Comments on: Social Media Marketing: Beware the “Experts”

By: The Point that Social Media Gurus are Missing — www.AdamDiStefano.com

The Point that Social Media Gurus are Missing — www.AdamDiStefano.com — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:30:37 +0000

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How Can Social Media Really Help Your Business? — www.AdamDiStefano.com — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:04:46 +0000

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By: Adam

Adam — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 06:04:16 +0000

Hi Kenji – I know exactly what you mean. The thing that gets me the most about a lot of the people who are trying to sell you something to teach you how to use Twitter, the one thing most of them don’t tell you is that it’s all common sense.

Want to use Twitter to make real connections? Participate in conversations. Listen. Interact. That’s how you would do it in real life. Social media’s no different.

Following 1,000 people a day, and auto-following people back… that just gets you a big number by your name.

Glad to have you along for the ride, Kenji.

By: Kenji Crosland

Kenji Crosland — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:19:32 +0000

Nice post Adam,

I too find myself wary of the social media experts who claim that you can become a “Twitter Rockstar.” Nevertheless I can see the potential value in Twitter, Facebook et. al. I’m more likely to be interested in the interesting observations made by newbies than from the so-called experts who are probably piggybacking off another so-called expert’s ideas. Be interested to see some of the new stuff you come up with.