Welcome to a new series on Social Networking Tips. The plan is to bring in folks to share their best ideas about social networking. The next person to write up a tip could be you! (this one is a day late)
Tip:
Fun.
We’ve talked about engagement and contact, sharing and searching, but we’ve not talked about what to talk about. I’ll be honest with you though, my first inclination wasn’t to share fun stuff. I’m no joke master; I honestly can’t remember punch lines. That in mind, I’ve actually found even I can have success sharing fun things on my social networks.
Tips for sharing fun stuff:
- share stuff you aren’t embarrassed about your kids reading
- share stuff you aren’t embarrassed about your mom reading
- everything else goes
Short tips list huh? Well I wanted to get those easy ones out of the way first.
- pictures – like the one above – they make people laugh and smile – always a winner. Also photos of kids have an ‘aw’ factor you don’t get out of pics of yourself.
- videos – there are tons of these shared everyday – don’t bother creating your own unless you’ve got the time – share the funniest thing you’ve seen today.
- stories – now these are best when told about yourself – even better if they are short. Short doesn’t mean 2 pages, it means two paragraphs, or shorter.
Some suggestions though to go with these very short tips.
- test out the humor on your wife, kids, dog first – if they don’t laugh it’s not funny
- nudity <> funny, funny first, nudity if it fits
- gross humor isn’t automatically funny, remember funny first, gross is a bonus
- funny stuff with kids is the best and most likely to go viral, barring that, teens baring their souls with poetry, dance, or making music is a close second
Hope this helps. Share the good stuff, reshare the other good stuff.
Yours,
Todd
@tojosan on Twitter
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