Archive for April, 2008

What is Your Technographics Profile?

April 17th, 2008

Here is a neat little quiz you can take to see what technographics category you fall under. Found this on the SocialTnT blog, so thanks Chris!

Looks like I am a creator! (note there are supposed to be little red bars in each section but for some reason it doesn’t seem to be working for me)

Discover Your Groundswell Social Technographics Profile

Your Result: Creator

With all the blogging and video making you do, I’m surprised you had time to take this quiz. Whether podcasting or maintaining a website, the amount of content you create makes your Groundswell Social Technographic group a valuable target for social media marketers. As a creator, you join an elite 18% of the US online population. Now turn off the computer, your family misses you.

Collector
Joiner
Critic
Spectator
Inactive
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Josh Bernoff and Charlene Li recently created the Forrester technographics profile tool that let’s you analyze your target users. This tool is quite valuable, especially if you are at the early stages of creating your social media strategy. It’s important to know what category your target audience falls under. If you are looking to create a social media strategy for seniors and then find out that most seniors are only spectators in the social media space, then maybe you should rethink strategy. If however, you find out that seniors are among the most active group of social media creators and participators, then you can expect a lot of activity. Of course it’s a bit more detailed then my simple example illustrates, but I’m sure you understand how valuable this tool can be.

There are some great studies for this tool in the new book “groundswell,” (written by Josh and Charlene). If you haven’t read the book yet or are considering purchasing it, please be sure to read my review. If you have read the book then I would love to hear your comments.

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The Most Successful People Have One Thing in Common

April 15th, 2008

What do you wake up in the morning? Think about this morning, did you wake up because you needed to go get a paycheck or did you wake up because you were going to do something that you love doing? What drives you? I mean really drives you and pushes you?

The most successful people in the world have one thing in common; they are all passionate about what they do. You take out passion from the equation and all the successful people will lose much of what they have. Are you passionate about what you do?

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How are You (or your company) Using Social Media? (linkedin question)

April 12th, 2008

Recently I posted a question on Linkedin, this is what it said: “I am always curious to hear stories and case studies (good or bad) from companies (or individuals) that use social media. Did you increase brand awareness through facebook? Perhaps you were able to peak interest in a product via twitter. Maybe you used [...]

Interview with the CEO of LifeLenz, Dennis Stack

April 10th, 2008

Recently I conducted an interview with the CEO/Founder of Lifelenz, Dennis Stack. Lifelenz is a social media platform dedicated to capturing life’s stories. Those of you reading this blog that understand and believe that social media is about connections and relationships, will appreciate what Lifelenz is all about. Lifelenz goes beyond traditional social media because [...]

How has Social Media Changed Your Life?

April 8th, 2008

Think about what your life was like before you had a blog, facebook, twitter, or other social media tool. What was your life like then? How has it changed today? I was reflecting on my social media usage and have realized that social media has really changed my life quite a bit. Thanks to social [...]

How Much For Your Friends?!

April 4th, 2008

I’ll be honest here, I’m a bit tired of people asking me what the ROI is on social media; everyone wants to know how much money they can make, and how fast they can make it. Well you know what? If that’s your agenda and that’s your goal, then don’t join the conversation, we don’t [...]