Comments on: Social Media Bashing on the Rise

By: BobPoole

BobPoole — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 01:26:58 +0000

“If you view any form of social media participation as a random act of marketing you will get sucked into the vast stream of busy activity and find little of no value.”

John – Great observation and great post. I'll be sending this on to some people who still don't “get it.”

By: Bob Poole

Bob Poole — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:26:58 +0000

“If you view any form of social media participation as a random act of marketing you will get sucked into the vast stream of busy activity and find little of no value.”

John – Great observation and great post. I'll be sending this on to some people who still don't “get it.”

By: RedHotFranchises

RedHotFranchises — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 05:57:06 +0000

Great advice about looking past the social media sites getting the most hype to sites where more business people may be. The reality is people are congregating and communicating in the social space. And while few of us have figured out how to use social media as a marketing tool, marketers still need to be where their target market goes. And that is the social media space.

By: Mig Pascual

Mig Pascual — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 08:10:14 +0000

Your right about many business not having a plan. A lot of companies want to adopt trendy technologies, but don't understand how to leverage it.

By: Justin

Justin — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 06:38:04 +0000

Thanks for the post John. Although there is a lot of hype regarding the social meda, it's needed in this day and age no matter how big or small your business is.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 23:41:09 +0000

You bring u many great points but one that I was glad to read was
“See, social media participation is just one aspect of marketing a business, you need to treat it that way and keep you eye on the big picture” This is so true. To many people especially new and small business owners learn a small amount of information on social media marketing or SEO and really fly off the nadle with it. They don't realize that successful marketing for your business consists of more than just focusing on a great tool, you must focus on them all like each is a piece of a pie.

Thanks so much I enjoyed reading this.

By: Sara J

Sara J — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 21:52:08 +0000

I really like how you compared the social media hype to blogging a couple years ago. I have been doing a lot of research on social media lately and the negative bashing is one of the things that has stood out to me the most. Your post really brings the whole cycle into perspective – of course people are going to try to go against such a popular idea that seems to be everywhere these days. In fact, in doing the research I have had much more of a difficult time narrowing down my searches than I have in finding valuable data.

Good thoughts though, I like how you think of the bashing as a positive thing.

By: Delores Williams

Delores Williams — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:24:21 +0000

I totally agree with you. It is the hyping causing the bashing. Of course, the same thing can be said of E-mail, ppl don't like it because of the spammers. Still need a plan, and to do it correctly. I think once a lot of the spammers get tired of social media because they keep getting blocked and reported, it will be a better platform.