Marie’s crush is Popoy. She wants to get his attention and know everything about him as much as possible. She likes the guy so much. The following are her ways of catching Popoy’s interest.
One day, she got a Facebook account hoping that she could get in touch with him through this. Sadly, Popoy’s in Friendster and a super-fan of it. She’s upset.
The next day, she created a Yahoo account to send him an email and to chat with him. Unfortunately, he’s in his Gmail account and having conversations with friends and classmates.
The next next day, early in the morning, she heard that her crush is into blogging. She turned her laptop on and signed up in WordPress. To her dismay, she found out that afternoon that he’s in Blogspot.
The following days got worse than before. She created a video and uploaded it in YouTube, but he’s never been in that site. He’s an Imeem buddy. Then she made a Twitter, planning to follow him, but he doesn’t have a Twitter account. She uploaded her pictures in Flickr wishing that she might hook Popoy by her charming poses, but he’s using Photobucket for photo-sharing.
Finally, tears flowed; she’s about to give up. “Maybe Popoy is not for me. Maybe he’s for Basha afterall.” Poor Marie! She was about to tell Popoy these lines: “Ako na lang, Poy. Ako naman kasi. Ako na lang.” *cry cry*
Few weeks later, though she wanted to mend her almost broken heart, she went to her OrCom 152 class. And this day turned out to be the start of bringing back the color of her life that she thought was already doomed. Yay! And the conversation prism of Brian Solis below is the key.
Marie realized that:
- Not all people use Facebook.Some of them use Friendster, Multiply, Twitter, Plurk, or what have you.
- Not all people have Yahoomail account. Some of them have Gmail account or MSN.
- Not all people use WordPress. Some of them use Blogspot.
- Not all people watch and listen to videos in Youtube. Some of them do that in Imeem.
(Like “her” Popoy.)
Basically, she learned that people are diverse in the world of Internet and in the world of new social media. They are diverse as how cultures across the world are. The question is in what way individuals, organizations or companies will tap these people conversing in different communities since people, customers or consumers are not hanging in the same place.
She found out that organizations must do a lot of listening. They must hang out with their consumers, and humanize their brand. They must do an engagement plan or strategy, and customize their messages based on who they are talking to. And, they must also know where their stakeholders are.
So, Marie’s heart, with medicine strips and some stitches, has started to enlighten.
As of the moment, she is hanging out with Popoy—knowing more about her beloved crush and engaging him in her strategy (I won’t tell. Guess what it is!). She is using her Organizational Communication “learnings” as her charm in carrying out her plans.
For her, it is a “One More Chance” moment, a chance of her “lovelifetime” that she won’t let pass.
Wanna bet what will happen?
ow… perfect!!! hahahaah…
galing!
galing!!
hahahahaha!!!
Hi Nayah!!! Thanks for visiting my blog dear cousin!
very well said..clap clap clap!!! you’re right. not everybody uses the same ‘network’. depende kasi yan sa pinagtataguan mong tao..haha
What do you mean? pinagtataguan ako ni Popoy? waahhh.. anyway, thanks much! Hope you’ll visit again!
sus!. pambobola lng pra sa orcom152 class.
seriously, i agree that we should do a lot of listening.we will only learn if we care to listen.
Hi Constancio! wala akong binobola! Anyway, thanks for reading and leaving a comment! I just wish that you’re not using Popoy’s name! People might be mistaken.
hahaha…. honga naman…. buti na lang ako madaling hanapin lahat may accountn ako lolz
haha.. Good for you! Superthanks!!!
oi, gawin b lahat mapansin lng ni “popoy” whahahaha pag-ibig nga naman khit ano gagawin mapansin lng…. buti n lng hi-tech n tau dali n mgsearch… whahahahahaha
hahaha.. well that’s life. and good to know that new social media are just here to help us.
Ang lakas ng entry na to. AKO NA LANG POY. Loveit! May bago nang use ang Orcom learnings natin.
The listening part is true. Organizations can never stand alone on their own beliefs and decisions. They have to care to listen to what the market wants and demands from the organization. Listening will be a way to know their target and improve their chances at building relationships with their stakeholders.
Ay sam, pinag isipan ko talagang mabuti yang line na yan!
hahaha
Anyway, thanks for visiting and leaving a comment! sa uulitin ha! Thanks much!
I think behind the nowadays virtual communication with ‘online social networks’ their is still a way to communicate we probably all know and understand
Hi! thanks for reading the entry and leaving a comment! hope you’ll visit often.
Zucht, well i guess posting something is too difficult for me. LOL -.-”"”
For certain personal reasons, I have to delete the picture or the drawing on the start of the entry. I just want to inform you guys. But no worries. removing the pic won’t affect the content. It has the same sentiments as before.
Woot! I miss my Juju and Didi version of Social Media Sweethearts!
OrCom teaching won’t fail Marie. 
Go and get Popoy! You want him! 
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haha.. I miss them too. I’ll get Popoy. I want. I want. Hope OrCom won’t fail me.
Organizations are also in the look out for their ‘popoy,’ only they are looking at the wrong places (e.g. TV, radio, print)
i’m not a fan of social media LOL either parang nakakastress masyado LOL that’s why i admire those with all of the accounts to these kinds of things eh.
ang galing..