Comments on: Best and Worst Practices Social Media Marketing

By: Jerome Nickerson

Jerome Nickerson — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 07:11:08 +0000

Backlinging your website to social media sites is a great way to add traffic to your online business. Don't try to backling or post a bunch at one time. Take a few mintues to read the information . Its a lot of great info you will discover. Check out my website on free online marketing tools.

By: Jerome Nickerson

Jerome Nickerson — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 02:11:08 +0000

By: Timmy

Timmy — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 10:35:54 +0000

Thanks Lee – it's clear that social media is progressing at an incredibly rapid rate. We've put together a broad article on WOM advertising and your comments would be much appreciated… http://www.marketing-made-simple.com/articles/w…

By: Sydney

Sydney — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:52:21 +0000

This information is very helpful to those that are working on getting their company recognized by many people from all over the world. It is important to understand that the internet is a very difficult place to be recognized and any and all information is helpful. Understanding the market and listening when any advice is being given can be of help to new companies. It is also helpful to understand what not to do because that can be just as or even more detrimental as not putting enough of the correct information on the site.

By: Oscar Del Santo

Oscar Del Santo — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:59:46 +0000

This post is simply terrific in as much as it stresses the importance of espousing the right philosphies and thinking behind social media success.

By: Amie

Amie — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 21:25:56 +0000

Excellent article Lee. It’s important to have a plan and discipline. The last paragraph was especially poignant.

Thanks for sharing

By: Tony Eldridge

Tony Eldridge — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 04:12:28 +0000

Great info. I have been in companies that just don’t understand the value of Social Media Marketing and are missing a great opportunity. I think in time, they will do a 180 about face and throw money at their marketing efforts here, which will tell me that they still won’t get it. Sooner or later they will, but it takes an understanding of how this marketing works and a willingness to play the game right. You hit the nail on the head with this blog post.

Tony Eldridge

By: Brian O'Toole

Brian O'Toole — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 01:50:49 +0000

Great tips..thanks for sharing

By: Mark Leonard

Mark Leonard — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 17:57:39 +0000

I also agree that this is a great blog post. I am a believer in giving as do many folk. However when it comes to marketing strategies using social media, especially the larger companys that are new to this marketing medium, are finding it a challange. Everyone of us needs to first, listen and watch what is actully happening with web2.0 and social media, second, align yourself with social media experts and third, take action.

By: Marianne Snygg

Marianne Snygg — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 16:38:38 +0000

Great content! Well spoken. AND, I learned even more. Thanks so much. You’ve given me some ideas for my next Tweet and Blog.

By: mark evertz

mark evertz — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:03:53 +0000

Paul…you are so on the money with this I had to say DING! DING!
“If you’ve begun to explore social communities, like Twitter, but haven’t been able see real benefits, don’t blame the medium. More than likely, you haven’t strategically connected your objectives to your audience and the medium.”

Cheers to you..off to your blog post, which I will likely share, shotgun style.
Mark

By: Paul Hydzik

Paul Hydzik — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:30:25 +0000

Lee, your Best Practices should be required reading for anyone involved with or considering social media marketing. They’ve been picked up by Chris Abraham at Marketing Conversation where I first noted on them.

I especially connect with your first and last practices–”Start with a plan, not tactics” and, “Metrics should roll up to objectives.”

These two are near and dear because they are so often missed in the wave of excitement that surrounds social media. Commenting on the topic in a related blog post (”Strategy First, Tweets Second.”) I recently wrote, “If you’ve begun to explore social communities, like Twitter, but haven’t been able see real benefits, don’t blame the medium. More than likely, you haven’t strategically connected your objectives to your audience and the medium.” I believe strategic considerations are vitally important both to starting off on the right foot and to achieving success.

Thank you for pulling these seven best practices together (and your worst practices as well), Lee. They benefit us all.

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Read my post if you like at:
http://brandcontact.blogspot.com/2009/01/strategy-first-tweets-second.html

By: Jay Philips

Jay Philips — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 02:50:29 +0000

Great blog. I found this on Twitter and was very impresses by your insights.

Thank you.

By: Nancy Sutherland

Nancy Sutherland — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:01:45 +0000

Developing relationships using social media takes time, but it is so worth it. Those who just jump in with a message to ” buy my stuff” are definitely not getting it. Thanks for sharing the difference between doing it the right way and the wrong way!

By: Brian Campbell

Brian Campbell — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 23:54:38 +0000

This is a great blog post. You bring up some good points, specifically “Give to get” – as funny as it sounds, giving just to give is actually more powerful than giving to get. The Giving works either way, but I’ve found more powerful results when I don’t require anything from the people I give to.

Aloha,
Brian Campbell

By: Melissa Hourigan

Melissa Hourigan — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 22:45:44 +0000

Thanks for the great insights. I think outlining the worst practices is equally important. We can learn so much from the failures of others. Just as important is for us to share when things haven’t worked and to know that it is okay to learn from mistakes. Thanks for this incredible post!

By: Alex Grech

Alex Grech — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:18:55 +0000

Saw this via a tweet from @chrisbrogan. Yes, it’s all about listening, engaging, being helpful and human and not behaving like an orthodox ‘megaphone’ one-way marketeer, I guess. And about being relevant.

Thank you for this. Alex Grech.

By: mark evertz

mark evertz — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 16:46:52 +0000

Lee,
This is a great reminder that despite the fact we’re using Web-based tools to communicate, human rules of engagement still apply. Don’t be a disingenuous, self-serving prick and people might actually want to hang out with you…maybe even buy from you…but certainly be more apt to listen to what you have to say. It also is never a bad idea to do a little research or have a little experience before spouting wisdom, be it at a dinner party or a meet-and-Tweet.

Seems like that gets lost among the apps and widgets.

Thanks for refresher.
-Mark Evertz

By: Guillaume

Guillaume — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 10:56:50 +0000

Thanks for showing the good side and the dark side of the force! lol But do not you think sometimes if we are too much focused on social media, we loose the hindsight that makes us enable to follow the best practices?

By: Miami Web Design

Miami Web Design — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 08:29:51 +0000

Thanks for the great post. We are trying to get our clients to understand Social Media marketing. Lots of people still think of marketing in the old fashion way, (believe it or not, some people are only coming around to Search engine marketing), and are even more clueless when it comes to Social Media marketing.