Comments on: How did I get interested in Social Media?

By: I’m Leaving A Great Job and Heading for Social Media | The Marketing Technology Blog

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 21:04:30 +0000

[...] think it all started with Pat Coyle and me reading Naked Conversations a few years ago is pretty [...]

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Sun, 06 Jul 2008 01:14:20 +0000

[...] It differs from some of my other favorite books on blogging, like Shel and Scoble’s book, Naked Conversations, in that it’s more tactical in its approach rather than strategic. This is a book to get you [...]

By: Jason Pearson

Jason Pearson — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 02:34:22 +0000

Social media sites are the new up and coming way of advertising, I believe. It is amazing to me how the Internet has evolved over the years and I just wonder what is coming in the future. Any network marketer who doesn’t use social media sites is missing out on a big opportunity for increased business.

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Social Media: SAP Global Survey (Part II) | The Marketing Technology Blog — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 03:10:47 +0000

[...] a living and the influential people in my life. So complex, in fact, that I wrote an entire post on How I got interested in Social Media. Shel passed on additional questions that are just as important, so I want to answer those ones in [...]

By: Douglas Karr

Douglas Karr — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 12:35:53 +0000

Hi Ivy,

Shel is Shel Israel, the author of Naked Conversations – a book I highly recommend. Shel has a great blog that continues to explore and discuss Social Media.

And he’s a really nice guy! He’s incredibly transparent, open, honest and available through his site. I think he’s one of the first authors to really put his craft to work using the blogosphere!

Cheers,
Doug

By: Ivy

Ivy — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 03:42:16 +0000

Hi Doug,

Who or what is Shel?

Ivy

By: Paid Survey

Paid Survey — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 18:04:18 +0000

I am definitely a child of the internet as I have never embraced print media, but I love the depth and breadth that the internet provides, especially since the advent of Web 2.0

I think that social media is still in it’s infancy and over the next 3-5 years we will see vast changes in the way people bookmark and share information with one another.

Thank you for this thought provoking read and also for bringing my attention to Chris Baggott’s company. It looks like a great idea, but maybe out of the reach of personal web masters and bloggers like myself. Definitely worth keeping an eye on though.

By: Douglas Karr

Douglas Karr — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 12:42:00 +0000

Hi Ravi,

When I do seminars on Corporate Blogging and Corporations that ‘do it right’, the first company I mention is Sun and Jonathon Schwartz!

I’ve read your blog in the past! You’re doing a nice job and have an interesting perspective on how technology is evolving and changing our lives.

Thanks for commenting!
Doug

By: Ravi

Ravi — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 09:38:24 +0000

Very intriguing post on social media!. I am from Sun Microsystems and my CEO too encourages this philosophy of social media. I wrote about Chris Anderson’s Long Tail in
http://it-evolution.blogspot.com/

By: Douglas Karr

Douglas Karr — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 02:51:58 +0000

Too cool! I didn’t realize you came from print as well! I had an electrical/electronics background and worked on the pagination side of the business quite a bit so I know where you’re coming from. I was there when we began pagination and automation from cut and paste page builds!

Yours is a fascinating industry as well that’s primed for technology. I think niche retail is the future of retail and, although strong today, I don’t think the “Super Store” will last another decade (at least I hope not).

The way you folks are leveraging technology at Wild Birds Unlimited is fantastic. Your franchisees are lucky folks to have you!

Thanks!
Doug