How I BUSTED Danny Brown in TIGHTS – or Why You Need to Keep up Your Social Media Relationships
Social media is a funny thing. You may think it’s all in good fun. You may realize that it’s far more important than that. After all, you can make some amazing business contacts through your social media updates, which means money in the bank, right? And the big bucks are why we are all in the game, now aren’t they?
Well, in my latest social media hit-and-run, I just got a great reminder of why I really do social media- it’s all about the relationships. There is just no other way to meet some of the finest, smartest, hardest working, most socially responsible people I’ve ever known than through the technological wonders of social media.
A couple of years back, I got seriously involved in spending regular time on Twitter. I would stop in several times a day and over the course of several months, I got to know some really great individuals. Some of them, like Naomi Dunford at IttyBizand Michael Martine at Remarkablogger, were folks I had followed via their blogs for a while. Others, like Michael Schechter, Gina LaGuardia and, yes indeed, Mr. Danny Brown, I was privileged enough to come to know through the phenom that is Twitter.
Time passed, I got busy, life intervened and somehow I really lost my connection with Twitter. On a few occasions, I still drop in, but it isn’t the same. Once you stop connecting on a day-to-day basis it seems to lose a little of the magic. It seemed to me that the world of “here’s my link” and “buy my thing” was taking over the personal relationships. Rather than try to do my part to make sure Twitter kept its special place in my personal world, I stepped out.
After a while, I decided to give FaceBook a whirl. I must admit, the majority of my networking on FaceBook is purely personal. Family, old friends, high school memories (yeah, they had high school even when I was young) and a terrific connection with a lot of people who mean the world to me. I also hung in there with a few of my old Tweeps- most notably, Danny Brown.
I’ve admired Danny from afar for his work in 12for12k, among other things (like that really cool Scottish accent of his) so I kept up with him. Seems I rarely took time for the banter and fun though that was so much of the reason I enjoyed Twitter. Well, tonight, it was just like the old days. Danny made a comment and Mike Schechter jumped in with that old familiar snark. I couldn’t resist and the next thing I knew, I discovered an old penchant of Mr. Brown’s for wearing tights.
Out of sheer and utter respect for the man, I cannot share more, but I will say this: I remembered the reason I love social media. Yeah, there are great business contacts to be found and you get to know some of your superheroes, but the reason I love social media is this: it’s just plain fun! And the reason not to give it up? The fun is just so much more so when everybody plays! Hat’s off to you, Mr. Brown! You are still my hero!!


