If you’re looking for, you’ll find hundreds of articles that try to give you a set of steps. “How to do Social Media like an expert”, “10 Steps that Gurus follow in marketing”, “11 things all Successful business owners have in common”. You cannot miss these.
Read them! Read everything that you find interesting for your continuous education. But…
Apply everything you read in your own manner
Don’t follow “ad-literam” these tips or success recipes mainly because they are not for you, in particular. These are general ideas that mostly are created for a general audience. I am not saying that you won’t find valuable content in these type of articles but you have to make a decision what applies to you and what represents you.
For example, I hate hashtags
I understand exactly why they are good, how they would help me in promoting my content (especially in and Instagram or Twitter environment). I’ve tried to use them, but I hate them passionately. I, the person, not I, the brand strategist. For my clients, I strongly put this in the procedures that I conduct (from case to case). But for me, no. I feel like I’m being fake if I type one single hashtag. Of course is stupid and non-sense. Stil, I’ve made my decision that… it is not for me. I think I profoundly dislike the idea that any audience generated by a hashtag is not for me. Who finds me searching content from hashtags? I don’t write for Search Engines, I don’t write for Keywords, and especially I don’t write for Trending Hashtags. Technically, I am wrong. Personally, I don’t give a shit.
