DISQUS

What a great idea Chris!
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Thanks!

The best part of this video is that soon there will be links to this post from other New Media Douchebags. I look forward to collecting the URLS and inviting you all to a new Facebook group where we can share New Media Douchebag tips and tricks.

I nominate Scott Monty (www.scottmonty.com), who originally showed me this video in October, to be one of the officers.

David,

Look forward to seeing you there-- it's my understanding there will be a Social Media Club meeting the evening of the 6th after the SNCR festivities-- last year we managed to get out afterwards, no reason we can't do it again!

I agree as well!

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This looks cool-- I'll check it out-- am definitely looking at Twittergrams as well for more short-burst dispatches

Thanks for the link! The Tubes folks certainly do it is an issue - their software allows for private social networks, so you can keep your "fun" content off the public Internet if you choose.

Doug

Nice article and dissection.

This is actually the first time my colleagues and I at Topaz Partners have seen the Tech Pr Gems blog dip below 150-- we were in the 150 as recently as last week. I suspect they have added more blogs to the mix, or our score has changed-- but yes, we agree that Blogger could be a problem-- we are moving the blog at some point in the near future.

Wow, great post, Chris-- and not just because you said nice things about me (though that works).

You really nailed it in my opinion. One thing-- you don't necessarily have to think of it as marketing or selling, but that's what you are doing, even if you are merely selling your own cleverness with a funny quip on Twitter. In other words, Chris Wilson's comment is a valuable part of this post. Read the comments people!

As a PR person,. I cannot say enough about disclosure. there's nothing wrong with disclosing that I am talking about a client-- I will only tweet/blog/whatever when I think some of the readers will find it relevant, maybe even cool.

Thanks again Chris!

Damn you, sir! I shall have to do some thinking, try to come up with something different, or maybe something right under our noses. hmmm....

Chris, to speak for myself-- you ar eon a wavelength that keeps me building on these same networks, and seeing the relevance to my day-to-day work. Furthermore, I can justify and prove uses to my bosses and clients.

As a PR guy, the social Web is reminding me that all PR- -not just "PR 2.0" -- is about relationships and trust. We're just building that trust on a new platform.

Keep on keepin' on Chris!

the most relevant reason for me to keep a hand in LinkedIn is because people I want to reach are there but not necessarily in Facebook-- yet. This could change. The main point is staying in networks where the people are.

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To answer your question directly, yes.

It is A-hole week.

Chris, these are priceless videos from a colleague's sons and their classmates. In fact, this may have been made not too far from Stately Brogan Manor. Beware the Falcon!

I have a different approach, might not work for what you a re trying to do, but:

I use Copernic desktop search, and when I am looking for something-- a keyword, a person, a type of document, I search through Copernic and then narrow down if I have to.

I have been abel to find anything, even on our company's network, in minutes or seconds. Those of us who use it are the "go to" people for finding stuff.

It doesn't categorize per se, but if you are in the habit of tagging things smehow, it may find that
(no, Copernic is not a PR client)

True that SL is not for all companies, or even most of them. However, don't you think that quote represents a crass generalization of SL participants?

Don't get into SL if you don't want to play the "game" but there's a lot more going on there than cartoon sex.

I think this is in sync with the folks above, but my thoughts:

I always say that content is 1st-- that relates to the comment above about "cause." You have to have something compelling to get people to respond. The compellingness quotient increases or decreases depending on the medium.

Twitter? Low threshold: ask people to read a blog post and respond, ask a quick question about what people like about Ning or Drupal (which I have done), and get a quick answer. Want people to download something, contribute comments to a podcast, or even buy something? More commitment is required more buildup (of your community), and more credibility, which you need to build up first before people will jump for you.

Diva's comment about podcasting is something that has been on my mind. Podcasting is funny-- the nature of the medium is that it really does not encourage participation, simply because it is asynchronous. Sure you can participate by sending in a comment, but why should you? Why should I? Give me a reason.

I comment on podcasts because those podcasts mean something to me, and, frankly, I want these people to value my opinion and listen to my podcast in return.

You are a mind-reader-- I went to Google Reader just this week after using Firefox Live Bookmarks for years. the main reason was that I could see where and when there were new posts. I could not bring myself to like BlogLines and never touched the other readers.

As for the Star-- I would recommend using it-- if you are skimming feeds and want to give an article a better going-through later, I do recommend starring it.

I still like the idea of having the feeds sorted in my browser sidebar so I can see them while browsing elsewhere. Wonder if Google Reader will/does do that?

Thanks!

I'm flattered (Scott should be too) that this meme was Brogan-worthy. I think our navel gazing can benefit our readers, if the posts we highlight our interesting enough. And like I wrote elsewhere, some posts deserve a second chance (though that's more of the "favorite posts" meme I tacked on to my own response.

Wow-- a lot more connections in there than I knew about- before.

Turns out Chris worked for a client and I didn't even know it.

So, who will play Chris in the film? I see a little Rip Torn, esp with the beard, but he is way too old.

Chris, great post-- I was thinking of connections after hearing about a HS classmate who died last week. Just so happens she was a Newsday columnist and was writing about her struggles with cancer. Her last column relates to your posts, I think: "No Time for Last-Minute Commiserators. The point I take in this context is: make connections, but don't let them fade. Nurture them , keep them and value them.
I had some thoughts on it as well, if you don't mind me linking to my own blog post:

Mainstream Media recognizing new media tools is one of the steps in extending the conversation-- each such article brings in many potential audience members, users, and media creators.

Oh, and beside the point- why do i need to link bait Jason Calacanis when I have Brogan to pimp for me? ;)

I should make a correction -- I did not start http://thegardencity.net community blog. A friend, Chuck Tanowitz, and an accomplice, Kristine Munroe, did. I was an early contributor and remain on the blog. Though I have been neglectful lately, the site has built up enough community involvement to live without my feeble utterances for extended periods of time.

I talked to Chuck T. this morning, coincidentally, about this very subject-- getting people who don't normally blog into the conversations. It's just another social network, like meeting people at the Y or the playground or town meeting, but with further potential reach. The Garden Blog I hold up as a successful example of this, but I can't take credit for starting it.

Love Roger's comment- going beyond the social media echo chamber (which as Roger shows, and as Bum rush the Chart s showed, is much bigger than we sometimes think), we just need to tie together communities. I participate in a community blog. I asked all my school parent/homeowner friends in the community to at least read the blog. I post to that blog, and, when appropriate outside of the blog for people to follow links and broaden their sources. How has this worked so far? It's not instantaneous, but I know some of my friends now at least lurk on that blog, and a subset then follow links to other sources.
At the very least, my profile, or my cmments link, link to my own blog (like it does here-- ahem), which a few people might follow and then through my posts and my blogroll through to other thing. It really is a web.

Ok, now I'm rambling

Oh-- and thanks, Annie, apparently I made a good point earlier-- that happens on occasion

@chris-- I don't think podcasting is as complicated to explain as, say, RSS. We need easier ways to get them. *warning client mention ahead* -- Podcast Ready is one of the tools that may just do that, because you plug in you MP3 player and whammo your subscriptions load automatically.

But we still need to get our moms and little league coaches and PTO buddies to go in and listen-- good content is the key. Give them what they want and they will go for it.

High school parents? give them Financial Aid podcast-- tell them how to get it. "Heroes" addicts? get them over to the 10th wonder. This is what makes fans.