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Is Twitter All Just Fun and Games?
December 4th, 2008
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by Warren Whitlock · Filed Under: Making Money with Twitter · Social Media · Warren Whitlock Live
I was thinking about the world social and especially what it means in social media.. preparing for my presentation at Increasing Sales With Social Media coming up tomorrow in San Diego.
(you can still get your ticket here, or listen to just my segment live at Friday at 9am Pacific on TwitCastRadio).
Is this play or work?
You may have heard me say “If you can tell the difference between work and play, you aren’t doing one of them right” .. but people in stage 1 or 2 keep telling me that they are looking for:
- How do I make more money with social media?
- Does Twitter get me more customers?
- What’s the ROI on using Twitter?
I’ve answered these question so many times. Told them that marketing in the future is dependant on meaningful connections and building relationships with real human beings.
Then I tell them a couple of stories about people making money with their social media connections, doing business faster and why meaningful connections will make their work more like play and play profitable.
I thought I really knew this stuff.
Then I get this tweet:
I have to admit that my immediate reaction when I read the post was “What a lot of nonsense! I have real work to do”
I’m literally sitting next to my front door, should be on my way to the airport.. and I’m reading a blog about playing tag?
Just then, I noticed @mvndrvrt’s photo on his web page with the caption that this was him in his work clothes
He get it. Work is play, play is work. Life is FUN!
Thanks for the reminder Mike
So here I am, not worried about being late for my flight.. playing tag on my blog.
You can read the rules here.. I’m breaking the rules (NO RULES.. remember) so subscribers to the blog and everyone I know on Twitter will get to be “it”
Tag.. Your it?
Link back to this post.. follow the rules on @mvndrvrt’s post if you’d like, but do follow @mvndrvrt for sure.
Then leave a comment here to let me know your thought on the difference between work and play.
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For me there isn’t much difference between work and play. People ask me whay I spend so much time at my computer, my reply, “I really enjoy it, to me it’s fun”
I’ve stopped doing most of the things I don’t enjoy, I’m fortunate enough to be able to do work that I love.
For me the ideal is when there is little difference between work and play
http://www.twitter.com/lynnelee
Will it blend? Yes.
One more comment.
What’s the ROI on using Twitter? 100%. Like life, you pretty much get what you give. Want more? Give more. And if you are having no fun, everyone will know and not want to hang out with you.
The difference between play and work?
I can’t have cocktails at work. Naps are frowned on.
Sometimes, play doesn’t pay as much $, but it pays in so many other ways!
Thanks for the response!
Yes you could not have said it better. The possiblilities of fun and play are huge in todays new social media world. We are pushing the envelopes of life and fun beyond their present limiting restraints and opening up new spirtual doors as well that bring so much more life than we ever realized was possible… Thanks Warren. Come check out our new show…tag your it.
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This is sounding more and more like pikes fish market……GO FISH
Hey man just caught this post…really enjoyed it. Thanks!
Hmmm. The difference between work and play, to me, is how I feel in any given moment. I can feel very serious and stressed out about doing what is supposed to be for “fun,” and very gratified, centered and lined up by what is supposed to be “work.” One of the things I “work at” is feeling lighter more consistently no matter what I’m “doing” or what’s happening within or without. I’ve spent 43 years on that project so far and my lifes work seems to be about sharing what I discover, especially the more effective discoveries.
Welp, work should be play, what happened? When did we grow up and forget the joy of life?
. . . heck Im feeling all of you, we need to recapture what “fun” means. .
Happy New Year to all,
Tevis
http://www.k2scuba.com/blog