What To Do If You’re A Social Media In-Betweener [Video Interview]
I had the chance to sit down recently with Harris III, a master illusionist, who has been using social media for his business for about a year now. Harris has a great story about how he used a YouTube video to reconcile a customer service issue with a Wyndham Hotel several months ago. He’s also seen social media help drive people to his shows and knows it helped him sell out some shows in a few cities, yet he still feels like he’s a social media in-betweener…meaning he’s not brand new to social media, but he’s not convinced he’s doing everything he should be either.
In this conversation with Harris, you’ll hear what he’s done, what he’s doing, and what’s worked for him along with a key revelation he had that’s shifting the way he’s using social media now.
Tags: Harris III, social media for entertainers, social media in-betweener
December 14th, 2009 at 12:13 pm
Bill - Thanks for the interaction with Harris and his experience. It would have been really fun to see him make you disappear or some other bit of illusion…
December 14th, 2009 at 2:05 pm
Thanks John. Yeah, we talked about having him work some kind of trick into the discussion, but we had a limited amount of time to get the video shot, so it didn’t work out. Maybe I’ll do a follow up sometime next year and we’ll plan ahead to work a trick into the video.
January 6th, 2010 at 9:53 am
Hey Bill - I wonder if you ever get this question… How do you become comfortable with talking about yourself on Facebook and Twitter? Maybe its an age thing - I find it hard to use these media because it feels like drawing attention to myself. It looks like others do. But that’s the way it works… How did you (if it was even an issue) adjust to saying things about yourself even though no one in particular asked? Thanks for any insights — John
January 7th, 2010 at 8:56 am
John, great question. I think there’s a fine line between talking about yourself arrogantly or in a way that is intended to draw unnecessary attention to yourself. I try to start from a basis of conversation…so that means I say things that I hope will spark conversation. It may tell people something about me, but I also hope to learn something about other people if they’ll choose to engage me. In my view, that’s a very different approach to saying things about yourself to provoke people to wish they were doing whatever it is your doing. If there is a focus on humility and conversation, I think it grounds you to not going too far.