Comments on: Social Media Saturation Yes, Maturation No.

By: Lawrence

Lawrence — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:31:05 +0000

You’re right, and you’re just close enough to the subject. Sounds to me like you want to push the envelope. Go for it!

The funny thing is, that’s the same as Ken’s suggestion to “help them with baby steps instead of speaking a foreign tongue.” If we want to move past social media and into the social cloud, we have to help people figure out why all this really matters, in simple human terms.

By: Ken Burbary

Ken Burbary — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:32:11 +0000

Marc – This topic is near and dear to me too. I’ve had several conversations about how us practitioners live too much of daily life “inside the fish bowl” and lose valuable perspective on how the mainstream folks/media view social media. The impact that social is having on Digital is much less understood by that group and we would be wise to help them with baby steps instead of speaking a foreign tongue.

By: DR. WHAW? – August 26, 2009 « One true sentence.

DR. WHAW? – August 26, 2009 « One true sentence. — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:55:53 +0000

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By: DR. WHAW? – August 20, 2009 « One true sentence.

DR. WHAW? – August 20, 2009 « One true sentence. — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 19:16:42 +0000

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By: Sarah Edwards

Sarah Edwards — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 07:42:51 +0000

Really enjoyed reading this post, as another person who lives and breathes this topic, constantly testing how to better use certain networks and trying to pre-empt the next best thing, it’s great to see someone take a step back and analyse how we need to change our approaches.

By: marc meyer

marc meyer — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 21:45:23 +0000

Michael, I know i am. It happens a lot. Loved your blog post by the way.

By: Michael E. Rubin

Michael E. Rubin — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:34:04 +0000

Marc,

To answer your question, I think you may be too close to it. *grin* I have had the same issue come up for myself, and every time I do a self-examination as you’re doing, I keep coming back to the idea that I just might be a tad too close to it because I live, breathe, and do this for a living.

In the book “The Influentials”, the authors talk about the idea of “continuous provement” (http://bit.ly/continuousprovement) that I really like. It’s the idea that we must continue to educate and improve what we’re doing in social media. I think that’s a healthy thing.

You may also be encouraged by some data about social media adoption that I found and posted about here (http://bit.ly/Y94gF). Disclaimer: the URL posts back to a post I wrote on my company blog.

Cheers!
Michael