Comments on: How to Use the Social Web to be a Star at Work http://www.businessesgrow.com/2010/03/10/how-to-use-the-social-web-to-be-a-star-at-work/ Marketing. Social Media. Humanity. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:22:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mark W. Schaefer http://www.businessesgrow.com/2010/03/10/how-to-use-the-social-web-to-be-a-star-at-work/#comment-5003 Mark W. Schaefer Tue, 13 Jul 2010 13:03:20 +0000 http://businessesgrow.com/?p=2269#comment-5003 @Michelle -- Glad to find another fan of the book. Thanks for taking the time to comment. @Michelle — Glad to find another fan of the book. Thanks for taking the time to comment.

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]]> By: Michelle Tripp http://www.businessesgrow.com/2010/03/10/how-to-use-the-social-web-to-be-a-star-at-work/#comment-4986 Michelle Tripp Mon, 12 Jul 2010 03:12:53 +0000 http://businessesgrow.com/?p=2269#comment-4986 Just wanted to say I LOVED that book and picked it up during a B&N forage probably ten years ago. It's been one of the mainstays I go back to time and time again. "How To Be a Star At Work" goes way beyond networking... In the business world it may be all about "who you know," but the other principles in the book help employees develop into a extremely well-rounded and perceptive individuals ready to contribute at high levels once they make the right connection. Thanks for reminding me to pull it off the shelf and put it back on the night stand. Timeless wisdom. Just wanted to say I LOVED that book and picked it up during a B&N forage probably ten years ago. It’s been one of the mainstays I go back to time and time again. “How To Be a Star At Work” goes way beyond networking… In the business world it may be all about “who you know,” but the other principles in the book help employees develop into a extremely well-rounded and perceptive individuals ready to contribute at high levels once they make the right connection. Thanks for reminding me to pull it off the shelf and put it back on the night stand. Timeless wisdom.

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]]> By: Alvin McCoy http://www.businessesgrow.com/2010/03/10/how-to-use-the-social-web-to-be-a-star-at-work/#comment-2946 Alvin McCoy Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:31:46 +0000 http://businessesgrow.com/?p=2269#comment-2946 This ability to acquire timely and relevant resources is what has accelerated the transition of traditional marketing to the collective social web. Makes perfect sense. This ability to acquire timely and relevant resources is what has accelerated the transition of traditional marketing to the collective social web.

Makes perfect sense.

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]]> By: Mark http://www.businessesgrow.com/2010/03/10/how-to-use-the-social-web-to-be-a-star-at-work/#comment-2849 Mark Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:13:32 +0000 http://businessesgrow.com/?p=2269#comment-2849 Probably the second. Still done efficiently through the social web! Probably the second. Still done efficiently through the social web!

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]]> By: John Bottom http://www.businessesgrow.com/2010/03/10/how-to-use-the-social-web-to-be-a-star-at-work/#comment-2846 John Bottom Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:50:57 +0000 http://businessesgrow.com/?p=2269#comment-2846 Interesting post Mark, but was the secret really 'finding information fast' or 'finding the people and resources to get something done fast'. They seem fairly distinct and it seems to me that the stellar advancers are often the ones with the charm [or thick skin] to ask people to do things for them, rather than researching it themselves. But I'll still quote you when my wife complains I am spending too long on the laptop... Interesting post Mark, but was the secret really ‘finding information fast’ or ‘finding the people and resources to get something done fast’. They seem fairly distinct and it seems to me that the stellar advancers are often the ones with the charm [or thick skin] to ask people to do things for them, rather than researching it themselves.

But I’ll still quote you when my wife complains I am spending too long on the laptop…

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]]> By: Storytelling Social Media Marketing PR Technology & Business Curated Stories Mar. 10, 2010 http://www.businessesgrow.com/2010/03/10/how-to-use-the-social-web-to-be-a-star-at-work/#comment-2845 Storytelling Social Media Marketing PR Technology & Business Curated Stories Mar. 10, 2010 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:13:34 +0000 http://businessesgrow.com/?p=2269#comment-2845 [...] How to Use the Social Web to be a Star at Work Published: March 9, 2010 Source: {grow} A few years ago, I was in a graduate leadership program at Carnegie Mellon University and took a class from a talented educator and author named Robert E. Kelly. Dr. Kelly had just written a book called “H… [...] [...] How to Use the Social Web to be a Star at Work Published: March 9, 2010 Source: {grow} A few years ago, I was in a graduate leadership program at Carnegie Mellon University and took a class from a talented educator and author named Robert E. Kelly. Dr. Kelly had just written a book called “H… [...]

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]]> By: Mark http://www.businessesgrow.com/2010/03/10/how-to-use-the-social-web-to-be-a-star-at-work/#comment-2843 Mark Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:28:58 +0000 http://businessesgrow.com/?p=2269#comment-2843 @ Steve -- An incredibly wise point. Pure "numbers" of followers are not going to help you. You have to be engaged. @ Steve — An incredibly wise point. Pure “numbers” of followers are not going to help you. You have to be engaged.

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]]> By: Mark http://www.businessesgrow.com/2010/03/10/how-to-use-the-social-web-to-be-a-star-at-work/#comment-2842 Mark Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:27:59 +0000 http://businessesgrow.com/?p=2269#comment-2842 @Johnny That brainstorming example is a good point. This is what he's talking about: http://businessesgrow.com/2010/03/03/how-to-use-twitter-to-crowd-source/ Here's another one. Recently I guy on Twitter was looking for a technical resource that I had just stumbled upon. I tweeted him back an answer to his question. His reply: "I havebeen looking for the answer to that question for three days and found it on Twitter in 10 seconds. Twitter rocks." I think that is a great illustration of being savvy enough to use your virtual network to get a job done. And the better you are at doing that kind of data mining the more successful you will be. Really appreciate your comments Johnny! @Johnny That brainstorming example is a good point. This is what he’s talking about:
http://businessesgrow.com/2010/03/03/how-to-use-twitter-to-crowd-source/

Here’s another one. Recently I guy on Twitter was looking for a technical resource that I had just stumbled upon. I tweeted him back an answer to his question. His reply: “I havebeen looking for the answer to that question for three days and found it on Twitter in 10 seconds. Twitter rocks.”

I think that is a great illustration of being savvy enough to use your virtual network to get a job done. And the better you are at doing that kind of data mining the more successful you will be. Really appreciate your comments Johnny!

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]]> By: steve dodd http://www.businessesgrow.com/2010/03/10/how-to-use-the-social-web-to-be-a-star-at-work/#comment-2840 steve dodd Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:53:43 +0000 http://businessesgrow.com/?p=2269#comment-2840 Building relationships verses building contact lists is the key secret. Too many forget this. The basic fundamentals of success with social media as a whole apply here as well. Building contacts is no different than collecting business cards. If you don't engage and add value to conversations, when you need to leverage that "relationship", you'll suddenly find you don't really have anything to leverage. As networking has been forever, it's hard work, but crucial to success in business (or anything else for that matter). Building relationships verses building contact lists is the key secret. Too many forget this. The basic fundamentals of success with social media as a whole apply here as well. Building contacts is no different than collecting business cards. If you don’t engage and add value to conversations, when you need to leverage that “relationship”, you’ll suddenly find you don’t really have anything to leverage.
As networking has been forever, it’s hard work, but crucial to success in business (or anything else for that matter).

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]]> By: Johnny http://www.businessesgrow.com/2010/03/10/how-to-use-the-social-web-to-be-a-star-at-work/#comment-2839 Johnny Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:34:40 +0000 http://businessesgrow.com/?p=2269#comment-2839 Building a network means building contacts and some people have a savviness for not hesitating to call on those contacts for whatever they need. Climbing the corporate ladder is just knowing that they will eventually meet the right contact pretty soon. I don't say it is bad practice or necessarily using others but it isn't something I do myself. I like the whole building relationships rather than contacts and, if you eventually need to utilize any one of them, there won't be any moral dilemma about you "using" them. It's much in the way of yourself building relationships by returning comments on your own blog. After all, you were able to round up your network who were more than willing to help with the brainstorming session. That's no small feat! Building a network means building contacts and some people have a savviness for not hesitating to call on those contacts for whatever they need. Climbing the corporate ladder is just knowing that they will eventually meet the right contact pretty soon.

I don’t say it is bad practice or necessarily using others but it isn’t something I do myself. I like the whole building relationships rather than contacts and, if you eventually need to utilize any one of them, there won’t be any moral dilemma about you “using” them.

It’s much in the way of yourself building relationships by returning comments on your own blog. After all, you were able to round up your network who were more than willing to help with the brainstorming session.

That’s no small feat!

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