Comments on: Are You Making These 10 Social Media Business Blunders?

By: Mirna

Mirna — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 01:34:35 +0000

Yes automation drives me crazy as well, especially on Twitter with all those auto-messages that fill up my inbox. With all the social media education out there, you would think…

By: NBurman

NBurman — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:02:16 +0000

Automation drives me nuts. On Twitter I see lots of people just posting endlessly, seemingly automatically from feeds. It doesn’t lead to any interaction which is the whole point.

By: AhSin Ang

AhSin Ang — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 16:17:53 +0000

Hi Mirna,
Just read your comment on our BNI’s founder Dr Ivan Misner’s article on “Five Common Social Media Mistakes To Avoid”.

It is good to learn the blunders from your article here.

From my view, the fundamental blunder in Social Media is trying to sell one’s products or services instead of trying to share anything that one as experienced to help others in the online community.

If we adopt the “Givers Gain” mentality, Social Media will be the boomerang which will return but with rewards/business that one might not have envisaged.

Ang Ah Sin
@angahsin

By: dwei001

dwei001 — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:13:31 +0000

"Social media can make or break your business." - @NuReachGlobal

So True. I'm struggling with the 'Not measuring your results' part. Been suggested tools, but using the tool to develop a report is a separate issue to show results.

Thanks for the awesome blog!

By: NuReach Global - Internet Marketing Services

NuReach Global - Internet Marketing Services — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 06:59:07 +0000

Thank you for all your comments…you all had really good points!

By: Crankowski

Crankowski — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 21:01:59 +0000

Definately no selling on someone else's blog. You even have to be subtle about introducing your own blog URL; just state it, don't pimp it.

By: Deborah Richmond

Deborah Richmond — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:48:43 +0000

Advertising in the comments is really out. I used to see it much more, but not as much now. I pretty much disregard a comment that has someone selling their website or product, unless it really is very directly related to the post I'm reading.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:45:34 +0000

Terrific post, well said and concise. I hope you won't think less of me if I say I saw myself a little bit it this!

By: RJ

RJ — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:20:22 +0000

Great post, I think every reader can take something away from this. Since the road map for every user is different, having a few guidelines is always nice to have in ones back pocket. More importantly, they should be taken out and checked against what a person is putting out there from time to time. Again, nice article. RJ

By: Barbara Bix

Barbara Bix — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 07:19:47 +0000

Less is more. Posting when you don't have anything compelling to say. Goal is to keep people coming back. Uninteresting content may have a negative impact on your brand.