Business Improvement and Social media

All 9 tips new to us and we may use #3 and #7. Marty 

I left a long comment on Chris Brogan's excellent piece that I won't rehash here, but I agree we got lost there for a moment or two. The shiny things became ends unto themselves. We forgot all shinny things SERVE our desire to connect, to really know and understand fleeting truth and experience something larger than ourselves. 

Tools, even great ones such as Scoop.it, are means to some greater end. Tools help us create BIG IDEAS says one of my favorite authors, Chris Brogan. I agree. What about YOU? 

Agree and Disagree with Heidi 
Agree and am not surprised by the data showing CEOs not on social media. I disagree with why. CEOs make time for all kinds of things that matter to them, so let's take time as an objection off the table. 

Fear of a PR blunder could be a culprit, but CEOs grant interviews and go on TV to talk to the bombastic Jim Cramer so fear also seems a false objection. 

Belief and passion are missing for CEOs. Warren Buffet all but scoffs every time social media is brought up. Apparently the idea that social media is just a faster more efficient version of the annual meeting Buffet puts on every year hasn't occurred to him (or social media hasn't been presented that way to the Oracle of Omaha). 

CEOs an Important SMM Absence
CEOs control the heart and soul of their institutions, so to be absent from social media is to speak mightily of its perceived value (or lack of same).  If you are a CEO and reading this I have three ideas for you to consider:

1. Social Media is a conversation with customers, is it valuable to speak with your customers?

2. Social Media controls the backend of search engine marketing (SEM); do you want your websites to be found? 

3. Social Media will be how we make money in the not too distant future, do you need to make or increase profits?

If you answered YES to any two of these questions then YOUR continued absence on social media is costing your company money. You see there is a problem with social media marketing. I can blah, blah, blah all day, but, in the end, social media will change you in ways I can only predict. 

No matter how good my prediction you will end up surprising and redefining both my prediction about what and how CEOs will and can learn from social media marketing. I've worked with and for several CEOs and they are always surprising. 

In fact surprise is part of why they become CEOs. They see and do things differently. The absence of CEOs is not just hurting their companies it hurts social media marketing too. The minute CEOs adopt and have passion for social media marketing it will change by leaps and bounds. 

 If you know of great examples of CEOs using social to engage, coach and excite their following please share so we can hoist them on our shoulders in the hope that others will emulate. 

Yes, CEOs are too busy to blog or tweet, but they all should at least be paying attention to social media.

Love that this infographic opens with social bookmarking, the most underutilized SEO positive tool I know. Social bookmarking is simply sharing your source material in an organized way via a tool such as Delicious. 

Love that this Infographic from Chintan Jain shares great examples of each strategy, who is using the tool for great online presence and branding now. That helps see all the way down the funnel. 

Le Marketing social selon Banksy... Règle 6 : garder des secrets le plus longtemps possible. La règle la plus importante ? Peut-être car nous avons tendance à vouloir "tout" dévoiler sur le web participatif. Mais gardons un peu de mystère.... Le mystère attire et attise la curiosité.

 I usually don't envy people, but I do envy @Jaana Nyström a bit for her energy & passion. 

seems reasonable

K, I will play. I think social a half an hour a day could work. The mapy in this infographic helps you move your content around and keep it alive across the key social nets. 

Everything is in the commons now. 

This is a fantastic insight into the use of social media in customer service. Here you will see the reaction of 14 different brands to tweets sent by 4 individuals in a systematic way of testing their ability to win the social customer service race!

Such an interesting read!

I thought this study was so devastatingly important I posted Atlanticbt.com's first guest blog post: http://www.atlanticbt.com/blog/social-service-how-social-media-is-changing-customer-service/ .

The study is fascinating and devastating because it speaks to how poorly aligned even major brands are to social media marketing. Customers are having conversations to no response. 

"No response" is doubly devastating because it says, "We aren't listening and we don't care." Relationships aren't accidents they are decisions. Make the right decision and make sure your company, brand or product listens more than you talk on social media. 

Um excelente artigo que demonstra que na maioria dos casos, as expetativas de resposta de uma marca nas redes sociais a pedidos de apoio técnico é ainda muito reduzida. Muito trabalho tem ainda de ser feito.. 

Thanks Marty!

Very true!  Something all businesses should keep in mind.  The importance of connecting and understanding your clients/customers is invaluable.