Comments on: Social Media Marketing – You Can’t Stop Once You’ve Started http://abel-communications.com/2009/12/social-media-marketing-you-cant-stop-once-youve-started/ Thu, 20 May 2010 04:11:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: ABEL COMMUNICATIONS » Blog Archive » Social Media Marketing – Listening to the Voice of the People http://abel-communications.com/2009/12/social-media-marketing-you-cant-stop-once-youve-started/comment-page-1/#comment-92 ABEL COMMUNICATIONS » Blog Archive » Social Media Marketing – Listening to the Voice of the People Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:35:35 +0000 http://abel-communications.com/?p=332#comment-92 [...] Media Marketing – Listening to the Voice of the People Yesterday I wrote a post: Social Media Marketing – You Can’t Stop Once You’ve Started and I sent it to Chris Brogan via Twitter, who read it and came up with another, very interesting, [...] [...] Media Marketing – Listening to the Voice of the People Yesterday I wrote a post: Social Media Marketing – You Can’t Stop Once You’ve Started and I sent it to Chris Brogan via Twitter, who read it and came up with another, very interesting, [...]

]]> By: bookmarking » Blog Archive » ABEL COMMUNICATIONS » Blog Archive » Social Media Marketing – You … http://abel-communications.com/2009/12/social-media-marketing-you-cant-stop-once-youve-started/comment-page-1/#comment-89 bookmarking » Blog Archive » ABEL COMMUNICATIONS » Blog Archive » Social Media Marketing – You … Sun, 27 Dec 2009 22:00:59 +0000 http://abel-communications.com/?p=332#comment-89 [...] An interesting post today. Here’s a quick excerpt: Social media opens up a door. A door that isn’t so easy to close once it’s been open. It means a company is willing to commit to its customer in every way. Willing to accept all of the good and the bad comments the customer will make, … Read the rest of this great post Here [...] [...] An interesting post today. Here’s a quick excerpt: Social media opens up a door. A door that isn’t so easy to close once it’s been open. It means a company is willing to commit to its customer in every way. Willing to accept all of the good and the bad comments the customer will make, … Read the rest of this great post Here [...]

]]> By: Scott Ellis http://abel-communications.com/2009/12/social-media-marketing-you-cant-stop-once-youve-started/comment-page-1/#comment-86 Scott Ellis Sun, 27 Dec 2009 17:04:34 +0000 http://abel-communications.com/?p=332#comment-86 Hard to imagine come companies not wanting to be in the conversation but I guess there are those who still have their head in the sand. There has never been a better time to engage and really get to know your customers, why wouldn't you pay attention? 2nd note, not to say that "college kids" are incapable of working on these things for companies, to do so would be presumptuous and condecending considering some of the great things they may accomplish but businesses also need to stop viewing social media as something "kids" do and thinking that hiring a college intern is the way to go to manage social media. Use them, give them experience by all means as a part of your business but in my experience most college students lack the basic business experience to know how to apply social media to YOUR business. Would you let an intern run your legal department? Hard to imagine come companies not wanting to be in the conversation but I guess there are those who still have their head in the sand. There has never been a better time to engage and really get to know your customers, why wouldn’t you pay attention?

2nd note, not to say that “college kids” are incapable of working on these things for companies, to do so would be presumptuous and condecending considering some of the great things they may accomplish but businesses also need to stop viewing social media as something “kids” do and thinking that hiring a college intern is the way to go to manage social media. Use them, give them experience by all means as a part of your business but in my experience most college students lack the basic business experience to know how to apply social media to YOUR business. Would you let an intern run your legal department?

]]> By: Shira Abel Shvo http://abel-communications.com/2009/12/social-media-marketing-you-cant-stop-once-youve-started/comment-page-1/#comment-85 Shira Abel Shvo Sun, 27 Dec 2009 16:17:46 +0000 http://abel-communications.com/?p=332#comment-85 I now have the subject for my next blog post - Thank you Chris! I now have the subject for my next blog post – Thank you Chris!

]]> By: Chris Brogan... http://abel-communications.com/2009/12/social-media-marketing-you-cant-stop-once-youve-started/comment-page-1/#comment-84 Chris Brogan... Sun, 27 Dec 2009 16:11:47 +0000 http://abel-communications.com/?p=332#comment-84 I have a different question: this is going on with or without company involvement. Is your company ready for no voice in the conversation, or are they willing to hear the voice of the people? I have a different question: this is going on with or without company involvement. Is your company ready for no voice in the conversation, or are they willing to hear the voice of the people?

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