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I'm printing 2-dollar-bills on my office inkjet right now.
PS. Have assumed you would say yes so have done this already.
;)
Go back to your employer. See if it's not to late to get your old job back,...
I've dumped a lot of money into get-rich and get-thin programs already, and am down to my last $100. So, I'm struggling between your program above or buying a used copy of '7-minute Abs.' Do you think you could come up with a program that does both? I don't want to pay extra though....:)
Thanks!
Thanks for the laughs.
Dean
Thanks for putting this guide together! I can't wait to become a social media expert... TODAY! Or over the weekend... whatever.
Social media "experts" are funny to me. They're experts because they use it, really?
No, it makes you twits"
:D
Did I pass?
With so many ill-informed people claiming to be 'social media gurus,' it's great that you wrote this post.
Sadly, the people bright enough to read your blog, are not the kind who will get taken in.
Here's hoping you saved a few people from making a mistake.
Jim Connolly
Chris here's in the hope you can save us from all those jumping on the band wagon
Oh well, I have copied part of this post so, I now have 1 page for my new ebook. Oh yeah, when I paste it in, I'm taking the links out cause I am SEO expert & know what they are. Erm, maybe I am a webmaster.
Cool I just became an expert in 3 areas with your plan!
You rock, keep posting so, I can get all my books done so.
Marilyn
:lol:
I sent you an email couple of hours ago. Hope you will consider reading it.
Many Thanks
1 Blog no one reads. CHECK
2 Twitter account with 100 followers (because I RT the fuck out if much smarter peoples twits) CHECK
3 I can spell Soshul Mediuh CHECK
so as you can see, I think I can just skip to the Day 4 course! :)
Thanks
John
Maybe write an ebook on that point.
That made my little heart go pitter-patter. It truly did.
I've been toying with plans for a business and a blog; now I realize I've been taking the wrong approach. Forget strategy, a business model, or a USP - I'm going to implement this plan today! ;-)
The extra tips are great and so true. Oops, my timer just went off, gotta go!
I took a 10-week course offered by Australian Simon U. Ford to learn to use social media. It taught me what it takes to understand how social media works and what do to with it once you know how to use. It showed me how to link sites in a continuous campaign. I am constantly amazed by people who download a couple of videos and think they know what they are doing. Or instructors who promise to make people experts in a weekend. It ain't gonna happen.
The other key - and I would recommend this to anyone thinking of taking a social media course - is make sure the instructor knows what he or she is doing. Ford sold thousands of copies of an E-Book using social media tactics. He has a very successful Australian events promotion company that uses social media almost exclusively. I took his course because he run successful social media campaigns. That's a key.
Learning social media takes time and patience. Unfortunately, most people don't want to spend any time doing what it takes.
So many people get into this social media thing just to make money with no real commitment. Then they go sell the $27 ebook, get some suckers to buy it and never look back.
I took Simon's course too and one thing I learned was to always add value. Most of these people are so busy taking value that they never get their heads out of their a$$es long enough to see that they look like idiots to the rest of us that know better.
I got a good laugh from this post Chris, love everything you do, THANKS!
On the floor laughing - thanks for starting my day off with a smile. BTW your post about how to get twitter followers was very helpful.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9mioHO4hoM
Awesome post, I was laughing so hard I almost missed the tips. I'm hoping others don't miss them, because they are the meat of what you share with us consistently and are at the core of what I believe as well.
I constantly have clients contacting me because they read an article on Twitter or Facebook or "insert hot social media site name here"and now they MUST get an account and will I set it up for them. I stop them and say first I need to understand your business objectives and your goals for being on the site.
This is just like the days of "I need to get a website" Too many businesses believe the hype and are diving in without understanding why they are diving in.
Thanks
Doug McIsaac
As in direct marketing, it needs a strategy and that is the best part of what Chris is telling us here.
I needed that laugh this morning! :)
While I appreciate you shrinking the time it would take me (I mean, this friend of mine) to gain expert status from 10 days to only 4, I can't help but question why you even bothered with the blogging, or the bloated social network littered with ex-girlfriends and guys who used to bully me (I mean, this friend of mine) in junior high.
Isn't Twitter all one needs? A Twitter account and a tweet scheduler (insert affiliate link here) that does the work while I (yes, actually it's me I'm talking about now) count da Benjamins!
So I think with a sharper knife, you can cut this down to only 2 days. But an excellent effort all the same!
what are your recommendations for reading (books, blogs, magazines, webs) to really become a social media expert wanting to open his own business social media consulting firm?
Isn't it ?
I appreciate the gentle mocking of people who claim to be Social Media Experts just because they looked up the meaning of SEO and SEM.
As for me, well, Social Media Commando isn't a Social Media Expert...
But I can Add up all the Change in your Purse Really Fast!
Reminds me of something what Syndrome might say, something like "When everyone's a Social Media Expert, no one will be."
I wonder if I can become a dry cleaner in 4 days...
Well, maybe just one. You forgot to work in the phrase, “Follow Me On Twitter.” Clearly, a social media expert would know this key phrase to use to gain millions of followers in one day.
i apsolutely LOVE: You can just PRINT MONEY at this point! ... i mean, this will likely be the future for the US Treasury anyhow ... download and print your budget for the week ...
AND
of course
i LOVED the MyFace reference ... i too have often tried to tittytwist the nomenclature for the new social web landScape of tools, tricks an' the like ... and besides MyFace, others that came up were SpaceBook, SpacedIn, FacedIn, FaceOut, FaceOff, Twatter, Pussederous, Bebo ( oh wait, that's real, grrrrrrr ... or NOT? ), SpaceIn, and the list could potentially go on ( but could be a bit too predictable ... ) ...
Thanks for more social web amazingness ...
On a more serious note...I don't believe for a minute that blogging is dead. Twitter's great for briefly announcing stuff you're doing in your home-based business (or to generally stay relevant in your chosen career, if you're over 40-something) and to just blurt out cool (even inspirational) thoughts that popped into your head but are so profoundly Zen that they don't need much elaboration.
But blogging allows one the freedom to elaborate. Twitter does not. Twitter allows you only 140 chars. Blogging allows however many words your mind and soul requires to furnish the nitty-gritty details of one's latest ventures, deepest thoughts, etc. Blogging even gives you a platform if you desire to turn your thoughts into a hardcopy book and you want to be published by the Big Houses.
Definitely lovin' the satire! As someone whose ancestors were very likely the bards of old who satirized crappy kings and chieftains, I say keep the sarcasm coming! :-D
http://www.slideshare.net/socialmediaidiot/an-e...