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Re: Walmart’s Scary Clown Ad Goes Viral, Haunts Kids’ Dreams [VIDEO]

Tommy_of_RogueStar — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:58:37 -0000

that was aweful, but funny, and sure it deserves to go viral...

Re: 5 Terms Social Media Douchebags Need To Stop Using.

Tommy_of_RogueStar — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:44:47 -0000

couldn't agree with you more. Kind of want to step on a "guru" just to see what it feels like...

Re: 5 Terms Social Media Douchebags Need To Stop Using.

Tommy_of_RogueStar — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:27:56 -0000

it's all about "building a pressence"

"be engaging"

"it's all about the content"

terms like this make my skin crawl.

Re: The Myth of Control in New Media

Tommy_of_RogueStar — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 10:16:21 -0000

One thing that I've noticed in my community building is that when the community is strong, it will stand up for you.

A community of mine that I've built in particular seems to have created its own zero tolerance policy for negative feedback. Most any time there is a negative comment, almost instantly there are at least 5-10 people who jump in and avert some of the pressure.

As manager of the community, I respond as quickly as possible, mostly in real time, but sometimes that just isn't possible.

It's always nice to have that sort of support from the community. In some cases the negative feedback has been turned around before I've even gotten the chance to respond on behalf of the brand.

Knowing this from the onset, I find it easier talking to brands that are hesitant to jump in.

Re: 11 Ways to Get More RSS Subscribers

Tommy_of_RogueStar — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:54:20 -0000

Thanks for posting this Brett.

After a major crash on my blog earlier in the year, it's always good to have a resource handy for getting things together again.

Bookmarked!

Re: How to Get Entrepreneurs to Talk Their Faces Off

Tommy_of_RogueStar — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:33:30 -0000

Great Post Nick!

I've found that paraphrasing works great. I've also found that asking questions about the details of certain points of what they're talking about is also a way to get them to open up, and then possibly (and this one is more risky) come up with other applications for how something might work.

This follows the three strikes and your out rule, because if it's totally not what they had in mind, they'll feel like you just don't get where they're coming from...

Re: 12 Things That Suck About Social Media Consulting

Tommy_of_RogueStar — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:15:42 -0000

All excellent points as usual my man.

I think the hardest thing about the whole thing is the "results" without the willingness to change anything else... as if social media consultants went to the SMO/SEO Hogwarts and we can turn a crappy product into a goldmine.

Of course, I think in a way, we kind of shoot ourselves in the foot, with the whole "Fight Club" mentality, where we give the illusion that what we do can be easy, and don't get me wrong, it can, so long as clients are willing to listen attentively and act, well, actively.

I have to say though, I do love being able to work about 2 feet away from my bed...that's always nice...

Re: How to Get Recognized in Social Media

Tommy_of_RogueStar — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 01:01:51 -0000

Being bold takes a lot more work because you build a certain expectation.

I think what the most important thing to remember is that who we are online is merely a series of images and combination of words. With a little bit of social psychology/manipulation you can create a persona that people can be drawn too because you fit an archetype that has worked for centuries.

I think this qualifies me for the "evil genius" role you mentioned earlier. Truth be told in real life I'm a wicked nice guy. :P

Re: How to Get Recognized in Social Media

Tommy_of_RogueStar — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:14:10 -0000

Brett as always a wonderful post.

I think one of the best ways to "get noticed" is to be bold and make statements that can be backed up. And you know, not be lazy about it.

There is almost a borg factor in play here. Being plugged in at all times and absorbing knowledge at hemorrhaging rates and then sharing that knowledge with the people who don't know.

I've found that a lot of what gets tweeted and retweeted and blogged about is the same information being reiterated with a different voice over and over again. By offering something new and interesting, in a bold voice (be it in writing, graphics, video or service) you are more than likely to gain attention because you refuse to blend into the crowd.

I love this list man. It covers all the bases. What's great about it too is that some of the items inform the other items too so if one person can cover multiple bases it's only that much better in the long run.

Re: Why It Pays to Befriend the ‘Little Guy’

Tommy_of_RogueStar — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:23:24 -0000

in that case you should look at MY blog (heh noob) within the next couple of days... I've gotten kind of frustrated, working to break some people that blatant self promotion is not only impolite but not as effective as being "social".

Re: What Does Social Media Mean for Piracy?

Tommy_of_RogueStar — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 03:11:21 -0000

I agreed with you all the way until you said "crippling the quality". With words like HD and ON DEMAND being branded into our minds as "the future" crippling the quality will only cripple your credibility.

Offer HD as a subscription service with downloading capabilities and now you're on to something. I would much rather do that than run the risk of downloading a virus.

Re: Why It Pays to Befriend the ‘Little Guy’

Tommy_of_RogueStar — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 00:54:31 -0000

Having a healthy balance of both is the best way to go about it really. I think if you act as a middleman for the information it establishes your authority. By engaging in conversation with all sides of the spectrum it lets the big guys know you're paying attention to them and the little guy know that they need love too.

Someone in one of my webinars the other day said their take on social networking is all the things you hated about highschool.

I thought this was kind of interesting because I was friendly with pretty much everyone I went to school with popular or not. I shared concepts that the "cool kids" were doing with the less popular and vice versa.

But no I totally agree the little guy has far more value than most people give credit to. Afterall, aren't we all the "little guy" in somebody elses world?

Re: What Does Social Media Mean for Piracy?

Tommy_of_RogueStar — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 22:08:34 -0000

Piracy will always be an issue because people will always want to get something for free. It is borderline rediclious for major companies to sue the social media sites because of something their users are doing. Clearly the companies aren't doing their job which is providing the service that users need.

We live in the age where we can have whatever we want when we want it. For free if we can get it. I think hulu is an awesome solution to the problem on both nbc and foxes part. It fills the gap and provides a service. Instead of throwing out lawsuits make your content on demand and market it better. Otherwise don't attack another company because your web team isn't doing their job.