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Harnessing the Creative Process for Social Media: Madman, Craftsman, or Critic

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With more and more businesses participating in social media, the pressure to be creative is getting intense. Now every tweet needs to

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be interesting. Every blog post, a ‘wow’. And so everybody wants to know: Does Robroy have a process for that?

Hold on, let me check. Why, yes, here’s something. I call it the Madman, Craftsman, Critic process. Catchy name, I know. You can use Madman, Craftsman, Critic (or Madwoman, Craftswoman, Critic) to develop everything from business growth strategies to sales presentations to marketing content, tweets, blogs and more. It also works for paintings and poems and love songs. And Robroy posts. Anything creative. But only if you are willing to concede that you have three strong-willed personalities within you who all want to dominate the creative process, and it’s your job to keep them in line. They are:

1. The Madman

His cheeks are tight and bright from holding back gales of laughter while dashing around the room goosing people. The Madman is you at your irrepressible best. Your passion, your spark, your zest for life. He loves what he does and is inspired by finding original ways to express it, regardless of what anybody else is doing.

2. The Craftsman

After the wild hilarity has blown over, enter the Craftsman. This is your technical side. Fastidious, skillful and proud, the Craftsman makes logical sense of what the Madman has left behind, which he measures, cuts, joins and assembles into something structurally sound and useful.

3. The Critic

“Gentlemen, gentlemen,” says the Critic, peering over his glasses. “Your masterpiece is stirring, indeed, but riddled with errors. A detail is missing here and here. And the surface must be rubbed, sealed and smoothly coated. Really, gentlemen. In the future, I insist we bring me in sooner.”

This is you and your high standards. Ultimately accountable for whether the thing works or not, the Critic controls quality in matters large and small. It would be a disaster to involve the Critic too soon in the creative process, as he would scold and nit-pick and criticize his brothers until they broke his glasses and made him cry. Another common mistake is letting the Madman hang around so long that he burns it all down with his hair. Finally, try not to allow the Craftsman to start or finish the project, as it will end up technically perfect, but emotionally stiff as a board.

Madman, Craftsman and Critic, in that order.

But, hey, you’re creative. How does it happen for you? Have your Madman/Madwoman leave a comment below.

By: Rob Macdonald aka Robroy

Rob Macdonald is a creative business consultant and writer. As the founder of Robroy & Company, LLC, he helps CEOs and their teams tell their stories in ways that inspire their audiences. His column appears in the Baltimore Business Journal.

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