Comments on: Apologies to the social media community http://directmarketingobservations.com/2008/11/14/apologies-to-the-social-media-community/ Quick hits on Social Media, Marketing, and Technology Wed, 23 May 2012 22:06:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: marc meyer http://directmarketingobservations.com/2008/11/14/apologies-to-the-social-media-community/#comment-2447 Sun, 16 Nov 2008 13:47:06 +0000 http://emersondirect.wordpress.com/?p=1173#comment-2447 @Alex, Thank you for reading, coming from Paul’s blog I know you are taking the right path.

]]> By: marc meyer http://directmarketingobservations.com/2008/11/14/apologies-to-the-social-media-community/#comment-2446 Sun, 16 Nov 2008 13:46:10 +0000 http://emersondirect.wordpress.com/?p=1173#comment-2446 @Jim I know it’s a journey it’s just one that is been wrought with challenges that keep testing me, testing all of us I suppose. I’m having these moments of frustration that I may be sharing that isn’t fair to others.

Marc

]]> By: Tom Kelly http://directmarketingobservations.com/2008/11/14/apologies-to-the-social-media-community/#comment-2445 Sun, 16 Nov 2008 03:01:50 +0000 http://emersondirect.wordpress.com/?p=1173#comment-2445 Recession begins as a state of mind that gets pushed on us by the media so they can get better ratings and sell more advertising. The more we can communicate without the “shock value” filter of the media the faster we can work our way out of this.

Tom Kelly
CRM Review

]]> By: Alex- The Blog Traffic Guy http://directmarketingobservations.com/2008/11/14/apologies-to-the-social-media-community/#comment-2444 Sat, 15 Nov 2008 23:38:38 +0000 http://emersondirect.wordpress.com/?p=1173#comment-2444 Thanks for sharing that. I’ve heard your post from conversationalmediamarketing.com

I used to be one of the person who disagree with social media before. Recently, I just open myself to it again because of the change in the internet marketing and it’s getting tougher to be success by solely depending on traditional ways to blog.

Great post! thanks for the share :)

]]> By: jstorerj http://directmarketingobservations.com/2008/11/14/apologies-to-the-social-media-community/#comment-2443 Sat, 15 Nov 2008 21:24:38 +0000 http://emersondirect.wordpress.com/?p=1173#comment-2443 Hi Marc – Nice post, although I don’t know if you really need to apologize? As Lindy mentioned, it’s a journey for all of us… and we’re just at the beginning.

Keep exploring – I like your style.

Jim | @jstorerj

]]> By: marc meyer http://directmarketingobservations.com/2008/11/14/apologies-to-the-social-media-community/#comment-2441 Sat, 15 Nov 2008 13:05:25 +0000 http://emersondirect.wordpress.com/?p=1173#comment-2441 @Paul I agree, I got the topic right but just delivered it wrong-I would love to contribute to that wiki and think its a great idea

]]> By: Paul Chaney http://directmarketingobservations.com/2008/11/14/apologies-to-the-social-media-community/#comment-2440 Sat, 15 Nov 2008 12:50:00 +0000 http://emersondirect.wordpress.com/?p=1173#comment-2440 Marc, thanks for keeping it real. While your previous post may have been pessimistic, it did register with me and validated something that I was already feeling, that we really need to prove social media marketing works! So, all was not lost. We all learned something.

BTW, I’m starting a wiki to catalog social media marketing successes, failures and case studies. In part, I’m doing it as research for a new book that will be published in 09 on this subject, but that’s only part of the reason. Mainly, I feel we need a bible where SMM stories can be housed.

]]> By: marc meyer http://directmarketingobservations.com/2008/11/14/apologies-to-the-social-media-community/#comment-2439 Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:29:21 +0000 http://emersondirect.wordpress.com/?p=1173#comment-2439 @Lindy thank you, I agree now is not the time to be waiting for answers or the best way or best practices, when the dust settles then we can look back, but right now we have to try everything, it might have been an empty canvass prior to this, but now it’s just a canvass with a white base-

]]> By: Lindy Dreyer http://directmarketingobservations.com/2008/11/14/apologies-to-the-social-media-community/#comment-2438 Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:16:07 +0000 http://emersondirect.wordpress.com/?p=1173#comment-2438 I think it’s really valuable for us to see your thought process here. The doubts you raised in your previous post may be wrong, but they’re still important…and you’re not the only one wondering about the role social media will play in this economy.

Thank you for pointing out the flaw in thinking that this is the wrong time to experiment. I come from the association community, and I strongly believe that if we wait for a definitive answer or a more stable economy, the changes we need will come too little, too late.

]]> By: marc meyer http://directmarketingobservations.com/2008/11/14/apologies-to-the-social-media-community/#comment-2436 Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:54:02 +0000 http://emersondirect.wordpress.com/?p=1173#comment-2436 @Mark, Thank you Mark!

@Kevin Transparencyis one of the hardest things to do or be. I’m learning that.

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