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Fear and social media

6 Nov, 2012 Ramblings Permalink
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Many entrepreneurs fail at leveraging social media properly for one simple reason: They are scared.

They are scared of making mistakes, because they have been led to believe that it is a world with secret rules.

Let me tell you this. Social media IS about people and human interactions.

Social media gives you the ability to tell your story, include others in it, and even change the status quo if you so choose.

Of course, there is this thing called “comfort zone” to take into consideration first…

“If you put yourself in a position where you have to stretch outside your comfort zone, then you are forced to expand your consciousness.” – Les Brown

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About The Author

Cendrine Marrouat is a journalist, blogger, content curator, author, and workshop facilitator located in Canada. She is the founder of two social media blogs: Social Media Slant and Creative Ramblings. On March 6, 2012, she released The Little Big eBook on Blogging: 40 Traffic Generation Tips, a comprehensive resource that provides bloggers of all levels with essential information and precise guidance to attract quality traffic to their blogs. She is currently working on an eBook on social media strategies that should be released before the end of 2013.
  • http://www.simonsezit.com/courses/adobe/learn-adobe-photoshop-cs6-training-tutorials/ abhishek

    Being in a comfort zone makes it difficult to achieve something in any field. One needs to get out of it and specially when you are doing a business, risk is a part of it. Social media presence has become imperative now to make business presence felt.

    • http://www.cendrinemarrouat.com Cendrine Marrouat

      Well said, Abhishek!