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Social Media

Why Social Media is Not about the Conversation

May 26, 2010

Spend a little time reading social media blogs and you will soon hear the following. “Social media is about the conversation.” It’s not at all, but it’s important to say this, because if you tell people what it’s really about it confuses people. Social media is really about persuasion. Persuading people to: Trust your brand [...]

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Why I Don’t Like the Idea of 10 Social Media Commandments

January 5, 2010

Lon Safko, author of the Social Media Bible has written the 10 Commandments of Social Media on the Fast Company website. As I read the article I heard myself saying no, no and thrice no. The conclusion I reached is that the headline should have in brackets, “For Social Media Marketing Consultants only.” I consult [...]

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