Comments on: The social media bubble that wasted your time

By: Get In, Get Out, Get On With It… « The Social Scramble

Get In, Get Out, Get On With It… « The Social Scramble — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:36:47 +0000

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By: CVann

CVann — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 02:01:33 +0000

Thanks Charles for breaking down this ROI thing. It made all the difference in the world for me. I will be looking out for my great articles from you. I have alot of work ahead of me. However, it will be worth it.

By: Jeffrey

Jeffrey — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 08:58:30 +0000

Yup..I don’t join much social network and only pay more attention to those that really matters like, youtube, twitter, facebook.

By: adam taha

adam taha — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 18:05:32 +0000

As the saying goes, “it’s that 20% focus, where your gold mine is, not the 80% of running like a headless chicken.” LOL.

Dude, this is one great article. Thank you for educating the masses! I so needed someone to write and say this. Thank you very much. Definitely going to pass this to a lot of people in my list to read cause for sure, many are using lots of different platforms and wondering why they so busy but no result.

Great article and valuable.

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Shey’s MonthCap - 09/08 | introspective snapshots — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:43:11 +0000

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Twitter competitors fail to gain ground — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:21:41 +0000

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By: Do you have a bunch of worthless friends? | Charles Heflin

Do you have a bunch of worthless friends? | Charles Heflin — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:26:12 +0000

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By: George

George — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 19:16:48 +0000

Charles,
Excellent post, tried to add to furl but addthis was way too slow. I’ll just share with friends.
Thanks agan,
George

By: Sharon

Sharon — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:04:25 +0000

Hey Charles,
I actually didn’t do all the social media rabbitting simply because I realized:
1 - I don’t like it when strange people leave links on my social profiles with no real message. And I usually go online in social sites to interact with my friends, and have a real conversation.

2 - I like receiving and giving feedback on actual stuff I’ve read or seen.

These two lead me to conclude that as a marketer I wouldn’t have enough time to do all of this if I were to sign up on 100 different social sites.

So…this was a good post that was a long time coming I think.

Thank you for putting it so clearly.

By: Gary McElwain

Gary McElwain — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 03:36:35 +0000

Thanks for validating my thoughts on the subject. And I especially like your comparison as a wide brush stroke and just thinning your paint. As a former aircraft painter if my paint was too thin I got no coverage and had to work twice as much to cover my canvas.

Even with automation to do the bookmarking, it still takes time to create the relationship to develop the customer. And isn’t that what we’re all looking to do.

Gary McElwain

By: Is There Really A Time Wasting Social Media Bubble Coming Charles? |

Is There Really A Time Wasting Social Media Bubble Coming Charles? | — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:19:19 +0000

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By: Zara

Zara — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 05:10:56 +0000

Hi Charles,

I see social networks rather like i did forums now, before social networks were about.

I had a Russian Company spam my list of contacts on facebook which nearly got me banned - that really put me off facebook for a while, but it does still have its uses.

The reason I have a twitter and a plurk account is because - if you make use of multi updaters - like hellotxt.com it’s worth the effort - you can usually add blog RSS to most profiles filling your profiles across multiple sites with your MAIN blog - that way if your buddy is on plurk they will catch your message there, if they are on twitter there, pounce,facebook, bebo etc. hellotxt updates all these channels (and more) with a microblog - that you only need to write out once - the idea is that all these mini sites lead back to your main blog. they are all on different servers so - i shuldn’t think it would be seen as spam - I mean affiliate program code is replicated content and that seems to do alright for some!

I agree that you don’t need to be constantly going from one site to the other to “play” The idea of social networks (to me) is to glean information and trends - the lists we build on them - I’m not sure yet how to treat them so I’ve gone back to “old skool” list building, as at least you know that if someone signs up to your newsletter they can’t complain when you contact them!

There are folk out there that would love to be proved “right” about web 2.0 all being a bunch of rubbish - I can’t help but think that the point is being missed

- as lookingagain to my “forum” comparsion - do web marketers join every single forum on the Internet ? - Answer - NO! you could spend your whole lifetime just signing up to them without ever posting - there are so many - the trick - is to try a selection of them out - then lay your bets (or stats!) on which ones you want to back with your time and effort in exchange for return on income.

Niche marketing can be done via social networks and forums - it simply a case of directing your visitors to the presales area you wish them to gather at - I’m using attraction marketing now and it seems to be a lot easier using that method!

cheers
Zara

By: Shilander Marketing

Shilander Marketing — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 04:08:00 +0000

repost: correction

Super post! Heard about in on one of my favorite social media sites

Quality is definitely better than quantity!

In the USA people stiil have the “mass media” mindset.

Relationships are what matter : )

Bruce Shilander

CEO Shilander Marketing

Austin, Texas

http://shilander.net

By: Anna

Anna — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 00:11:57 +0000

Thank you Charles. This is another excellent post on Social Media. Your series has already answered so many questions and changed my outlook on social networking. In fact I have started to actually utilize social networking for the first time. And I also understand the distractions, shortcuts, and pitfalls so that I can steer clear of them and ensure my friends do the same.

Social media is about people, not links. It’s about sharing valuable information, forming friends or forming business relationships, making yourself known, two-way communication, exchange of ideas, and its also about people helping each other online. In the long run it could help your SEO and your sales, but not necessarily through stats or backlinks. More friends means more people to rate your lenses or comment on your blogs and that means better SERP positions as well. For example. More business relationships means more guest posting and more joint-venture opportunities. I think I am catching on here - finally!

Thank you for making this subject clear for the first time. The funny thing is, it was clear from the beginning. The social sites themselves stated their purposes. It just got muddied in a bunch of Internet Marketing hogwash.

By: Shilander Marketing

Shilander Marketing — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 04:27:46 +0000

Social Media site I heard about this post
is in my signature….Thanks again,

Bruce Shilander

CEO Shilander Marketing

Austin, Texas

http://www.betternetworker.com/user/273