One of the people I feel so fortunate to have worked with over the course of 2010, who has increased the velocity of my business is my friend, Mike Brown.

If you follow my stream, you’ve probably seen Mike and I talk back-and-forth on Twitter.  What’s interesting is that he and I use Twitter quite a bit for both personal and business communication, much like how some folks use text messaging or chat.  That just seemed to happen naturally.  On Twitter, Mike goes by his brand name, @brainzooming.  Interested in thought-provoking content and conversations on creativity, innovation and social media?  Want that seasoned with a dash of snark and humor? If so, Mike’s stream is a good place for your eyeballs…

I’m honored to have Mike guest post for the first time ever on nateriggs.com.  Hopefully there will be more to come.

Meet Mike.

The World’s Simplest Social Media Policy

Has coming up with a social media policy been on your to-do list for quite some time now?

You should really have a solid social media policy or at least some guidelines. And there are a variety of places online to either find what others are doing or create a slightly less than generic version for your organization by answering a few questions.

Until you have the quality time to do that homework, below is a simple, straightforward social media policy (which you can implement today). It doesn’t cover every legal twist and turn, but it will keep you out of a whole bunch of potential social media snafus.

Behold the world’s simplest social media policy:

“Will what you’re about to share online offend, surprise, or shock your

• Spouse
• Mother
• Employer (current or future)
• Clients (current or future)
• Business partners (current or future)
• Coworkers
• Children

in a way which critically jeopardizes your relationship? If you answer even one “Yes” for this short list of people, think long and hard before publishing your content.”

What do you think?

Please feel free to edit it as you like.

For instance, you may want to modify “critically” to be a lesser standard (i.e., severely or potentially), change the order of the people or include future spouses too (you be the judge of that). For those of you who don’t yet have a social media policy in place, start using the world’s simplest social media policy today.

By the way, share it with your business partners too. Let them know you expect them to use it when it comes to their dealings with you.

Whew. Now you have a social media policy. Cross that off your list and get on with your day!

[Photo credit: Becky Johns]

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