Comments on: Is your social media consultant a groupie, chatty cathy, or strategist? http://www.seerinteractive.com/blog/is-your-social-media-consultant-a-groupie-chatty-cathy-or-strategist/2009/07/20/ SEO SEM and the world of search marketing Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:33:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Hiring Fail – The hard lessons learned hiring & firing over 30 Search Professionals | Seer Interactive SEO Blog http://www.seerinteractive.com/blog/is-your-social-media-consultant-a-groupie-chatty-cathy-or-strategist/2009/07/20/#comment-129983 Hiring Fail – The hard lessons learned hiring & firing over 30 Search Professionals | Seer Interactive SEO Blog Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:18:30 +0000 http://www.thinkseer.com/blog/is-your-social-media-consultant-a-groupie-chatty-cathy-or-strategist/2009/07/20/#comment-129983 [...] Watch them on Twitter, most of them are talkin’ loud and ain’t saying nothin’! Don’t take their number of followers or any metric like that as an indication. Here’s an analysis I did on some people in my post on social media strategists who are more like chatty Cathy dolls than strategists. [...] [...] Watch them on Twitter, most of them are talkin’ loud and ain’t saying nothin’! Don’t take their number of followers or any metric like that as an indication. Here’s an analysis I did on some people in my post on social media strategists who are more like chatty Cathy dolls than strategists. [...]

]]> By: Patrick Tigue http://www.seerinteractive.com/blog/is-your-social-media-consultant-a-groupie-chatty-cathy-or-strategist/2009/07/20/#comment-111115 Patrick Tigue Sun, 09 Aug 2009 17:07:04 +0000 http://www.thinkseer.com/blog/is-your-social-media-consultant-a-groupie-chatty-cathy-or-strategist/2009/07/20/#comment-111115 Excellent post as always Wil. I remember the days when the feed count read 11 total. Glad to see you guys are doing so well. Keep killing it my man! Best, P Excellent post as always Wil. I remember the days when the feed count read 11 total. Glad to see you guys are doing so well. Keep killing it my man!

Best,

P

]]> By: Beth Harte http://www.seerinteractive.com/blog/is-your-social-media-consultant-a-groupie-chatty-cathy-or-strategist/2009/07/20/#comment-108643 Beth Harte Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:09:26 +0000 http://www.thinkseer.com/blog/is-your-social-media-consultant-a-groupie-chatty-cathy-or-strategist/2009/07/20/#comment-108643 Wil, a great and timely post. Some of this we've heard before in the social media space, but it's refreshing to hear it from an SEO expert like yourself. And thanks for listing me as an 'expert,' it's appreciated. :) Anyone who knows me knows I wouldn't call myself one...for some of the reasons you've listed. How can I be an expert if I am jet setting or chatting all day? Becoming an expert (if that's even possible in the evolving field of marketing) is a lot of heads down hard work. This also touches on the conversation we had about the lack of people to refer. Sure, I know a ton about people, but nothing about what they have done strategically to make me want to refer them. I feel a post coming on! Have a great weekend Wil! Wil, a great and timely post. Some of this we’ve heard before in the social media space, but it’s refreshing to hear it from an SEO expert like yourself.

And thanks for listing me as an ‘expert,’ it’s appreciated. :) Anyone who knows me knows I wouldn’t call myself one…for some of the reasons you’ve listed. How can I be an expert if I am jet setting or chatting all day? Becoming an expert (if that’s even possible in the evolving field of marketing) is a lot of heads down hard work.

This also touches on the conversation we had about the lack of people to refer. Sure, I know a ton about people, but nothing about what they have done strategically to make me want to refer them. I feel a post coming on!

Have a great weekend Wil!

]]> By: Auto Following’s downsides – Relationship Building on Twitter – and defense of Tweetups | Goldstein Media Blog http://www.seerinteractive.com/blog/is-your-social-media-consultant-a-groupie-chatty-cathy-or-strategist/2009/07/20/#comment-108475 Auto Following’s downsides – Relationship Building on Twitter – and defense of Tweetups | Goldstein Media Blog Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:59:10 +0000 http://www.thinkseer.com/blog/is-your-social-media-consultant-a-groupie-chatty-cathy-or-strategist/2009/07/20/#comment-108475 [...] Auto Following’s downsides – Relationship Building on Twitter – and defense of Tweetups Sorry for the bit of a ramble but I’ve figured out a few things that I want to share with all of you. Auto Following has its merits but it also has its problems. My suggestion is to not do it. But this is not to say don’t follow people who follow you. You should and you should build relationships. This also segways into my response to Wil Reynolds post on the Seer Interactive blog about vetting your social media expert. I love Wil and think he’s awesome at what he does and he’s by far one the coolest guys I know. But I disagree with some points in his article. While you’re listening to my ramble find me on twitter @sethgoldstein. [...] [...] Auto Following’s downsides – Relationship Building on Twitter – and defense of Tweetups Sorry for the bit of a ramble but I’ve figured out a few things that I want to share with all of you. Auto Following has its merits but it also has its problems. My suggestion is to not do it. But this is not to say don’t follow people who follow you. You should and you should build relationships. This also segways into my response to Wil Reynolds post on the Seer Interactive blog about vetting your social media expert. I love Wil and think he’s awesome at what he does and he’s by far one the coolest guys I know. But I disagree with some points in his article. While you’re listening to my ramble find me on twitter @sethgoldstein. [...]

]]> By: Web Media Daily – July 20, 2009 http://www.seerinteractive.com/blog/is-your-social-media-consultant-a-groupie-chatty-cathy-or-strategist/2009/07/20/#comment-108386 Web Media Daily – July 20, 2009 Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:26:28 +0000 http://www.thinkseer.com/blog/is-your-social-media-consultant-a-groupie-chatty-cathy-or-strategist/2009/07/20/#comment-108386 [...] Is your social media consultant a groupie, chatty cathy, or strategist?…    Seer Interactive [...] [...] Is your social media consultant a groupie, chatty cathy, or strategist?…    Seer Interactive [...]

]]> By: SEO Daily Reading - Issue 154 « Internet Marketing Blog http://www.seerinteractive.com/blog/is-your-social-media-consultant-a-groupie-chatty-cathy-or-strategist/2009/07/20/#comment-108383 SEO Daily Reading - Issue 154 « Internet Marketing Blog Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:53:18 +0000 http://www.thinkseer.com/blog/is-your-social-media-consultant-a-groupie-chatty-cathy-or-strategist/2009/07/20/#comment-108383 [...] Is Your Social Media Consultant a Groupie, Chatty Cathy, or Strategist? - Do 65% of Social Media Consultants Talk Too Much? [...] [...] Is Your Social Media Consultant a Groupie, Chatty Cathy, or Strategist? – Do 65% of Social Media Consultants Talk Too Much? [...]

]]> By: Heather Padgett http://www.seerinteractive.com/blog/is-your-social-media-consultant-a-groupie-chatty-cathy-or-strategist/2009/07/20/#comment-108371 Heather Padgett Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:41:28 +0000 http://www.thinkseer.com/blog/is-your-social-media-consultant-a-groupie-chatty-cathy-or-strategist/2009/07/20/#comment-108371 I've often wondered about a number of these... How do some people have so much time to spend on Twitter, when I am able to post minimally most days (because I'm busy!). Your ideas make a lot of sense there! I agree with the follower/following ratio ideas - Although I don't have a lot of followers, I follow people who don't follow me back (and I'm ok with that!) and I actively block some of the spammers who follow me - my numbers stay low by not being artificially inflated. I'm not certain about not using the term 'speaker' in your profile though. Some people are professional speakers (all they do somehow!) and having that in their profile makes sense. Not everyone content expert is a speaker just as not every speaker is a content expert, but if someone is willing to come out and say they are a speaker it makes it easier to find them when trying to fill a conference! Thanks for the insight, and I look forward to reading more! I’ve often wondered about a number of these… How do some people have so much time to spend on Twitter, when I am able to post minimally most days (because I’m busy!). Your ideas make a lot of sense there!

I agree with the follower/following ratio ideas – Although I don’t have a lot of followers, I follow people who don’t follow me back (and I’m ok with that!) and I actively block some of the spammers who follow me – my numbers stay low by not being artificially inflated.

I’m not certain about not using the term ’speaker’ in your profile though. Some people are professional speakers (all they do somehow!) and having that in their profile makes sense. Not everyone content expert is a speaker just as not every speaker is a content expert, but if someone is willing to come out and say they are a speaker it makes it easier to find them when trying to fill a conference!

Thanks for the insight, and I look forward to reading more!

]]> By: Gloria Bell http://www.seerinteractive.com/blog/is-your-social-media-consultant-a-groupie-chatty-cathy-or-strategist/2009/07/20/#comment-108367 Gloria Bell Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:09:14 +0000 http://www.thinkseer.com/blog/is-your-social-media-consultant-a-groupie-chatty-cathy-or-strategist/2009/07/20/#comment-108367 You are very welcome Wil. I am happy to see that our wonderful conversation promoted what I consider a very thought provoking piece. You are very welcome Wil. I am happy to see that our wonderful conversation promoted what I consider a very thought provoking piece.

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