I was inspired today by a visit from a Twitter Fairy (you know who you are — and thank you).
Many of us grow up to believe, even from a very young age, that money equals power, and thus powerful people are wealthy. Possibly true in a lot of situations. But lately, a little blue bird has given that theory a run for its money.
Consider the impact that powerful people have — they pioneer trends, influence decision making, lead philanthropic efforts and become role models for the next generation. None of these efforts require wealth. They require a large, captive audience.
Social networks, like Twitter, have given everyone the opportunity to create and build large, captive audiences — thus becoming powerful. You don’t need to be a politician, the CEO of a large corporation or a celebrity to build a significant amount of followers. You need to be interesting, honest, creative, engaging, generous, polite and committed.
If you’ve been successful at acquiring a large audience with Twitter (or any other social network), I encourage you to use your power to:
- educate
- help
- share
- lead
- inspire
- create laughter
Recognize the new opportunities for influencing your audience in a positive way, and take advantage of them. Pretty powerful, eh?
Yes. Well said! The beauty of Social Media is availability to everyone. Since, like evolution theory, fittest will be survive in this challenge, I reckon.
Most importantly, sharing is considered as caring, no matter what stage people live or stay, the fact people share and care matters! You’ve enlisted the key elements of social media interactive slogan like lead, inspire and etc. Best of luck!
Best smile,
Tharique Azeez
http://twitter.com/enathu
Wonderful!