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Re: Your Social Media Basic Training. Where to Start.

tacanderson — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:31:09 -0000

That's ok Peter, I'm now in Seattle :) Make it out here any more often?

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Re: Your Social Media Basic Training. Where to Start.

peterkim — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:47:37 -0000

Thanks for the mention, Tac. You know, I just never get out to Idaho much... :)

Re: 12 Top Social Media Agencies

jakrose — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:32:20 -0000

Thanks Peter, actually just came across that. I will make the edits. Definitely not a perfect list yet, but I am learning about some new companies through the convo.

Also dig Charlene's wiki. Would love to see it expand into a more robust resource. If anyone actually had the time.

Re: 12 Top Social Media Agencies

peterkim — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:17:01 -0000

Hi Jason, thanks for the mention. Slight edit, CC and company were acquired by Campfire last month ( http://www.theadvanceguard.com/2009/the-advance... ). I think Conversation Group belongs on the list as well. Charlene has a great resource related to this post: http://wiki.altimetergroup.com/

Re: Groupon – Clever Collective Buying Site

chrisbrogan — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 08:55:48 -0000

I hadn't put the two trends together. You're right. I had all but forgotten about mobshops.

Re: Groupon – Clever Collective Buying Site

peterkim — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 08:47:56 -0000

You might be aware that this is the second time around for group buying sites. Their first incarnation was a decade ago, in the form of Mercata, Accompany aka Mobshop, etc. This time around, they might have a better chance, given that social tools can help alert others to the presence of time-sensitive deals.

Then again, they may not beat one of the things that killed them last time, i.e. eBay allowing companies to go direct and cutting out middle-positioned brokers like Groupon.

Re: Quid Pro No

hardaway — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 12:27:52 -0000

I think you've got it, Peter. Things aren't like they used to be. Here came everybody, and we all got what we wished for. Now we have to deal with it:-) I am with the people who say that curation is the key to the overwhelming amount of content that comes through social media.

Re: Quid Pro No

peterkim — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 11:47:40 -0000

Things ain't like they used to be, Chris. And that's both a good and a bad thing. I've been thinking about this a lot and it's fascinating to explore how we manage ourselves when pushed to full utilization.

Re: The Power of New

peterkim — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 09:43:43 -0000

Go big and good luck, Jason!

Re: Find 100 things to say

Paolo Galli — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 09:35:26 -0000

I agree with Peter Kim. You have 1.881 followers, ask a question to your followers e maybe you'll double your target, if you answer all.

Re: Find 100 things to say

Chary Izquierdo — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:21:30 -0000

Agree with both last comments. It doesn't have to be all about you. Responding to the tweets of those you follow shows you listen, absorb their missives and care enough to acknowledge them. It's analogous to active listening -- the more important skill in being a good communicator. I think tweeting is like conversation with those you are "with." How many times a day do you speak to someone next to you? Tweet only what you would bother to say to them. (As one of your interested followers, thank you for saying no to junk tweeting. Maybe you and @sengseng can meet somewhere in the middle.) - @charyis

Re: Find 100 things to say

peterkim — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 10:37:56 -0000

Sounds like you're still learning how social technologies work. A good place to start would be to start responding to people who message you - it's asynchronous conversation and will get you to 100 quickly. Good luck learning from the exercise.

Re: Taking Ads Off /Message

peterkim — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 01:19:01 -0000

Kudos - display ads are real estate hogs that few users value or pay attention to. Max Kalehoff has been thinking about this issue recently and has blogged with some insights from Erwin Ephron: http://www.attentionmax.com/blog/2009/01/what_i...

Re: louisgray.com: One Thousand Four Hundred Sixty One Days

peterkim — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 09:48:44 -0000

It's not pretty to think about, but I think you've touched on the biggest hurdle for the new administration - the American people and our expectations. Consumers can do more than ever before with technology. On the flip side, we've come to expect instant gratification. Hate what's on TV? Find something better on YouTube. Store's closed? Order it from Etsy. Internet connection problem? DM Frank from your iPhone.

The beauty of social technology lies in its ability to facilitate personal connections. We also know that people don't scale incredibly well. How long until the "cool, the White House has a blog" comments turn into "hey, the White House blog is weak; it doesn't accept comments"? (Followed by, "hire me, I'm a social media consultant.")

We can make this thing work, but it's up to us to come together and take the long view. It's encouraging that many prominent social technology voices like yours (and Ross Mayfield and Tim O'Reilly) are likeminded and will help lead the way.

Re: Peter Kim's Hand Jive: To Infinity, And Beyond!

peterkim — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:30:09 -0000

Honestly, I've never really a big fan of Grease.

Re: Burger King Reveals Facebook Valuation

shuleatt — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 15:52:36 -0000

Good point Peter! I do think it's interesting to --- in essence --- reverse engineer valuations by looking at how easily users would leave as opposed to what each user is worth.

Re: Burger King Reveals Facebook Valuation

peterkim — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 16:32:12 -0000

Novel approach, but fatal flaw in the customer segmentation and methodology. The valuation only applies to Burger King customers on Facebook, plus the exchange rate is fixed. A better approach might be a basket of goods offered via an auction format - wider net, market-based value...

Re: And Now, A Note From Our Sponsors

peterkim — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 08:04:05 -0000

Hello Fred - I believe the VZ/BB Storm ads were placed by a poor contextual match, similar to other unfortunate examples - e.g. Obama banners next to an Ashley Todd story, "loan shark ads" next to a shark attack story.

That, or perhaps the planners at Federated are Oscar Wilde fans.

Re: 300+ Cases & Examples of Social Media Marketing

Monty — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:09:57 -0000

Dear Peter, I am sorry not linking to your Blog. I just added the link and refered to you list. I added a few cases as well, as other Blogs / Authors too.

Re: 300+ Cases & Examples of Social Media Marketing

peterkim — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 07:54:08 -0000

Monty - this list looks awfully familiar. Perhaps it was copied it from my blog?

http://www.beingpeterkim.com/2008/09/ive-been-t...

Re: Professional Blog, Personal Opinion

JasonFalls — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 08:49:47 -0000

The line shouldn't be there, Peter, but it is. Especially in big corporations. The election is a perfect example. Most businesses benefit clearly from one side winning. But so that stock holders, employees, potential customers and other partners aren't pissed off at them, executives just donate to campaigns and keep their mouths shut. Companies aren't bold because taking a stand theoretically alienates half of your target. What they seem to forget is they're not getting half in the first place. Why not just get a smaller fraction of the total target that happens to be nuts about your brand because of your stance and personality?

Re: Professional Blog, Personal Opinion

peterkim — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 07:43:13 -0000

From our conversation last week, I gather that the election is a topic you had deep passion for. Shouldn't everything we blog about be something that we're on fire to share? With the line between professional and personal so blurred today - even your hypothetical GM example shows that...wait a second, is there a line anymore with the advent of social media?

Re: What would Facebook look like if it sold out to ads? Click here to see…

andrew_null — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 14:19:43 -0000

re: netflix-data mining approach to affiliate transactions, I just don't think that'll work. It's absolutely a gearhead approach to the problem, which would make it attractive to Facebook, but also much riskier. The problem is the lack of commercial intent on Facebook, and given the low % payouts of affiliates, I think it'd lead to an OK supplement of revenue but certainly not multi-billion revenues.

Re: What would Facebook look like if it sold out to ads? Click here to see…

peterkim — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 12:17:30 -0000

Your mockup looks eerily similar to...MySpace.

Did you see the article by Bob Garfield on monetizing Facebook? Back in September, he hypothesized a Netflix-data mining-type approach to affiliate transactions as an alternative towards ad-focused monetization. Worth a read, IMO.

Re: The Problem With “Full Disclosure” Is That It’s Not

peterkim — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:02:52 -0000

I propose adding the phrase "to be honest" into the same category.