Sport & Exercise Professionals: Do you know that 'News' means YOUR news?!
We're starting to see some really positive signs that sport and exercise professionals are warming to using iStadia to develop their networks, caeers and business. Membership is accelerating, we see more people posting (though we'd like some of the early adopters to come back!) but one thing isn't happening: NEWS.
Does this mean that our members have no news? Is there nothing interesting happening in their professional lives? Are there no new contracts being won? No changes to their professional discipline? No interesting developments in their market? No new courses being offered, products launched or services delivered?
Of course not.
So, do they know that 'news' means their news? Perhaps sport and exercise professionals don't like to blow their own trumpets. I bet there's some truth in that (as you are such an ethical bunch), but sharing news doesn't mean overstating the truth or making other unethical claims.
But I'm sure that there is some of the former. I know that we have members who share their news with a mailing list. I'm on some of them. So, that must be part of the problem.
Of course there's at least one other explanation: They don't think it will make a difference. Well, you'll never know unless you go (as one advert used to say). But what we can say is that:
Some other members of iStadia - other sport & exercise professionals will see it AND
Other people that are searching for content like yours - potential customers - will see it.
So let this be a rallying call. Tell us what you're up to. Share your news. You are interesting. We do want to know. The world WILL be a better place for it, and if you do it regularly, it probably will make a difference.
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Rob Robson
Co-founder, iStadia.com
Does this mean that our members have no news? Is there nothing interesting happening in their professional lives? Are there no new contracts being won? No changes to their professional discipline? No interesting developments in their market? No new courses being offered, products launched or services delivered?
Of course not.
So, do they know that 'news' means their news? Perhaps sport and exercise professionals don't like to blow their own trumpets. I bet there's some truth in that (as you are such an ethical bunch), but sharing news doesn't mean overstating the truth or making other unethical claims.
But I'm sure that there is some of the former. I know that we have members who share their news with a mailing list. I'm on some of them. So, that must be part of the problem.
Of course there's at least one other explanation: They don't think it will make a difference. Well, you'll never know unless you go (as one advert used to say). But what we can say is that:
Some other members of iStadia - other sport & exercise professionals will see it AND
Other people that are searching for content like yours - potential customers - will see it.
So let this be a rallying call. Tell us what you're up to. Share your news. You are interesting. We do want to know. The world WILL be a better place for it, and if you do it regularly, it probably will make a difference.
--
Rob Robson
Co-founder, iStadia.com
Posted March 16, 2009 at 9:38 AM by robrobson
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