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Re: What Traits Define a Social Media Marketer?

social media marketing — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 20:37:54 -0000

wicked good looking, witty, charming, brilliant...

Jon Mac
a social media marketer

Re: What Traits Define a Social Media Marketer?

Jessica Skewes — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:25:42 -0000

This is a great read!
I think it is important to help form a solid definition of what a "social media strategist" aka ."..marketer" aka etc. does and how they can be defined as individuals. Here, at Core3 Solutions, my title is "Interactive Specialist". I am in charge of all social media portals, analytics, SEA and SEO. But when we start a partnership with a client, we always begin at the beginning. We sit and collaborate with the client to devise set on online goals and strategies. We will research audience groups, competitors and the client's current online presence. From there we can begin to form an all encompassing online strategy and the key indicators of success metrics for ROI.

Thanks again for the in-depth interviews with others in the industry!

Re: What Traits Define a Social Media Marketer?

Gerald Peoples, Jr. — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:29:33 -0000

Wow!! This is a great article that will shed light on the whole Social Media Marketing concept for many readers like myself! I suppose if I had a question about this form of marketing...it would be something like "Is it possible to generalize which social media marketing outlet works best for certain types of market goals?"

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Oyuncu — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:18:11 -0000

Well, this very nice and wonderful.

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Tom — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 02:47:24 -0000

Nice blog entry Tamar theres a ton of small online businesses that are able to compete online using effective social media marketing tactics. Theres a good social media firm to checkout as well www. viralmediapros . com. Many companies use this firm.

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ZaggedEdge — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 00:20:29 -0000

Great pictures in this post.

This is a great tip in itself,make your posts eyecatching!

Re: What Traits Define a Social Media Marketer?

tamar — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:52:58 -0000

Arlene, sorry you feel this way. You're definitely in the minority, and that's fair; you're entitled to have an opinion! :)

Also, I'm not sure if you know many of these experts, but I chose a good chunk of them because they're darn talented at what they do and possess the marketing know-how in the real world as indicated by their work with clients and the "gushing praise" they actually get from clients. Perhaps it was the wording of my question that threw them off. Perhaps it was the fact that I solicited a relatively short answer, rather than a lengthy post (this wasn't a guest post and the email was specifically worded as "interview question"). Perhaps it's the fact that you can't throw all your cards out on one table and they won't share the secrets they *do* possess. Either way, I'm proud of the turnout of this piece and I'm not at all disappointed in the representation or in the way it was compiled.

Re: What Traits Define a Social Media Marketer?

Arlene Yu — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:43:30 -0000

I'm puzzled. This is a poorly-edited, painfully repetitious compilation of statements by "social media marketers" marketing themselves, with a lead in and brief wrap up by Tamar. Many of these experts seem to know nothing about marketing as a discipline - they just have some familiarity with social media channels and think that means they can give marketing advice.

Wouldn't a 1500 word article written by Tamar that quotes these people, organizes their ideas, and provides desperately needed context been much more useful (and been worthy of the gushing praise in these comments?)

This post scares me - because it reminds me vividly of content from March 2000!

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usman — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:31:10 -0000

this detailed article is amazing and full of knowledge,great work

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Zay?flama Hap? — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:43:00 -0000

Everyone has a point but I feel there is a lot yet to be thanks

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Zay?flama — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:39:30 -0000

definitely passing this around. thanks

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Social Marketing Journal — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:13:28 -0000

This content is amazing! Definitely bookmarking... definitely passing this around.

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Ed — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 22:37:23 -0000

Brian (CopyBlogger) was right, monster post!

Great job Tamar and colleagues! A classic.

Thanks for your insights, time, and energy!
Will be shared, especially with students.

~Ed

Re: What Traits Define a Social Media Marketer?

Kieran Hawe — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:55:40 -0000

Some really good insight into social media marketing - from my perspective when talking about social media for a (big) business it comes down to 2 simple things. 1) understanding the technology / platform / service and 2) understanding the brand. First and foremost you have to understand the how, what and where of social media as just about everyone pointed out. However, there also needs to be a deep understanding of the brand in order to truly maximize a social media effort...who is the targeted audience, what are they looking for, how do we speak to them, etc.

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tamar — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:12:30 -0000

Jenny, thanks, go for it. :)

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Jenny Orr — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 05:38:48 -0000

I enjoed reading this post, especially the philosophical quotes. It has made me understand different aspects of social media. Thank you.
I want to make a link to it from my blog on social networking
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Re: What Traits Define a Social Media Marketer?

Kim Krause Berg (cre8pc) — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 21:13:03 -0000

Give your perfectionist-self a pat on the back, Tamar. Outstanding doesn't even cover the depth of this piece. It's one to take notes from. Congratulations!

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Katherine — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 20:09:12 -0000

There's a lot of good info here - Maki's perception seems to be a good one. I've stumbled it so I can find it again. I have a feeling I'll keep learning something new each time I read the post!

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Steven Snell — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:44:03 -0000

Excellent collection Tamar. Thanks for taking the time to put this together.

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Linda Margaret — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:54:41 -0000

In Europe, social media marketing is still catching up with the consumer. Our business is to offer software to measure and monitor the online media (mainstream and social) for different European regions and languages. More and more, however, we are also offering analysis and reports of the different online media to corporations interested in marketing through social media, but unsure of where to start. This post will be quite useful in addressing our customers' concerns. Thank you.

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Hasan — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:01:46 -0000

Everyone has a point but I feel there is a lot yet to be explored.

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Shahar Boyayan — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:05:54 -0000

Fascinating post! I think what makes a good social media marketer is knowing how to tell a story and how to listen to a story and how to pass along other people's stories

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Tanya — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:03:07 -0000

I've had this minimized all day because I could see it was long and really wanted to absorb every piece of wisdom each person wrote.

The possibilities with social media is endless, but community is ultimately at the root of social media and that is exciting. People are what make companies, brands, and images, social media really brings that to life. Never have customers or collegues been able to really know others in business and in life the way they are able to today, thanks to social media.

It's all truly fascinating. Incredible read and so glad I waited until the end of the day so I could soak it all in without a single distraction!

Re: What Traits Define a Social Media Marketer?

Rudy from Trulia — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:32:46 -0000

Fantastic job Tamar!

My experience has taught me that it really comes down to relationships. It's that simple.

My top 7 Social Media Marketer traits are:

1. Live and breath your niche - Understand the culture and your audience - be a part of the community
2. Know your product or service inside and out
3. Everyone's Voice Matters - Respect others opinions
4. Be genuine in all your communications
5. Try new things - Communities and tools - stick with what works
6. Be mobile. Be real time. Be responsive.
7. Give more than you receive

Rudy
Social Media Guru at Trulia.com

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asp net shopping cart — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:32:48 -0000

Thanks so much for this awesome compilation. I'm definitely not the first person to say it, but my sincerity is genuine :)