Comments on: Tribes, Social Media & Lovemarks http://sarahjlwest.com/tribes-social-media-lovemarks/ Thu, 04 Aug 2011 15:15:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Ryan http://sarahjlwest.com/tribes-social-media-lovemarks/comment-page-1/#comment-273 Ryan Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:17:22 +0000 http://sarahjlwest.com/?p=230#comment-273 Leading a 'tribe' as you call it is hard work. Back when I used to run Center Holds It (A soccer blog) I did it for fun, and quickly it became something much larger than I ever envisioned. It is tough when you feel trapped and forced to write a blog post, as those generally come off as unnatural and are devoid of any meaning or true 'you' content. GenY wants more, more, more, now, now, now. Blogs that do not post daily are considered out of the loop, and not up to date. Your followers want more, and it is tough to always give that to them. I told Carlos this when he posted on transparency...'A wise man speaks because he has something to say, a fool speaks because he has to say something' Leading a ‘tribe’ as you call it is hard work. Back when I used to run Center Holds It (A soccer blog) I did it for fun, and quickly it became something much larger than I ever envisioned. It is tough when you feel trapped and forced to write a blog post, as those generally come off as unnatural and are devoid of any meaning or true ‘you’ content.

GenY wants more, more, more, now, now, now. Blogs that do not post daily are considered out of the loop, and not up to date. Your followers want more, and it is tough to always give that to them.

I told Carlos this when he posted on transparency…’A wise man speaks because he has something to say, a fool speaks because he has to say something’

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