Comments on: The Simple Formula for Marketing Successfully on Social Networks http://www.marketing-ninja.com/social-networks/the-simple-formula-for-marketing-successfully-on-social-networks/ The Gruesome Diary of an Online Marketer Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:17:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Nathaniel Gibson http://www.marketing-ninja.com/social-networks/the-simple-formula-for-marketing-successfully-on-social-networks/#comment-2588 Nathaniel Gibson Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:02:10 +0000 http://www.marketing-ninja.com/social-networks/the-simple-formula-for-marketing-successfully-on-social-networks/#comment-2588 I agree with you as well. The main problem that I and I think a lot of newer companies and marketers are facing is the question... "Which network will provide me the best results?" Is it the network that has the most people in your niche? or just the most people altogether? Should a person have as many different social network accounts as possible and check them every day, or should they just stick to 1-4 of them and really put in an effort to communicate with everyone by posting comments, adding friends, responding to private messages, and building their brand recognition on those sites? I agree with you as well. The main problem that I and I think a lot of newer companies and marketers are facing is the question… “Which network will provide me the best results?”

Is it the network that has the most people in your niche? or just the most people altogether? Should a person have as many different social network accounts as possible and check them every day, or should they just stick to 1-4 of them and really put in an effort to communicate with everyone by posting comments, adding friends, responding to private messages, and building their brand recognition on those sites?

]]> By: Aaronontheweb http://www.marketing-ninja.com/social-networks/the-simple-formula-for-marketing-successfully-on-social-networks/#comment-2032 Aaronontheweb Sat, 19 Jul 2008 23:32:20 +0000 http://www.marketing-ninja.com/social-networks/the-simple-formula-for-marketing-successfully-on-social-networks/#comment-2032 Couldn't agree more. Content dumping defeats the purpose of social media in the first place, but it's easy to see how so many companies can fall into that trap. One-way communication has been the practice ever since the early days of advertising; it's hard for some companies to shake themselves out of the habit and adopt two-way communication, whether it's customer-to-customer (social network apps) or customer-to-business (blogs, forums.) Either way, great post Jeremiah. Glad I found your blog (I'd heard Dave McCLure mention it before) and I'm glad to have you on the blogroll. Couldn’t agree more. Content dumping defeats the purpose of social media in the first place, but it’s easy to see how so many companies can fall into that trap. One-way communication has been the practice ever since the early days of advertising; it’s hard for some companies to shake themselves out of the habit and adopt two-way communication, whether it’s customer-to-customer (social network apps) or customer-to-business (blogs, forums.)

Either way, great post Jeremiah. Glad I found your blog (I’d heard Dave McCLure mention it before) and I’m glad to have you on the blogroll.

]]> By: Jeremiah Owyang http://www.marketing-ninja.com/social-networks/the-simple-formula-for-marketing-successfully-on-social-networks/#comment-2029 Jeremiah Owyang Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:29:05 +0000 http://www.marketing-ninja.com/social-networks/the-simple-formula-for-marketing-successfully-on-social-networks/#comment-2029 Excellent, I'm glad we agree. So many brands 'throw' marketing at a community and miss the big opportunity: socialization. Excellent, I’m glad we agree. So many brands ‘throw’ marketing at a community and miss the big opportunity: socialization.

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