...by Tijjani Muhammad Musa
Many persons get invited to join social media on the internet through their friends, families, colleagues, classmates, business partners and associates etc. Some of us get sent invitations via their emails or sms texts from the operating social network, after asking those already using their medium to send invites to their families, friends and loved ones. That was how I got started on Facebook.
Then there are those whose curiousity gets the better of them and so they end up joining such social networks after regularly hearing persons close to them excitingly discussing interesting news, information, pictures, images, videos, events and happening circulating on social media like facebook, twitter, youtube, flickr, whats'up, google+, badoo, linkedin, instagram, tumblr, eskimi, hi5, vimeo, digg, myspace.com, rss and so many others.
So many options to choose from, but one can't do them all, even if he or she desires to experience them. This is because 24 hours of a day is not enough to accommodate them. A lot of people just find one or two that is most convenient for them to engage in and help them develop their talents further, then simply indulge in them. Personally, Facebook is my favourite and on that medium, I go by the name Tijjani Muhammad Musa. I also do Twitter, where I use @112teejay. And as a Blogger, my site is www.tijjanimuhammadmusa.blogspot.com.
Much as social networking is now the in-thing, with almost everyone both young and old, male and female, the rich and the poor, as well as the literate and non-literates populating the over 40 most popular social networks on the net, there are still a large percentage of world population who are not connected due to one reason or another. Among the reasons are lack of internet connectivity in some places and the phobia for social media networks.
Most people who keep off social networks simply do not want to be saddle with learning how to engage in the new way of reaching out to people. Connecting to these wireless interactive communication fora can be a big problem for many, mostly due to the fact that they do not know from where to start and then many lack of ability to interest netizens on a particular medium to express interest in a person's activities, when someone is able to surmount the initial drawbacks of joining any of the available social networks. This is another huge deterrent for joining up.
Now, this is a very important concern for many social network enthusiasts and so the need to properly looked at it and enlighten others about it. And based on experience, especially on Facebook, which is the largest social networking medium with over 900 million users, followed by Twitter with 310 million and LinkedIn with 255 million, there is a methodology of establishing followership and thus getting Likes and Comments on your posts on most, if not all such interactive media.
Unfortunately, many do not bother to know them or work towards achieving them. Most, naively just expect they will automatically start getting Likes and Comments the moment they finally figure out how to post status updates or share pictures and images on the platform. Sadly for most, on many social networks, it does not really work like that. Frustrations, disappointments and even outright withdrawal of interest are eventually the order of the day.
Many make status updates that never get as much as a glance, talk less of a Like, a Comment or multiple exchanges between the poster and those targeted with the write up. And to their utter dismay, a girl can post a simple dot i.e. period (.) and get a 100 plus likes and 150 plus comments. Yet, a well composed, serious update about something very important like girl-child education in a village by a guy can be ignored by all his e-friends or even the larger society of facebookers.
This often amaze new entrants into the social network circles, who find it difficult to understand the rational behind such behaviours, on the part of the participants of any of the networking media. While some decide to patiently hang on and keep posting their piece of minds, until they actually succeed in establishing a reputation and thus a following. Many stay on as mere spectators, just reading what others post and occasionally clicking on a Like or chipping in a brief comment or an emoticon. Others just abandon the project and abscond from the medium in question.
Anger, annoyance, envy etc can easily play on the mind and psyche of many such persons, who often get tired of the repeated play of the scenerio like a broken record. But, that is unnecessary. All one has to do to get many Likes and Comments on each status update posted is to follow some simple rules. If patiently and consistently pursued, soon results would begin to emerge and the netizen would start to see e-friends requests, inbox messages, wall posts and updates in their regards pouring in left, right and center.
Which are these points to be aware of and adhere to? Please, read below.
Tips for achieving social networking popularity:
1. Importance of your post
2. How sensitive is the topic posted
3. How current is the issue addressed
4. Who is involved in the matter
5. How original is the post
6. How controversial is the case
7. Are you making sense with your post
8. Write using sound constructive English
9. Language of communication matters to the audience
10. Be consistent with posting interesting subjects
11. Ability to write in an attractive way
12. Responding to comments and questions from others
13. Good manners and courtesy in expressions
14. Humbleness and lack of arrogance
15. Willingness to compromise in a tug of war
16. Accepting corrections when you make mistakes
17. Like and comment on other peoples' post
18. Participating on other members' posts objectively
19. Sound knowledge of the subject
20. Etc
These are just some of the things one need to apply to get the interest of members and even other facebookers to show interest upon your post/s, like and even pass their comment/s on them.
So, a social network enthusiast should sincerely check and see which one does he or she meet up to and which "departments" is he or she lacking and adjust accordingly.
Oops, I forgot to say that girls naturally get more comments than guys due to our gender affinity... At least in this part of the divide :)
*And then of course, there are haters, who would never, ever like or comment on anything coming from your pen, no matter how good or beneficial it is to them and to others. There's really nothing you can do about them, except to allow them poison their system further with such unwarranted hatred. Allah dai Ya sauwaqe mu su, amin. (May they be saved from themselves)*
(c)(r)2014 Tijjani M. M.
All Rights Reserved.
Many persons get invited to join social media on the internet through their friends, families, colleagues, classmates, business partners and associates etc. Some of us get sent invitations via their emails or sms texts from the operating social network, after asking those already using their medium to send invites to their families, friends and loved ones. That was how I got started on Facebook.
Then there are those whose curiousity gets the better of them and so they end up joining such social networks after regularly hearing persons close to them excitingly discussing interesting news, information, pictures, images, videos, events and happening circulating on social media like facebook, twitter, youtube, flickr, whats'up, google+, badoo, linkedin, instagram, tumblr, eskimi, hi5, vimeo, digg, myspace.com, rss and so many others.
So many options to choose from, but one can't do them all, even if he or she desires to experience them. This is because 24 hours of a day is not enough to accommodate them. A lot of people just find one or two that is most convenient for them to engage in and help them develop their talents further, then simply indulge in them. Personally, Facebook is my favourite and on that medium, I go by the name Tijjani Muhammad Musa. I also do Twitter, where I use @112teejay. And as a Blogger, my site is www.tijjanimuhammadmusa.blogspot.com.
Much as social networking is now the in-thing, with almost everyone both young and old, male and female, the rich and the poor, as well as the literate and non-literates populating the over 40 most popular social networks on the net, there are still a large percentage of world population who are not connected due to one reason or another. Among the reasons are lack of internet connectivity in some places and the phobia for social media networks.
Most people who keep off social networks simply do not want to be saddle with learning how to engage in the new way of reaching out to people. Connecting to these wireless interactive communication fora can be a big problem for many, mostly due to the fact that they do not know from where to start and then many lack of ability to interest netizens on a particular medium to express interest in a person's activities, when someone is able to surmount the initial drawbacks of joining any of the available social networks. This is another huge deterrent for joining up.
Now, this is a very important concern for many social network enthusiasts and so the need to properly looked at it and enlighten others about it. And based on experience, especially on Facebook, which is the largest social networking medium with over 900 million users, followed by Twitter with 310 million and LinkedIn with 255 million, there is a methodology of establishing followership and thus getting Likes and Comments on your posts on most, if not all such interactive media.
Unfortunately, many do not bother to know them or work towards achieving them. Most, naively just expect they will automatically start getting Likes and Comments the moment they finally figure out how to post status updates or share pictures and images on the platform. Sadly for most, on many social networks, it does not really work like that. Frustrations, disappointments and even outright withdrawal of interest are eventually the order of the day.
Many make status updates that never get as much as a glance, talk less of a Like, a Comment or multiple exchanges between the poster and those targeted with the write up. And to their utter dismay, a girl can post a simple dot i.e. period (.) and get a 100 plus likes and 150 plus comments. Yet, a well composed, serious update about something very important like girl-child education in a village by a guy can be ignored by all his e-friends or even the larger society of facebookers.
This often amaze new entrants into the social network circles, who find it difficult to understand the rational behind such behaviours, on the part of the participants of any of the networking media. While some decide to patiently hang on and keep posting their piece of minds, until they actually succeed in establishing a reputation and thus a following. Many stay on as mere spectators, just reading what others post and occasionally clicking on a Like or chipping in a brief comment or an emoticon. Others just abandon the project and abscond from the medium in question.
Anger, annoyance, envy etc can easily play on the mind and psyche of many such persons, who often get tired of the repeated play of the scenerio like a broken record. But, that is unnecessary. All one has to do to get many Likes and Comments on each status update posted is to follow some simple rules. If patiently and consistently pursued, soon results would begin to emerge and the netizen would start to see e-friends requests, inbox messages, wall posts and updates in their regards pouring in left, right and center.
Which are these points to be aware of and adhere to? Please, read below.
Tips for achieving social networking popularity:
1. Importance of your post
2. How sensitive is the topic posted
3. How current is the issue addressed
4. Who is involved in the matter
5. How original is the post
6. How controversial is the case
7. Are you making sense with your post
8. Write using sound constructive English
9. Language of communication matters to the audience
10. Be consistent with posting interesting subjects
11. Ability to write in an attractive way
12. Responding to comments and questions from others
13. Good manners and courtesy in expressions
14. Humbleness and lack of arrogance
15. Willingness to compromise in a tug of war
16. Accepting corrections when you make mistakes
17. Like and comment on other peoples' post
18. Participating on other members' posts objectively
19. Sound knowledge of the subject
20. Etc
These are just some of the things one need to apply to get the interest of members and even other facebookers to show interest upon your post/s, like and even pass their comment/s on them.
So, a social network enthusiast should sincerely check and see which one does he or she meet up to and which "departments" is he or she lacking and adjust accordingly.
Oops, I forgot to say that girls naturally get more comments than guys due to our gender affinity... At least in this part of the divide :)
*And then of course, there are haters, who would never, ever like or comment on anything coming from your pen, no matter how good or beneficial it is to them and to others. There's really nothing you can do about them, except to allow them poison their system further with such unwarranted hatred. Allah dai Ya sauwaqe mu su, amin. (May they be saved from themselves)*
(c)(r)2014 Tijjani M. M.
All Rights Reserved.
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