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Comment on What the %/$*^& is Social Media? by melissaattree

melissaattree — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:56:23 +0000

@Robynn - awesome, the RSS post is CRUCIAL!!

@Marta - thanks for the comment - I hope yr presentation wins

Comment on What the %/$*^& is Social Media? by Marta Kagan

Marta Kagan — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:42:44 +0000

Hi Melissa,
Thanks for posting the presentation — and for helping to demystify all this ‘weird web stuff’ ;). Keep up the good work!

Comment on What the %/$*^& is Social Media? by Robynn Burls

Robynn Burls — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:32:14 +0000

This is an excellent presentation! Everyone here at Encyclomedia read your RSS post and watched the video this morning. I’ll make sure they check out this presentation too. Thanks for sharing it.

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Comment on How does this social stuff fit in? by melissaattree

melissaattree — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:15:17 +0000

Thanks Leon - well they are Jason’s points but issues I agree with 100%. I’m all for ORM and ‘listening’ also as a key social media tool.

Comment on How does this social stuff fit in? by leon

leon — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:12:32 +0000

Melissa,
You made some great points. Including this:

“Social media becomes a valuable feedback loop or research base for some brands, and for others it’s insignificant. Yeah I said it - social media can be insignificant for many brands.”

Not all brands get a large amount of discussion online. For the ones that do the feedback and insight can be highly valuable.

Monitoring what is being said is the first step brands/companies need to get into. Once they understand what is being said they can look at participating.

Leon
SentimentMetrics.com
Social Media monitoring

Comment on RSS…Yes, Yes, Yes! by melissaattree

melissaattree — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:01:43 +0000

@Paul - indeed

@Henre Agreed dude - that’s why I’m more excited about the wider applications in terms of content syndication and yes as you say most people are not even aware RSS is being used to do certain things

Comment on RSS…Yes, Yes, Yes! by Henre

Henre — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:56:28 +0000

Howdydoody Melissa, thanks for this post. The guys at Common Craft sure knows how to explain stuff.

However, I don’t see RSS catching on to mainstream internet users.

Where I see the value in RSS is how we use it on websites, blogs and news sites to distribute information. Most of the time, the user has no idea he’s working with RSS, just happy about the value that’s added through syndicated content.

Cheerio

Comment on RSS…Yes, Yes, Yes! by Paul Jacobson

Paul Jacobson — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:35:37 +0000

Melissa, always a pleasure seeing someone else so excited about RSS!