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3 months ago
in Dear Top Influencers: Don’t Recycle, Innovate! on ThoughtPick Blog
Interesting question about whether I'm adding to the blogosphere. I'm not sure that's how I think about my writing. Meaning, I don't write for the larger universe. I write for people (currently, "people" is most often business communicators like marketers and PR types), and show them how I interpret the USE of tools in the social media space.
You might note that I'm not usually providing commentary; I'm providing lessons.
The difference is vital to me. I'm sharing what I know so that others can use it and run with it. Commentary is great. It's just not my circle.
I probably won't be able to comment much more, but I appreciate the conversation, as it got me thinking.
You might note that I'm not usually providing commentary; I'm providing lessons.
The difference is vital to me. I'm sharing what I know so that others can use it and run with it. Commentary is great. It's just not my circle.
I probably won't be able to comment much more, but I appreciate the conversation, as it got me thinking.
3 months ago
in Dear Top Influencers: Don’t Recycle, Innovate! on ThoughtPick Blog
So, in content marketing (which blogging can sometimes be), there's a method to some of this:
Your first two examples aren't a rehash at all. I'm not sure I get your point.
In one, the post about a life raft, I point out that one can't leave all the social media tools disconnected from the mothership. The next post you reference, asks whether social media tools are a way to soften up the edges of marketing. Not related at all.
The third one, about aligning, IS like the life raft post. It does line up. The difference is that the life raft post is the seed of the idea and the aligning post is more the 'how to' post.
One thing you get to see with blogging that you don't get to see in other media formats is the iterative process of idea formation. It's not an attempt to rehash. It's an effort to move an idea from premise to something actionable right out in the open.
As far as lack of innovation, I guess we'll agree to disagree. I've doled out plenty of new ideas over the last several posts. Today's post about a hundred twitters isn't something I've seen written as such on my site before.
I guess it's good to critique other writers. I always learn from an exercise like this. So thanks for your attention. Keep throwing stones. : )
Your first two examples aren't a rehash at all. I'm not sure I get your point.
In one, the post about a life raft, I point out that one can't leave all the social media tools disconnected from the mothership. The next post you reference, asks whether social media tools are a way to soften up the edges of marketing. Not related at all.
The third one, about aligning, IS like the life raft post. It does line up. The difference is that the life raft post is the seed of the idea and the aligning post is more the 'how to' post.
One thing you get to see with blogging that you don't get to see in other media formats is the iterative process of idea formation. It's not an attempt to rehash. It's an effort to move an idea from premise to something actionable right out in the open.
As far as lack of innovation, I guess we'll agree to disagree. I've doled out plenty of new ideas over the last several posts. Today's post about a hundred twitters isn't something I've seen written as such on my site before.
I guess it's good to critique other writers. I always learn from an exercise like this. So thanks for your attention. Keep throwing stones. : )
7 months ago
in Sending Out an SOS on Above and Beyond KM
In Do You Have to Touch Every Conversation, I talk about how being involved in all the tools isn't that great an idea, either. The question is simply this: which tools do you perceive have the most value to your business communications needs? Stick with those. For instance, I'm not a very big Facebook guy. I use it, but I'm not really participating. I don't answer wall comments, etc. Why? Because I don't get business there.
Twitter? Business all the time.
So, I pick where I might find the most value.
Best of luck. Thanks for stopping by. : )
Twitter? Business all the time.
So, I pick where I might find the most value.
Best of luck. Thanks for stopping by. : )
1 year ago
in Making Mistakes and Amends in Blogger and Media Relations on briansolis
Wow, I sure have direct experience with this from the "blogger griping at guy sending me" side. I posted what turned out to be one of my most popular posts (and this embarrasses me, because I'm a positive guy) about a guy pitching me fairly generically about a product that was roughly in my space. I was frustrated, probably due to the volume of such blind pitches that I receive, or maybe just due to a rough day.
From looking at your post, and with your perspective, I can see how maybe there's a need to better understand this kind of relationship and how to get potentially relevant information into useful hands in such a way that all sides feel appropriately respected. (Remember, bloggers aren't scott free in the "being asses" department.)
I'll have to think more on this, but I like where you're going. Tofu. The Tofu robot was a good touch.
From looking at your post, and with your perspective, I can see how maybe there's a need to better understand this kind of relationship and how to get potentially relevant information into useful hands in such a way that all sides feel appropriately respected. (Remember, bloggers aren't scott free in the "being asses" department.)
I'll have to think more on this, but I like where you're going. Tofu. The Tofu robot was a good touch.
1 year ago
in Making Mistakes and Amends in Blogger and Media Relations on Brian Solis
Wow, I sure have direct experience with this from the "blogger griping at guy sending me" side. I posted what turned out to be one of my most popular posts (and this embarrasses me, because I'm a positive guy) about a guy pitching me fairly generically about a product that was roughly in my space. I was frustrated, probably due to the volume of such blind pitches that I receive, or maybe just due to a rough day.
From looking at your post, and with your perspective, I can see how maybe there's a need to better understand this kind of relationship and how to get potentially relevant information into useful hands in such a way that all sides feel appropriately respected. (Remember, bloggers aren't scott free in the "being asses" department.)
I'll have to think more on this, but I like where you're going. Tofu. The Tofu robot was a good touch.
From looking at your post, and with your perspective, I can see how maybe there's a need to better understand this kind of relationship and how to get potentially relevant information into useful hands in such a way that all sides feel appropriately respected. (Remember, bloggers aren't scott free in the "being asses" department.)
I'll have to think more on this, but I like where you're going. Tofu. The Tofu robot was a good touch.
1 year ago
in Making Mistakes and Amends in Blogger and Media Relations on PR2.0
Wow, I sure have direct experience with this from the "blogger griping at guy sending me" side. I posted what turned out to be one of my most popular posts (and this embarrasses me, because I'm a positive guy) about a guy pitching me fairly generically about a product that was roughly in my space. I was frustrated, probably due to the volume of such blind pitches that I receive, or maybe just due to a rough day.
From looking at your post, and with your perspective, I can see how maybe there's a need to better understand this kind of relationship and how to get potentially relevant information into useful hands in such a way that all sides feel appropriately respected. (Remember, bloggers aren't scott free in the "being asses" department.)
I'll have to think more on this, but I like where you're going. Tofu. The Tofu robot was a good touch.
From looking at your post, and with your perspective, I can see how maybe there's a need to better understand this kind of relationship and how to get potentially relevant information into useful hands in such a way that all sides feel appropriately respected. (Remember, bloggers aren't scott free in the "being asses" department.)
I'll have to think more on this, but I like where you're going. Tofu. The Tofu robot was a good touch.
1 year ago
in PR 2.0: Putting the Public Back in Public Relations on Brian Solis
I think you've hit all the good points. You clearly embody this in your passions and in your work. I'm grateful for your thoughts on the space.
I agree that with the shift into these new tools that better facilitate, that we're going to have a disruption in the way PR is done. I think the disruption is bigger than people think, but that you're probably on the right tracks with what you're saying here.
Keep up the fight, sir. I'm a fan.
I agree that with the shift into these new tools that better facilitate, that we're going to have a disruption in the way PR is done. I think the disruption is bigger than people think, but that you're probably on the right tracks with what you're saying here.
Keep up the fight, sir. I'm a fan.
1 year ago
in PR 2.0: Putting the Public Back in Public Relations on PR2.0
I think you've hit all the good points. You clearly embody this in your passions and in your work. I'm grateful for your thoughts on the space.
I agree that with the shift into these new tools that better facilitate, that we're going to have a disruption in the way PR is done. I think the disruption is bigger than people think, but that you're probably on the right tracks with what you're saying here.
Keep up the fight, sir. I'm a fan.
I agree that with the shift into these new tools that better facilitate, that we're going to have a disruption in the way PR is done. I think the disruption is bigger than people think, but that you're probably on the right tracks with what you're saying here.
Keep up the fight, sir. I'm a fan.
1 year ago
in PR 2.0: Putting the Public Back in Public Relations on briansolis
I think you've hit all the good points. You clearly embody this in your passions and in your work. I'm grateful for your thoughts on the space.
I agree that with the shift into these new tools that better facilitate, that we're going to have a disruption in the way PR is done. I think the disruption is bigger than people think, but that you're probably on the right tracks with what you're saying here.
Keep up the fight, sir. I'm a fan.
I agree that with the shift into these new tools that better facilitate, that we're going to have a disruption in the way PR is done. I think the disruption is bigger than people think, but that you're probably on the right tracks with what you're saying here.
Keep up the fight, sir. I'm a fan.
1 year ago
in PR is About Relationships, Just Ask Robert Scoble on briansolis
Very neat post, Brian. I think this is an interesting development. I think that more and more the tide might go this way. And if so, someone's going to have to help others navigate the differences between what WAS working, and what will lead the way next.
Hope you're well.
Hope you're well.
1 year ago
in PR is About Relationships, Just Ask Robert Scoble on Brian Solis
Very neat post, Brian. I think this is an interesting development. I think that more and more the tide might go this way. And if so, someone's going to have to help others navigate the differences between what WAS working, and what will lead the way next.
Hope you're well.
Hope you're well.
1 year ago
in PR is About Relationships, Just Ask Robert Scoble on PR2.0
Very neat post, Brian. I think this is an interesting development. I think that more and more the tide might go this way. And if so, someone's going to have to help others navigate the differences between what WAS working, and what will lead the way next.
Hope you're well.
Hope you're well.
1 year ago
in My Linked In Challenge : 14XRS begins tomorrow on Dave Delaney : Dave Made That
I love it. Get going! : )
2 years ago
in Emma, moving and Podcasters Across Borders on Dave Delaney : Dave Made That
Hey Dave- Sorry I won't be able to meet you there. I had to change my travel plans. I hope you have a killer time at PAB, and keep the new media alive. There'll be TONS of superstars to meet up there. Bring lots of cards so people can reconnect.
Best,
--Chris...
Best,
--Chris...
2 years ago
in Which Are Your Favorite Blogs & Why? on Blonde 2.0 Blog
Categories of blogs I like:
friends- people I know, or who I admire professionally from afar (and will someday meet)
interesting- this falls into crazy disarray if I try to explain it, but goes everywhere from tech stuff to strange facts
informative- I follow lots of people who find the good stuff for me, like Scoble, TechCrunch, Buzzmachine, etc.
To give you my favorites by URL would crush your comment system. :) But suffice to say that of the 100s of blogs I now read regularly, some are because I love the people who write them, and many of the rest deliver actual usable information to my life.
Great question.
friends- people I know, or who I admire professionally from afar (and will someday meet)
interesting- this falls into crazy disarray if I try to explain it, but goes everywhere from tech stuff to strange facts
informative- I follow lots of people who find the good stuff for me, like Scoble, TechCrunch, Buzzmachine, etc.
To give you my favorites by URL would crush your comment system. :) But suffice to say that of the 100s of blogs I now read regularly, some are because I love the people who write them, and many of the rest deliver actual usable information to my life.
Great question.
