DISQUS

matt Searles · 10 months ago

yeah...

It's a very strange thing to me.. I guess I've been in social media for a while now.. 3 or 4 years I guess.. I have business goals but I haven't really bothered to execute on them too much.. so instead I've just been wandering around developing relationships with people, and having fun..

Still I'm the sorta personality that likes to fly before I learn to crawl.. always like to jump into the deep end of complexity before I've bothered too much with the basics.. the basics just don't interest me too much.. and I think of this.. and that there are some personalities that like to just go and jump in, and other's that tend to be a little more analytical about it.. if you jump in and make a lot of mistakes.. get bitten in the ass.. well, maybe you gain some wisdom that way.

I'm a little adverse to things like best practices or "this is what you should do" stuff.. not that it doesn't have a pragmatic value.. but because often this sorta thing can get in the way of our experience of the wonder of things.. And in a certain way, I think social media is sorta like that.. such a spirit of power diffusion.. the sorta economic creative destruction it brings to business as usual is like the voice of Dyonisious.. clearing the way of the old values to make room for the new..

None of this is to in anyway disagree with anything you've said.. its more about the question of how do we relate to it.

So idk.. hope that adds something to the conversation here...

matt

JennSierra · 10 months ago

So true! I'm amazed at how many folks get into this by starting their own blogs - before they've really spent any time reading other blogs, making comments, social networking, etc..

receipt printer · 2 months ago

Photo's like this should be put on an album just look at the baby's face isn't he adorable or what, Many printing companies had put out in the business because of online advertising, well we can't hide the fact that social media sites had been very popular now adays

Aad 't Hart · 10 months ago

Mike,

Good advice.. I like it... however you also need to accept failure, fail, get up and try again... Without failure you can't taste success

AdamSinger · 10 months ago

Great advice Mike. Just one thing -- this statement:

"If you jump into a community and your only goal is to hawk your wares, you will be seen as a marketer and not a contributor."

Swap out marketer for spammer and you're spot on -- there's nothing wrong with being a marketer ;)

Handi_Ramp · 10 months ago

3 years ago my internet just started with my 3 cents earning and now it is more than $1000. I'll fall myself in crawl to jump category so I always look everything from that perspective. Perhaps it is in my nature and I'll not forget it ever.

allan_tyler · 9 months ago

Perhaps many general rules are not applied to internet marketing. I am very impressed with all style of internet and internet trends. Everything is possible in internet but we should start very slowly in the beginning.

Tom Kasperski · 9 months ago

Mike,

Your 5 Cs of Social Media are very similar my 5 Cs of engagement:

http://koolaidantidote.wordpress.com/2008/09/04...

Question: Isn't commenting really a subset of conversation? And isn't conversation and contributing a subset of community?

mfruchter · 9 months ago

Tom,

Thanks for the comment. That's a great post as well. Thanks for sharing it. They are both subsets of their parents, if you look at it that way, yeah :)

Did you happen to see my other post on the 5 Cs? It's a little more in depth and touches exactly on your comment. http://www.louisgray.com/live/2009/01/what-soci...

Expat Philippines · 9 months ago

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sunglasses · 7 months ago

Great tips how you can develop your networking skills. It's better to contribute before getting what you want. Share and contribute with others' blogs for you to have a broad network.

Urban Clothing · 6 months ago

All those tips and advise were very admiring. Those tips were really to to impress but to express. I like the way you talk thing in an imaginable way. It's a great way to improve newbies in the field of social media and networking. "Right and Title is earned, Not given." great article.

RayBan Sunglasses · 6 months ago

I agree , in order to write a good blog post it is necessary to contribute in other blogs, not only by reading them but to add some meaning to them by participating in discussions.

Diane Schubach · 6 months ago

Great post. There's so much out there, the tendency is to create profiles everywhere, and then you forget to ever go back and get involved!

Property Sale · 6 months ago

Building relationship is important. We are able to share opinions with people that have the same interest as us!Great information.

Printer Supplies · 6 months ago

contributing and building a community will improve social media profile in a long run.

medela backpack · 4 months ago

This is so correct post, it's truly amazing the way you are putting across basic principles, I am totally impressed!

Donna

Hampers · 2 months ago

In relation to building friends virtually and yes, personally, you are very correct here. Its not the quantity of friends that counts, but the quality.