Bulding Network? But Did You Build Foundation First?

Building Foundation [Blogging With Success]

Have You Built Foundation?

"Build Network, be active on social networks...."

This is a commonly heard blogging advice!

And most of us follow it blindly. I have to confess that I am also a victim of "building network". I tried to be active everywhere, from Delicious to Twitter to FaceBook. But I forgot one thing in the process, my first priority should have been Blogging With Success!

I went on to create a Facebook page and a Twitter account(thankfully, I did not spend much time on LinkedIn and Google Buzz). And then, I started worrying why there were so few followers!

However, I just realized the problem behind this.

Tell me, when you build a house, do you start building foundation first or something else? Of course, foundation!

Now, here is what I did:

I left foundation half-built and started working on walls! Result: Walls were weak!

A Simple Logic That I Ignored

When creating a Facebook page, I ignored a simple logic:

Fans do not fall from the sky!

Only people who visit Blogging With Success will "Like" our facebook page!

However, I ignored the logic and went on to create a page on facebook!

Result? At least 3 hours wasted on creating and fine tuning the page and almost 0 traffic in return.

What Next?

Now, I have 2 choices! Either I can continue to put efforts into Facebook page or put it on hold!

And I am going to choose the second option. For now, there will be no activity there. It is good for Blogging With Success because it gives me more time to write posts and books(hint hint!). I am keeping Twitter account( @bwsteam ) alive because there are many short tips that can't become full posts!