One of the things I notice a lot with not only me, but other magicians as well is one way networking. That when the magician seems to be in their own world and only cares about what there posting and has very little to know acknowledgement of your existence. That's when I wonder what's the point of them even exerting the energy to accept your friend request. Now I realize that for some it's almost impossible to interact and communicate with every single friend you have in the social media. Even I have a hard time with that.
What I am talking about is the whole share, comment, network and ACKNOWLEDGE the ones that you do network and are close to you and may have potential to do business in the future. I have landed myself in a lot of opportunities just by networking. I was on WGN TV twice and have had the opportunity to be in the "Nothin Up My Sleeve" production that has now been running for 13 years in a row now. The show is produced through two of my good friend magicians whom I got to know even better due to social networking.
When I'm on the social media I do my best to share, comment and post other magicians videos, shows, ect... whenever I can. First of all to show support, but also to develop a relationship with someone that I may of never known. You see we are more connected then you think and all our actions with how we treat people and interact could affect business in the future. That's why many times if I feel like I messed up or offended someone inadvertently, I'll apologize. It's better to show you care then to blow it off. Just a few days ago I put a photo on a friends magicians wall and thought nothing of it. I was simply following the joke advice of another magician, not realizing it was bad taste.
I guess the point I'm making is that us as magicians are always on stage and anyone can see what post and out of that they start to make a judgment of our character in just a few browses of our profiles or pages.
I would also like to talk about the importance of acknowledging your magic peers.
A few months ago I was sick and needed a magician to fill in at the restaurant I do magic at. I made a post on facebook and tagged a few magicians who I felt would be a good fit for the restaurant. Out of the five names that I posted, only one responded with a "Thank you, but I can't do the gig" I was surprised that the other four didn't even respond with a thank you. The same thing has happened with one of the magicians that I tried calling and left a message with no return phone call or again! a simple thank you. In my opinion I think it makes the magician look self centered and arrogant. It must be nice to be so busy that they don't have to thank people for their time or them thinking of you. It must be so nice to just pick, choose or ignore and not worry about anything. It's almost as if they have that "It's owed to me attitude"
The same goes with posting on social media. It's important to acknowledge people that comment or share your posts, pictures or video.
Especially where it might be a post where it involves interaction, informative or question and answer.
In one group in particular I try to press "Like" for everyone that commented. This shows that you care and that you're paying attention. When it's one way then it just seems selfish.
Well that about wraps it up in this blog post.
Like I said It's to easy to offend or post things that we may not think is harmful, but in a way it's almost like BIG BROTHER is watching. We are always on stage and we are more connected then you think. Just look up "Kevin Bacon six Degrees" and you will see.
BE GOOD! BE WELL! and ACKNOWLEDGE!
-Imaginator-
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