Comments on: Facebook: The dialogue of my friends' and colleagues' lives http://www.sparkminute.com/2007/07/19/facebook-the-dialogue-of-my-friends-and-colleagues-lives/ Social media, brand journalism, content marketing, and all things tech Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:02:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: How to send Web-based video mail http://www.sparkminute.com/2007/07/19/facebook-the-dialogue-of-my-friends-and-colleagues-lives/comment-page-1/#comment-94 How to send Web-based video mail Thu, 20 Sep 2007 05:22:45 +0000 http://www.sparkminute.com/?p=213#comment-94 [...] you can, use Facebook’s video mail - I’m a huge fan of Facebook. Read my post about why it’s so much better than other social networks. Facebook’s video mail is much better than these three competitors because it works within [...] [...] you can, use Facebook’s video mail – I’m a huge fan of Facebook. Read my post about why it’s so much better than other social networks. Facebook’s video mail is much better than these three competitors because it works within [...]

]]> By: bigculture http://www.sparkminute.com/2007/07/19/facebook-the-dialogue-of-my-friends-and-colleagues-lives/comment-page-1/#comment-93 bigculture Sat, 11 Aug 2007 18:47:36 +0000 http://www.sparkminute.com/?p=213#comment-93 The advent of online social networks has changed the way consumers (people) in general consume media. Increase media fragmentation (newspapers, TV, Radio, Cable TV, Mobile TV, and variations online) combined with numerous niche consumer/audience segments means businesses/advertisers have to adopt/develop new ways to reach these consumers. As people change the way they socialize or network with their friends or consume information, advertisers or website owners must develop new strategies to reach potential consumers outside of the traditional marketing approach. Marketers will lose the game if they approach this as simply "marketing". Facebook represents only a small part of the solution The current "fad" may last a few more months or maybe longer no one knows for sure. History has taught as that choices (hundreds of social networks) brings us back to reality rather than dwelling on our perceptions. The challenge is to aggregate audience across these distinct and unique websites and to reach consumers with our products and services not as marketers but as solution providers The advent of online social networks has changed the way consumers (people) in general consume media. Increase media fragmentation (newspapers, TV, Radio, Cable TV, Mobile TV, and variations online) combined with numerous niche consumer/audience segments means businesses/advertisers have to adopt/develop new ways to reach these consumers.

As people change the way they socialize or network with their friends or consume information, advertisers or website owners must develop new strategies to reach potential consumers outside of the traditional marketing approach. Marketers will lose the game if they approach this as simply “marketing”.

Facebook represents only a small part of the solution The current “fad” may last a few more months or maybe longer no one knows for sure. History has taught as that choices (hundreds of social networks) brings us back to reality rather than dwelling on our perceptions. The challenge is to aggregate audience across these distinct and unique websites and to reach consumers with our products and services not as marketers but as solution providers

]]> By: Cloudy Thinking » Blog Archive » David Sparks on Facebook http://www.sparkminute.com/2007/07/19/facebook-the-dialogue-of-my-friends-and-colleagues-lives/comment-page-1/#comment-92 Cloudy Thinking » Blog Archive » David Sparks on Facebook Sun, 22 Jul 2007 20:50:17 +0000 http://www.sparkminute.com/?p=213#comment-92 [...] David Spark writes about Facebook withg an interesting point of view. [...] [...] David Spark writes about Facebook withg an interesting point of view. [...]

]]> By: David Mullings http://www.sparkminute.com/2007/07/19/facebook-the-dialogue-of-my-friends-and-colleagues-lives/comment-page-1/#comment-91 David Mullings Fri, 20 Jul 2007 22:35:35 +0000 http://www.sparkminute.com/?p=213#comment-91 I totally agree with your analysis about why Facebook is better than the rest - in most cases. I joined Facebook initially to promote my website, Realvibez.com, but quickly realized the real potential - promoting myself. I joined a couple business groups and posted, set it up to automatically import my blog as notes and embarked on a crusade to brand myself. Within 2 weeks of joining the following happened: (1) I was approached by the president of Boston College's Entrepreneurship Club who wants us to present in September after reading our blog and checking out the site (2) I was invited to be a keynote speaker and my brother and I were asked to be panelists for a Caribbean-American Youth Leadership Conference in South Florida (3) The Sun Sentinel newspaper (competitor to the Miami Herald) wrote a feature on me because of the conference (4) I was invited to a networking session with VCs, Angel Investors and other entrepreneurs - which led to a meeting with a VC the following week, which lead to an introduction to an angle who is now advising us and interested in funding our venture. I can't wait to issue a press release titled" "We used Facebook to raise capital for our start-up". Top that LinkedIn and MySpace I totally agree with your analysis about why Facebook is better than the rest – in most cases. I joined Facebook initially to promote my website, Realvibez.com, but quickly realized the real potential – promoting myself.

I joined a couple business groups and posted, set it up to automatically import my blog as notes and embarked on a crusade to brand myself.

Within 2 weeks of joining the following happened:

(1) I was approached by the president of Boston College’s Entrepreneurship Club who wants us to present in September after reading our blog and checking out the site

(2) I was invited to be a keynote speaker and my brother and I were asked to be panelists for a Caribbean-American Youth Leadership Conference in South Florida

(3) The Sun Sentinel newspaper (competitor to the Miami Herald) wrote a feature on me because of the conference

(4) I was invited to a networking session with VCs, Angel Investors and other entrepreneurs – which led to a meeting with a VC the following week, which lead to an introduction to an angle who is now advising us and interested in funding our venture.

I can’t wait to issue a press release titled” “We used Facebook to raise capital for our start-up”.

Top that LinkedIn and MySpace

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