Invite Me Too! (once.)

Whoever wrote this post about what they think of fan pages reminded me of an issue with

• fan pages
• webinars
• friending and adding requests
• and other fun social media activism campaigns.

The issue?

Forgetting who you’ve already invited, suggested, mentioned, or proposed to!

I am sad to say that I am guilty of this. As I was first setting up fan pages and started social media activism, I wasn’t documenting who I had already  “hit up” to join! This is BAD. Learn from my mistake, which luckily didn’t cost me any friends or anything, but I am sure I invited or suggested to my site to my friends more than once . :{ Sorry guys, I love you all for being so wonderfully patient!

Anyways, I deemed this inspiration worthy of a post and a mention and a warning.

Your friends and partners are all great people, and I am sure they are very supportive of you. However, when it comes to business:

“You can and should ask for their support once. If they are interested in joining, they will. When you ask repeatedly, that’s called nagging. “

To prevent myself from being a nag, I now keep lists of people I invite to any new event now. I make sure that whenever I send an auto invite, the invite once is checked. Now that I have more business associates online, I try to keep my friends out of it. (Except when I think it’s REALLY cool!)

This entry was posted on Wednesday, January 6th, 2010 at 4:06 pm
Tags: facebook, fan pages, Social Netiquette, twitter
Categories: Social Networking
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2 Responses to “Invite Me Too! (once.)”

1. Aaron Wagner says:

   February 18, 2010 at 6:36 pm

   I am new to blogging and getting information out there. Your post here is very informative and gives me more insight as to creating an impact when commenting.
2. 5 Quick Home Business Tips | darkbluesun.com Amber Whitener's Blog says:

   April 12, 2010 at 12:35 pm

   [...] 4. It’s OK to invite your friends to try stuff with you or go to events. As long as that’s not all you’re doing. Use social media to share, not annoy. So no more than one promo every two weeks or so. Does that sound reasonable? See my earlier post: Invite Me Too! (Once.) [...]