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Re: Just Be Honest

Marc Meyer — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:15:02 -0000

Steve, Think about all the times where someone asked what they should do and what should they say when faced with a difficult decision or conversation. Rather than just being honest we spend more time trying to lie, deceive and wiggle our way out of it. Reminds me of the people that work really hard not to work-seems sorta labor intensive and that being honest and truthfull is really easy and not very labor intensive???

Re: Taking the "Me" Out of Social Media

Marc Meyer — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 10:12:20 -0000

Great post Scott, In fact I had just mentioned you and some of the others you highlighted in a rebuttal of a blog post of the top 50 most important people in social media. You guys were not on the list and I thought that therefore negated the purity of the list. I agree though we need to check ego at the door.

Re: Randy Pausch loses battle with pancreatic cancer at 47

Marc Meyer — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:36:23 -0000

Whitney, I lived in the Burgh for quite a while and have had numerous friends from CMU who used to talk about him, I then moved to Florida awhile back and heard about the last lecture via the PG. It was at that point that I blogged about Randy Pausch and basically followed every step of his life.

it was with a tremendous amount of sadness that I heard about him this morning and it was like being punched. Good people are taken from us far too soon and he was one of the good people.

Thanks for writing this.

Marc

Re: Change is in the Air

Marc Meyer — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:55:02 -0000

Aaron, not the misery needs any more company but I too am going through some similar changes. It is truly a most volatile time in my life. As much as I think it's isolated to me, it is not. Does that give me solace? Absolutely not. I never talk about my personal life with anyone but decided to commiserate with you.

For me, I'm at the cross roads of my career. The cross roads prompted by the fact that I was given an ultimatum 3 months ago. I had till the end of October to generate more income for the company. Interesting statement given that I am not in a sales position. Made even moreso by the fact that the ceo is my sisters husband.

Trying to ignore that fact is very very difficult. Communication has dwindled to a cursory good morning and good evening. Uncomfortable would be a kind word in this case.

I'm not sure what the next few months will bring. Bankruptcy, being humbled, appreciating what you got, loving your immediate family, knowing who your true friends are, lack of sleep, stress, not eating, taking stock, resumes, brainstorming, applying for jobs, accepting the inevitable-all these thoughts and more come to mind.

I can relate on some levels what you're going through...

Marc

Re: 5 Predictions on The Future of Social Media

Marc Meyer — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:25:32 -0000

I look at #4 speaking more to the mobile social aspect rather than the portability aspect, but in a sense, they are both somewhat similar in their goal. The social as a more portable, fluid entity.

Marc

Re: The Epitome of Faux “Social Media Experts”

Marc Meyer — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:08:35 -0000

As I'm reading this, I get a tweet from her. Unbelievable. Very odd and ironic...

so what do we call twitter spam then?

Re: Is there any return on investment in social media?

Marc Meyer — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:31:08 -0000

Charles, very timely. I've been in heated discussions about this over the last week and a half. To the extent that I have a forthcoming post on this. But here is an angle from the other side http://emersondirect.wordpress.com/2008/08/21/h...

Its all about engagement and ROI, the chicken or the egg and what are you looking for. Obviously we all want to make money, but perhaps most do not realize that this is not your 1980's business model of intrusive, in your face marketing. It's even more than Godin's permission based marketing.

Marc

Re: Social media marketing has been around forever…

Marc Meyer — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:58:15 -0000

Hi Dan, I commented on David's blog post and just wanted to throw out to you some key talking point that keep bubbling up over and over and over again.

Character, Ethics, Honesty, Respect, Listening, Being Human etc.

It would appear to me that adhering to these tenets and beliefs "In the longterm" would be the framework for any marketing endeavor, social media or not. It doesn't matter if it's 200, 2000, or 2 years ago.

We all talk about social media as this wonderous thing that is now extending the conversation and it very well may be, but I'm dumbfounded when people say the way to be successful in social media is to be genuine, truthfull, transparent, and honest. It's as if those things are not needed elsewhere or it's as if we're discovering them for the very first time. Kind of like saying,"Hey you know what,? this honesty thing really works"!

Re: It’s Almost SXSW Time Again

Marc Meyer — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:47:14 -0000

Hey David, here is a primer that might help-http://emersondirect.wordpress.com/2008/07/17/the-definitive-list-of-what-social-media-is-not/

Marc

Re: It’s Almost SXSW Time Again

Marc Meyer — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:49:36 -0000

and the second half- http://emersondirect.wordpress.com/2008/07/24/s...

Re: Setting Our Sights A Bit Higher

Marc Meyer — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:08:38 -0000

Having just seen the echo manifest itself on a larger scale at the web 2.0 expo in NYC. I'm all for taking off the me-too fucking glasses and seeing a new approach to everything that is associated with SM.

OK, all right already, most of us get it. Why? because we sit around and re-hash it, over think it, and we talk about it, and talk about it some more, and then we pat each other on the back and wonder why others don't get it.

They don't get it because we AREN'T talking to them. We're just talking to ourselves. It's like we're stuck in an elevator. The people that we follow on twitter, the people that read our blogs, those are OUR peeps. Wanna know why the conversation is getting tiresome? There's your answer.

We all might as well wait for the timer to go off and pull the fries out of the oil, because thats how mundane it's getting talking about the same shit, and recreating the same app, or same site, over and over and over again.

I'm all for taking this in another direction. I don't care who drives. Let's just fucking go.

Re: 2007/11/02/nokia-music-store/

Marc Meyer — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 12:08:15 -0000

insane. I only liken it to a bunch of suits sitting around agreeing on what "they" think will work best. Meanwhile, it's the same bunch playing Meatloaf and Phantom CD's on their cassette players.

Re: 2007/09/13/nielsen-august/

Marc Meyer — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 09:17:25 -0000

Myspace has lost its way and now is just a "cluster-mash" of web wannabe's startved for their 15 minutes.

Re: 2007/11/07/social-network-advertising/

Marc Meyer — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 10:22:08 -0000

Its because they don't know how to market to them properly, they are unlike your ususal demo______insert data here

Re: Tiger Woods’ Jesus Walk Not a Glitch

Marc Meyer — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:25:45 -0000

Lets take Video games, the biggest name in sports, mash it with YouTube, WOMM, viral marketing, and sprinkle the ability to not take one's self to seriously and you have magic. Whoever thought of this, keep them and give them a raise.

Re: 2008/10/15/how-to-execute-against-your-resume/

Marc Meyer — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:34:19 -0000

I'm stuck on "you can't manage what you can't measure" so for a lot of people unfortunately-their knee jerk reaction is to see where this person is online via search. So their measurement is going to be how "out there" are they. Resume's are a snapshot, but instead of it being the only measuring stick along with references, there is now this compendium or body of work that can now support it that person's resume.

Re: 2008/10/21/social-media-guru-mistakes/

Marc Meyer — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:02:30 -0000

Adrianne, good point I notice some of the a-listers spend more time patting each other on the back and enagaging in witty dbl entendres with their peeps than they do sharing their knowledge and expertise-not that they're required to but still...

Here was my mistake as a community manager. I banned someone whose whole life was the community. Thinking that would be the end of it. I moved on. It was far from it. That person took it upon themselves to try and blow up (figuratively) every aspect of social media, myself, our brand, and my company was associated with. I had to "let" the person back in because it was easier to manage them under my watch. Big Lesson learned about the power of the community and the need to understand the players and not resort to knee jerk power trips.

Re: What kind of business should I start?

Marc Meyer — Tue, 13 May 2008 11:31:54 -0000

I think what everyone needs to realize is that, though we are in a bit of a slump economically, these times are ripe for innovation and creative ways to generate revenue.

People need alternatives. people need options and better ways to do things. They need ways that can help them make money even in the toughest of times.

If one can help people make money in an innovative way, then you have created a niche that has no limits.
Others may have the right idea, but if you can help them implement it, roll it out, and nourish and sustain it, you'll have a client for life...

Re: Be Sexier in Person

Marc Meyer — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:02:49 -0000

Chris, good post, couple of points...

First, I can never say "goodbye" and I can never say "no", and with that being said, I'm exceedingly nice to people who might be longwinded. So I had to do something.

Somehow, and I'm not sure how it happened, it may have just been some brutally honest twig that snapped in me, but interestingly enough seems to have spread virally amongst my friends and colleagues is this: When I have nothing else to say, I just say, "that's all I got". And the conversation ends right there, no harm no foul.. and we're all satisfied, and we walk away. This generally covers phone conversations but...

What to do at the dinner party or conference? What seems to work is similar to what happens in some chat scenarios. I use the ole brb. So I'm talking and if I see the other person glazing over or vice versa, I just bust out the brb and it's an acceptable out for both parties. It offers nothing more than a, "hey I'll cya later". Which is cool.

Lastly, the way I get out of the having to say goodbye is, what my friends and colleagues have called pulling a "Meyer". Which infers this, "Where's Meyer"? I don't know, he was just here a second ago. At which point they all shrug their shoulders and life goes on. Meanwhile, I have slipped out, 15 minutes ago....

Lastly, Lastly, I agree, "what do you do" questions make me cringe. The answers certainly do not define the sum total of the individual that is truly inside all of us, it only defines what pays the bills. The interesting stuff, is what we find interesting, and what truly is our passion. I wonder what types of conversations we would have if we started it by asking what each others passions were...

Re: Making Money Isnt Evil

Marc Meyer — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 08:28:57 -0000

Interesting.There's a good takeaway from this. Here's mine:

If you're blogging or tweeting, it has to be clear cut why you're doing it, but there also HAS to be an end game result in all of it as well. I do this(Insert social media activity here) because it will____________ and the result of that will be__________

Nice rant

Re: My Best Advice About Personal Branding

Marc Meyer — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 09:44:23 -0000

Chris, I think it might be important to differentiate online personal branding versus offline. Think about what we all do offline in regards to maintaining an offline brand persona. One's offline image may be no less important than the online. And ironically, some of the critical components to developing a quality personal brand online are just as important offline as well, namely to be genuine, to be real, and hopefully observe some decorum of civility and decency. The parallels are there, it's just some choose to talk the talk. I think if we all had to choose one brand to maintain. It would be the offline brand. At the end of the day, it's the face to face transactions with loved ones, close friends and our partners that matter most. It's what they think of us that matters to us.

Marc

Re: Beware of Bubble Thinking

Marc Meyer — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:04:18 -0000

I'm as guilty as we all are sometimes, but I think for some of us, we are pushing out information and want to stay on point. I do think that variety is the spice of life, so it's important to step outside and look in to see whats going on. I personally love hearing different opinions and different POV's on the same subject, and thus we can write about the same topic from a different angle and that keeps it's fresh.

Re: How Your Blog Helps You Do Business

Marc Meyer — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 09:38:09 -0000

Lorraine, you're right. Different outfits for different occassions. The only difficulty I see is maintaining more than one outfit. Makes me wonder what Richard@dell is going to do should he ever leave... I'm going to have the same problem since I work for Emerson Direct and my screen name for a lot of my social media personas is for them and not Marc Meyer. I would like to try and separate them and it's a task that looms on the horizon. The question is how do you transition when so much of what has been done up to this point has been done on behalf of one's company and not for the personal brand. Chris..any thoughts?

Re: Privateers- Backing Your Pirate Ships

Marc Meyer — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:06:12 -0000

Nice Job Chris, where do the conscripts sign up?

Re: Do You Have To Touch Every Conversation

Marc Meyer — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 12:21:41 -0000

Chris, if I didn't know better, I'd say that was a great peel off of my post on the quality of your social net. engagements.

Re: What will Yahoo and Microsoft do? Is Zuckerberg scared?

Marc Meyer — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 14:17:50 -0000

You know what? If you're over 25, what are you using facebook for? If you're over 23 what are you doing still using Myspace? Google and Microsoft just don't want to be on the outside looking in when it comes to the monolithic phenomenons that might flame out as soon as the luster and cool factor wears off then what?

Re: How late adopters get into social media

Marc Meyer — Fri, 02 May 2008 12:28:23 -0000

Late adopters are googling Facebook. Late adopters are googling MSN so they can log into their email. Late adopters are still getting phished. Late adopters when asked what a social network is reply by asking Is it like Myspace? And then follow it up with, "Just what is Myspace?

Late adopters will look at Twitter as useless. They will look at FriendFeed as an aggregator of what and for whom? Late adopters are still not comfortable with text messaging.

Late adopters are wary of anything that their friends and neigbors are not doing. Late adopters look at Youtube as a teen fad destroying the moral fiber of America.

Late adopters don't even know they are late adopters and think they are pretty tech savvy.

Re: Anti-depression thinking: what do we do?

Marc Meyer — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:21:54 -0000

Hi Robert, Here's my solution, it's so simple. but I have to do something:

http://emersondirect.wordpress.com/2008/09/29/s...

Re: So, you need a job? Man, do resumes suck

Marc Meyer — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:57:56 -0000

With all the social media networking sites that are now available-you'd better be on them and, you'd better be consistent. That means LinkedIn and Facebook and Friend Feed and your corp.site and your blog etc etc. BTW, I'm looking for some collaborators on a cool project that won't pay anything. Hit me up.

Re: While blogging in crisis job #1 is listening

Marc Meyer — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:16:30 -0000

Scoble, it's because they are guilty of the echo syndrome. They repeat what they read and don't really formulate an expressed opinion. They're not blogging to express themselves, they're blogging perhaps because they have to, or they have an ulterior motive. I'm so tired of the me-too blogging phenomenon.

Re: The Twitterization of Conversations

Marc Meyer — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:59:54 -0000

Robert, The emergence of so many social nets has decreased our attention span but increased our interest in more things, and more communities-but also has reduced the types of participation, or the depth of that participation.

Re: Google Falling Apart at the Seams; Doesn’t Appear to Care

Marc Meyer — Mon, 19 May 2008 16:17:18 -0000

Knee jerk reactions:

-For the three months ended March 31, Google had a profit of $1.31 billion ($4.12 a share), compared with $1 billion ($3.18) in the first quarter of 2007

-Isn't offering something "other" than what you are good at like offering hamburgers at a chinese restaurant? Stick to what you do best right?

-Isn't it really easy to pick apart the big dog on top? Microsoft back in the day used to get abused on a daily basis about all the things they were doing wrong. Did we already forget about Vista?

-If the NBT thing is Mobile, doesn't it make sense that Google will absolutely own that space as well? What about what will happen with the G Phone OS?

-I just think it was way to easy to find flaws in what they do, how they do it and when and that perhaps someone might have been starved to write a story about something that was surely going to draw eyeballs...

my 2 cents, nothing more, nothing less.

Re: The “Free” Model is Killing Start-Ups; Why I Built Trackur to be Different

Marc Meyer — Thu, 29 May 2008 09:16:59 -0000

It's funny Andy, but I did not see a brief explanation of what your product does in your opening post. While granted, some will work harder to find out what it is exactly, others who are skimming the post might have benefitted from a quick blurb on what exactly it is... Maybe it's the inner marketer in me who has too much time to look at silly things like that. I even re-read twice to see if I missed it...

One question I have for you is, are their tools that you use, that are free? And if they were not offered for free would you be willing to pay for them?

What about the RadioHead business model? I know some have used that with varying degrees of success..

Marc Meyer's last blog post..10 random social media facts, lists and questions I have for our web 2.0 world

Re: More on Facebook…

Marc Meyer — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 13:29:52 -0000

Funny you should ask, but my 80 year old aunt, who seems to be somewhat technologically hip cautioned me on serachable personal info. But here's my take on it. Couldn't someone just grab a phone book and Google names that way? I agree, why make it any easier than it already is to find out personal info of someone. I suppose that if Monster's dbase can be hacked, not much is safe.

The smartest thing to do is a) don't create a profile or b) the only thing in the profile is your name and not much else.

Re: More on Facebook…

Marc Meyer — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 11:19:21 -0000

So here's another question then: Lets categorize the demographic for each social network of any value.. Starting with Facebook and Myspace and working out from there. Go.

Re: More on Facebook…

Marc Meyer — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 12:38:19 -0000

wow..i don't know whats more interesting, the 64+ or the 3 million? the latter is not surprising. It makes sense though, but I bet 18-24 is prolly pretty strong too since facebook is realy taking root in colleges and universities.

I think Myspace is bloated but it really opened things up for niche based social networking sites. I have a great idea for a music based social networking sites that actually is about ...lo and behold...music. Which ironically, as we all know, is how Myspace was supposed to be. Now however, it's evolved or morphed into this monolithic thing, that I don't even recognize anymore.

Re: The Currency of Social Networks

Marc Meyer — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 15:03:05 -0000

It's as simple as this: You give you get. But what you give better be something of value. You can't give just for the sake of receiving. MOst people in the blogosphere though, just take.

Re: Social Media Smarts – Tips on Marketing with Social Media

Marc Meyer — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:54:35 -0000

Hi Lee, this article spurred me to really think hard about the topic...

Re: You Make Me Sick – Viral Video Response

Marc Meyer — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 17:14:09 -0000

I am sitting here thinking that the effect that they were looking for, and surely they knew exactly what they were doing,was achieved. Unfortunate.

Re: You Make Me Sick – Viral Video Response

Marc Meyer — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 12:15:07 -0000

When did we as a culture, jump the shark so to speak, and assume or presume that this was acceptable? there has to be some mindset or precedent provided by someone (Us as a collective group?)that lets them "think" that this is "do-able" without repurcussions.

Are we becoming so desensitzed that eventually even this will be "derigeur"? Or was this the unconscious opening salvo to break us down wherein the next time it happens, the reactions may not be as volatile?

Re: BIGLIST SEO Blogs Update 081108

Marc Meyer — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 08:36:02 -0000

Thanks Lee, what a pleasant surprise!

Marc

Re: How Does Social Media Affect Search Marketing?

Marc Meyer — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:55:19 -0000

Lee, The key is this going forward; You know or we know that social media is seo friendly, so with that being said, if you're going to "seo" a site, you have to tie it back to social, or rather you should. At the least it has to be a phase in your seo plan.

Which means that you know now have to come up with or sit down and figure out a social media plan that is genuine and do-able. The 2 are inexorably linked and intertwined.

Re: Putting Your Social Network To Use

Marc Meyer — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:22:41 -0000

Adam, good post. Leverage is not a bad thing when one has so many contacts-it's why we use LinkedIN in the first place. Though some people look at # of contacts like they're badges to be earned. But what good is that?