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Re: Birmingham GiveCamp Video

Social Media Birmingham — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 07:34:27 -0000

A HUGE thanks to Ashlee and Matt who, in the spirit of GiveCamp, volunteered their skills to showcase GiveCamp in such a great video! Great job!

Re: RockMelt: The Convergence of Social Information

Social Media Birmingham — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 17:55:10 -0000

Josh,

You raise an great point. I agree with you. It comes down to nothing more than personal preference. While the community's feeling towards cross-platform messaging plays a part in the decision, ultimately it's just what works best for the individual and what their needs are.

May "borrow" your idea and expound upon it in a future blog post, if you don't mind. ;-)

Re: RockMelt: The Convergence of Social Information

Social Media Birmingham — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 17:51:51 -0000

I don't believe it it does, Michael. While I use RockMelt as more of a filter, I haven't put a lot of thought into how it could/would help in putting my messages out. Now that I'm thinking about it, I tend to use Twitter.com or CoTweet for most of my tweeting, which is connected to my Facebook.

Re: Something of your own

Social Media Birmingham — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 18:22:43 -0000

DadCreates.com is a great example of exactly what I'm talking about. And the fact that it was started out of the ashes of a major life change is all the more reason to share your story and encourage others to build something of their own.

I agree with you about our online community here in Birmingham and am humbled to have met so many brilliant people such as yourself. I can't wait to see what our community can continue to do, together.

Re: Getting that homey feeling

Social Media Birmingham — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 09:14:19 -0000

Thanks! We'll have to grab lunch sometime. Be thinking of great BBQ places...

;-)

Re: I don’t get it: Sales vs Marketing

Social Media Birmingham — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 07:32:46 -0000

John,

Great points, but I still see the fundamental difference as scale.

Disqualification:

But how is this process any different than running a banner ad (let me hang myself here)? Conversions are marked as people to contact the sales department. Close percentage is determined by the amount of people who clicked through vs the amount who converted. People who don't contact the sales department are disqualified.

Performance Based Pay

Now, I agree that marketers need to be held more accountable for their campaigns and should be using the new tools available to do so. And I too would be very interested in what performance-based pay scale would do to the industry.

Client Management:

I disagree. Marketing people talk to their audience all the time. However, their audience isn't to whom they market. Executives are the "clients" of marketers. They are the ones who marketers have to convince that it's a good idea to spend money on their ideas. And I'm sure an executive will get on the phone and wake a marketer out of a dead sleep to correct a campaign that is seen as offensive or obscene.

One of the key takeaways from Barry's talk and feeling I've gotten about sales and marketing over the years is that they tend to be at each other's throats. And that just doesn't make that much sense when I can draw so many parallels between their jobs. Instead of being at each other's throats, I think there's a lot that can be learned from each about the other's tactics that would help grow both disciplines.

Re: Birmingham Alabama is Magical

Social Media Birmingham — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 02:44:54 -0000

*wave* Good to see you online Ms. Virginia!

Re: Birmingham Alabama is Magical

Social Media Birmingham — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 02:44:03 -0000

Chris is right. September thru November and March thru May are the best times....

Re: What do you think of the Chiropractor, Twitter?

Social Media Birmingham — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 01:01:37 -0000

That's kind of my feeling as well. The one I've found seems very energetic and passionate about being a chiropractor.

Re: What Is the Focus and Purpose of Your Blog

Social Media Birmingham — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 01:46:26 -0000

Not sure that your seeing Chris's point. As long as you have purpose and focus don't have to be defined in just a sentence or two. They don't even have to be neat and clean. But you do need to make sure that you have defined them for yourself. While time changes things, purpose does breeds focus.

Re: What Is the Focus and Purpose of Your Blog

Social Media Birmingham — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 01:39:47 -0000

I'm finding more and more that my blog is my place to develop grow my opinions on subjects our community is discussing. I'm doing it more for myself than for others. However, I like to recognize that my community chooses to what the development of my ideas. Their comments and encouragement are keeping me focused and blogging.

Re: Be humane

Social Media Birmingham — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 17:57:57 -0000

Ike,

Thanks for your kind words. I hope you find this as interesting as I found the "Twitter 10". My only regret is not doing this sooner.

Cheers,
--DW

Re: Be human

Social Media Birmingham — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 11:39:44 -0000

Thanks for the comment!

I appreciate the suggestion and I've just added that book to my queue. Enjoy your "Black Eye" tomorrow. ;-)

Re: Followbacks on twitter, really?

Social Media Birmingham — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:03:14 -0000

Thanks for the two great points, Thom.

With my background in Psychology, I'm looking to do more posts that focus in on things like this. Really dig into the scientific "why" behind the reasons people act/react the way they do online and through the use of Social Media tools. There's no better way to engage people if you understand why they are doing what they are doing.

Re: Social Media Dorks Get an Anthem [VIDEO]

Social Media Birmingham — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:38:51 -0000

WOW. That was awesome.

Re: Sunday Tweetup – All the way, from Birmingham, UK

Social Media Birmingham — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 03:14:25 -0000

True. That's the root of "The Big Salty 'Ham", which I believe originates from salting your pork butts for smoking. Or I just made it up. Not sure about that one.

Re: Your community will protect you…

Social Media Birmingham — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 13:47:24 -0000

And the fact that we were actually talking about it hours before hand just added to the experience. It's stuff like this that make social media what it's all about!

Re: Zombie Marketing: How to use Combined Relevance to Go Viral

Social Media Birmingham — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 04:08:29 -0000

Great meeting you at #sofresh. Love the presentation. Keep up the great work you're doing.

Re: Foursquare Goes Global: Now You Can Check in From Anywhere

Social Media Birmingham — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:45:21 -0000

I've been checkin in when I remember. Now it's time to move it to the homepage on my phone and use it full time now. Will be great for my trip at #ATL and #Nashvegas this weekend...

Re: Developing White Matter

Social Media Birmingham — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 12:35:44 -0000

That's a great way to set yourself apart from others! Great idea, Brian.

Re: What I’m thankful for… TweetsGiving 2009

Social Media Birmingham — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 02:56:03 -0000

Thanks for the comment! I meant what I said. I'll find a way to get Birmingham on your book tour!

Re: WordPress 101 – Session 3: Installation

Social Media Birmingham — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:59:42 -0000

Great article, Mitch. Though you could have put the whole "Fantastico" thing at the top... ;-)

Re: See You Tomorrow at #barcampchatt

Social Media Birmingham — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 02:21:32 -0000

Loved seeing you again at yet another BarCamp. Great talk. Got me excited about moving to wordpress again. Looking forward to hearing you talk at SoSo and Wordcamp!

--DW