Comments on: Will The Real Social Media Expert Please Stand Up?

By: Corporate Gifts

Corporate Gifts — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 22:58:00 +0000

Agree! Great post. Thank you for sharing

By: Logo Design

Logo Design — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 22:55:00 +0000

I am not sure that this still applies. Qe now can calculate the amount of traffic although not exact from PR and online marketing. Social media is now one of the most important part of SEO. Thanks for the post Brian.

By: SEO Manchester

SEO Manchester — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 22:50:00 +0000

Just came by this post. I see it was written some time ago and quite a few things now have changed. Agree with the photographer great post for its time and great advice. Thanks

By: SEO Manchester

SEO Manchester — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 22:50:00 +0000

Just came by this post. I see it was written some time ago and quite a few things now have changed. Agree with the photographer great post for its time and great advice. Thanks

By: Portrait Photographer

Portrait Photographer — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 22:47:00 +0000

Thank you for the post!

By: Portrait Photographer

Portrait Photographer — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 22:47:00 +0000

Thank you for the post!

By: Portrait Photographer

Portrait Photographer — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 22:46:00 +0000

Thank you for the post!

By: Portrait Photographer

Portrait Photographer — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 22:46:00 +0000

Thank you for the post!

By: Ruben

Ruben — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 01:53:00 +0000

I would say the next step for the companies in terms of social media marketing would be making their websites more “social”. The websites have so far not been very interactive in nature but this is rapidly changing as social plug-ins and new applications gain in popularity. Certainly new social media platforms will appear and the existing ones will change their features. I think we will also see much more of location-based marketing in the future, as long as the privacy concerns are addressed.

By: RL COMM l Social Media Expert

RL COMM l Social Media Expert — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 07:40:00 +0000

Thank you for posting this article.. Sharing your ability or something useful to people is important in social media. Through this strategy we can let them know what kind of business really is this!

By: Portrait Photographer

Portrait Photographer — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 00:56:00 +0000

Very interesting read. Thank you for sharing!

By: James

James — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 22:05:46 +0000

Social media gurus are plenty in numbers right now. and it's becoming the wild west so to say. it is imperative for a body to define what a “social media guru” is… or maybe not, the cream will rise to the top?

By: The Conversation | Business Blogs

The Conversation | Business Blogs — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:41:33 +0000

[...] “Social media is about sociology and the understanding that with the new social tools available to us, we can more effectively observe the cultures of online communities and listen to and respond directly to people within the communities.” Source: Brian Solis, [...]

By: “Expert” is a powerful word . . .

“Expert” is a powerful word . . . — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:10:05 +0000

[...] I’ve read is found on a blog called “PR 2.0” written by Brian Solis. It’s called “Will The Real Social Media Expert Please Stand Up” and in it Brian makes some great points about the difference between traditional marketing and [...]

By: Matthew David (clamchowderz) « Will The Real Social Media Expert Please Stand Up? | PR2.0 « Chat Catcher

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 04:29:06 +0000

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By: Cyrill Treptow (iA_Cyrill) « Chat Catcher

Cyrill Treptow (iA_Cyrill) « Chat Catcher — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:33:12 +0000

[...] 2009-06-22T08:31:43 Social Media is everything you know and nothing about what you think or do in marketing. [link to post] [...]

By: Mari Smith

Mari Smith — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 07:46:00 +0000

Excellent post, Brian. I totally agree with what you say here – we must listen more than talk at least until we get a feel for the culture of each network/community.

People connect with people first and foremost. My motto is “relationships first, business second.” And I believe it’s all about adding value, giving, sharing resources, being “followable” … and though I’m not a big metrics measurer, I do see the importance of doing so… or having a formula. For me, my business is through the roof – and I can often pinpoint the exact layers of conversations that resulted in big contracts. Love that!

Cheers,
Mari
@marismith

By: Anna

Anna — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:03:00 +0000

great post! I agree that its really important to participate in social media as a person, not as a marketer

By: Carri Bugbee

Carri Bugbee — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 19:28:00 +0000

Love it! You hit all the highlights of what I try to explain to clients piecemeal all the time (to the extent that I think they can absorb it). Thank you!

Now I can send them to your post for further elucidation — when they’re ready. It’s a lot to absorb for people who aren’t immersed in the culture of social media and social networking.

Frankly, most marketers I know wouldn’t even get half of this stuff. Unfortunately, many don’t even know enough to know how much they don’t know. Consequently, they don’t realize that social media represents a paradigm shift of monumental importance.

By: Wonderabby

Wonderabby — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:25:00 +0000

“Talk like a person, not as a sales person or message factory.” Perhaps this is the most powerful, and relevant statement on this post (or should I say discussion). Too many sales messages bombard us each day, and competing to be the “purple cow” is like a flashlight competing with the sun. Sell without selling, persuade with persuading. How do you do it? Experience teaches you a lot — and those unwanted reactions actually tell who you a whole lot of what you should, and shouldn’t be doing.