Comments on: Mind Your Social Media Manners

By: Nick Stamoulis

Nick Stamoulis — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 11:51:12 +0000

Thanks everyone for the comments and for reading!

Take Care,
Nick

By: Colleen Ludgate

Colleen Ludgate — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 15:41:08 +0000

“Interact and respond” … one key element that many people fail to participate in.

Within that category should include shuck and jive comments that serve no purpose other than to try and encourage the author to return the favour – a common practice in pay-per-click channels.

For the record, “nice share” is not a legitimate addition to any shared media … especially when it is thoroughly researched and well-written.

By the way, I am aware that this piece was posted some moths ago, but I feel that the content is important enough to keep pushing it forward.

By: Eunice Coughlin

Eunice Coughlin — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 12:51:47 +0000

Nick,
Thanks so much for a much-needed article about social media etiquette especially the point about thinking clearly about what you are posting that might make people angry! I’ve learned not to post anything about my political views and I temper what I say about my spiritual beliefs because that can upset people, too. Also, I’ve seen many people talk about their personal problems on Facebook – that’s a big no-no for me.

I hope we’ll see more discussion about this issue because many people don’t realize the impact of what they post online and how it stays around forever.

By: Sarah Manley

Sarah Manley — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 12:05:59 +0000

I just published a blog post on 13 Marketing Lessons Learned in 13 Years, and we are on the same page! Manners are still extremely important in business, but especially in marketing when you only have a moment to capture attention.
http://www.vimm.com/13-marketing-lessons-learned-in-13-years-part-2/

By: Elias Shams

Elias Shams — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 14:27:46 +0000

Nick, It’s no brainer to see that social media is here to stay for good. Given vast variety of the existing channels to choose and stick with, it’s time for such a hot space to enter into a new category. There is a need for a portal to provide a quick and intelligent decision for both the consumer and the enterprise about their online connections.

A Platform to Help us to Distinguish Our Quality vs. Quantity Friends, Fans, Followers, and Companies

Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Youtube, Flickr and others have been doing a decent job of providing additional marketing exposure and even in some cases, additional revenue. However, as more and more social networking sites pop up, how do you manage your brand across all these channels? Maybe more importantly, which one of these sites should you select as the one that will help you best reach your target audience? The proliferation of the social media avenues is becoming overwhelming.

This glut of information reminds me of the early 90’s when WWW was adopted broadly by the general public. Every company rushed to have a presence, to the point it became literally impossible to find the right information on the Web. That’s when a better generation of search engines – at first the Yahoo! and then Google – entered the market and helped us find the most relevant information by just typing simple keywords in their search box. If you had asked before Google launched, if there was a need for another search engine – most would have said no, we already have those….

Then came Web 1.0 & 2.0 – Youtube, Flickr, myspace, Facebook, Twitter and countless others have turned everyday people into content producers, influencers and experts. We basically tripled down on the information overload How do you know which channels to select for deploying your social media strategy? How do you know which one is the right channel to let your fans and followers to find you, your products, and services? Most importantly, who is Joe Smith that is recommending that person, that company, that product?

I hope my awesomize.me can accomplish such a mission. The site is not another social networking platform. Yet the portal to all your existing social media channels. The platform helps you, your fans, your potential clients to make an intelligent decision as to which company to connect to or follow via which social media channels and why? It’s free!

Elias
CEO & Founder
http://awesomize.me

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By: David Knockton

David Knockton — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 08:19:16 +0000

A good article with food for thought. I built up my social following with a mixture of business and marketing insights and personal thoughts. I think this gives my profile some personality and more of a reason to follow me – solid business communications and some entertainment. I recently launched my own website (walksandwalking.com) which gives my connections an additional dimension, that being “he also practices what he preaches”. I have given serious thought about segmenting my audiences but for the time being I’m happy with the content I put out there. I monitor how many new followers I get each day and how many unfollow and temper my messages accordingly. I recently asked my facebook friends if I should stop posting my walksandwalking.com messages on my personal page and the answer was a resounding “Yes!”. I have since set up a fan page for people who read my articles to Like the page. They key here is to always “ask your audience” what they want and then implement it.