This morning, I was on LinkedIn following up with some of my new (within the last year) connections who have gone dark. I was reminded of an old post Ephemeral; forever relevant, especially when it relates to most of my internet connections.
Blink:
In today’s post I would like to explore a great word, ephemeral.
Read On:
Ephemeral (adjective) – lasting for a very short time. Examples:
- Fads!
- A great glass of wine.
- Your favorite junk food snack.
- A good piece of sushi.
- Most of your internet connections. Note: Think about all the people you connected with strictly in the digital world (e.g., LinkedIn) who you are still actively engaged with since day one.
- The career of a professional tennis player.
- A bad Netflix movie.
- Airplane friendships – people you engage with who happen to be sitting next to you on a plane.
- Good customer service.
- A Mediterranean cloud burst.
- A shot of Novocain.
- Hiccups.
- Great belly laughs!
Do you have any additions to the list?
Smartketing 
Hey Jimmy! I totally agree with you on most of my internet connections being ephemeral. I often get on Facebook or LinkedIn and look at my contacts and the majority of the people I can’t remember the last time I engaged with them. Some of them I really don’t know who they are or how we connected years and years ago, likely.
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I value I know a majority of my Tribe personally thanks to offline connectivity.
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