Boldness vs spamming. There's a difference between the two. Let me explain.

When you start a new business relationship, it's tempting to show a link to one of your sites or programs as soon as possible. In fact, many people jump on the occasion when you accept their contact request on a business social network such as APSense, even on Facebook if they believe you are interested in marketing. They send you a referral link to this "new program that will make you a lot of money fast and easy".

When I receive such a message, i.e. an unsolicited link, it definitely is spam. I respond by saying something like "please no unsolicited links, thanks". Most accept that response, some are offended, others try to say it's not spam.

Maybe some people think it's simply boldness to act fast to get the word out about their business opportunities. I want to compare boldness vs spamming.

Boldness is doing something most people won't dare to do, because of fear of rejection, failure or being ridiculed. The best example I can give you is doing videos. I have done more than 100 videos. To me, it's a mystery that not more people do videos. The tool I use is so easy, it takes less time to do a 5-minute video than it takes to write this article.

Am I better than anyone else? I don't think so. Am I bold? I guess the answer lies there. Well, I'm bold regarding doing videos. I'm not so bold for other tasks.

Another example of boldness is posting information in places where you feel you might be judged. Like a link in a private message. I do that on occasion. The thing is, I choose carefully what kind of link I will put in the message, and it's always to inform the person of a comment or an event that concerns him/her personally. For example, I will send a link to an article the person wrote, to point out a mistake I saw. Or I can post a link to a group post where someone made a nice comment about the person to whom I send the message.

Actually, in the 2 examples, it might appear bold to post such links, but in fact, it's a very nice move on your part. The person doesn't have to find the place where the event happened, you give it on a platter.

So, to conclude, I would say the difference between boldness and spamming is that boldness is not invading. More than that, it can help strenghten a relationship.

Please feel free to give other examples of boldness in your comments to this article.

Let's all be bold!