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Re: Lack of Pinterest?

LJ Jones — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 12:52:35 -0000

Maybe they are just being cautious and making sure Pinterest is more than just a fad. And being cautious not to make some unforeseen social media fail. By the time the Like button came around, Facebook and Twitter were well established and had been around a relatively long time in digital years.

Re: Woman Sells First Spot in iPad 2 Line For $900 [VIDEO]

LJ Jones — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 14:48:34 -0000

All that time sitting in line and she is going to waste it on Lady Gaga Tickets?

Re: Cameroon Bans Twitter

LJ Jones — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 14:35:21 -0000

This just draws more attention to the possibility of protest and reinforces the oppositions position that the government needs change. Twitter is not what the government should be worried about.

Re: Facebook's High Pressure Tactics: Opt-in or Else

LJ Jones — Sun, 02 May 2010 23:26:56 -0000

Faced with this same problem, I built an app to deal with it. It allows you to delete your info from Facebook but still display it to your friends. My app stores the info for you so you don't have to keep it on the Facebook servers. You can put in anything you want and your info will never be made public or shared with anyone. If you are interested you can check it out here.

http://apps.facebook.com/thegreensafe/index.php

Re: The Obligatory iPad Post

LJ Jones — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:02:26 -0000

Totally agree. You summed up everything that I have been thinking about. It doesn't solve a problem that I have and I don't need something in between my phone and my laptop. I think there are some niches where this will be useful. I just don't buy all the "Game Changer" hype from yesterday.

Re: 5 Fabulous New Features Google Unveiled Today

LJ Jones — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:02:22 -0000

Bing doesn't stand a chance.

Re: Facebook+Cufflinks+Ask+You+To+%26quot%3BF%26nbsp%3BMe%26quot%3B

LJ Jones — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:05:03 -0000

"Basically, you need to have enough money to not care about spending hundreds of dollars on buttons." HA.

Re: Facebook Quitters: Find Out When Someone De-Friends You

LJ Jones — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:45:18 -0000

If I download the Greasemonkey add-on, do I get a free whopper?

Re: Give The People What They Want

LJ Jones — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:14:07 -0000

To your "Give them what they want" I would add "In a form they understand". Not all forms of media are right for communicating with your audience. Some are better than others. Don't give them information in a video, when a blog post will do. Don't write a 5,000 word blog post, when your audience is used to reading 300 words in a bulleted organized list.

Re: Twindling Users?

LJ Jones — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 11:32:16 -0000

True. I am sure there is a large portion of those people dropping off that just can't get past the bad UI and never have a chance to have a good experience.

Re: Twindling Users?

LJ Jones — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 10:53:17 -0000

Twitter's value is not always apparent when you start using it. It takes some time and some good interactions before you really "get" what it is all about. My guess is that people who aren't sticking, have heard about it because of the celebrities, but haven't had that experience where they "Get It" and see its value. Twitter has done a good job about getting people to join. Now they need to figure out how to make sure that new users have a good initial experience and see enough value to come back.

Re: MySpace Founder Steps Down; Former Facebook Exec to Take Over?

LJ Jones — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:32:31 -0000

I have to disagree with one thing. Rather than trying to compete with Facebook in the market they already own, Myspace should embrace the crowd it has. The Miley Cyrus, Zac Efron and music crowds. Nothing wrong with those crowds. If I were Myspace, I would start a campaign that Facebook is the older crowd and play against it by positioning Myspace as the younger, "Cooler", where your parents aren't, place to be. Embrace and own what they are, not compete for what they are not.

LJ Jones's last blog post..Twitter is a Fad

Re: The Birth of the Internet - The Untold Story

LJ Jones — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:22:09 -0000

One slip up, and years of earning trust can be lost or at least set back. The goal is to strive for consistent efforts that build and maintain trust over time. We also need to remember that Google remembers everything and social media has changed the way/speed at which we communicate. So thinking before acting is ever more important.

Re: The fake sale

LJ Jones — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:11:30 -0000

Great post and great points. Marketing should never be about tricking someone into buying something. It should be about understanding customers actual needs and helping them understand how your brand can provide a solution. No one wins when the consumer gets tricked into purchasing. Its stuff like this that make people not trust marketers.

Re: Zuckerberg and Customers: Oil Meets Water

LJ Jones — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 21:01:54 -0000

Its one thing to innovate and give your customers something they didn't know they needed. And while I assume that's what Facebook is trying to do, that's just not what they are doing. Every time they try and innovate and make some major change to the site, the Facebook nation is up in arms. Its like when Coke changed their formula and their customers weren't happy. Coke was at least smart enough to realize their mistake and go back to the original formula. Regardless of how true this story is, judging by Facebook's moves over the last few months, it seems they are very out of touch with their users. They would be smart to hire a team that's dedicated to understanding their audience, because if this story is true, Zuckerberg just isn't the man for the job.

LJ Jones's last blog post..Social Media For Small Business

Re: Gary Vaynerchuk Using Adwords Ads to Buy Twitter Followers?

LJ Jones — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 18:57:55 -0000

I wasn't really meaning to "call you out" either. One thing I think that is great about social media, is that if you are trustworthy and people follow and like you, they will vouch for you, as many of your supporters have done here and else where. And you have obviously built trust through hard work and personal relationships. This tactic just seems to fall outside that. I would wonder the difference in influence between people who follow you on twitter because of the one to one interaction and people who followed you because they saw the Adwords ad. I would love to hear more details about the project that started this discussion and the results of what you were trying to show your friend.

Re: Gary Vaynerchuk Using Adwords Ads to Buy Twitter Followers?

LJ Jones — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 22:35:43 -0000

I don't think that the is anything ethically wrong with it. It just seems dirty and falls in the same category with buying friends, buying links for SEO, or paying for reviews. The sad thing is that people are following him. He is being transparent. I will give him that. But that's not the way I want to gain friends and followers. It should be done the old fashioned way. One person at a time, through communication and participation. And if he had to pay to get them to follow him, they can't have much trust in him. And he will never have as much influence over them as if he hard earned them the right way. Waste of money.

Re: User data ownership on Facebook and why it doesn’t matter

LJ Jones — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 11:25:47 -0000

I think we have all known all along that by uploading content we were giving them certain license to it. I think the issue people are having here is that the change to the TOS seemed a little covert and Facebook did not use the transparency that is so often talked about. Not that they intended to deceive but they didn't make any effort to let anyone know what they were doing. Allowing people to find out about a change in company policy through a a third party blogger just opens the door for miss communication, hurt feelings and backlash.

Re: Tipping Point

LJ Jones — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 13:57:11 -0000

For me, Facebook and Twitter are two different things with two very different groups of people that I communicate with and don't really overlap. For that reason, I have disconnected the two and use each for a separate purpose. To further that point, I don't connect all of my social media profiles. Only those that make sense to connect and work together. The split for me, like you, seems to be professional vs. personal.

Re: I Had No Idea

LJ Jones — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 12:25:20 -0000

With such a large audience, Facebook has an opportunity to introduce this type of communication to a very large audience. It will be interesting to see how they use this around other major events, lets say the Superbowl? And maybe that's the answer. Not trying to replace Twitter in the second to second, minute to minute communications, but bringing together groups of people around and event, be it large or small. I would be interested in seeing them build an App that allows people to organize a group around an event and communicate.

Re: Would Better Results Make You Switch Search Engines?

LJ Jones — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:58:24 -0000

Better results is all relative. Its like saying better music or better food. Whats better to me may not be better to you. The web is full of tons of information and two people searching the same keyword could be looking for two totally different things. It will be interesting see how search evolves as Google and other try to understand intent as it relates to search.

LJ Jones's last blog post..Things that people do on Twitter that bug me

Re: Zune users, you are fired as of today!

LJ Jones — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 15:05:05 -0000

The funny thing about this is that I am actually listening to my iPod while reading this post. I am not even sure why Microsoft tried to get into the music business.

Re: Case Study: Social Media for Crisis Communications

LJ Jones — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 17:05:25 -0000

Nice work Scott. Its like you are superman, in a PR Social Media way. Good to see someone using their head and thinking through the situation.

Re: Consumers Say Your Corporate Blog is Not Trusted

LJ Jones — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 14:13:01 -0000

Most corporate blogs make the mistake of talking all about themselves without thinking about their audience. If we keep our audience/readers in mind and write the blog for them, rather than for our own ego, we will gain the trust of our readers and provide them something worth reading.

Re: The Great Twitter Ponzi Scheme

LJ Jones — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:12:12 -0000

Great article. I love the part about Pownce. Individually, the news about Pownce is interesting news, but after 100 people tweet the same thing, its looses importance.

I try and focus on people I am actually interested in, whether or not they follow me back. What annoys me most is people who follow me, who have 1 or no tweets, and haven't filled out there bio. How am I supposed to be interested in that. And would everyone please stop giving themselves the title of "Expert".