Comments on: 15 Categories of Social Media

By: Earth tangle

Earth tangle — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 23:33:00 +0000

Interesting stuff and it’s interesting how social media has grown

By: Texas Lightsmith

Texas Lightsmith — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 18:12:00 +0000

It boggles the mind to think of all the platforms that are available…..is there were some way to analyze by topic which one has the most users focused on that topic… searching for “widget A”, then results in percentages on how many people talk about or look for widget A on each social network… though each network would have to open up their data as twitter has to google…

By: Mirna Bard

Mirna Bard — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 21:03:51 +0000

Hi Joe,

Yes given how fast the industry is changing, it is impossible to come up with something too comprehensive. This was really mean to give people a very broad picture and make them aware that social media is not about Twitter and Facebook. Very good point about Eventful. Thank you for your insights.

By: Joe McCarthy

Joe McCarthy — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 00:34:56 +0000

Social Media is a notoriously difficult area to define, much less categorize. I applaud your efforts to make distinctions that may help others make more sense of a rapidly expanding realm.

FWIW, I was reminded of a post a few years ago by Robert Scoble on the social media starfish, which has a similar look and feel, but a smaller number of categories, and, as it was posted over three years ago, some of the examples are different.

Among the similarities in your respective categorizations: microblogs, blogs, personal social networks, videos, photos, audio. One of the categories he included I don’t see in your diagram is events (e.g., eventful). One of the categories you include that he omitted – which I find particularly interesting, given his proclivities – is livecasting (!).

I don’t think it is possible for anyone to come up with a comprehensive categorization in a field that is moving so fast, but it is helpful to see how people are thinking about it.

By: Glenn Barga

Glenn Barga — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 04:08:41 +0000

have already been following your blog for three days. really like what you posted. btw i am conducting a research concerning this issue. do you happen to know other sites or forums that I can get more info? many thanks.

By: Mirna

Mirna — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 04:36:13 +0000

Jacqueline,

That has been the problem. Failing to have a plan is planning to fail. May blame social media being a waste of time, but the true time waster is lack of planning. I am glad you liked the diagram, and thanks for sharing.

By: Jacqueline Peters

Jacqueline Peters — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 02:13:17 +0000

Mirna, this is an awesome tool. Thank you for sharing. I will be sharing it with others as well. So many businesses “jump” into social media without a strategy or defined goals. Then are disappointed when things don’t go the way they expect. Then again, if there is no strategy, how can they measure success?

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By: Christine Fife

Christine Fife — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 22:45:07 +0000

Mirna, I noticed you tweeted the link to this post again today. I like the categories you have for social media, but the opening of the blog post, along with a tweetup chat I participated in this morning reminded me of something I’ve been meaning to blog about. I find too many businesses, especially small businesses, get into social media because it’s there and “free” and not because it is going to meet any goal or objective for them. It probably could, but they don’t think that through so they have no strategy in mind, thus they don’t succeed in their social media efforts.
I try to educate businesses to think in terms of “Could social media help my business achieve our goals or objectives?” For most companies, the answer is yes, but sometimes, it is a no. Rare, but still a no; maybe due to other business factors or resource issues, etc.
Here is a link to my post. I’d love to hear your response. http://idiomstrategies.com/Idiomatic/archives/351

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By: Marilyn

Marilyn — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 17:56:07 +0000

Thank you for the great diagram. I was recently trying to explain to a customer the magnitude of social media and this chart would have been perfect.

By: Mirna

Mirna — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 17:34:55 +0000

Hello Robert,

If I get the credit, of course you can you use it . What is your social media book about?