The teens team: series 03// Be social media smart

Last week, we did have some lot about social media, it's benefits and dangers. Yea, it's about time you make social media your slave while having an exciting time there. Are you already pondering that possibility?

Smiles -😊starting from messaging, let's reason this scenarios together(please wear your imaginary glasses)

Case study: (Alexis is a WhatsApp user who wants to connect for the first time with a renounced influencer, Kay. Let's see how the conversation issues)

Alexis: Hi
Kay: Hi
Alexis: Good morning ma
Kay: Good morning, may I know you?
Alexis: "My name is Alexis, please save my number.

Indisputably, that was a such a boring and crass conversation with kay almost forcing words out of Alexis' mouth😑

Ok lets go again. This time, lets give Alexis another chance to show that she's social media smart.

Alexis: Hi kay, good morning. My name is Alexis, I am a content creator and digital marketer.
I got your contact from a friend(friends name). I have heard a lot about you and I would really love to be part of your value filled community as well as be of good addition to your space. What do you think?

Kay: Hi Alexis, my pleasure meeting you. I am a SEO content writer and strong advocate for women health, development and independence. And, I would love to connect with you too.

Alexis: oh, great. Thank you and cheers to a better acquaintance.

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Welcome back, 👋now that was a fantastic conversation. No one had to force words out of another, also purpose wasn't concealed.

How many times have you been the Alexis in the first scenario?

I'll leave that for you to answer, but you have to note that you do not have to strictly follow the pattern of the second scenario, in fact, that was a formal introduction, you could make yours a bit informal and even better. Even if your introduction might be different from both scenarios, do not loose the main gist of your introduction.

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No body has time for small talks o, don't give a first impression that you don't have a purpose or you don't have something thing to bring to the table.
Some on the other hand, would say kay was so lenient and tolerating to have even responded to only a 'hi' message from a total stranger on "social media".
Yes, many others would leave your message hanging there and move to the next most serious person.

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So here's a personal experience of how I got very pissed off after literally forcing out words from this ladies mouth and asking why she messaged me. You won't believe I got a reply of " you will know"
Obviously, I didn't waste one more second replying such.

If you're texting for the first time, present yourself in an appealing manner that your recipient will want to know more about you. You could add little spoilers to spice it up. I once remember adding- "I hear you cast spells with your ink" to a lady and yea it got her all smiling and jiggy.

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Now, we're not saying you should lie or hype anyone. It's simply giving accolades and commendations. But don't over do that until it turns to an anthem.

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So here's a great tip before messaging someone▶The golden rule

You might probably heard of that and thought- how applicable? Let's get it straight then.

The golden rule is simply, do to others what you'd like to be done to you. Before you message that influencer, CEO or whoever you haven't spoken to before. Ask yourself; what kind of response would I want to receive? When you pick up a call from a strange number, what do you say after exchanging "hello".

Yeah, you read my mind. You say "may I know you, or who is this please or who is on the phone?"
That question is to get a better understanding of the purpose of the call and the voice behind the phone.

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So if you do that on a call, why not place yourself in your receivers shoe and make a proper introduction of yourself right away even before you are asked, never neglecting your purpose of storming into their inbox.

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Let's do it this way and make things easier;
These are just necessary steps to follow before hitting the send button in a strangers inbox. Bear in mind that it's just an a self introduction message not some personality statement or profile. Let's get started;

1. Who are you?:
   First, mention your name. Your listener wants to know you in person.
   just some preliminary information about yourself is fine? I am a digital marketer, a content creator, a graphic designer or whatever you do. Or even your life goal if you wish

2. Spoilers:
   Just a good time to bring in your spoiler if you must. Do not rule out your purpose with lots of hyping. Just keep it natural and cool. If you have met the person in an event, you might want to mention and possibly comment on their part or the even you met.

3. How you got their contact:
   some might prefer stating how they got their receivers contact before number 2. But, which ever way, craft something appealing. If you got their number from a group, a friend or probably from another social media of theirs, Don't hesitate to include that.

4. Purpose:
   You must have had a reason for messaging.
   Mention that thing that promoted you to barge into their dm. Make your purpose clear and defined. If you are connecting with them because you need mentorship, say it. Do you want to invite them for a special occasion? Say it. Would you love to learn and benefit from their inspiration and statuses? Say it.

Ps: If your purpose is undefined, then you have no reason to hit the send button.

Only after taking the above steps should you send that message.
More so, never send a voice vote as your first message. What if my device is bad, or I'm not in a comfortable place to listen or I'm so busy that I would rather scan through a text than listen.

Would you try that the next time you message? If you do great with your first message, I'm sure you can navigate your way throughout the chat while speaking kindly with a warm and friendly atmosphere.

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Just before we call it a series today, here are few more tips you need to consider before taking some actions on social media.👇

• Broadcast list and groups:
  Yes, it's a marketing strategy, but add only interested people especially if you often send messages about it. It's a good tool to publicize your product and services, but at a long run you can nurture peoples mind and feed them about your product on your status. Spamming peoples inbox with unnecessary messages is rather annoying.

• Your status:
  Make videos of your product, stop adding thousands of waistbead that people might get bored of seeing on your status. Compressthem in a short model.

• Be post sensitive:
  Make sure your social media post reflects who you are and what you do. Avoid insensitive or provocative post

• Viewers discretion:
  your post should carry that on a different slide prior to an explicit or violent content. Don't overtake your viewers by surprise, be sensitive.

• Voice Notes:
  Avoid too long voice records and notify your listeners before sending them one. It's curtsey, it's good manners. You could say"incoming voicenote" or ask politely can i send a voice note please?

• Avoid spamming:
  with pictures or too many messages, avoid spamming people unnecessarily. You're causing a headache.

• Identify scammers:
  Do not easily let out your money or personal details to just anyone. You might just be putting yourself at risk.

Hmm(heaving a sigh of relieve). It's been some worthwhile moment taking you on this ride with me on social media. I'm pretty sure you did give some thoughts so far on what you've read. As usual, your girl dishes just value on "the teens team". Having talked so much about being social media smart, it's high time I cooked more value for our next series. will you be there? Meet you then!

Because I don't want you missing our previous series, here there are;
Introduction

• Series 01
• series 02
• series 03
• series 04
• Series 05
• series 06
  Here's my steemit introduction post