John Haydon is a blogging rockstar. He’s got a great following, and he gives fantastic information, on a regular, accessible basis.
And he’s friendly.
I found him on Twitter, and have been following him for several months now (I was a late Twitter bloomer.)
I didn’t start following him because he’s a guru, or because he knows what he’s talking about (he does), but because he’s friendly. I’ll say it one more time. He’s friendly.
The first thing I thought when I saw his Twitter photo was – he looks like a nice guy. (Consider your Facebook/Twitter/whateverplatform head-shot… do you look like a nice guy?)
He talks a bit about this here, in 27 ways to breath life into your blog’s “About” page
Have a photo. The quickest (and oldest) way of reading someone is through their face. And for God’s sake, smile!
And he practices what he preaches. His photo is friendly, he is friendly and perhaps my favorite thing about John – he says please when he asks for a re-Tweet. It really is the little things that matter.
So back to his blog. Why should you read it?
Do you care at all about Facebook? Are you a nonprofit? Do you think you might want to dip your toe into this thing you’ve heard about called social media but aren’t sure what the hell you’re doing?
If you answered yes to any of the above, you should be reading his blog.
What are you waiting for? Go now.
