December 2010 Social Media Challenge

japie swanepoel

The Challenge

I want to challenge you with regard to your own social media presence and activities. So, why dont you psych yourself up, think about it and plan for the month of December 2010. As things quiet down towards the end of the year, you may actually get the time to do this. And if you succeed, why not make it your 2011 goal to keep it up:

Challenge # 1

• Unfriend the people on your facebook profile with whom you have not had a face-to-face or telephone conversation in 2010. (or block their updates, if you dont have the guts)

Challenge # 2

• "Like" a cause page of a cause you believe in. Not another client or booze page.

Challenge # 3• Go through the list of

your LinkedIn "connections" and record the number of those you have actually done business with in 2010. Then calculate that as a % of your total connections. Still excited about your "business connections?"

Challenge # 4

• Make one blog posting in December. Anywhere. (Need not even be on your own blog.)

Challenge # 5

• Make one comment on some-one else's blog. Anywhere.

Challenge # 6

• Go through your twitter follower list and block followers who are spammers, porn characters and anyone else that does not add value to your profile. Emerge with a list of followers whom you will be proud to introduce to your mother.

Challenge # 7

• For just this one month, only tweet messages which you hope people will retweet. Nothing about your lunch, kids ballet concerts or any "good morning tworld" tweets.

Challenge # 8

• Check every tweet you make against your twitter profile to see if it is the type of content your followers are expecting from you.

Challenge # 9

• Upload one non-commercial video to YouTube with your name in the tags.

Challenge # 10

• Write down your thoughts on the future of the big 4: twitter, facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube and date it. Look at it again in December 2011, to see whether you are on or off target.