 pm
    Joel Libava said

    Liz, Thank you. You are highly recommended everywhere I go, ionline and offline, by the way.
    So…are we following each other on Twitter?

    @FranchiseKing

    Happy New Year!
    Joel and family

  23. December 31st, 2008 at 6:09 pm
    wyche said

    Community is key. No successful blogger can make it with out a little help.

    Happy New Year!

  24. January 1st, 2009 at 7:20 am
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