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Conversation

This Really Short Blog Post is Waiting for Your Answer

What’s the social media thing that you know you should do, but aren’t? Why?

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I Almost Left a Blog Comment

I had an interesting experience last night where I almost left a blog comment (but didn’t). Here’s a short video I made to discuss what happened… I’d love to hear your reactions or thoughts if you’ve had a similar situation:

What do you think?

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Social Photo Podcast #10: Conversation vs. Broadcast, Twitter, and Cameras for Beginners

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Here’s the slightly-delayed episode ten of the Social Photo Podcast. Hosts Aaron Hockley and Lyza Danger Gardner talk about entry-level cameras, social media being used for broadcast vs. conversation, and more. This episode is about sixteen minutes long.
Links to Things We Mention

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Looks Like Antisocial Media to Me…

One of the cornerstones of my definition of what is social media is that social media features conversation – two-way interaction instead of traditional marketing which often consists of a one-way broadcast. There’s a certain type of social media user that really wants to keep things one-way… I refer to that as antisocial media. [...]

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Marketing on Twitter? Which Style are You?

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Jason Falls posted an interesting piece yesterday on Social Media Today in which he notes there are Four Styles of Marketing on Twitter ranging from the Conversationalist to the Spammer.
I’d suggest you check out Jason’s piece. I’d argue that if you’re purely in his “Spammer/Broadcast” category that you’re not really participating in social media [...]

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