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Sat, 09 Feb 2008 13:48:37 +0000

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By: Sean

Sean — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 03:47:34 +0000

Hi ther friends,

Google will not change it’s algorithmic based model to a user relevancy based one, because it supports their business model of advertisement which is worth billions of dollars a year.

Microsoft will want to adopt a user relevancy because of it’s interest in FaceBook and to topple Google’s.

There is already a shifting towards users trusting others they know in the social networks for advise, and then merely Googling the search engine to locate that item or service at best prices and convenience.

You can easily see an emerging trend towards social networks being combined with the internet marketing because user relevancy is synonomous with trust and word of mouth marketing.

As an internet marketer, you can provide tremendous value to others in social networks while earning their their trust, respect and “word of mouth”, user relevancy recommendation.

This is more real world than a synthetic recommendation any day.

Blessings Sean

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Tue, 05 Feb 2008 18:07:04 +0000

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By: Steven Snell

Steven Snell — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 16:32:13 +0000

Frank,
Sounds like we agree. That’s all I attempt to use if for is exposure to new people, and hopefully some link building.

By: Frank C

Frank C — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 14:11:05 +0000

Hi Steven,

If one is seeking a degree of fame, aka self-marketing, on the Internet then social media is the way to go. That’s fine. What I’m warning about is to not to expect to develop a steady income from this activity. In fact, you’re likely to lose money doing it.

By: Steven Snell

Steven Snell — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 13:50:51 +0000

Frank,
I don’t spend any money on social media marketing, I don’t think most bloggers do either. I think you have a different opinion of the goals for social media traffic than some of the rest of us.

By: Frank C

Frank C — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 06:49:25 +0000

Badger,

I have some Webvan stock I’d like to sell you.

But, seriously, the last time I heard something like what you posted was from a dotcom company executive in late 2000. In January 2002, he fired me and 50 other programmers, DBAs and other techies. That’s why my warning alarms go off when I hear that kind of talk.

By: Frank C

Frank C — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:48:33 +0000

As a friend of mine in a great, but obscure, rock band says, “You can die from exposure in less than a day.” I guess that could be your point #4. The problem is that if you aren’t effectively monetizing, which you won’t be with a lot of social media traffic, you had better have deep pockets.

By: Badgergravling

Badgergravling — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 22:40:36 +0000

I totally agree with the admin on this one.

Social Media Marketing isn’t about monetizing social media users.

It’s about connecting with people in a far more intimate and relevant way, so that they can see what lies above, underneath and behind a brand, and invest more of themselves in it.

By: Freelance Writing

Freelance Writing — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 22:35:01 +0000

My biggest challenge with social media is the time it takes to keep it all up. Therefore I have minimized my presence to mainly SU, LinkedIn and BloggingZoom.

Trying to peddle in everything that launches is simply too hard and doesn’t make sense in financial terms because of the time investment.

Monika

BTW: nice new blog Steven, love your header image and the colors.