Everyone Loves a McGie

It’s creeping up on us again, it’s the theme of Love this week heading towards St. Valentines Day. It got me thinking about a conversation I had at the weekend, a friend contacted me about my Linkedin “My feed is full of you talking about who you listen to and where you have been. Get some work done!” Now this was all said and taken in good humour, thought it did make me think. 

For me in sales this is an important part of my work, I share my content based on the people I am connected with and I like to promote other businesses when I feel compelled, its tough world we all work in and with social media so accessible why not share and help your connections when you can? Years ago, my Mum used to say “People are either a MaTak or a McGie (Taker or Giver) we were brought up to be McGie's, this has stuck with me and If I can help another person or business, I certainly will. It’s all about building good relationships.

Over the years I have spoken to colleagues about St. Valentines day and we all have very mixed opinions on the whole thing. “Commercial Bribery!” “Fake if you have to be nice on a specific day.” “Keep the romance alive, I love it!” “He/She always gets me white chocolate; I hate white chocolate!” “My partner would flip if I didn’t get the flowers right” “It’s nice but not necessary, though I do love a card or flowers. “So, we all like and expect different things. 

Isn’t this just a little bit like our wants/needs/expectations of Social media content. Now we can plan and think over what we post or share, however not everyone will like or appreciate what we give (McGie). For us @ SVL we work hard to share our content to show us as authentic, credible people who happen to work in technology and have many years of experience in our field, that said I want people to know we are human and people and their challenges are much more interesting than the technology, the tech just happens to be, at times the solution. 

My Social Media strategy is to share insight, knowledge, stories and news about @SVL Business Solutions and the business partners we are closely associated with. Our business relationships are like an engagement or marriage and we hold them dear to our hearts we want everyone we are engaged with to succeed on the journey with us. We will shout about them and about us and help you get to know us. 

Are you a McTak or a McGie? Support, love and promote your organisation and its close connections all year round. Whatever you do, even in business, do it with all your heart.

P.s. I hope you don't get white chocolate on Friday!