How to improve your social media karma
Over on the Open Forum blog, Rohit Bhargava offers 10 tips on how to make sure getting what we deserve is a good thing. My two favorite tips are:
Forgive mistakes. Most bloggers or others in social media are not journalists and don’t have the time or necessity for checking every fact or argument before making it. This does result in mistakes, and people do screw up. Correcting them without holding a grudge is a big deal. Mistakes are made, people are sorry. If they fixed the error, then get over it.
Show gratitude. Often mentioned as an important factor in connecting with users, showing gratitude for someone interacting with some content you have posted or a comment you have shared, linking to you, or offering some other effort on your behalf is vital. Appreciation makes someone more likely to believe that you think their efforts are significant and as a result, connect more strongly with you and your blog.
See the full post for all 10.
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