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Re: Is Yahoo Shutting Down Del.icio.us?

chrisheuer — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 17:44:44 -0000

I just made the switch to http://diigo.com/ which was formerly FURL. I really liked FURL back in the day, despite some product shortcomings. Now its much more robust.

Re: Is Yahoo Shutting Down Del.icio.us?

chrisheuer — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 16:44:01 -0000

Met some Yahoo's recently. In my opinion, it's clearly a company in trouble. So sad. Loved them so much for so long, and now this. They should sell these sites off rather then sunset them. Is Carol so full of herself that she doesn't even understand where the real value is?

That said, delicious has no clear and easy to achieve revenues other then subscription model, but a few dollars a year is not a lot to pay and I am sure many would.

Oh yeah, I think they lost the "War for Talent" long ago... everyone smart I know who worked there left, and if they didn't already, they will be in the months to come. Any Yahoo's looking for a new business to start? Tweet me :)

Re: AT&T responds to Consumer Reports beating, cites A+ rating from BBB

chrisheuer — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 12:33:57 -0000

My guess is that the complaints are about LOCAL stores, not about the network or the service. And to the point made by others, we have accepted that ATT sucks, so why bother to complain to anyone, it won't change anything...

Re: Why Does the New Kindle Have A Microphone?

chrisheuer — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 16:23:33 -0000

If it added voice annotations leveraging a purple numbers based access schema, that would be amazing. Also good for wifi collaboration, making books a more 'social' experience. Maybe even eReader gaming.

Re: Engage was Written to Help You Find Answers in Social Media

chrisheuer — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 15:23:18 -0000

thank you Brian. given how many sources we all have each day I know how hard it is to attribute everything appropriately, but that is the reason why I strive so hard to credit others, even when I cant remember exactly where I got it from... its key to the "link economy" as Jeff Jarvis would say

Re: Engage was Written to Help You Find Answers in Social Media

chrisheuer — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 15:21:57 -0000

that's essentially what I was saying and believe as well

the problem Brian is that whether it was an accidental misstatement during your speech, or a misinterpretation by others, it was clear that people are out saying that you said we dont need case studies and we shouldnt do them... that is clearly not the case

the point is not to rely on case studies as a perfect blueprint for what you should do - indeed, if you replicate what someone else does, you may well exact the exact opposite results

there are some cases for instance in PR where you dont want to give a story any oxygen, and other cases where clearly you need to address the story head on...

Re: Engage was Written to Help You Find Answers in Social Media

chrisheuer — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 13:48:59 -0000

Brian. This is crazy. I just picked up our copy of engage, and in it you constantly reference what other companies have done with Social Media. You tell stories from BA, Mercedes, Zappos and more. More so, you write prescriptively, instructing people on exactly what you say they should do with different tools. I don't get this approach. Am I missing this, or did I read correctly when someone quoted you on stage saying "we dont need case studies"?

If you go back to our conversations from 4+ years ago and in the time since, you may recall the emphasis I place on the fact that everything is situational - that we must put it all in context and understand the different variables unique to each situation. While we can not really duplicate the exact steps of another in every case, we can, indeed we must, adapt the lessons learned for our particular need. Indeed, this line of thinking you promote above is very much inline with what I have been telling companies (and you) for many years. But to do so in a way that says throw out case studies is not correct and ill advised, especially given the obvious hypocrisy in the statement when you are out sharing those stories and case studies so often as part of your professional speaking life.

I love you man, but I gotta disagree with your approach here...

That said, I also love the fact that you reinterpreted my well known mantra in that other post. As you know very well, I have long said "There is no box" (which was inspired by the kids in The Matrix saying there is no spoon and all those people saying 'think outside the box'). So your more exact explanation here is heart warming Brian: "Sometimes it’s easier to think outside the box, when there isn’t a box to begin with…"

Re: Join us for The CoWorking Summit

chrisheuer — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 10:28:12 -0000

good point Jesse, thank you. I will make a facebook event for our Social Media Club House group for those attending each event remotely so we can send reminders etc... always more to do! great idea.

Re: HowTo: OPML for Twitter subscription lists

chrisheuer — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 12:16:03 -0000

Dave. Seriously. Absolutely fantastic work on this one - thank you so much. I have needed this / wanted this for so long...

Re: Up for auction, two creative, social media strategists

chrisheuer — Sat, 09 May 2009 03:53:26 -0000

Seriously Mel Webster, why are you such a hater and a troll. That is pretty sad in itself.

Might as well go back into your box and never look outside it to see or try anything different. Its not necessary to do this, we are making plenty of money as it is, the story above is the reasoning. Period.

Re: louisgray.com: Missing a Conference? Find a Local Meetup Instead.

chrisheuer — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 21:08:01 -0000

Thanks Daniel / Louis - the first SMC event you may attend locally will probably be one where we invite you to speak :)

Just wanted to point our more directly that we are managing a Social Media events calendar http://socialmediaclub.org/... where we are organizing both local and international social media event information. In fact, you can submit your events through a form linked from that page. Not only are the events featured on our calendar though, they are also included in our members badge which you can see on my personal blog http://chrisheuer.com/

The biggest lesson I learned early about doing events and 'community organizing' is that anyone who is willing to try can make something happen. It might not be big at first, or even be big after a while (we have done tweetups recently ourselves where only 5 people showed up) but the size of the event or the group doesnt necessarily equate to value or quality. So go ahead and do your own tweetup, do a blogger dinner, host a social sunday, invite folks to a social media breakfast or start a social media club group in your town - dont focus on possible failure, focus on hosting great conversations and great outcomes will follow.

Re: Izea: Where Is That Line Again?

chrisheuer — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:21:15 -0000

Hey Stowe - I just participated in a similar program for Sears because I dont see it as you do.

I am wondering, how this is really any different from you taking money to be a beta tester for a product, and requiring the company to allow you to blog about your experience with it? Aren't you in fact absolving them from having to ask you to write about them with such a policy, by including soft promotion on your blog, the same kind you complain about above? I suppose it is a matter of intention and perspective, do you see it as getting paid to write a post to promote a company, or do you see it as I did, as compensation for my time to interact with the brand, connect my readers with a great prize opportunity and share my experiences with the brand with everyone else (most especially with the people running the campaign).

The question is one of integrity - either someone has it and uses it or they don't - sure you can make a slippery slope argument here, and there are many (thinking about the original "posties" and some MLM folks in particular) who show no ethics and continue to hype bad products for personal benefit, but the market generally wins out in those instances and those people end up with no trust in the market.

Just one question though, are you saying Chris Brogan has no integrity and is unethical? If so, that just shows you really don't know him personally, but instead only know the personality - because if you knew him, this would not be a question at all... I would hope the same holds true for me, but c'est la vie - my only hope is I dont have to waste a lot of time this week arguing this BS back and forth with everyone as there is a lot of work to do before year end...

Re: More Money in Social Media? - mediabistro.com: PRNewser

chrisheuer — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:41:14 -0000

In the end, its really how to not only see differently, but think differently and ultimately be different. In short, innovation - the real kind - not the sort that comes out of your typical overly planned off-site, but the type that emerges by putting smart people in the room together and letting them flow....

I have more comments, but am at an event here in Paris Social Media Club and need to get back to the conversation here.

Re: Introducing AdHocnium and Our Creative Catalysts

chrisheuer — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 09:08:43 -0000

Thank you one and all :) (I love that phrase heidi)

there is still a lot to be figured out, but its a good start there are several other very well known and uber smart folks who will be joining us very soon, so stay tuned...

Re: Event Calendar: Panel on Emerging Media (November 11th)

chrisheuer — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:17:53 -0000

looking forward to finally meeting you in person Louis and diving into a deeper conversation

Re: Social Media Club Dallas welcomes Kristie and Chris

chrisheuer — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:58:03 -0000

I love the original pancake house - been years since we ate there. Thank you so much for helping to organize this little get together, was bummed to miss you in vegas this year - lots of great stuff to discuss...

Re: Reblog: Comments Can Be Blog Posts

chrisheuer — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 19:49:48 -0000

I have been waiting for this for 3 years... was wondering when someone was going to make it simple - kudos

Re: More than meets the eye (Scripting News)

chrisheuer — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 13:10:26 -0000

from the article "drawing more attention to stuff that is only of interest to a tiny minority of a tiny minority. It's not even of interest to most bloggers, just a subset of Twitter users"

apparently it is of interest to him enough to make a mainstream media case out of it - perhaps seeming like the MSM is trying to paint an interesting picture of social media in light of 'attack of the bloggers' ala forbes eh?

Re: My Vision For Social Media

chrisheuer — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 11:39:08 -0000

I love Clay's take on this. I have been thinking of it in terms of the new 3 C's

Context - why do we care, whats the purpose of interaction
Communications - sharing, talking
Collaboration - working together towards a shared goal

In writing my book over the last few months though, I have been struggling with whether or not to call it the 5 C's with the addition of:

Connections - who we know and how much we trust them
Community - the places we gather together where we feel at home

This thread is really helping to bring this idea into greater clarity, but I would love to hear your feedback on the framework...

Re: My Vision For Social Media

chrisheuer — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 15:07:44 -0000

Fred - what you are describing is technically accurate - the act of sharing, but if you go deeper, the real insight is that social media is how we connect with other people. Some connections are more casual then others and some share more intimacy then others. We all (even introverts) have a need to tell our stories. We are all social beings being social through this medium...

Re: New product release today (Scripting News)

chrisheuer — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 12:16:04 -0000

congrats Dave - sounds like something I will really enjoy using and targeted at someone like me - now when nothing is on TV and I have gone through my Tivo'd shows, I can easily switch to this instead of watching crap on tv... have never been much for surfing on my tv really, but make the photo viewing experience easier for that environment and I think you have a winner.