Comments on: Trust Agents 6b: Human Artist

By: Susan K. Stewart

Susan K. Stewart — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:43:42 +0000

I understand the need for the connections. But,really, without a staff to help, how does one make time for all the necessary connections and still find time to work?

I’m a freelancer; I make my own hours. I could easily spend half my day on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter keeping connected. The other half trolling the blogs and commenting. I still have assignments and deadlines, though.

For me the best way to maintain the connections is to rotate during the week. I don’t check Facebook everyday. I don’t read blogs everyday (obviously I didn’t read this until the day after it was posted), and I don’t check Twitter all day.

I do love DMing on Twitter. Some folks contend that reply is better for a long follower list. Is a large following of people you never connect with better than connecting directly?

Speaking of Twitter — I think it’s important to live what you preach. One prominent publisher often Tweets about the customer service through Twitter. This person will often complain when he doesn’t get a response to a Tweet. But, this same person doesn’t respond to direct Tweets concerning products. I’m finding I “listen” less to this person.

By: Graham Brenna

Graham Brenna — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:59:36 +0000

I’m not sure I’m ready to start an excel sheet just to keep track of the people I like. Instead I’ve created a folder in my bookmarks called “Fav Blogs”. I’ve got about 13 in there right now. I’m slowly trying to get better at continuously commenting on them.

As far as connecting with people in different ways… I’m totally for that. I’ve started DMing people instead of @replying lately because I think it’s more personal. I used to reserve facebook for the people I’ve actually shaken hands with but am now slowly opening the floodgates to everyone else. Facebook is a little more personal than Twitter for me.

You know what beats all of it though?! Lunch. Tim and I had the opportunity to have lunch together a week or so before Cultivate and it was great getting to know him a little. (Thanks Tim… I’m buying next time)

I’m trying to move from a ‘techie’ role to a communications role and I’m happy to know Tim. The connection was made through blogging. This works!

By: Everett Bracken

Everett Bracken — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:19:06 +0000

I appreciate the emphasis on maintaining relationship via social media. I love to follow new people, read new blogs, and “stalk” people on facebook, but maintaining all those relationships can take a lot of time. Using facebook birthdays and any other triggers is helpful, but still, that can be time consuming.

I am starting to think that I need to actually set aside time each day just to connect with people on the web. Maybe short 15 minute periods throughout the day. How do you guys manage to connect with all those people?

Paul, I agree with you – keeping a database seems too calculated and unnatural for me. For businesses and ministries, I think it could be done, but I wouldn’t publicize it – it would probably turn people off.

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By: Paul Steinbrueck

Paul Steinbrueck — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:53:21 +0000

The thing from this chapter that keeps banging around in my head is the idea of keeping a database of all the “touches.” On the one hand it sounds like it might help to maintain relationships and keep people from falling through the cracks. On the other hand, it sounds very unnatural and inhuman.

Does anyone do this? Or is anyone considering starting to do this? Just wondering what others’ thoughts on this are.