The ONE thing that ALL good content has in common. . .

There is one thing that ALL good content has in common–  it was actually created.  The only really bad content is the content that we never create. . .

I created this video as my contribution to a discussion that was started on twitter last Wednesday regarding the creation of “good content.” Rob Hahn wrote a very good blog post about it, and you can read the comments there for more discussion.

You’ve got ideas for content. I know you do. No matter how small they may seem right now, chances are that you have the idea that will completely surprise you and has the potential to transform your business. Funny thing is, you’ll never know unless you bring that idea to life.

Now, go KILL THE RESISTANCE and start creating content. You’ll never know how “good” it is if you don’t.

Special thanks to Darin Persinger. I say that because he was the one who made the initial comment on stage at Agent Reboot that spawned this whole discussion, and he also inspired the cave painting example.

Me and @LilZebra explain one of the things we love about social media

I made this video today in order to thank Wayne Holt for a very thoughtful gift that he gave me. Wayne ROCKS!

I wish that YouTube wouldn’t have cut me off at 1:30, but alas. After that, Ava went down for a nap. As much as I love Wayne, I wasn’t about to film a video with a cranky LilZebra. :-)

My point remains the same though- social media was, is, and always will be about the relationships. What you do once those relationships are established is up to you. Wayne did something extremely thoughtful that I will always remember.

What will you do?

Happy Birthday, Jeff Turner! (why social media can be a beautiful thing)

Today is Jeff Turner’s birthday.

I met Jeff in person for the first time almost 2 years ago. I blogged about it, at the time. I still remember getting that random phone call, Jeff telling me that he followed me on Twitter, and meeting him for a drink in the lounge at the Treasure Island hotel in Vegas just before NAR 2007. We talked for about 30 minutes or so. It was a great conversation. We talked about real estate, technology, and basketball. Later that night, Kari and I ate dinner with him and some others after the first NAR BloggerCon.

Good times. Good times.

I liked Jeff right away. I could never have known, though, that after those first few tweets back and forth, and that initial conversation in a hotel lounge, we would become great friends. I could never have known that Kari and I would come to care so much for Jeff, Rocky, and his family. I could never have known that almost two years after meeting him, Kari and I would be wishing him a happy birthday like this:

I could never have known any of those things would happen, but they did. For that, I am eternally grateful.

And to think, it all started with a few little tweets. . .