It’s time for salespeople to stop wasting their prospects time. It’s time sales people stop sending out emails and leaving messages asking for just 15 minutes of a prospects time and offering nothing in return.
This Spazz Out was easy, as I had just received one of those irritating email asking for my time.
https://youtu.be/cdtO_tcl-Gs
Stop wasting your prospects time. If you can’t offer something of value for 15 minutes of your prospects time, don’t ask.
Without question, and I’ve said this before, and this is what got me to follow you, your continuing broadcast on Why Your Social Graph Matters is the single most important topic of our age. You’re right: social capital is emerging as both factor and predictor of success — personally and professionally.
Interesting stat today from Hitwise – Social Networks have surpassed Search Engine traffic in New Zealand
So not only is your Social Graph important to your wealth creation but you will also use it to find information as we continue to create more and more data each year (which is growing exponentially)
can you send me the link?
Social Capital removes the friction of information, to your point social media is going to exponentially impact this through access of information
http://weblogs.hitwise.com/alan-long/2009/12/social_networking_and_forums_t.html
Nice post, Jim. I hope you continue beating the social media drum…this is important stuff, and businesses need to start paying attention. Individuals, too. And everyone needs to wake up to the fact that social media isn’t about free advertising…it’s about interaction and conversation.
Nice post – ties in well with the book we’re doing.
that was the inspiration, it came from the research
gotta love the web for info. 🙂
“Social Media has overtaken porn as the #1 activity on the web” when did this happen?
End of last year; http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSSP31943720080916
Crazy isn’t it.
And 95% of statistics are completely made up.
I’ve got to ask where some of these numbers come from.
How about these 2 obviously incongruous statements:-
“45% of Employers use social media to screen or vet potential candidates”
“50% of employers HIRED a candidate BECAUSE of their social presence”
Shouldn’t the numbers at least be the other way round?
Or how about the statement:-
“80% of employers use social media to find candidates”
Seriously, how many people do you know that have been randomly approached on facebook by a company offering them a job?
(That didn’t involve bank transactions with a Nigerian Prince)
Can anyone say 80% of their friends got their current job in such a manner?
And as for the statement:-
“Gen Y will out number baby boomers by 2010”
Thats an absolute load of codswallop. If it were true the governments of the world wouldn’t be worrying about how they’re going to afford pensions/medicaid etc in the next 20 years.
There are so many obviously false statements in this list, I have to doubt the accuracy of all of it.
It has clearly been made up purely to justify the writers own agenda.
Way to keep me honest Marty;
Sources:
45% of employers use Social media to screen of vet potential candidates; Source: Career Builder Survey Aug 19th 2009
50% of employers HIRED a candidate BECAUSE of their social presence: I made a mistake, that should be 18%, I will change now, the 50% was: “Profile provided a good feel for the candidate’s personality and fit” (thanks) Source: same Career Builder Survey
80% of employers use social media to find candidates: Source Jobvite Social Recruitment Survey
Gen Y will outnumber baby boomers by 2010: Rainmaker Thinking Study, and Millenials Conference
I love this…and knowing my Mom, who is over 80 uses facebook and linkedin, hey anyone can do it!
Your Mom rocks!
//keenan