DISQUS

Jesse Stay · 1 year ago

My big question on this is how do you benefit others when you don't yet have enough followers (aka thousands) to make much of a difference? I'm getting there, but I can't come near what I could do if I were a Gray or a Scoble or a Brogan.

If I were to answer my own question, I think the best thing I can do is try to help each of you that I feel are good at this do it better, either by guest posting, liking your posts, promoting you from my own blog, etc. Also, promoting other smaller bloggers I think are interesting so you know of them could also be another way to improve.

luca filigheddu · 1 year ago

You can do much more, but I hope you have a life and a job too :-)
Keep up the good work ;-)

Chris Brogan · 1 year ago

@Jesse - the answer is that I got the following by promoting others. It came in that order, not the other way around. : )

Scobleizer · 1 year ago

Chris is exactly right here. You get followers by following other people and adding value to their work. This is why I say it's more important that you follow great people than you have great followers.

Michael Fidler · 1 year ago

Your a Good man, Loius Gray!

CraigK · 1 year ago

Those are great goals for you to do to help out the more unknown. I respect someone who is a major player to go out of there way to support the community and projects that they read or use of smaller players. Besides good karma, it's a very classy move that will only enhance your credibility as well. Thanks.

Craig
www.budgetpulse.com

ChangeForge | Ken Stewart · 1 year ago

I was a little discombobulated when I first started all this - but I got started in this b/c of someone paying it forward to me. Corey Smith (http://www.masterthebusiness.com) helped me get rolling after we met through a mutual friend at a LV show.

I had come into the social media realm thinking very many people were selfish, but I have since discovered I could not have been more wrong - at least with the community I have latched on to.

I am encouraged to see how the "A-Listers" interact with their community, and now understand the sheer volume they must have to interact with can be mind-blowing.

I had many of the same questions as Jesse, and maybe still do ;-) But I still try to help anyone that needs it, offer my 2 cents to anyone asking, and believe in having a heart of service. After all, it's not about me so much as it is about me trying to touch other people's lives in some small, yet meaningful, way.

I want to say thank you to all those who have supported me, and who continue to live the mantra of helping others. While I do not have a readership near the size of anyone in the comment list (most likely), I still saddle-up like I do - ready to help anyone that I can find to help.

Like Shel was saying, influence over popularity (right?).