{"id":4240,"date":"2012-08-08T15:32:48","date_gmt":"2012-08-08T15:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thesocialcmo.com\/blog\/?p=4240"},"modified":"2012-08-08T15:32:48","modified_gmt":"2012-08-08T15:32:48","slug":"be-good-to-people-and-just-be-nice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thesocialcmo.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/be-good-to-people-and-just-be-nice\/","title":{"rendered":"Be Good To People and Just Be Nice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesocialcmo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4241 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesocialcmo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"207\" \/><\/a>I am a big believer that doing good, and just being nice to people, begets good treatment in return (part of that \u201cReturn\u201d on Relationship)\u2026 for the most part. Therefore there is a return, just not necessarily from a particular act or specific relationship. I am not referring to this in a spiritual or cosmic sense. What I mean is that by building a reputation for putting yourself out (whether as an individual or a brand), doing good for others without expectation of something directly in return from that person, and generally being nice\u00a0will most definitely add to your life in so many ways. People will notice, talk about it, spread the word, and in general most will treat you better, do for you, and watch your back because of the way you treat people.<\/p>\n<p>This is not just a theory, but something I have put into practice personally and professionally. I make it a part of my daily life, try to help brands to understand, and have had a great deal of personal success and fulfillment in this respect.\u00a0And yes, this is a basic tenant of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tedrubin.com\/12-most-important-ways-to-build-relationships-and-get-ror-twitter-hashtag-ronr\/\">Return on\u00a0Relationship\u2122<\/a>\u00a0\u2026simply put the value that is accrued by a person or brand due to nurturing relationships. ROI is the specific measurable, $\u2019s and cents value, ROR is the value (both perceived and real) that will accrue over time through loyalty, recommendations, sharing and trust. A \u201cBrand\u201d is what a business\/person does, and a \u201cReputation\u201d is what people remember.<\/p>\n<p><em>Be Good To People and Just Be Nice<\/em>\u2026 for no apparent reason other than it makes the world a better place, makes you feel good, and will benefit you in the long run. Shoot me\u2026 I am altruistic\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tedrubin.com\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/icon_smile.gif\" alt=\":-)\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u201cPeople will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.\u201d ~Maya Angelou<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Originally posted at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tedrubin.com\/be-good-to-people-and-just-be-nice\/\">TedRubin.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am a big believer that doing good, and just being nice to people, begets good treatment in return (part of that \u201cReturn\u201d on Relationship)\u2026 for the most part. Therefore there is a return, just not necessarily from a particular act or specific relationship. I am not referring to this in a spiritual or cosmic &#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thesocialcmo.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/be-good-to-people-and-just-be-nice\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1458,1695,1184,1696,1697,358,480,1691,3],"class_list":["post-4240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tedrubin","tag-tedrubin-2","tag-be-good-to-people","tag-collective-bias","tag-dad","tag-divorced-dad","tag-relationships","tag-return-on-relationship","tag-shopper-marketing","tag-ted-rubin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thesocialcmo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thesocialcmo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thesocialcmo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thesocialcmo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thesocialcmo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4240"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.thesocialcmo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4240\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4247,"href":"https:\/\/www.thesocialcmo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4240\/revisions\/4247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thesocialcmo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thesocialcmo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thesocialcmo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}