Yeesh!…was that salty?…Let’s be clear: I do not hate social media. It has its place – in some lives more than others.

As an entrepreneur, we must connect with our audience, customers, employees, colleagues, and anybody connected with our business, no matter how small the connection-we must connect on a human level, where You and I can look into their eyes and see  emotions on their faces.

Social media is. A start. It’s a hap-hazzard poorly constructed sales pitch. Beyond that, all I see is half-truths, untruths, mistruths, about things and subjects from people where neither party really knows very well.

Think of your closest friend(s). Now, imagine if you only knew them through email, skype or social media and NEVER met.  Eye-contact matters. Handshakes matter.

Contrary to popular belief…You do not need it ALL, besides where would you put it?

So, I’d like to share a list of tried and true methods from my years in sales to help you make stronger connections.

6 Ways to connect:

1)Write a letter to a friend or colleague to share some good news.

2) Write a thank you note(don’t buy it at the store).

3) Send an actual small trinket of a gift to thank someone.

4) Have regular face-to-face outings, meetings, break-bread type gatherings with other humans.

5) Anonymously do something nice for someone you KNOW or a total stranger (remember, we are all connected on the human molecular level).

6) make phone calls to friends, customers, or colleagues to chat about whatever floats your boat.

In the beginning, you don’t have to be the biggest to be the best, case in point…APPLE, not the biggest, but definitely the best, … You do not need to be known by everybody.

To paraphrase the great comedian, Richard Pryor, “If you can’t make them laugh, you have to be interesting.” see?  even knew that you can’t win them all, all the time.  But you gotta start somewhere.

We are bigger than social media…let’s prove it,… Starting today…Let’s Live Life!

Peace, Love and Joy, 

MackTea