Continuing my series on social media virtues; my fun way to impart sage advice for learning good social media practices. I started with Temperance, and today for part to I will discuss Patience.
This one is easy and I have talked about it before: Don’t expect overnight success! This takes time!
A slow and steady succession of actions will bring you far more success than any get “1,000 Twitter Fans in 2-days or 10,000 website visitors by doing x” type of schemes. If you have been involved in traditional marketing you will know that patience is usually allowed, with “click here” “buy now!” numbers, numbers, numbers, but this methodology just does not work when it comes to social media, so if that is how you plan to measure success, you might want to rethink things.
There is no substitution for hard work and time. You need time to build credibility. You need time to build influence. You need time to engage and become a part of a community.
So there are no get-rich-quick schemes for success, it is a long-term activity using long-term strategies and lots of patience.
