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The Real Value Of My Network(s)

The Real Value Of My Network(s)

beBeeI’ve been thinking about the value of networks, specifically the ones I have on LinkedIn, Facebook and beBee. Actually, I have two networks there. One is part of the other.

The Larger Network

There’s the larger network of about 4200 people, all tolled, with whom I am linked, And the much smaller network of people I actually have a two-way relationship with.
In essence, this it what it boils down to for anyone in any social media environment. It’s kind of a twist on my 80/20 Differential. Larger Network: 80%. Small Network: 20%. Or something close to that.

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This is something I have yet to figure out. Every day I get three or four link requests from people on LinkedIn. I generally don’t make requests myself, except for the odd time when I find someone that I feel compelled to link with. Mostly because they appear to be interesting and literate.
So I ask myself why these people link to me, but then don’t make any
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But I know they’re there…somewhere. It’s kinda spooky. But basically, it’s just a big question mark.

The Smaller Network

This post is really all about the 20%, or whatever your smaller percentage might be.
These are the people with whom you interact. The people who post interesting or provocative articles. The people who make it clear that they are seeking engagement. The people who will comment on your posts. Forward your posts. Be active in some of the same groups or hives as you. All that good old social media stuff.

Jim Murray, Strategist, Writer & beBee Brand Ambassador I work with small to mid-sized businesses, designers, art/creative directors & consultants to create results driven, strategically focused communication in all on & offline medio | om also @ communications mentor, lyricist & prolific op/ed blogger Your Story Well Told mail.com | Skype:
In short, these are your peeps. And there aren’t many of them. But then maybe there aren’t supposed to be.
The peeps in my network are mainly writers first or good writers if they are not writers first. This is pretty much how we came together.
You could argue that just about everybody who is active on LinkedIn is a writer. But that would not be true. Paul "Pablo" Croubalian has calculated that way less than 1% of all active members of LinkedIn are contributing writers.
I’m sure that breaks down more or less the same for beBee.
I’m not sure what the rest are, and except for a relative few, I’m not sure I even care. Because they are not my peeps. They may be somebody else’s but they’re not mine.

The Real Value Of My Small Network

OK, so this is going to be a little different for everyone, but for me, it’s being able to feel the passion these people have for their work and their lives and the willingness they display to participate, engage and even help each other.
This expresses itself in a number of ways, some of which I have already mentioned. But it also expresses itself in the development of genuine one-to-one and often 3-D associations.

Take Phil Friedman And Myself.

Phil Friedman, like me, is a professional writer. He writes for the boating industry. He also project manages the building of boats. He knows a hell of a lot about boats.
But he is way more than that. He is someone who values his network, and over the past couple of years I have become one of his peeps and he one of mine.

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One day, about two years ago now, Phil suggested that we write something together, based on the hard core reality that we are both Alpha types and have strong opinions about things.
I didn’t even think about it and neither did Phil after he suggested it. We just started writing it.
I designed a corny looking masthead for it. And we decided that we would alternate in coming up with a topic to discuss. That person would create the premise and it would flow from there. That person would also publish first and the other person would publish the same column, more or less, two days later.
Well, last week we published the 27th issue of this column called “He Said He Said”.
Bang zoom. Just like that. An association from my small network of peeps turns into an idea that has been, for the most part, very well received with a high degree of engagement and which has given us a great deal of personal and professional satisfaction.
And for me, it really doesn’t get any better than that.
This is the value of the small network. Granted it’s an extreme form of support because not everybody has the capability to pull something like this off. But Phil and I do, so we do it.
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Another thing I came up with, actually inspired by several other people who were doing sort of the same thing, is a weekly column where I list, in no particular order, the posts I read that week that I really thought were worth sharing.
It started as a weekly Top 6, then became a Top 7 and then got reduced to a top 5. I did this for about 6 months and it was fun.
It was also very well received and the people I featured were getting a little more well-deserved exposure than they would otherwise. And right now, as we all know, every little bit helps.
I’m thinking about doing it again this summer, but have a few business things to deal with first.

Why Do I Do This Stuff?

Well first of all, because I am a writer, I can do it. I have the horses, so to speak.
I do these things because I really value my smaller network, and they, with their support, value me.
I also do these things because, every week, I bring a few more people from the larger passive sector of my network into the smaller active sector.

Is It Worth It?

Sure it is. Anything you do for your network is worth the effort.
I try to make my posts useful in one way or another. I don’t always succeed. Sometimes I just bitch and complain. But then that’s just the way it goes, isn’t it?

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But mainly I do all this because it’s a responsibility I have here. If my network is to stay strong and hopefully grow, then I have to help it along. And these are the best ideas I’ve had so far.
In a way, it’s a responsibility we all have to each other. And everybody keeps up that responsibility in different ways. There’s no such thing as a small contribution because every contribution adds to the value of the network in some way or other.
That’s how it works. Well at least for me. And I would hazard a guess that it works that way for you too.
So I would like to thank all the people in my smaller network. They know who they are because they are the ones who have read this far and will probably have something to say about this piece.
So thanks, kiddies. You may be my 'small' network, but I love you all bigly.

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Comments

Milos Djukic

6 years ago #55

#68
Phil Friedman, I have expressed my views loud and clear, just as you. Thank you for interesting discussion. I highly respect true values and everyone's opinion in SM and the pinnacle of that approach for me are people. Till next time, Cheers my friends, all of you.

Phil Friedman

6 years ago #54

#64
It is true, Milos, that, as you say, " But we are all marketers on SM, more or less." However, a characteristic which defines, in part, Affiliate Marketing as a technique is that Affiliate Marketers often present themselves as simply expressing independent third-party opinions and recommendations, while failing to disclose that they have a relationship with the product, service, or brand they are recommending and endorsing, which relationship involves receiving monetary or other valuable consideration, or the promise of such in future, in exchange for their activities on behalf of the product, service, or brand involved. That, by the way, is why the U.S. Federal Trade Commission rules require disclosure of such relationship in cases where it is not normally assumed or otherwise evident. Celebrity Endorsements do not require such disclosure under the regulations because everyone already assumes that celebrities are being paid for their endorsements. And I personally believe that someone like Jim Murray would not, if he were operating in the U.S., run afoul of the regulations because he openly refers to himself as a marketing writer and, in the case of, say, beBee, as a marketing "spokesman". So everyone reading understands the context. It is the frequent lack of transparency in Affiliate Marketing that is of concern. If you do not see the difference by now, I don't think you and I will get anywhere in further discussion. Continued... Pt II

Phil Friedman

6 years ago #53

Milos -- Pt II There are those, for example, who fall within the category of Affiliate Marketers for beBee, who not only do not recognize their position, but actively deny it. Why they do so is beyond me, unless they are somehow uncomfortable with the fact that they are parties to a bilateral agreement for them to perform certain specifically delineated services in exchange for promised future monetary consideration. Of course, if they are, it is a simple matter to state publicly that they will not now or in future accept any monetary or other valuable consideration in exchange for their activities promoting beBee. Otherwise, it is what it is, namely, Affiliate Marketing. This entire issue arose because of an observation I made about the activities of beBee Brand Ambassadors potentially distorting the stats on Engagement. As evidenced by the fact that the vast majority of the comments on Producer posts appear to come from the same 150 to 200 people, most of whom are beBee Brand Ambassadors. https://www.bebee.com/producer/@friedman-phil/busting-myths-about-view-counts-and-other-engagement-metrics If you disagree with that observation, feel free to present statistics to counter that observation. Of at least, feel free to challenge me to support it. Cheers!

Phil Friedman

6 years ago #52

Just keeping you on your toes, Jim. Cheers! #66

Jim Murray

6 years ago #51

#61
Well that explains a lot Phil Friedman. I was beginning to wonder if someone neglected to send me the Affinity Marketing memo.

Louise Smith

6 years ago #50

#50
I really like these post where there is discussion from different view points back and forth. It's hard to find that f2f these days. Also I always learn a lot!

Milos Djukic

6 years ago #49

#63
This article is from my point of view a very self-similar article. @Jim Murray is a rare fractal bird - "a person who is much more than a marketer". Marketing has to be balanced and a meaningful at the same time. We are all tired of untargeted corporate commercials, a pompous self-marketing, and advertisements in accordance with the latest "ingenious" marketing concepts. But we are all marketers on SM, more or less. People are not numbers or marketing performance metrics and measurement.

Phil Friedman

6 years ago #48

#60
what you say about this article is true. And it is not Affiliate Marketing, which involves endorsing or recommending a product, service, or brand. Which Jim Murray does at times for beBee -- and very well because Jim is , among other things, a professional marketing writer who I am certain sees nothing wrong in doing marketing for beBee via his great memes and other testimonials. I also doubt the Jim would try to pose as someone who engages in social media activity SOLELY for the general good, and without seeking any personal benefit. But it's probably better to let Jim speak for himself on that. Cheers!

Milos Djukic

6 years ago #47

#61
Phil, Everything' is just fine. Thanks. Have a great evening, my friend.

Phil Friedman

6 years ago #46

#57
Milos, the term Affinity Marketer popped up inadvertently. Either I mistyped it or I misspelled "Affiliate" and the autocorrector changed it to "Affinity". All of my remarks refer to Affiliate Marketing and Affiliate Marketers. I am sorry for the confusion.

Milos Djukic

6 years ago #45

Jim Murray, please accept my apology again, but it seems to me that I had to steal a little space within this great article: "The Real Value Of My Network(s)" by Jim Murray (a person who is much more than a marketer). Thanks in advance, my friend.

Milos Djukic

6 years ago #44

#53
#56 #56 - Response (Part 3) - A big difference between these two terms: AFFILIATE marketing and AFFINITY marketing. Phil Friedman, AFFILIATE marketing and AFFINITY marketing are not the same. There is a big difference between these two terms - concepts of marketing: “AFFILIATE marketing is a type of performance-based marketing in which a business rewards one or more affiliates for each visitor or customer brought by the affiliate's own marketing efforts.... Eighty percent of affiliate programs today use revenue sharing or pay per sale (PPS) as a compensation method, nineteen percent use cost per action (CPA), and the remaining programs use other methods such as cost per click (CPC) or cost per mille (CPM, cost per estimated 1000 views).” - from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affiliate_marketing “AFFINITY marketing is a concept that consists of a partnership between a company and an organization that gathers persons sharing the same interests (known as an affinity group) to bring a vaster consumer base to the opposite party... They defined the word Affinity as "an individual level of cohesiveness, social bonding, identification and conformity to the norms and standards of a particular reference group" whereas marketing is described to be the "expectation of benefit for the individual satisfying consumer wants and needs. Affinity groups in which people recognize themselves may be a charitable organization, a football team, the enterprise they work for, a specific company, an organization they belong to... ” - from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affinity_marketing For the record, some of our best friends (like @Jim Murray) are beBee AFFINITY Marketers and it is not the same as beBee AFFILIATE Marketers. Seriously. Best Regards, Milos

Milos Djukic

6 years ago #43

#53
#56 #56 - Response (Part 2) - Previous discussion about AFFILIATE marketing and marketers Phil Friedman, We only discuss about AFFILIATE marketing and marketers: #26 “You are welcome nd. Maybe this is just an AFFILIATE marketing. Just guess :)” - M.Dj. #30 “What makes one an AFFILIATE Marketer is accepting monetary or other consideration,or the promise of future monetary or other consideration, in exchange for the performance of duties which one is not by law required to perform.” – P.F. #31 “I did not say that "He Said He Said" is an instance of AFFILIATE marketing.” – M.Dj. #32 “I think part of our difference here is that I do not see the term " AFFILIATE Marketer" as pejorative.” - P.F. #33 “AFFILIATES are fair weather friends. Like I said before, friendship remains, promotion not.” – M.Dj. #35 “If the active participation of readers in the discussion or sharing of content are labeled as a AFFILIATE marketing activity of a curious participant then there is no real trust between participants, which is one of the required prerequisite for realization of not only friendship, but also for healthy business relationships.” – M.Dj. #40 “I doubt, for example, that Jim Murray would object to being described as a "Marketer" or even as an " AFFILIATE Marketer". Because that is what he does -- and damned well, at that.” - P.F. #41"Anyway, my remarks in several posts about beBee's corps of AFFILIATE Marketers refer to a designated group of beBee users who have been promised future monetary consideration (share of equity) if and when beBee is successful, in exchange for performing a list of tasks having to do with the marketing and promotion of beBee." - P.F.

Milos Djukic

6 years ago #42

#53
#56 #56 - Response (Part 1) - About misconstruction and the blurring of truth Phil Friedman, I would ask you not to make a mess with the linguistic terms and also not to change words and terms that were used in this discussion. In order to explain, I will emphasized terms that were used with big letters. Prior to your comment #53, the term AFFINITY Marketer or AFFINITY marketing were never mentioned in this discussion. Please check #53 #56 #56 - Response (Part 2) as an evidence . Therefore, your statement: “#52 once again, Milos, the application of the term AFFINITY marketer, does not involve a judgment unless one presupposes that a pejorative connotation attaches to the term -- which you seem to do.” – P.F., is misconstruction and the blurring of truth. I have not discussed with you about the application of the term AFFINITY marketer, but about a completely different term: AFFILIATE marketer. Our views differ regarding the usage of a completely different linguistic terms: AFFILIATE marketer or AFFILIATE marketing and not regarding the usage of AFFINITY marketing or AFFINITY marketing terms, which were not mentioned before your comment #52. Please check #53 #56 #56 - Response (Part 3) for the difference between these two terms: AFFILIATE marketing and AFFINITY marketing . #53 #56 #56 - Response (Part 2) - Previous discussion about AFFILIATE marketing and marketers #53 #56 #56 - Response (Part 3) - A big difference between these two terms: AFFILIATE marketing and AFFINITY marketing.

Jim Murray

6 years ago #41

#52
Thanks Milos Djukic. I am not at all sure what an affinity marketer actually is. In point of fact I think of the stuff I do for beBee, either the memes or the long format posts, as nothing more or less than promotion. Being in communications, I have a different and fairly verticalized view of the term marketing. It's misused a lot. But I have honestly never seen the word affinity attached to it. So if I were you, I would trademark the term and put it on the market. Somebody will jump on it for sure. FYI Phil Friedman, CSP (Comment Stream Pirate) :)

Jim Murray

6 years ago #40

#51
Thanks Peter Altschuler...the 80/20 differential is precisely that. The key word is 'differential'. The numbers are inconsequental and pertain only to the person who is doing the counting, if they are counting at all. They may only be looking for a trend.

Phil Friedman

6 years ago #39

#52
Milos-- P.S. -- For the record, some of my best friends (like Jim Murray) are beBee Affinity Marketers. Seriously. Cheers!

Phil Friedman

6 years ago #38

#52
once again, Milos, the application of the term Affinity Marketer, does not involve a judgment unless one presupposes that a pejorative connotation attaches to the term -- which you seem to do. Cheers!

Milos Djukic

6 years ago #37

#40
Phil, it was not about me. Some people do not speak only for personal benefit. Please continue to make judgment about my reflections, but not about actions of unnamed people (a designated group of beBee users). Cheers my friend and have a great evening.

Jim Murray

6 years ago #36

#46
Thanks for that comment Louise Smith. I'm having it bronzed,

Louise Smith

6 years ago #35

#47
Thanks for clarifying this.

Phil Friedman

6 years ago #34

#45
Louis, FYI, although Internet Loans Sharking is outrageous, it is NOT a joke. I actually have a relative who provides legal counsel for a major Internet loan operation. Generally, the loans are small, under $1,000. If you don't pay up, they will NOT come to break your legs, indeed they won't even sue you. But they will harass you incessantly. The way they are able to do such loans is that the interest rates they charge (as much as 300% APR) make it so profitable on the loans they do collect on, they can afford to have a high rate of loss on the others. But whether or not they send an goons after you, it is still loan sharking and is being fought out in state courts across the U.S. Cheers!

Louise Smith

6 years ago #33

Hi Javier \ud83d\udc1d beBee this is ANOTHER one of the best buzzes of all time !

Louise Smith

6 years ago #32

#39
I thought it was a joke?

Louise Smith

6 years ago #31

#24
Yes They've got TALENT !

Louise Smith

6 years ago #30

#8
Not everyone can write. I can't do Maths. People who can write are scared to try in public. They fear ridicule, rejection and failure and are "stuck". Ridicule which is what you guys play with all the time (on purpose) not the latter. People who can write are also scared to write in case it conflicts with their workplace's views or compromises them in some way. That's what I like about being self employed ! So to write and post in public - it's taking a risk. So seems like 99% of the population are not that brave !

Louise Smith

6 years ago #29

#1
"beBee has been the first platform where I've been motivated to actually meet with other writers and bloggers, and have shared a cuppa coffee" That's so nice ! It's the same for me. Ken Boddie that inspired me to arrange it ! Thank you !

Phil Friedman

6 years ago #28

#35
Milos, for the record, I think there is often a difference between the actions of a single individual and those of a group of individuals of which that first individual may be a member. I do not believe that either Jim or I have asserted that your commenting and sharing activities on social media are instances of Affiliate Marketing. And if you believe I did, please quote a passage where I did -- and I will apologize for doing so, since that was not my intent. BTW, it was also not my intent to involve Jim in your and my disagreement on this point, nor to hijack Jim's comments thread here. Anyway, my remarks in several posts about beBee's corps of Affiliate Marketers refer to a designated group of beBee users who have been promised future monetary consideration (share of equity) if and when beBee is successful, in exchange for performing a list of tasks having to do with the marketing and promotion of beBee. That makes members of that group Affiliate Marketers according to several accepted definitions of Affiliate Marketing. https://www.bebee.com/producer/@javierbebee/bebee-ambassador-program-terms-and-conditions Continued ... Pt II

Phil Friedman

6 years ago #27

#35
Milos - Pt II As I have said several times, I make this observation without any pejorative overtones and simply as an observation of fact. For some reason that is opaque to me, you appear to take strong exception to being included under that designation. However, I suggest to you that your feelings about that are not universal. I doubt, for example, that Jim Murray would object to being described as a "Marketer" or even as an "Affiliate Marketer". Because that is what he does -- and damned well, at that. Of course, not every comment or share that he publishes is done as part of the Affiliate Marketing he does for beBee. And understanding that is the key to understanding the context of my remarks in my most recent article, which touches in assing on that subject. https://www.bebee.com/producer/@friedman-phil/busting-myths-about-view-counts-and-other-engagement-metrics My best to you. And cheers!

Milos Djukic

6 years ago #26

#34
And thank you for everything else...

Milos Djukic

6 years ago #25

#34
Jim Murray, Thank you for this article: The Real Value Of My Network(s). Sometimes few words reveals too much of a personal value as in the case of "The Real Value Of My Network(s)".

Milos Djukic

6 years ago #24

"silentium est aurum".

Milos Djukic

6 years ago #23

#32
#34 If the active participation of readers in the discussion or sharing of content are labeled as a affiliate marketing activity of a curious participant then there is no real trust between participants, which is one of the required prerequisite for realization of not only friendship, but also for healthy business relationships. Just my two cents. I think the last, on this topic. Thx.

Jim Murray

6 years ago #22

#30
Milos Djukic said. Thx.

Milos Djukic

6 years ago #21

#32
Phil, I still believe that: "The He Said He Said series set a very high standard for written communication. It is a highly motivated and proactive communication. Also, it is an outstanding example of purposeful marketing by two talented writer. Provocative, intriguing, and I should also say challenging series. It is a mix of content that often stand in sharp contradiction to one another. but they are also meaningful. Comments of participants in the discussion are also what gives additional charm to this series."- Milos Djukic (comment #24) That was my conclusion and nothing more than that, without any ulterior motives. That was not a kind word, it is my opinion about an excellent series "The He Said He Said", which can serve as an example it's up to you my friend to decide whether this statement (cited above) was just an instance of affiliate marketing or not. If I can help somehow users of social media, including an increase in profit or in any other way, I'm still ready for that, as always. Fractals forever. Affiliates are fair weather friends. Like I said before, friendship remains, promotion not. For me this is a significant difference and the backbone of respect. Good night my friend.

Phil Friedman

6 years ago #20

#31
Milos, I believe your words were "Maybe this is just an affiliate marketing..." My reply was directed at your question, which seemed clear to me and which I answered in the negative. I have no problem with you or anyone else drawing any conclusions about HSHS or my other activities on social media or in business, provided those conclusions conform to the facts. I think part of our difference here is that I do not see the term "Affiliate Marketer" as pejorative. But then I am a small-businessman and do not see anything wrong with profiting from my writing or consulting or social media activities. Cheers!

Milos Djukic

6 years ago #19

#30
Phil, My comment #29: "Phil, my friend. Maybe this is just an affiliate marketing. Just guess :)" was strictly related to my previous comment about series #24: "The He Said He Said " series set a very high standard for written communication. It is a highly motivated and proactive communication. Also, it is an outstanding example of purposeful marketing by two talented writer. Provocative, intriguing, and I should also say challenging series. It is a mix of content that often stand in sharp contradiction to one another. but they are also meaningful. Comments of participants in the discussion are also what gives additional charm to this series." and has nothing to do with "The He Said He Said " series. I did not say that "He Said He Said" is an instance of affiliate marketing. It's not my habit to draw conclusions about the activities of other people in social media

Phil Friedman

6 years ago #18

#29
Milos, concerning He Said He Said being an instance of Affiliate Marketing, it is not. 1) Jim and I developed this concept and started this series on LinkedIn almost a year before we moved over to beBee. 2) Except for the early interview Javier that we did at my suggestion whilst still on LinkedIn, we haven't done anything specifically beBee related on He Said He Said. 3) Simply publishing on beBee, even recommending beBee does not make one an Affiliate Marketer. 4) Nor does it make HSHS an instance of affiliate marketing. 5) What makes one an Affiliate Marketer is accepting monetary or other consideration,or the promise of future monetary or other consideration, in exchange for the performance of duties which one is not by law required to perform. 6) I am personally not an Affiliate Marketer since I do not fall within that class, at least not in respect of beBee. 7) Jim Murray does, I believe fall within that group, but I see nothing wrong with that or with what he does, since he openly admits that he is active in marketing beBee (and, BTW does a hell of a good job at it, as well). He also engages in that marketing effort on a fully transparent basis, making it very clear to readers the nature of what he is doing. But we do not do any Affiliate Marketing as a duo on HSHS. I trust that this clarifies my position on the topic. Jim can, and always will speak for himself. Cheers!

Milos Djukic

6 years ago #17

#26
You are welcome Phil, my friend. Maybe this is just an affiliate marketing. Just guess :)

Phil Friedman

6 years ago #16

#25
Well, Todd, as Jim can confirm, when I shake my head, you can hear the rocks rolling around in my cranial cavity. Cheers!

Phil Friedman

6 years ago #15

#24
Thank you, Milos, for the kind words about HE SAID HE SAID. I personally believe that a majority of its appeal lies in the active participation in the discussion by readers. Which was one of Jim's and my objectives right from the beginning -- if I may speak for Jimbo as well. Cheers!

Milos Djukic

6 years ago #14

"The He Said He Said " series set a very high standard for written communication. It is a highly motivated and proactive communication. Also, it is an outstanding example of purposeful marketing by two talented writer. Provocative, intriguing, and I should also say challenging series. It is a mix of content that often stand in sharp contradiction to one another. but they are also meaningful. Comments of participants in the discussion are also what gives additional charm to this series.

Jim Murray

6 years ago #13

#22
OK thanks Franci\ud83d\udc1dEugenia Hoffman. Let's call it whimsical.

Kevin Pashuk

6 years ago #12

#18
I would invite you to visit Michael and find out that beer (at least the craft beers that are out now) taste much better than the watered down yellowish liquid found in other parts of the world. To put it succinctly... Canadian prefer to drink their beer BEFORE it goes through the horse.

Phil Friedman

6 years ago #11

#13
That's good. Enjoy a round on me, send me the tab(s). And I'll catch up next visit to my spiritual homeland. Cheers!

Jim Murray

6 years ago #10

#10
I do have four wheeled transport.

Kevin Pashuk

6 years ago #9

#9
Count me in.

Kevin Pashuk

6 years ago #8

#8
I would agree Paul \... The conversation is typically more interesting if you substitute a good Canadian beer for coffee (but not too many).

Phil Friedman

6 years ago #7

#6
#4 Ren\u00e9e \ud83d\udc1d Cormier, will get around to saying most if not all of it -- being the lovable, little Grouchy bear that he is. :-)

don kerr

6 years ago #6

Jim Murray More on point than my previous comment: you are bang on in your assessment of the relative value of the connections we make through social media. To my mind it replicates, to a degree, the phenomenon of how many good teachers you actually had in school or in life. For my part I can count five school teachers - from elementary to university - who had a real and lasting impact on me: Grade 5 - Miss Teskey; Grade 7 - Mr. Wesson; Grade 13 - Ken Drayer; First year at Western (which I failed to complete) - Dr. Szabo (because he convinced me to bail from Western and seek an alternative institution!); and Dr. McDonald at Mount Allison with whom I studied in all my years there. I will admit to going for quantity on LI simply to spread the word of what I do professionally although I have yet to generate one single piece of new business! On beBee my emphasis is on quality and therein lies the real and lasting difference of this platform - good writers, thought generators, provocateurs, and people (in general) who embrace that most Canadian virtue of being able to disagree without being disagreeable.

don kerr

6 years ago #5

#9
Jim Murray I'm all over that. When? How long does it take to bike from St Kitts to Burlington?

Jim Murray

6 years ago #4

#7
Thanks Renee. We are overdue for a coffee. We should try and make that happen sooner rather than later. Maybe we can add a Beezer or two (Kevin Pashuk

Phil Friedman

6 years ago #3

#2
Javier \ud83d\udc1d beBee, I tried to report this scam and spam #2 below, but the function no longer seems to be available. Please consider this a report. Thank you.

Kevin Pashuk

6 years ago #2

#3
I'm speechless Renée.

Kevin Pashuk

6 years ago #1

A few years back, I wrote on why we should regularly do a 'friendectomy', since NOBODY can maintain 500+ relationships, especially a raging introvert. Since then, my LI connections have grown to over 1500... but not because I want deep relationships with all of them... but more so that I wanted to build an audience for my wandering musings. Most of them would be in the 80%, or in my case, the 90%. beBee has been the first platform where I've been motivated to actually meet with other writers and bloggers, and have shared a cuppa coffee with the likes of yourself, Phil Friedman (although he's a Diet Coke type person). There are many others I would be quite ready to connect with in person. I guess it's the power of 'affinity' at work. and oh, I love you bigly too Jim.

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