Tribe Builder of the Week: Jim Keenan aka “A Sales Guy” who reminds us that: “At the end of the day everything is sales.” It is so nice when I come across people who are really thinking some cool thinks. This guy really gets it – social media, relationship marketing – and the focus on the bottom line. If you haven…'t “LIKED” Jim Keenan, it probably means that you just haven't found him yet.

Here's to you big Jim. Keep up the good work and keep building your tribe!

Paul has a great blog and some killer ideas. Things are changing,
staying in front of them is a good idea.

So glad I found it from Paul Dunay's slideshare presentation on Facebook marketing.

It makes me want to spend more quality time on social media sites because I now know the long-term value it will bring to me!

Thank you so much.

Your online social graph isn't a short term or current asset. It's a
long-term asset. Like that of your home. How much would value
would you give it if it got you a job 50% faster than if you didn't
have it. To measure the value of your online social graph, add up
every time it created an opportunity that made you money, or saved you
money.

Ask a VC what his/her social graph is worth if it found them one of
their portfolio companies that exited at 50 million. Ask a fledgling
author what their social graph is worth when it helped promote and
sell 250k copies of her first book. Ask the start up band, what their
social graph is worth while they use it to sell 100's of CD's a week
and sell out venues as they tour small clubs around the country. Ask
the HR manager who got the Dir. job at a competitor because of the
impressive posts she had on her blog.

Our lives will go through our social graphs and online presence. How
far you go can and will be measured in cash and opportunity.

I agree, an expanded social network, by itself doesn't define an
individual. The concept is one's online presence in it's total,
including blogs, group participations and other writings combined with
their followers. It won't be acceptable for professionals in the
future not to have some written presence such as a blog, wiki
participation, group participation etc. This will create a living
resume, giving recruiters and employers insight into the talent and
capabilities of candidates.

to your point technology and healthcare talent will be evaluated by
their participation in groups, by blogs, etc. To compete we will need
to express ourselves online to demonstrate our capabilities, similar
to professors today.

think of an online presence being all encompassing. Providing
insight via, ones bog, followers on Twitter, Contacts on Linkedin,
Friends on Facebook, comments on blogs, (care of disqus), and
participation in groups. etc.

Thanks for the insightful comment.

A well construed introspection on matters of future opportunities requires an equivalent statement. Thanks for triggering the thought!!