Comments on: Why I Don’t Like the Idea of 10 Social Media Commandments http://www.thesocialmind.com/blog/why-i-dont-like-the-idea-of-10-social-media-commandments/ Fri, 06 Aug 2010 12:36:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: admin http://www.thesocialmind.com/blog/why-i-dont-like-the-idea-of-10-social-media-commandments/comment-page-1/#comment-73 admin Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:05:11 +0000 http://www.thesocialmind.com/blog/?p=45#comment-73 Hi Lon, thanks for taking the time to come and make a comment. Glad you like the blog, wish I had more time to post but you know how it is. Your new book sounds interesting, will be checking it out. Your right about starting somewhere, the problem is too much choice can cause paralysis and I know most are still getting up to speed blogging. But it's good sometimes to lay it all out there. One of these days I'm going to start podcasting and when I do I will ping you and get you on to talk about your work and books. Lyndon Hi Lon, thanks for taking the time to come and make a comment. Glad you like the blog, wish I had more time to post but you know how it is.

Your new book sounds interesting, will be checking it out.

Your right about starting somewhere, the problem is too much choice can cause paralysis and I know most are still getting up to speed blogging. But it’s good sometimes to lay it all out there.

One of these days I’m going to start podcasting and when I do I will ping you and get you on to talk about your work and books.

Lyndon

]]> By: Lon Safko http://www.thesocialmind.com/blog/why-i-dont-like-the-idea-of-10-social-media-commandments/comment-page-1/#comment-72 Lon Safko Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:51:47 +0000 http://www.thesocialmind.com/blog/?p=45#comment-72 Hello Lyndon, I love your blog and you are completely right! The 10 Commandments are just a starting point exercise for those just beginning to become involved in social media. If you don't know where to start... Start there. You have to be IN the game to WIN the game. And, you are right about having either a sound strategy or someone like yourself who can help companies develop a sound strategy. Without a good strategy, you really are wasting your time on any long term success. My latest book "A Five Step Strategy to Social Media Success", is all about that, strategy. I already have 150 chapters / sub-chapters that explain in detail how to create that strategy. Unfortunately, for the beginner that is a little too much to digest. My advice is to take the time develop a good short and long term strategy by 1) Analyzing Your Existing Media, 2) Understand The Social Media Trinity; Blogging, Micro-blogging, & Social Networks, 3) Integrate Your Existing Strategy With The Trinity, 4) Identify Resources (Internal & External), and 5) Implement Metrics & Analytics. I also loved your comment about "I know your reading this..." Great bog! Please keep it coming! Lon Safko Hello Lyndon,
I love your blog and you are completely right! The 10 Commandments are just a starting point exercise for those just beginning to become involved in social media. If you don’t know where to start… Start there. You have to be IN the game to WIN the game.
And, you are right about having either a sound strategy or someone like yourself who can help companies develop a sound strategy. Without a good strategy, you really are wasting your time on any long term success.
My latest book “A Five Step Strategy to Social Media Success”, is all about that, strategy. I already have 150 chapters / sub-chapters that explain in detail how to create that strategy. Unfortunately, for the beginner that is a little too much to digest.
My advice is to take the time develop a good short and long term strategy by 1) Analyzing Your Existing Media, 2) Understand The Social Media Trinity; Blogging, Micro-blogging, & Social Networks, 3) Integrate Your Existing Strategy With The Trinity, 4) Identify Resources (Internal & External), and 5) Implement Metrics & Analytics.
I also loved your comment about “I know your reading this…”
Great bog! Please keep it coming!
Lon Safko

]]> By: Ciarán http://www.thesocialmind.com/blog/why-i-dont-like-the-idea-of-10-social-media-commandments/comment-page-1/#comment-67 Ciarán Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:48:19 +0000 http://www.thesocialmind.com/blog/?p=45#comment-67 Too right. As I've said elsewhere, I'm starting to dislike the term social media. As far as I'm concerned, clients have problems/objectives and my/our job is to work out if & how they can use the web, in all its wonderful, myriad forms, can help. And whilst there are obvious things one shouldn't do in any channel (spam, lie, etc...) beyond these common-sense things, lists are always subjective. Too right. As I’ve said elsewhere, I’m starting to dislike the term social media. As far as I’m concerned, clients have problems/objectives and my/our job is to work out if & how they can use the web, in all its wonderful, myriad forms, can help. And whilst there are obvious things one shouldn’t do in any channel (spam, lie, etc…) beyond these common-sense things, lists are always subjective.

]]> By: Chris Garrett http://www.thesocialmind.com/blog/why-i-dont-like-the-idea-of-10-social-media-commandments/comment-page-1/#comment-66 Chris Garrett Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:32:04 +0000 http://www.thesocialmind.com/blog/?p=45#comment-66 Yeah, when all you have is a hammer, every problem starts to look like a nail. In most cases I don't talk about social media, blogs, etc unless my client does first. The solution doesn't come first, the problem or situation does. To have a rule book for a tactic is missing the point really :) Yeah, when all you have is a hammer, every problem starts to look like a nail. In most cases I don’t talk about social media, blogs, etc unless my client does first. The solution doesn’t come first, the problem or situation does. To have a rule book for a tactic is missing the point really :)

]]> By: John Bottom http://www.thesocialmind.com/blog/why-i-dont-like-the-idea-of-10-social-media-commandments/comment-page-1/#comment-65 John Bottom Wed, 06 Jan 2010 11:50:31 +0000 http://www.thesocialmind.com/blog/?p=45#comment-65 Well put. It's one of the reasons social media is fascinating. You can offer suggestions, but you can't pin it all down with a single approach that fits all. Assess each situation according to its own merits, and you'll get on better. Hey, you might just do something original. Well put. It’s one of the reasons social media is fascinating. You can offer suggestions, but you can’t pin it all down with a single approach that fits all. Assess each situation according to its own merits, and you’ll get on better. Hey, you might just do something original.

]]> By: Lisa Myers http://www.thesocialmind.com/blog/why-i-dont-like-the-idea-of-10-social-media-commandments/comment-page-1/#comment-64 Lisa Myers Wed, 06 Jan 2010 10:06:31 +0000 http://www.thesocialmind.com/blog/?p=45#comment-64 Hear hear! Hear hear!

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