A great friend of mine mentioned that all my social media stuff was great, but that he was frustrated because a lot of his constituency wasn’t particularly connected to the Net, and didn’t really use computers too often. It came to me pretty quickly that computers really aren’t a hard and fast requirement for attempting to get the same results I often preach about. In fact, it kind of opened my own eyes, too.
Social Networking Online to Off
Online: Status message like in Twitter or Facebook.
Offline: Quick phone call to see if someone’s going to be at an event.
Online: Blog post.
Offline: Letter or newsletter.
Online: Friending.
Offline: Meeting new people at networking events.
Social Media Online to Off
Online: Flickr.
Offline: Mail some photos to people.
Online: Podcasts.
Offline: Mail them a CD.
You Get the Point
Essentially, you can do most of what you do online in the offline setting. It just takes a little longer and is a little less convenient. And yet, the MOTIVATION behind what we do in the social networking space can be carried forth, and probably would help us a bit.
Agree? Silly? What’s your take?
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