Comments on: Social Media? It’s just people!

By: Wonder what Social Media Is?

Wonder what Social Media Is? — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 23:22:10 +0000

[...] Sutton says Social Media is just about people and relationships. No different than meeting your friends or a group of strangers for the first [...]

By: The Bit Boss » Blog Archive » Getting to know Josh Peters

The Bit Boss » Blog Archive » Getting to know Josh Peters — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 22:23:32 +0000

[...] I would like to invite you to read my columns as well, please check out my article on “Social Media – It’s Just People” Thanks for your visit, please post if you have a thought! It does make a [...]

By: The Bit Boss » Blog Archive » Educating your Customer - Why do it?

The Bit Boss » Blog Archive » Educating your Customer - Why do it? — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 17:37:11 +0000

[...] talking about management, services, processes its all just about people. If you take care of the people the people always take care of [...]

By: The Bit Boss » Blog Archive » 5 questions with….Matt McGee

The Bit Boss » Blog Archive » 5 questions with….Matt McGee — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 06:19:40 +0000

[...] can make connections with people who might be interested in your products or services. It’s social media, so of course you can’t do the hard sell thing. Just hang out and get to know people. And [...]

By: Craig Sutton

Craig Sutton — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 23:40:52 +0000

Thanks Phil! I will add them to my followers list pronto.

By: Phil Campbell

Phil Campbell — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 22:36:37 +0000

Great Post Craig. Absolutely spot on. It’s always been about the people. The tools now enable us to connect with other people to make things happen.

I would heartily recommend following the members of the JDFI – “just fu**kin do it” – @loudmouthman @sizemore @documentally @sleepydog – i think we already follow each other. Surrounding yourself with very creative, sharp thinkers is a great way to bounce ideas, projects and concepts of each other. Last year was pretty intense and i expect this year to be even more so…

By: Craig Sutton

Craig Sutton — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 20:17:26 +0000

Anna,

Thank you for you great response! I look forward to learning more about you as well!

By: Anna Tarkov

Anna Tarkov — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 17:12:44 +0000

Craig, I fully agree with the sentiments expressed in this post. Social media is basically a (not that new) way to communicate. This is why I’m often surprised that so many alleged “strategic marketing communications” and “public relations” folks do it so poorly or don’t engage in it at all. Some do it brilliantly, but many are still extremely confused and I think partly the confusion lies in the thinking that this is something totally new with new rules and new norms. The reverse is true. It’s simply a new tool. The norms and rules are largely the same. There are, however, some intricacies and nuances but it’s exactly as you said. One learns by doing it and everyone makes mistakes at first. I think it’s incumbent on those of us who are more seasoned to help and educate those that are not. Everyone should, to the best of their abiltiy, be an unpaid social media consultant and, if one possesses some degree of writing skill, an editor as well. I always make a point of helping as many people as possible with anything that I’m in a position to provide. I help people with their writing, I help them with understanding certain things and I help people figure out and engage in Twitter in a way that furthers their goals. I suppose in the corporate/business world, this would be called “promoting best practices.” Whatever you call it, I think everyone should do it.

By the by, I follow you on Twitter but in case you don’t do the same I’m @AnnaTarkov and my blog is @DailyDaley (I cover the Mayor of Chicago).

By: Craig Sutton

Craig Sutton — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 03:43:02 +0000

Thanks Emma, I do think its common sense. I think a lot of life is made to be more complicated than it really is sometimes.

By: LilPecan

LilPecan — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 03:40:12 +0000

I enjoyed your post. Social Media is only as good as the people in it. This also means treating people as you’d like to be treated. Basic, common sense but sometimes a reminder is good to hear.