Comments on: 5 Reasons Your Social Media Marketing Sucks

By: newraycom

newraycom — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 15:10:14 +0000

Robert McFadden Thank you, Robert. Those that know how to build relationships in real life and take those skills online, will have little problems adjusting to social media etiquette.
We all seek validation even if it’s a “thanks for posting this”, or I appreciate your “like”.Although social media is accessible to everyone, it remains that you have to be social before you can do social.
I appreciate your feedback, thanks.

By: Robert McFadden

Robert McFadden — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 14:45:14 +0000

Good stuff Ray! I’m thinking an element of naïveté can also be involved. We happily make analogies between socializing on-line and in person. Still, it can be much easier to appreciate the sucking factor of not being responsive in a face-to-face situation than it is on line. In my own slow (and continuing) climb out of social media naïveté I was surprised to discover it was actually OK to respond to someone “liking” or “following” (or whatever) you on-line: a fascinating oversight for someone who has spent years working with people to build rapport in their relationships! Bloopers like this can continue completely under our on-line social competence radar until someone actually spells it out – usually in a “10 Great Things to Do On-Line” article. I suspect that for many of us there’s an on-going learning curve for realizing we can apply active listening skills – along with being nice, generous, and authentic – to media we’ve long experienced in other contexts (like books and TV) as inert, deaf and oblivious to our presence.

By: newraycom

newraycom — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 21:11:00 +0000

luislondon People should attend fewer social media seminars and find some that teach you how to be “social”.Thanks for your input. I’ll add #6 in the next edition

By: luislondon

luislondon — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 21:01:04 +0000

Amen! I can’t agree more, I actually started to get scared by the word SEO. I will add a #6: Because you don’t care. Some people are so business-minded that they forget the people who they go to work for: the clients! They don”t really care what happens to the project, or like most typical car salesmen, they wanna close the sale, without caring what will happen after the sale.

By: newraycom

newraycom — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 17:40:50 +0000

MallieDein Thanks, Mallie. And I don’t begrudge your beach time. Have tons of fun.Actually noticed that we tackled similar themes this week. Perhaps this is emblematic of the evolution of social media towards being a part of the whole picture and not apart from.Thanks for dropping by. Have fun and don’t forget the sunscreen

By: MallieDein

MallieDein — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 17:30:49 +0000

Sorry about the bad week, Ray. And don’t hate me because we’re bailing next week for several days at the beach! You’re dead on the money once again. This will get the full share treatment. It ties in with my blog posts this week and into next. Feel better soon!