Comments on: Is Seth Godin Wrong About Social Networking?

By: Keith Monaghan

Keith Monaghan — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:50:59 +0000

Great article, Crystal. Thanks for pointing it out.

Great comment also. You make an interesting point about social media more and more becoming a part of our lives. It seems to me that businesses that experiment with it now, in its early stages, will be light years ahead of competitors once services like twitter become widely used.

Also impressed to hear how you are using LinkedIn and twitter.

Thanks for the comment!

By: Crystal King

Crystal King — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 18:12:25 +0000

Not sure I agree with Seth on this one either. And interesting enough, just ran across this Yahoo article about how social networks are good for business, more along the lines of how being social is good for the culture: http://snurl.com/4tg74

As for marketing, I think that as these technologies become more and more a part of our personal lives that it will be crazy for companies to ignore those channels. You need to be where your customers are and social networks are merging our business and personal relationships in an unprecedented way.

Speaking for myself, I have been able to foster new relationships through Facebook after having met people at networking events. I found my last job through LinkedIn and Twitter gives me multitudes of knowledge about my industry, competitors and the PR world while enabling me to push my own news out to people who may be interested.

By: Mark Jackson

Mark Jackson — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 23:21:24 +0000

Coming from the world of pastoral ministry, I think the ability to connect & allow for viral marketing makes the whole question of “real” and “fake” relationships irrelevant. I watched a mom parent via texting last night at a party – if we aren’t present in these worlds, we miss the chance to be part of the conversation.

Well said, Keith.