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How to Become a Social Media Expert

Started by Christopher S. Penn · 1 year ago

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In the last blog post, I shared the old-school Japanese martial arts analogy of apprentice, journeyman, and master as it relates to social media. Here’s the quirk in that particular analogy: because social media as a field is new and evolving, there really can’t be any lifelong masters yet. So what’s a social ... Continue reading »

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  • SpaceyG

    1 year ago

    Best blog post on social media I've yet to read.
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  • eaon pritchard

    1 year ago

    loving that last paragraph, 'measurements that count..'. spot on. good work fella.
    Eaon
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  • thefemgeek

    1 year ago

    Great post. I came here by way of another blog post and wanted to say I really enjoyed reading this. I even bookmarked it so It can remind me of a few things as I write a post or make a vlog.
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  • chelpixie

    1 year ago

    I like the approach of applying this to social media. This space is too young for anyone to be an expert, not only that but social media is too general a term for anyone to be an expert in the umbrella. (I can hear my English teacher telling me that the subject is too general for me to write a paper about.)

    What I think it's hard for people to keep in mind when they are popular in the space is that it's a very small space in the world. The trust you have to build with people in order to be a master has to go beyond Twitter fame. It takes real time and relationships that cement in the exchange of ideas and making a difference in the world beyond the internet/fishbowl.

    Thank you for sharing these thoughts and relating it back to a culture that understands how a true expert comes into being.
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  • SpaceyG

    1 year ago

    FYI, I came by here via Twitter. So I thought I'd link back to this post on my blog to your Twitter stream. Hope someone does the same for me!
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  • vdimauro

    1 year ago

    This blog post is and clearly a lot of research and analogy was used to make very key points.. This essay should be part of our history as social media as an industry unfolds.
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  • david usher

    1 year ago

    great post Chris, wish i could have been at PAB.
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  • Christopher S. Penn

    1 year ago

    Hopefully you can make it to PodCamp Boston!
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  • david usher

    1 year ago

    not this year, i promised my wife that i would stay home for july. way to much time on the road:)
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  • bukolae

    1 year ago

    I completely agree with you. Calling oneself a "social media expert' can be misleading. The space is too young and changing rapidly so that makes it difficult to master.
    I also think that the term 'social media' is too broad. I'd like to see more people apply the tools that we're all excited about and apply them to different industries, disciplines and modes of thought. That's part of the reason why I started blogging about gaming and social media. Its just like you said: venture outside of the bubble and "put the tools of social media to work, so you can see their power and limitations". Great post.
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  • Len Edgerly

    1 year ago

    Spot on. A Zen Master is the most ordinary person in the room, enabling the rest of us to be more ourselves than we knew was possible. Ditto for the would-be Social Media Master. Around him or her, original and worthwhile stuff will happen as if by itself.
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  • Doug Meacham

    1 year ago

    An outstanding and thought-provoking post!
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  • IamChrisLang

    1 year ago

    I remember when I sold my first few eBooks upon release a few weeks ago, I was so excited by who bought it, My social site friends that I had helped and given advice to.

    Mostly what excited me was not the $700 in sales the first day, but that people that could profit form my eBook and I knew it would help them. Better yet, I was really proud of my product, it was the best work I had ever done.

    I knew that the principles and what the thing was really about had power, was totally whitehat and could improve the blog of the person who bought it. I was kind of lost in this article until I read the last paragraph and then it all came together.

    Too many people are in the Internet business just to make money, I am here to make money, certainly, we all are. But that first few sales meant so much more than anything that came after. I hope I always have that feeling when I make a sale the rest of my Internet life.

    I am on the golden path. But that's another article....
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  • Peter Gold

    1 year ago

    Christopher

    Really like this post. I hear about so many 'experts' who have little evidence of what makes them such. We tend to go out a get beaten up slightly but at least have a journey worth talking about!

    Peter
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  • ilyas

    1 year ago

    Yippy i am social media expert now :). Ah naah i guess i have to read this over few more times. he he he Great post BTW ;)
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