Comments on: Taking advantage of Social Media ? Taking part in Social Media

By: Eric Pratum

Eric Pratum — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:18:53 +0000

@Kate Yeah, the Obama campaign use of social media was quite impressive. It appears the Obama White House has toned it down a bit, but with the grassroots, campaign-style budget push, it looks like they’re still being pretty effective with the social aspect.

@Laurel Thank you. I even have to remind myself now and then that my online relationships are still with people… not unfeeling machines. If companies can dedicate enough time and thought into their online constituents/communities/etc, I think it’s rare that they won’t build advocates.

By: mjmclean

mjmclean — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 23:32:51 +0000

beyond timely!!
http://onlineodyssey.wordpress.com/

By: Laurel LaFlamme

Laurel LaFlamme — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 22:47:48 +0000

Ding ding ding! “If you cannot spend quality time in your network, people can tell, and they will take it as a sign that they are less important than whatever else you are doing.”

Very good point – that separates the wheat from the chaff, so to speak. In the long-run, it’s about building relationships…that in itself will affect who you do business with or conversely who does business with you in the future.

By: Kate

Kate — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 22:36:57 +0000

Social media and the use of it for marketing is a business game changer! I just completed watching an interview with 2 writers that have detailed how President Obama used social media and extracted those lessons into a book called Barack 2.0 Check out this cool interview with them!http://3rdpoblogs.com/colderice/2009/03/23/barack-20-social-media-lessons-for-business-the-tactics-that-won-the-white-house-part-1/