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3 months ago
in My Web 2.0 Expo Keynote: until Best Buy adds people to its website our jobs are not done on Scobleizer
Robert, I'll vouch for PXLated. I worked side-by-side with him pre-launch in '99/'00 as interim content director. He's right, the original vision was a good one; Brad was a believer, and a great leader. Lord knows a lot of water has gone over the dam since then for BestBuy.com (and how many umpteen billions in sales, too).
Today, things would be hugely different. But I also know there are a lot of great folks in that company now with their hearts (and minds) in the right place re: social media. They get it, they know the online world has changed, and there are better ways to do retail online...and they're working hard to make things better there. I think it would be cool if you came here to Minneapolis and met with them. We would gladly host you for one of our Social Media Breakfasts! ....which Best Buy often hosts, God bless 'em.
Many of those Best Buy folks have already commented above or been mentioned; so, we know they're listening and participating. The best comment of all 'em, though, was from my buddy Gary Koelling: "Thank you, sir. May I have another?" Laughed my ass off!
Hope you're having fun at Web 2.0 -- I can see you right there by the escalators.
cheers,
Graeme
www.twitter.com/graemethickins
Today, things would be hugely different. But I also know there are a lot of great folks in that company now with their hearts (and minds) in the right place re: social media. They get it, they know the online world has changed, and there are better ways to do retail online...and they're working hard to make things better there. I think it would be cool if you came here to Minneapolis and met with them. We would gladly host you for one of our Social Media Breakfasts! ....which Best Buy often hosts, God bless 'em.
Many of those Best Buy folks have already commented above or been mentioned; so, we know they're listening and participating. The best comment of all 'em, though, was from my buddy Gary Koelling: "Thank you, sir. May I have another?" Laughed my ass off!
Hope you're having fun at Web 2.0 -- I can see you right there by the escalators.
cheers,
Graeme
www.twitter.com/graemethickins
3 months ago
in Breaking down DEMO’s social footprint on VentureBeat
Re: the main question being sales for the presenters... Sales become much easier with media impressions and awareness, which DEMO delivers in spades.
1 year ago
in Where the hell is Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook? on Scobleizer
Robert, I've been wondering the very same thing. There's been way too much dead air. This is Crises Communication 101, for cryin' out loud! Look into the camera and apologize.
1 year ago
in The future of Moveable Type, Vox, TypePad, and Live Journal on Scobleizer
I agree with Ben (comment #4) -- they need to pick it up on the Typepad front. Not good to be stagnant.
Typepad, we love you, but we want more, more, more... :-)
Congrats to Chris on taking the CEO reins -- he's a great guy, and I look forward to seeing more of the good things he'll be doing there...
Thanks for the post, Robert -- see you at The Palace
next week?
Typepad, we love you, but we want more, more, more... :-)
Congrats to Chris on taking the CEO reins -- he's a great guy, and I look forward to seeing more of the good things he'll be doing there...
Thanks for the post, Robert -- see you at The Palace
next week?
2 years ago
in What is social media? on Scobleizer
I think Chris Kenton in #10 brings out key points:
"The trend toward attaching 'social' to media is important because it signifies an important shift in how public content is controlled, shaped and consumed...." and
"I think it’s a little too early to make pronouncements about how important the term 'Social Media' is ... to the vast majority of business people, marketers, and consumers at large, it’s still an emerging concept."
So true. It's going to take mainstream business quite a while to catch up. So many companies now need help, and will need help ongoing, in understanding how to deal with this massive shift.
And I also like the points Paul Medoza raises in #23:
"But does the perceived value of the information go down as more of it is available? I often wonder that because of how much information is available on the internet today for free. The only cost is the time it takes to find it now."
That is a major point: time is the unit of value in play here. How does one decide how to spend one's increasingly precious time? That's why technologies to help individuals and companies measure influence in new media will become so critical.
"The trend toward attaching 'social' to media is important because it signifies an important shift in how public content is controlled, shaped and consumed...." and
"I think it’s a little too early to make pronouncements about how important the term 'Social Media' is ... to the vast majority of business people, marketers, and consumers at large, it’s still an emerging concept."
So true. It's going to take mainstream business quite a while to catch up. So many companies now need help, and will need help ongoing, in understanding how to deal with this massive shift.
And I also like the points Paul Medoza raises in #23:
"But does the perceived value of the information go down as more of it is available? I often wonder that because of how much information is available on the internet today for free. The only cost is the time it takes to find it now."
That is a major point: time is the unit of value in play here. How does one decide how to spend one's increasingly precious time? That's why technologies to help individuals and companies measure influence in new media will become so critical.
