{"id":763,"date":"2016-03-01T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-01T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.timwyatt.ca\/test\/?p=763"},"modified":"2016-03-02T21:06:37","modified_gmt":"2016-03-02T21:06:37","slug":"which-people-skills-are-most-important-in-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.timwyatt.ca\/test\/?p=763","title":{"rendered":"Which People Skills Are Most Important in Social Media?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Dave Kerpen - Instagram\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-30816\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/www.convinceandconvert.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Dave-Kerpen-Instagram.jpg\" style=\"float: left; padding: 4px; margin: 0 7px 2px 0;\" width=\"300\" \/>You Can&#8217;t Fake Authenticity<\/h3>\n<p>While technology and the way we communicate evolves at a rapid pace, there are some things that stay the same. Mainly, the importance of people skills. This is true for both people and businesses alike. <b>Even the most well thought-out and perfectly executed social plan can fall flat if it loses sight of the essential humanity of its audience.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Dave has authored several best-selling books on the art of social. This body of work has now culminated in a book that addresses the very foundation of social, both online and off: people. <b>Human beings<\/b> <strong>manage social and human beings receive social.<\/strong> Yet somehow that human element can be forgotten amongst the plans, posts, and KPIs. Dave is here to bring us back to basics and get your social off the screen and into the heart of your customers.<\/p>\n<h3>In This Episode<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>How being interested (as opposed to interesting) leads to a more memorable and authentic customer experience<\/li>\n<li>Why being happy doesn&#8217;t mean being right<\/li>\n<li>How studying people skills\u00a0leads\u00a0to learning a new art<\/li>\n<li>Why a single page business plan means more engaged and effective employee advocacy<\/li>\n<li>How two simple questions lead to a deeper relationship within minutes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Quotes From This Episode<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;Really get to know your audience and be super interested in who they are as individuals. They are going to be interested in you because of the fact that you&#8217;re interested in them.&#8221; \u2014@DaveKerpen<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You&#8217;ve got to meet unhappy customers <b>where they are<\/b> and put yourself in their shoes.&#8221; \u2014@DaveKerpen (highlight to tweet)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is an art and a science to both social media and people skills.&#8221; \u2014@DaveKerpen (highlight to tweet)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you don&#8217;t have a business plan that you can put on one sheet of paper, <b>then there&#8217;s a problem.<\/b>&#8221; \u2014@DaveKerpen<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you can give people the right awesomeness, you&#8217;re going to <b>change their lives<\/b> and <b>help your bottom line.<\/b>&#8221; \u2014@DaveKerpen<\/p>\n<h3>Resources<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/t\/0\/0\/convinceandconvert\/~davekerpen.ceo\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dave Kerpen<\/a>: on Twitter\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/t\/0\/0\/convinceandconvert\/~https:\/\/twitter.com\/DaveKerpen\" target=\"_blank\">@DaveKerpen<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/t\/0\/0\/convinceandconvert\/~ScheduleDave.com\" target=\"_blank\">ScheduleDave.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/t\/0\/0\/convinceandconvert\/~www.likeablelocal.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Likeable Local<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/t\/0\/0\/convinceandconvert\/~www.likeable.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Likeable Media<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/t\/0\/0\/convinceandconvert\/~www.likeablelocal.com\/turbopost\/\" target=\"_blank\">Turbopost<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Dave&#8217;s new book:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/t\/0\/0\/convinceandconvert\/~www.amazon.com\/Art-People-Simple-Skills-Everything\/dp\/0553419404\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;The Art of People: 11 Simple People Skills that Will Get You Everything You Want&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Dave&#8217;s other books:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/t\/0\/0\/convinceandconvert\/~www.amazon.com\/Likeable-Social-Media-Revised-Expanded\/dp\/0071836322\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Likeable Social Media&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/t\/0\/0\/convinceandconvert\/~www.amazon.com\/Likeable-Business-Consumers-Leaders-Deliver\/dp\/007181373X\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Likeable Business&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/t\/0\/0\/convinceandconvert\/~https:\/\/twitter.com\/thegrowthguy\" target=\"_blank\">Verne Harnish<\/a> and his <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/t\/0\/0\/convinceandconvert\/~https:\/\/www.eonetwork.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Entrepreneurs&#8217; Organization<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/t\/0\/0\/convinceandconvert\/~https:\/\/gazelles.com\/g\/one-page-tools\/strategy\" target=\"_blank\">One-Page Strategic Plan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/t\/0\/0\/convinceandconvert\/~www.socialmediaexaminer.com\/smmworld\/\" target=\"_blank\">Social Media Marketing World<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/t\/0\/0\/convinceandconvert\/~www.larrybenet.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Larry Benet<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"big2 right\">\n<h3>The Big Two:<\/h3>\n<h2>Dave Kerpen<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><b><i>What&#8217;s your one tip for becoming a social pro?<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Practice. Practice. Practice.<\/b> If you want to be a social pro, you&#8217;ve got to practice and play the game every single day. There is a lot of opportunity out there for the learned player but you <b>must<\/b> be skilled and ready to go when you get there.<\/p>\n<p><b><i>If you could do a Skype call with any living person, who would it be?<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>The one and only Queen of Self-Transformation, <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/t\/0\/0\/convinceandconvert\/~https:\/\/twitter.com\/Oprah\" target=\"_blank\">Oprah<\/a>. Not only is she a brilliant business mind\u00a0and social pro, Dave can&#8217;t think of anybody who has that much success and <b>owns their failures<\/b> the way she does. 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