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Best Practices In Social Media Marketing: Embrace Your Audience

by · September 2, 2008

Mitch Joel’s Best Practices in Social Media Marketing Writing Project found its way to my inbox from Mike Keliher, a frequent commentor and digital friend. Yes, it’s a meme and no, I don’t particularly like memes, but this one is certainly a useful one. Since Mike asked, I thought it best to respond with a best practice in social media marketing. Keep in mind Joel asked that each person who participates pick one, several folks have gone ahead of me with great best practice ideas and, well, I enjoy bringing something different to the table.

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The Future of Social Media: Hope Or Hype?

by · August 29, 2008

Gartner Research's Hype Cycle diagramImage via Wikipedia

A recent conversation has me thinking about the future of social media as an industry and a business application. It’s those types of random interactions that plant the seeds for blog posts. I mull over the topic for a few days, do some research or reading, chew on it a bit more, then something inspires the central thought of what I write.

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The Media & Social Media Series: The Cincinnati Enquirer

by · August 11, 2008

Today begins journey through a topic of interest for me I think will prove extremely valuable to you as well. In September, I will lead a session at Blog World & New Media Expo on the topic of traditional media and how they can use social media to combat disappearing audiences, staff cutbacks and plummeting profits. My friends at the Social Media Club Louisville August gathering will get a sneak peek at the presentation one week from today as well.

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The Next MySpace Is … MySpace

by · May 5, 2008

I have a bone to pick with my social media and marketing brethren. Stop making fun of people because they’re on MySpace. It’s unbecoming and shows that you’re so overwhelmed with your own smarts that you’re stupid. It’s the same smugness some Mac users generate despite the fact their beloved, intuitive machines account for a whopping three percent of the personal computer market. If they’re so great, why don’t more people get it?

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Why You Shouldn’t Trust Social Media To Search Marketers

by · November 26, 2007

As social media optimization continues its rise as a bona fide business objective, more and more professionals – marketers (traditional, digital and search), PR folks and even IT pros are claiming expertise and responsibility for it. Having attended a handful of seminars and conferences, it seems to me alleged social media experts are popping up from all walks of life and every imaginable discipline. Everyone wants to own it.

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