I have only one brother, a great guy who lives in the Tampa Bay, Florida area. And regularly reminds me that he lives there in January and February. (Payback for the reminders begins for me in July and continues through August).
My brother does me a huge favor of regularly reading this blog, and quickly points out any grammatical errors he spots. I am truly grateful for Bill's proof-reading, which I use to make updates to my blog entries.
Bill recently told me that the closest he has ever come to using social media is when he reads my blog. No Facebook? Nope, he just sees it as a waste of time reading about what people are eating for dinner, how they hate to do housework when the weather is beautiful outside, and how cute are the last 516 posted pictures of their grandchildren.
OK, so maybe he has a point there. If he was a small business owner and had a Facebook business page like Mark Helgerman has for Trinity Jewelers, he might feel differently about Facebook.
My brother is an awesome, gifted trainer who has worked for Verizon for a number of years. The arbitrary nature of corporations resulted in his being downsized in the recent crazy economy. Bill is currently making his livelihood as a sought after contract trainer, and is doing well in this arena. Despite reading my blog, it took a phone conversation to convince him that LinkedIn is an exceptional tool to promote his experience and professional expertise.
He tells me he's now considering participating in LinkedIn. Let's give this Old Dog a virtual "pat on the head, and scratch behind the ears" for being a "good boy".
If you still haven't embraced the New Tricks of social media, phone me. Please. You may be missing an opportunity.
Thanks for sharing 94 seconds of your day,
Smitty
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