Comments on: Top 4 Sites For SMBs Navigating Social Media http://smallbiztrends.com/2009/04/small-business-social-media.html Exploring the trends driving small business Sat, 26 May 2012 02:28:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: gerald | link company http://smallbiztrends.com/2009/04/small-business-social-media.html#comment-687324 gerald | link company Tue, 15 Dec 2009 01:31:42 +0000 http://smallbiztrends.com/?p=13039#comment-687324 Yahoo Answers are really important. Because once a question is answered, you know that you don't just let the answer be known by the person who asked it but of course to anyone who sees it. The top 4 sites are our reliable source of information. Yahoo Answers are really important. Because once a question is answered, you know that you don’t just let the answer be known by the person who asked it but of course to anyone who sees it. The top 4 sites are our reliable source of information.

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]]> By: On Being Disconnected From the Social Media Engine http://smallbiztrends.com/2009/04/small-business-social-media.html#comment-658873 On Being Disconnected From the Social Media Engine Mon, 11 May 2009 10:37:36 +0000 http://smallbiztrends.com/?p=13039#comment-658873 [...] Top 4 Sites for SMBs Navigating Social Media [...] [...] Top 4 Sites for SMBs Navigating Social Media [...]

]]> By: Lisa Barone http://smallbiztrends.com/2009/04/small-business-social-media.html#comment-658626 Lisa Barone Mon, 04 May 2009 19:18:07 +0000 http://smallbiztrends.com/?p=13039#comment-658626 TJ: Oh definitely discuss. I didn't mean "argue" as if I was going to beat you with my point of view. :) And you're right, there's nothing there I can disagree with. Just because some business owners may fail to use a tool correctly doesn't mean it's not a tool. I'll totally agree that many small businesses go about blogging the wrong way. That said, when its used correctly, blogging is nothing if not social media. You can't blame Wordpress because not everyone is equipped in how to use it. :) TJ: Oh definitely discuss. I didn’t mean “argue” as if I was going to beat you with my point of view. :)

And you’re right, there’s nothing there I can disagree with. Just because some business owners may fail to use a tool correctly doesn’t mean it’s not a tool. I’ll totally agree that many small businesses go about blogging the wrong way. That said, when its used correctly, blogging is nothing if not social media. You can’t blame WordPress because not everyone is equipped in how to use it. :)

]]> By: TJ McCue http://smallbiztrends.com/2009/04/small-business-social-media.html#comment-658618 TJ McCue Mon, 04 May 2009 17:40:45 +0000 http://smallbiztrends.com/?p=13039#comment-658618 Hey Lisa, I also just went over to the Entrepreneur post you linked in the Wordpress section. Perfect answer to my points. Guess I should have followed all links first... ;-) Hey Lisa, I also just went over to the Entrepreneur post you linked in the WordPress section. Perfect answer to my points. Guess I should have followed all links first… ;-)

]]> By: TJ McCue http://smallbiztrends.com/2009/04/small-business-social-media.html#comment-658615 TJ McCue Mon, 04 May 2009 17:24:45 +0000 http://smallbiztrends.com/?p=13039#comment-658615 Hi Lisa, Let's change our terms: Discuss, not argue. I'm happy to share some of my thoughts here as to why Wordpress would not be an example, to me, of practical social media. There are millions of blogs, many of them WP, that have no readers, no community, no fans. Just the proverbial tree falling in the forest. I actually don't think you'll disagree with some of this, nor did I make that earlier comment to elicit an argument or fight. I'm in the industry. Not as expert as you, but in it and have been since modems were so shrieking loud that I had mine in a handmade wooden box with four blankets over it to dilute the noise it made. I see and hear all the recommendations for people to start blogging as the panacea to finding new customers. Now you and SugarRae get all this stuff like very few others -- I've been reading SugarRae, SugaRae, Sugarrae Hoffman for a long time. Her blog link below. I'm not suggesting that you ladies suggest the commonplace ideas of blogging without purpose for people. My point about WP is mainly that without a serious plan and results, most people will give it up, just like they do Twitter -- after 1-2 months. Technically speaking, WP is awesome as a platform and as a solid rank improvement tool. I get that. Too many small biz owners I know say, "yes, i need to start blogging...start tweeting, get a page going on FB..." But they don't know why. And if you don't know why, then you won't bother to figure out the how. So I share all this not to really take issue with WP as a social media tool. It is. I simply struggle alongside many entrepreneurs and small biz owners trying to help them make a commitment to the social media strategies we're talking about here. It is more complicated than just picking a blog platform or signing up for Twitter. I don't think you'll disagree. TJ http://www.sugarrae.com/ Hi Lisa,
Let’s change our terms: Discuss, not argue. I’m happy to share some of my thoughts here as to why WordPress would not be an example, to me, of practical social media. There are millions of blogs, many of them WP, that have no readers, no community, no fans. Just the proverbial tree falling in the forest. I actually don’t think you’ll disagree with some of this, nor did I make that earlier comment to elicit an argument or fight. I’m in the industry. Not as expert as you, but in it and have been since modems were so shrieking loud that I had mine in a handmade wooden box with four blankets over it to dilute the noise it made.

I see and hear all the recommendations for people to start blogging as the panacea to finding new customers. Now you and SugarRae get all this stuff like very few others — I’ve been reading SugarRae, SugaRae, Sugarrae Hoffman for a long time. Her blog link below. I’m not suggesting that you ladies suggest the commonplace ideas of blogging without purpose for people.

My point about WP is mainly that without a serious plan and results, most people will give it up, just like they do Twitter — after 1-2 months. Technically speaking, WP is awesome as a platform and as a solid rank improvement tool. I get that. Too many small biz owners I know say, “yes, i need to start blogging…start tweeting, get a page going on FB…”

But they don’t know why. And if you don’t know why, then you won’t bother to figure out the how. So I share all this not to really take issue with WP as a social media tool. It is. I simply struggle alongside many entrepreneurs and small biz owners trying to help them make a commitment to the social media strategies we’re talking about here. It is more complicated than just picking a blog platform or signing up for Twitter. I don’t think you’ll disagree.
TJ

http://www.sugarrae.com/

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