We're all professionals here. We're astute marketers offering sage advice. People turn to us for our guidance and expertise. Many of us strive to better understand our craft. We network. We research. We join industry forums. We do this because we want to become better marketers.
Why is it that when we create our online professional personas, professionalism seems to fly out the window. I have spent the past couple of hours visiting various forums and blogs. While on my little online excursion, I kept stumbling upon threads, posts and comments written in a text/instant messaging format. I'm sure there's a proper term for this, it's just not coming to mind at the moment.
It seems that there are a few of us who seem to think that this type of technological casualness is appropriate in less-than-casual settings. For example, you wouldn't dream of attending a business meeting in cut-off shorts and flip-flops. But some of us don't think twice about writing something along this line:
hi, i need sum hlp plz. im new 2 mktg and need sum ideas 4 a slogan.
Come on, you've seen this before. You may even be guilty. But truth be told, I tend not take posts -- or posters -- who generate this drivel, very seriously. If you don't take yourself very seriously, why should anyone else? Now, I can understand the occassional typo or misspelling, but this is ridiculous.
So please, do us all a favor. Show a little professional courtesy.
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2 comments:
Good advice Maria, you never know who is watching!
I apologise, but, in my opinion, you are mistaken.
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