Uncomfortable Blogging
A few minutes ago as I was reading a post by Rob McNealy on Twitter Policy and Philosophy and I was making a comment about my usage of social media for my marketing I had to admit just how uncomfortable it all is for me.
When I was a teen we moved as a family between the east coast and the west coast, I went to a different school after each move. Somewhere along the line I decided that not getting to know anyone was the best course for me. I would be a loner and have held on to that my whole life. I have a small group of friends and a smaller number of very close friends. It has worked to a point in my life yet…
I always have had this passion for being a contribution, to being someone who had a positive impact, who raised the quality of life of the lives of people I interacted with.
My plans, dreams, thoughts have been around this theme in my life. Books I want to write, programs to put in place, people who need to be connected together. All of it has been because I want to help.
And then I come up against “I am a loner” remember.
One thing blogging gives me is a way to say what I want to say, market it and hope it lands where it can be of value. That what I say in some way causes someones life/business to move in a forward direction.
And I have had this dream of being a successful on line marketer who makes his living from actions taken on the net. I have failed miserably at that over and over. I have put in the activity and missed on the productivity. Yet I still have this dream and now..
Blogging is here for me finally. Blogging gives me a voice in the world, it gives me a way to say what I want to say in an effort to reach the people who are looking for what my words mean in their life to them. So they can determine the value and choose.
Yet because of the “Loner” name tag I wear it is uncomfortable for me to blog, to utilize social media to get business. I am torn between this and by my personal need and desire to be of service to others. To be in their lives and make a difference. To provide access to transformation. And my rule I set down for myself years ago.
Coming up for air now and even in writing this I am driven to write in the best way I know how to add value to your life, to let my passion win over my way of life as a loner. To be uncomfortable and just do it.
@Mark_Ayers
It becomes more of an acceptable form these days Mark, only just a few years ago people on the net were not so open and communicative, the last few years has really seen the social side to the net evolving and fast too.
As for adding value, this is the very topic that helps drive things, may seem daunting but persistence is key
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