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Comment on 3 Huge Mistakes Companies Make in Social Media by news

news — Sat, 26 May 2012 13:16:26 +0000

Im getting a teeny problem. I cant get my reader to pickup your rss feed, Im using bing reader by the way.

Comment on O Twitter How Thou Can Annoy! by gfsnell3

gfsnell3 — Tue, 22 May 2012 20:25:03 +0000

These suggestions are worthy of the GOLD standard. Thanks, Tim!

Comment on O Twitter How Thou Can Annoy! by Tim Allik (@timallik)

Tim Allik (@timallik) — Tue, 22 May 2012 03:37:42 +0000

“Loving dad of fantastic kids” is the same as being an apathetic, distracted dad of average brats. Saying you are “passionate” about whatever it is you do for a living means you are a good bullshit artist. If you are a “junkie” of whatever sort, don’t boast: it means you suffer a severe personality imbalance.

Comment on Facebook Dares to be Uncool by gfsnell3

gfsnell3 — Tue, 22 May 2012 00:20:44 +0000

I tend to agree Darryl, but there’s “being around” (like MySpace and Friendster) and being around like Facebook is now. That’s the real question.

Comment on Facebook Dares to be Uncool by darryljonckheere

darryljonckheere — Mon, 21 May 2012 17:09:34 +0000

Yes, Facebook will be around in 10 years. Someone will eventually tell Zuckerberg to, “drop the time, just line …much cleaner”

Comment on Social Media Will Not Cure Cancer by gfsnell3

gfsnell3 — Thu, 17 May 2012 16:15:41 +0000

Hi Flopoke:
Thank you for my belly laugh of the day. Meals on Wheels, indeed.

Comment on Social Media Will Not Cure Cancer by flopoke

flopoke — Thu, 17 May 2012 15:14:23 +0000

George,
What are you doing letting reality get in the way? While in the short term the social media cheerleaders are all sitting in the same room circle jerking each other to provide comfort and validation they need to get out into the real world to make their dreams come true.

If they really want to get folks on board with the program they need to go out into the community and do an electronic Meals on Wheels Program.
Can ya see it? Social Media PR firms going door to door handing out mobile phones and internet enabled tablet computers. Dress em up in Khakis and blue button down shirts with ball caps with logos like Facebook, Twitter, etc.

Then they can all put counters on their sites:
We have Enabled [#] New Users to Date!!!

And to continue their income stream they can offer the latest snake oil:
Social Performance Software!!!
http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2012/05/04/a-new-category-defined-social-performance/
See, reality is merely inconvenient not insurmountable.

Comment on Social Media Will Not Cure Cancer by gfsnell3

gfsnell3 — Wed, 16 May 2012 19:03:37 +0000

Hi Brendan:
Thank you, sir. Appreciate the kind words and the comment. Yes, I think we could both point fingers at quite a few snake-oil peddlers…

Comment on Social Media Will Not Cure Cancer by BPLewis (@BPLewis)

BPLewis (@BPLewis) — Wed, 16 May 2012 15:13:38 +0000

Fantastic piece, George. Thanks for injecting some sanity into the discussion, and for using the term “snake-oil salesman.” Too many people get too much attention for bloviating and not bringing real value. (A few come to mind…)

Comment on Is Social Media More Important than Traditional Media? by Johnny

Johnny — Tue, 15 May 2012 17:26:31 +0000

Both Facebook pages and most popular newspapers will have people that skip their advertisement/updates occasionally. There is nothing you can do in some cases, certain people just don’t focus on your offers (or ignore them eventually).

Almost everyone would go with 25 million fans; first, it tells the visitor you obviously must be big, important and people like what you are doing, and second, whatever you post will immediately be seen by thousands, if not millions. What company would not want that ?

When reading the newspapers, you’re there for the news, or some holiday offers. On social media, you always get the latest and greatest, which is what you “signed up” for.