Comments on: Business vs Personal Life?

By: pamela

pamela — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:25:45 +0000

oopppsss…sori! it should be JEAN, not JOHN.. my mistake!

By: pamela

pamela — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:22:44 +0000

There are situations that we must act professionally and personally. If we could both act both, then that’s an edge. John, your question is quite simple. You don’t need to separate your “true friends” from your “business friends”,you have to know how to treat them the way they should be treated. Didn’t it occurred to your mind that plain business friends could also be one of those “real friends”?

Anyway, it’s still up to you to resolve on this things, because it’s your own personal decision.

By: Fisk Gawsen

Fisk Gawsen — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:51:37 +0000

I think with today’s social marketing, media and network platforms it all becomes one and the same.

In the old days of marketing people didn’t have the options they have today to voice their opinions about certain people, products and services. Although it’s a two-edged sword it is necessary evil to get involved in these platforms to succeed.

When I visit blogs like these, WoodyMaxim.com, MichaelFortin.com, TechCrunch.com and the list goes on, but I want to interact as much as possible and if you treat me like one of your friends you increase the chances of me coming back to your blog, site, social networking page, etc.

In the end you have the control with how much you put out there for the world to see, but I don’t see the difference between business and personal anymore.

Fisk Gawsen

By: Jean Taylor

Jean Taylor — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 11:19:33 +0000

I agree. It is a tricky decision. I have made it in part by presenting myself as the person who is seen by my business associates. Anyone who I feel I should like to have a closer friendship with I refer to a different kind of page elsewhere.

This is the same as an off line meeting. You don’t tell a new acquaintance everything at once. You build a friendship gradually by allowing them more insights into your personality and private life. Online should be no different.

You can have many associates but only a few will evolve into true friends. These you will communicate with in other ways. True friends are not managed in ‘accounts’.