You Screw Up Social Media Too?!?!?

I often have conversations with people who are new or light users of social media. I'm very frank in my conversation - as I am a complete Twitterphile you would think I'd tell everyone you must tweet to participate in social media. No, I don't in fact, I tell people to LISTEN before you get involved with social media. I also tell them when I'm learning something new that I screwed something up. They always reply "You screwed something up with social media? I'm so happy!" It's such a funny comment and it gives a window of perception of the newbies. They think that if you're using social media tools actively, you are always using them correctly.



Nothing is further from the truth! I just double tweeted at someone because I'm still figuring out the tricks to the newly rehashed Tweetdeck. I imported my Blogger Blogs to Wordpress and somehow overlapped my general market blog with my social media content - and it may have been the best mistake of my job search! (I may be selling myself short by keeping my social media content seperate from my general content - plus I could simplify my life down to one fewer blog? Great!) Why would I not want to make mistakes? I can't think of a reason to not make mistakes. My pro-mistake arguments are - 1st I'm human, we all make mistakes - (even if we don't like to confess to them); 2nd I learn from my mistakes; 3rd some mistakes make things easier for me and require moderate adjustments and I move forward with a brave new view of the world. Mistakes pave the path to innovation and they make you better than before. You may learn to do something differently, you may mistake your way into being more efficient and you can always mistake your way into more knowledge!

Make Mistakes - here is proof that the sun will come out again & the world will continue to turn!

There is only one disasterous mistake - that is not trying something! If you don't try something, then you won't learn anything about it and you may miss an opportunity to find a new world, a new hobby, a new love in life. So charge out, make mistakes, pick yourself up and make some more! If anyone has a problem, tell them I said it was okay!