{"id":5805,"date":"2015-01-23T15:39:44","date_gmt":"2015-01-23T15:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thesocialcmo.com\/blog\/?p=5805"},"modified":"2015-01-23T15:39:44","modified_gmt":"2015-01-23T15:39:44","slug":"for-me-twitter-and-new-friends-have-gone-hand-in-hand-from-the-beginning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thesocialcmo.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/for-me-twitter-and-new-friends-have-gone-hand-in-hand-from-the-beginning\/","title":{"rendered":"For Me Twitter and New Friends Have Gone Hand-in-Hand From the Beginning"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pin_images_0\" class=\"cb_pin_images alignnone wp-image-5154 size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tedrubin.com\/?p=5152\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5154 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/tedrubin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Screen-Shot-2014-12-22-at-2.16.10-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2014-12-22 at 2.16.10 PM\" width=\"524\" height=\"372\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Three things are most important for anyone who wants to be successful using Twitter for relationship building:<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>1. Being available as much as possible.<\/p>\n<div class=\"text_exposed_show\">\n<p>2. Constantly producing and curating content to attract those who don\u2019t know you or may feel reluctant to reach out.<\/p>\n<p>3. Being genuine, authentic and open to conversation.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, it takes commitment. You have to make yourself available for interaction, and you need to have a good content plan for sharing. But if you have a strategy for taking care of both of those, and a little discipline, you\u2019ll be successful.<\/p>\n<p>I love the Twitter platform because it\u2019s fast, it\u2019s easy, and it fits into my busy schedule. I\u2019m a single dad on the go\u2014constantly traveling for business and spending as much time as I can with my two teenage daughters. So I\u2019m always looking for ways to connect and stay connected easily with my personal and professional network\u2026 and in a way that scales.<\/p>\n<p>For me Twitter allows so many to not only interact and engage with you but also for the lurkers (who are the vast majority) to do so vicariously through your engagement with others.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Relationships are like muscle tissue; the more they are engaged, the stronger and more valuable they become.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>So\u2026 welcome to the \u2018Age of Influence,\u2019 where anyone can build an audience and effect change, advocate brands, build relationships at scale\u2026 and make a difference in the lives of others.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"_58cn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/ronr?source=feed_text&amp;story_id=10152682774213401\"><span class=\"_58cl\">\u202a#\u200e<\/span><span class=\"_58cm\">RonR\u202c<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<a class=\"_58cn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/keynotespeaker?source=feed_text&amp;story_id=10152682774213401\"><span class=\"_58cl\">\u202a#\u200e<\/span><span class=\"_58cm\">KeynoteSpeaker\u202c<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Previously posted at <a href=\"http:\/\/tedrubin.com\/for-me-twitter-and-new-friends-have-gone-hand-in-hand-from-the-beginning\/\">TedRubin.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three things are most important for anyone who wants to be successful using Twitter for relationship building:<\/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":[1370,1953,1899],"class_list":["post-5805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tedrubin","tag-ronr","tag-keynotespeaker","tag-tedrubin-3"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thesocialcmo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5805","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=5805"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thesocialcmo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5805\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5806,"href":"https:\/\/www.thesocialcmo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5805\/revisions\/5806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thesocialcmo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thesocialcmo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thesocialcmo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}