I Might Be Committing Sin #4 & Of Amy Mcllwain’s Seven Deadly Social Media Sins

According to Amy Mcllwain of Financial Social Media, these are The Seven Deadly Social Media Sins:

1. No Social Media Compliance Policy
2. No Social Media Strategy
3. No Archiving Software
4. Mixing Personal and Professional
5. Ranking Quantity over Quality
6. Push Marketing
7. Failing to Follow-up

Here Sin #4.

4. Mixing Personal and Professional. So you had a fun time last weekend – dancing, drinking and having a good time at a friend’s wedding – and consequently a few tagged pictures of you appear on Facebook. There’s nothing wrong with sharing those photos with personal friends and family, but the last thing you want is for a client to see those photos and find you unprofessional. Maybe you’re a huge Packers fan, but your clients are not, and posting status updates about their amazing Superbowl win may irk them a little bit. The bottom line? You need to separate your personal and professional relationships on all social networks. Create lists in Facebook and change your privacy settings. Don’t post incriminating content that you wouldn’t want your professional connections to see.

While I have a separate personal FaceBook site from Leading Advisor’s Fan Page, I do share what Laura and I do personally to demonstrate that we are walking our talk when it comes to having balance in our lives and it is also about sharing your authentic self on social media and here is an example of what i am talking about in; What Percentage Of Advisors Show Their Authentic Self?

What do you think?

Am I committing Social Media Sin #4?

At the same time, don’t dance, drink or drive on business social media.