Comments on: Build Relationships Like Micah Sims

By: admin

admin — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:26:54 +0000

@Jeff – Yeah, I walk that same line sometimes. A lot of people are wanting to set up appointments for my free consulting offer, and I want to accommodate everyone, but often times the best way to get me is spontaneously when I’m online. Knowing you though, you find a way to provide value, or connect them with someone who can.

By: admin

admin — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:26:25 +0000

@Scott – That’s my philosophy as well Scott. Obviously, I try to prune out the blatant spammers, but you never know what you can learn from someone. Obviously I could learn a LOT from someone like you, but someone who is not necessarily an influencer could potentially give me the golden nugget I need.

I think it’s great that you engage so many different kinds of people. I try to, but will admit that my closest friends are very much like me. I suspect it’s a result of playing ball and growing up with those guys all the time.

By: admin

admin — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:26:07 +0000

@Matt – I don’t know that it’s really your ‘genre’ of music, but I do have his only CD, and I’ll be happy to loan it to you to burn if you’re interested.

By: Ryan Stephens Marketing » 6 Ways to Build Better Relationships with Co-Workers

Fri, 24 Apr 2009 03:09:08 +0000

[...] the transition I have written and vlogged a few posts about connecting with others in a peer-to-peer networking sense. I’ve [...]

By: Jeff Widman

Jeff Widman — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 08:59:38 +0000

Ryan–I was at the GTD Summit last week–a fairly select group of highly motivated folks. And I looked around during one of the mixers and thought–all these folks, doing cool things. I just don’t have time to add value to their lives–I’ve just got too much going on right now. But then I realized, I could simply quit planning ahead and just be extroverted right then just to talk with someone. Without planning to follow up. So I did.

“Micah was a guy who fit with every group. He didn’t need a group to define himself.” What a compliment.

By: Scott Monty

Scott Monty — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:20:19 +0000

Ryan, you’ve nailed it. It’s about the quality of relationships, and the richness they bring to our lives and vice versa.

I know Chris & I share the same philosophy on following back our Twitter followers – we automatically do it, without looking at their influence because it’s polite and who knows what amazing things we’ll learn?

I’ve always been very much like Micah in my own friendships. They come from all over and I value the texture and variety interactions they bring to my life.

Nice post.

By: Matt Cheney

Matt Cheney — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 21:38:35 +0000

Great article. I would have loved to meet Micah. There’s always that one guy that transcends all barriers. And you’re right, it’s all about being true to yourself.

We can learn a lot from him, and people we know like him and apply that to marketing and more specifically our communications.

My only problem with the article is that I’m the bottom metric on Twitter. Come on, no one wants to be the baseline. Excuse me mister “Look at me I’ve got almost 2K followers”. And 300? How about 30? I thought 300 was pretty damned good. And just for the record, I’m four away from 400.

And thanks for the handful of pity followers I got. I guess I should start tweeting again…