“You are doing a lot of work in Dublin these days” she said to me.
“We are, but how did you know that?” I asked
“Oh ..I figured that out from your Facebook posts” she said
That conversation was about five years ago and it was at an event for a client in Dublin – for me it was what I call my “penny drop” moment about social media. At that time I was using Facebook, just like everyone else posting the odd thing about what I was doing and where I was going. In fact, I think I wasn’t that sure what I should have been posting and even how relevant social media might be for business.
It dawned on me that with every post you make people are watching, digesting and forming impressions about you and what you are all about. Often they won’t comment, reply or even “like” your posts, but they are listening and soaking up what you are saying.
From that moment I realised the power of social media and the importance of having a clear idea about what picture of you and your business you want to portray.
Every status update, every tweet, every retweet, every like, every share, every favourite, every discussion, every hashtag and every blog post are all little breadcrumbs that you leave to bring the reader to a place you wanted to take them.
Are you leaving breadcrumbs?
Greg Canty is a partner of Fuzion
Fuzion with offices in Cork and Dublin offer social media training and consultancy in Ireland.
