After years of skulking about digital fringes, sometime last year I grudgingly joined the land of living twitterers with: "Now what?" It was rhetorical of course. Nonetheless, one of the first replies to set my notifications tab on fire (not) was this: "It's not about the number of followers."
For a noncommittal social media user, the insight was rather reassuring. But it was all rot. The truth is we're obsessed with flaunting numbers as some true measure of our output, however shallow the system may be. In the new world, the leading indicator of fame and personal worth is social media footprint -- likes for comments and memes, hearts for selfies, shares of vines and posts, tally of subscribers, fans, friends, followers, tweets, retweets (RTs) or favourites. Vanity is virtue not sin, Sonny.
Brands pick their "influencers" based not on the wit in their last tweet. And why should they? Marketers are not in it for life-altering conversations and epicurean discoveries. It's all about reach. You may fancy yourself the Bard reincarnated, but if you've got not more than a handful under your influence then what use have you for a suit? The fact is we live in a likeconomy and we're all, some kicking and mocking, a part of it.
However, that's easier said than done. Because most of us weren't born with the natural ability to amass social currency with relentless real-time coverage of and commentary on the seemingly mundane. Not all hold the unshakable conviction that every passing contemplation merits the privilege of being published. Nor the talent of unflinchingly throwing oneself into conversations without reasonable thought or cause.
So we must look to digital somebodies or influencers for answers. And their more successful brethren, YouTube moguls, who are the protagonists of a real rags-to-internet-riches story. They're usually twenty-somethings who found global fame all on their own PCs, built communities of fans and expanded their empires online and off with content and marketing strategies made by and for the millennial generation. Skipping the obvious requirements of content with relevancy and high interest value, a modest grasp of language, a decent camera and video editing skills, here's basically what to do to win the internet, not break it.
For a noncommittal social media user, the insight was rather reassuring. But it was all rot. The truth is we're obsessed with flaunting numbers as some true measure of our output, however shallow the system may be. In the new world, the leading indicator of fame and personal worth is social media footprint -- likes for comments and memes, hearts for selfies, shares of vines and posts, tally of subscribers, fans, friends, followers, tweets, retweets (RTs) or favourites. Vanity is virtue not sin, Sonny.
Brands pick their "influencers" based not on the wit in their last tweet. And why should they? Marketers are not in it for life-altering conversations and epicurean discoveries. It's all about reach. You may fancy yourself the Bard reincarnated, but if you've got not more than a handful under your influence then what use have you for a suit? The fact is we live in a likeconomy and we're all, some kicking and mocking, a part of it.
However, that's easier said than done. Because most of us weren't born with the natural ability to amass social currency with relentless real-time coverage of and commentary on the seemingly mundane. Not all hold the unshakable conviction that every passing contemplation merits the privilege of being published. Nor the talent of unflinchingly throwing oneself into conversations without reasonable thought or cause.
So we must look to digital somebodies or influencers for answers. And their more successful brethren, YouTube moguls, who are the protagonists of a real rags-to-internet-riches story. They're usually twenty-somethings who found global fame all on their own PCs, built communities of fans and expanded their empires online and off with content and marketing strategies made by and for the millennial generation. Skipping the obvious requirements of content with relevancy and high interest value, a modest grasp of language, a decent camera and video editing skills, here's basically what to do to win the internet, not break it.
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