Wednesday, April 29, 2009
The Downside of Social Media
Managing a fighter's career requires me to get them noticed, which in turn means I need to be noticed. Look at me, I have fighters. Now look at my fighters. It's a wonderful tool to use Twitter, Facebook, Myspace, Linkedin, themmaspace, anointedfighter, and other socia media sites to reach more people at once. The downside of that is I cannot be choosey about who notices me. To stand up in a crowded room of millions and say, "hey look at me", means to expect everyone will turn and look even if just for the length of that sentence. So far it has been a handy tool in marketing my clothing, casting my documentary, and enabling the careers of several full contact fighters. Today social media made me cry. I woke up to a message on facebook from the guy who raped me when I was 15. The panic that struck in me is indescribable. I have come so far in life just to suddenly be reminded I can never go anywhere where I won't be followed as long as I use social medial as part of my business networking. So do I tank my clothing company and my passion of managing fighters? I mean, let's face it, without social media my career will drag it's knuckles in the dark ages and get nowhere without the aide of social media. Or do I continue what I am doing and let the monsters lurking on the web take their best shot? My name is Kristen Brown, aka Lethal Princess, and I am not a quitter. So, to all you psycho loser monsters preying on the weak and feeble minded, you need to lurk somewhere else because this is a battle of my will to over-come and succeed and you will surely lose! People can only bring you down if you let them and I'm not about to let anyone sink the ship I built myself!
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A terrific post Kristen and you are an incredible person. Never, ever give up and never let the psycho losers make you change anything about you or what you do!
ReplyDeleteStay strong and never quit Kristen!
Kristen,
ReplyDeleteVery true about social media, it has it's greatness but with greatness always comes some sort of downside. I do believe you've done a great job promoting your clothing line and projects without being spammmy. I think being real is the best strategy for social media. Your strength as an individual is very inspiring, and your attitude to taking whatever comes your way is remarkable. I know you'll never quit and that you'll be on top.