Thoughts from a Social Media Expert™

January 6th, 2009 | by Craig |

As I’m seeing more and more people take to things like blogs, Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, etc., I’m also seeing a lot of self-proclaimed “social media experts.” When you check up on them, it looks like they’ve had a blog for all of 18 months and a Facebook and MySpace page, and not much else.

So, having had this blog for 6 1/2 years, I figure that I am as much of an expert as anyone, and I am now going to share with you, dear reader, the lessons I have learned in becoming a social media person of note.

BLOGS

  1. Post often.
  2. Don’t be too much of an asshole. A little bit is OK and to be expected.
  3. Link to other bloggers.

FACEBOOK

  1. Update your status daily — preferably multiple times, but at least once.
  2. Post photos — drinking photos are especially good
  3. Take every quiz that is offered to you

TWITTER

  1. Tweet often. Don’t let any little thing go un-tweeted.
  2. Non-sequiturs allowed
  3. Don’t be too much of an asshole.
  4. Follow everyone and kvetch if you don’t get followed back.

ALL
For all of these, you can follow the no-nonsense rule of proclaiming yourself to be an expert in that field, and demand that everyone follow the etiquette that you deem appropriate — regardless of what everyone else is doing.

There you go; a recipe for sure-fire success in today’s dog-eat-dog world of this thing we call “Web 2.0 (Beta).”

You can thank me later.

  1. 5 Responses to “Thoughts from a Social Media Expert™”

  2. By Jeff on Jan 6, 2009 | Reply

    I bet those experts don’t even publish their blog posts in their entirety in their RSS feeds, either. Noobs. :)

  3. By Doug on Jan 7, 2009 | Reply

    I hereby and henceforth proclaim my expertudinousness in the field of sucking at all of the above. Even the one I haven’t tried yet. Therefore I proclaim that the etiquette required for someone seeking maximum suckage would be to

  4. By david on Jan 7, 2009 | Reply

    I feel old. In blog-years – or “SME”-years.

  5. By dogette on Jan 7, 2009 | Reply

    Heh. Made me think of Tonya Reinman the “body language expert” on TV. “See the way he’s extending that middle finger? That indicates a lot of non-repressed anger.”

  6. By Craig on Jan 7, 2009 | Reply

    Thanks, Dogette, I figured it was high time I jumped on the “bullshit artist” gravy train.

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