Comments on: Social Media is Not Dead http://www.briansolis.com/2006/12/social-media-is-not-dead/ Defining the convergence of media and influence Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:02:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: L.A. http://www.briansolis.com/2006/12/social-media-is-not-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-1083 L.A. Sat, 20 Jan 2007 00:41:00 +0000 http://briansolis.local/?p=178#comment-1083 Brian, concur fully with your observations put forth in this post - by its very nature, social media is a WIP. There may or may not be some applications which are becoming less relevant but for the most part, I see the conversation emerging on a daily basis. The only thing that might be "moot" is attempts to categorize or box-in something as organic as this.<br /><br />-LA Brian, concur fully with your observations put forth in this post – by its very nature, social media is a WIP. There may or may not be some applications which are becoming less relevant but for the most part, I see the conversation emerging on a daily basis. The only thing that might be “moot” is attempts to categorize or box-in something as organic as this.

-LA

]]> By: Mark http://www.briansolis.com/2006/12/social-media-is-not-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-1082 Mark Wed, 10 Jan 2007 09:28:00 +0000 http://briansolis.local/?p=178#comment-1082 Can we really give any credence to anything Steve Rubel says when the Edelman gang refuses to address the biggest issues facing the communications business - Edelman's murky antics in the blogosphere. Edelman and Rubel's comments these days sound like vain flackery - poor attempts to divert attention. Social media is not dead. It has barely taken its first baby breath. Can we really give any credence to anything Steve Rubel says when the Edelman gang refuses to address the biggest issues facing the communications business – Edelman’s murky antics in the blogosphere. Edelman and Rubel’s comments these days sound like vain flackery – poor attempts to divert attention. Social media is not dead. It has barely taken its first baby breath.

]]> By: Tish Grier http://www.briansolis.com/2006/12/social-media-is-not-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-1081 Tish Grier Mon, 01 Jan 2007 17:44:00 +0000 http://briansolis.local/?p=178#comment-1081 Brian,<br /><br />thanks so much for your thoughts on this (and more folks should read them)<br /><br />there's been a great deal of hype this year, and many media orgs with a number of insincere attempts to be interactive with what they love to call "the people formerly known as the audience" (I hear that one more time, I'll retch) Steve's new agency has been one of those orgs(btw, I think Steve's an ok guy--just that Edelman had some very bad and uninformed advice before they "flogged"). Maybe it's because they were outed for their insincerity that Steve thinks its all over. <br /><br />But if it is all over, then the huge number of small businesses that are out there would be jumping on the social media bandwagon in droves and I'd be up to my eyeballs in consulting gigs. But, as I saw at the recent WOMMA summit, lots of medium size and small businesses don't have a handle on social media and are struggling with it on many levels--from necessity of it to cost effectiveness of it.<br /><br />For that matter, many small local tv affiliates can't get with the importance of social media...<br /><br />Maybe in Steve's world--the world of the A-list and tech Insiders--social media's dead. For the rest, it's only approaching the dawn. Brian,

thanks so much for your thoughts on this (and more folks should read them)

there’s been a great deal of hype this year, and many media orgs with a number of insincere attempts to be interactive with what they love to call “the people formerly known as the audience” (I hear that one more time, I’ll retch) Steve’s new agency has been one of those orgs(btw, I think Steve’s an ok guy–just that Edelman had some very bad and uninformed advice before they “flogged”). Maybe it’s because they were outed for their insincerity that Steve thinks its all over.

But if it is all over, then the huge number of small businesses that are out there would be jumping on the social media bandwagon in droves and I’d be up to my eyeballs in consulting gigs. But, as I saw at the recent WOMMA summit, lots of medium size and small businesses don’t have a handle on social media and are struggling with it on many levels–from necessity of it to cost effectiveness of it.

For that matter, many small local tv affiliates can’t get with the importance of social media…

Maybe in Steve’s world–the world of the A-list and tech Insiders–social media’s dead. For the rest, it’s only approaching the dawn.

]]> By: Brian Solis http://www.briansolis.com/2006/12/social-media-is-not-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-1080 Brian Solis Sat, 30 Dec 2006 02:29:00 +0000 http://briansolis.local/?p=178#comment-1080 Jeremy, you might be more right than wrong.<br /><br />Maggie, thank you. Jeremy, you might be more right than wrong.

Maggie, thank you.

]]> By: maggiefox http://www.briansolis.com/2006/12/social-media-is-not-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-1079 maggiefox Fri, 29 Dec 2006 21:22:00 +0000 http://briansolis.local/?p=178#comment-1079 Brian - you're right on the money. My guess was a slow week for blog traffic, I had no idea there might be a red herring component - time to run off and find out more... Brian – you’re right on the money. My guess was a slow week for blog traffic, I had no idea there might be a red herring component – time to run off and find out more…

]]> By: Jeremy http://www.briansolis.com/2006/12/social-media-is-not-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-1078 Jeremy Fri, 29 Dec 2006 20:18:00 +0000 http://briansolis.local/?p=178#comment-1078 Maybe it's time that certain people are rendered moot to the conversation? Maybe it’s time that certain people are rendered moot to the conversation?

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