How social are you? How serious are you about social media?

You can't ignore it. Hundreds of millions of people are involved so far, and it's just a few years old. That's two of the values in social media - it's immediate and it's informative. It's also fun - that's why Facebook and YouTube are worth BILLIONS

I have made a serious commitment to "socialize." To expose more of my personal self, and my business self, through social media. I will still maintain my value-based philosophy, but I will personalize it, and humanize it to a point that others are attracted to it, benefit from it, and want to pass it on to others.


So, what does this mean to you? What's the opportunity to you and for you? Why should you get involved?

Social media is an opportunity, a new frontier, a space in cyberspace that gives you an individual place to play, build awareness of you and for you, brand yourself, and potentially profit.


Here's what I recommend to get going and get positioned, so that your value - either in social, business, fun, or money -- can be realized:

· Sign on.

· Establish an account on each of the major medias.

· Post something.

· Tweet something.

· Connect with someone.

· Do it yourself.

· Do it every day.

And learn by updating as much as you can on your own.

Social media is fluid - it moves and changes daily. It's text, audio, photo, and video. It's every media and it's every second. It's current and it's constant. Ever see a section of a website labeled "latest news" and when you click it, the last update is from 2004? Not good.

The Internet is instant. Social media is instant. And you have to be ready to participate consistently, and in a meaningful way, if you want to win.

Please don't wait.