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Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, are all platforms.<\/p>\n

Social media is the mechanical part of reaching people<\/strong>, everything else is fluff.<\/p>\n

Being a fan of a platform makes you irrational<\/em>, the word fan being derived from “fanatical”.<\/p>\n

You need to use the platform <\/strong>and not the other way round.<\/p>\n

They are tools, and should be used only to fit into your strategy of Empire Building<\/strong><\/p>\n

Love shooting the breeze on Facebook?
\nDescribe yourself as a “social media evangelist”? This is not for you, please leave now and never return.<\/p>\n

Social media is a means to an end and not a destination.<\/strong><\/p>\n

We have been given social media to allow us to ruthlessly use it for our own gain. Never forget that a social media platform has been created to ruthlessly scrape cash into the alligator leather wallets of the venture capitalists. They don’t do it to be your friend.<\/p>\n

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