Comments on: The Knows Have It http://noteasytoforget.com/2009/11/the-knows-have-it/ Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:04:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: James Ball http://noteasytoforget.com/2009/11/the-knows-have-it/comment-page-1/#comment-50 James Ball Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:42:20 +0000 http://noteasytoforget.com/?p=177#comment-50 I'm always glad when I see that you've stopped in Heather. I hope that you continue to visit, and that you find some things that you can take away. I look forward to seeing your blog grow to be everything that you want it to be! I'm always glad when I see that you've stopped in Heather. I hope that you continue to visit, and that you find some things that you can take away. I look forward to seeing your blog grow to be everything that you want it to be!

]]> By: Heather http://noteasytoforget.com/2009/11/the-knows-have-it/comment-page-1/#comment-49 Heather Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:10:17 +0000 http://noteasytoforget.com/?p=177#comment-49 You are way smarter than I will ever be about this stuff...but I am learning from you! You are way smarter than I will ever be about this stuff…but I am learning from you!

]]> By: James Ball http://noteasytoforget.com/2009/11/the-knows-have-it/comment-page-1/#comment-48 James Ball Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:29:51 +0000 http://noteasytoforget.com/?p=177#comment-48 Thank you for your insight Malcom. I appreciate you bringing up tactfulness and determined focus. Two key ingredients to a well thought out plan indeed! Thank you for your insight Malcom. I appreciate you bringing up tactfulness and determined focus. Two key ingredients to a well thought out plan indeed!

]]> By: Malcolm R. Campbell http://noteasytoforget.com/2009/11/the-knows-have-it/comment-page-1/#comment-47 Malcolm R. Campbell Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:23:00 +0000 http://noteasytoforget.com/?p=177#comment-47 Being oneself (whether as an individual or a nonprofit) in social media can be difficult. A writer, for example, goes to MySpace, Twitter and Facebook basically to sell books. But, he can't do that directly or people will see him as simply and advertisement, or--horrors--SPAM. So he realizes he has to provide value; that is, to find what readers want and then find a way to provide it. This means finding fads and trending topics that are interesting enough to draw people to one's website, profile page, and tweets so that once they're there they'll (hopefully) buy a book. But as you said, one can get lost. One can follow the trending and the new happy games and the light-weigh talk to such a great extent that he's just killing time rather than increasing his Internet presence in a way that impacts sales. I can see how the staff of an association or a museum might also fall victim to the same lures and forget their mission statements and the real reasons they're trying to make friends on the Internet. Great post. Malcolm Being oneself (whether as an individual or a nonprofit) in social media can be difficult. A writer, for example, goes to MySpace, Twitter and Facebook basically to sell books. But, he can't do that directly or people will see him as simply and advertisement, or–horrors–SPAM. So he realizes he has to provide value; that is, to find what readers want and then find a way to provide it. This means finding fads and trending topics that are interesting enough to draw people to one's website, profile page, and tweets so that once they're there they'll (hopefully) buy a book. But as you said, one can get lost. One can follow the trending and the new happy games and the light-weigh talk to such a great extent that he's just killing time rather than increasing his Internet presence in a way that impacts sales. I can see how the staff of an association or a museum might also fall victim to the same lures and forget their mission statements and the real reasons they're trying to make friends on the Internet.

Great post.

Malcolm

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