Mark Schaefer
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A great opportunity for you! Congratulations!
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Super post Arik and congratulations on your success!
Andy and i had actually had a great dialogue about "traffic." I think traffic is a lousy metric. He said "Where there is traffic there is hope." I still think I'm right because "hope" is a weak strategy : )
Nevertheless, the world is the world and we have to deal with it. If we step back and really evaluate what we're doing -- creating links, quotes, and infographics by the metric tonne to trick Google into directing people to our site, it doesn't seem like a very noble activity. There has to be a better way to run a business?
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Yes, of course I am reading! Thanks for the momentous and heart-filled write-up. And boy am I sorry that I missed that dancing!!! Thank you for your wonderful participation and support. And yes, we will definitely see you next year!
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Excellent, common sense ideas. I had not seen that new feature, so thanks!
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It's hard to argue with this logic but how practical is this? To flesh your model out, you would need real-time psychographic and personal data on every single person viewing the message to figure out what is really going on. Even in an era of big data, it's probably not realistic that we're going to know that somebody didn;t make a purchase decision because they just had an argument with their wife.
I think the benefit of many of the social scoring platforms is that they give a useful shortcut indicator, like a credit score. Does a credit score indicate why somebody didn't pay back a loan? No. We will never have the data to know why they didn't pay back the loan, but the credit score is a at least a shortcut that is used profitably by many businesses. The feedback loop from some of these social influence companies is far from perfect and always will be, but it is better than the feedback loop we have with traditional advertising, which is zero, so let's look at the glass half full : )
Thanks for the thought-provoking post Danny!
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Thanks very much for the shout-out!
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I have probably taught 1,000 students over the past year. In each class i ask, "How many are using Google Plus?" About 1/3 raise their hand. Then I ask, how many have been active in the past month? Every hand goes down. Every time. Problem is, for the general population, G+ is a "meh." They don;t care about SEO.
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Best picture ever. I spit out my coffee. Thanks friend for the superb article!
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A very balanced post Frank. Well done.
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Thanks for the kind shout-out Frank. I sometimes do feel alone out here on that position. But I also studied the issue for a year before I took that stand! : ) Appreciate the nice validation.
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One of the base assumptions here is the insanely high price of these conferences. Of course Social Slam is different. It is entirely non-profit because we want to make it inclusive for everybody. If you attended all the events and free parties, the value of the FOOD exceeds our $89 ticket price. So, not all conferences are expensive and, as you know, the content is excellent.
I have become disillusioned by most other events. I get the networking thing but if you have a full-time job, is that really worth it? Other than Social Slam, the only other conference I will attend (at least for now) is SXSW because it is exceptional in its diversity of thought and programming and you can get a lot of ideas from outside the echo chamber.
Thanks for the Social Slam shout-out. I think our line-up in 2013 is the best one yet!
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Great post! Thanks for continuing the conversation.
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Anything with the Gangnam guy. he has made the whole world smile. Over exposure? Yes. But I have not seen one person say they did not laugh at that video : )
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Awesome all around. Really deep, relevant topics. Congratulations! Can't wait to see it.
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Really good post. I see a lot of these warning signs. It's always a fight to stay fresh, challenged and inspired.
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I've already reserved my copy.
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Agree. You need to have context and common sense with any of these tools. I also think your example is an illustration of getting weak social media connections to do anything concrete. There are lots of examples of that! Thanks for the great post Sam.
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Amen. The barriers to entry are so low now. That is both a good and bad thing!! Thanks for continuing the conversation Mr. McGinnis!
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Amen. The barriers to entry are so low now. That is both a good and bad thing!! Thanks for continuing the conversation Sean!
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