Comments on: Starry Eyed Over Social Media

By: Nick Schmidt

Nick Schmidt — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 02:24:43 +0000

Christine you mentioned in your comment that we are all trying to figure this out together.. This is true.

Its hard to keep up to date with all the new social media & new websites. However, there are people out there that try to keep up with it. I think I’m one of those people. I’m sure you guys are too. (Because of the shiny new toy syndrome.) I’m one of those early adapters.

However, sometimes people don’t have time to keep up to date with all this new information, and that is were techie people come in to inform. For instance, maybe my MBA & accounting degree can help out too.

There are people that are out there trying to get as many followers and/or friends just to have them. But there are some people out there that actually try to interact with people. But if you get too many friends, it kind of becomes impossible to keep up to date with everyone.

Plus there is a lot of data out on the web, but it isn’t accessible into a tangible element for marketers/PR/advertising. I’m sure there are some engineers making a platform that will make online data more tangible for us. This is one of the things that facebook has and internally keeps the information from anyone else.

Personally, I would like to get into more of marketing/PR & advertising too. I just have a creative mind that I think can be beneficial.

I’m interested on more of what you guys think about this and what the big firms think about it.

By: Christine Perkett

Christine Perkett — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 04:38:58 +0000

Veronica, Christopher and Lauren – thank you for chiming in (and reading!). It seems, as Lauren pointed out, that we are all still figuring this out together. It’s with great community and like-minded industry colleagues like you that we are enjoying the ride.

We don’t consider ourselves experts but we do consider ourselves – like you – pushing the movement forward and willing to take risks for the opportunity to learn. It has been an interesting journey so far and we believe that the more we communicate and discuss the issues, the more knowledgeable we become. Thank you for being part of our education and journey, and sharing your insights.

By: Lauren Vargas

Lauren Vargas — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:33:04 +0000

I wrote something similar last week after reading Chris Brogan’s post about proving value with your online relationships. I agree with Chris Penn…social media does come last. You must go back to basics and also prove participation and execution in social media. No one is an expert yet. We are too new in this game.

By: Christopher S. Penn

Christopher S. Penn — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:57:34 +0000

Social media comes LAST, after all the basics are taken care of. New Shiny Object syndrome will kill your business faster than just about anything except willful negligence. I stuck a similar post up here earlier today on this very topic.

By: Veronica Giggey

Veronica Giggey — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:33:02 +0000

I think a true expert, or at least a pretty knowledgeable person in the social media industry, always needs to bring clients back to its foundation. It’s not about the what you want to get out, how you’re going to get it out or how you’re going to measure it…but what are you going to do for your customers. What great things are you going to provide to them. People can waste money on stuff they don’t need, but much harder to get them to waste their time. So why should they spend their time on you, that’s the foundation and the true question a real expert can answer.