I gave this presentation at the 17th Annual World Congress for Science and Factual Producers in Melbourne on 4th December. The audience was mainly documentary and science filmmakers from around the world who came to find out about social media and what it could do for them.
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Radical Authenticity: MC Hammer at Social Media Club Sydney
Social Media Club Sydney (SMCSYD) was transformed last night, 10th November 2009, spellbound by one unique individual, the one and only MC Hammer. Hammer, listed as one of the top social media users on WeFollow is passionate about social media and entrepreneurship. What makes him so engaging is his deeply personal point of view: everything was related to his own experience with Twitter his blog, and the people he interacts with online. Hammer’s insights are related to what he’s gained transforming his personal brand into a social personal brand
what are the rules of social media?
A friend who runs a very successful business was contacted via email recently as he’d been held up as a “How not to use twitter” case study at a marketing event. While the person who emails this may or may not have had good intentions, there are a bunch of reasons why they are just completely wrong and inappropriate in judging at all. I’ll start with their Twitter profile:
the cornerstones of social strategy
I’ve been working on a number of social media campaigns lately, some really long term and some short term. What do they have in common?
* Defining social objectives
* Social media monitoring
* Channel strategy
* Content strategy
The combination varies from client to client but its really important to have these cornerstones to help build a social media conversation.
HabitatUK return to Twitter
It was in June that HabitatUK learnt the power of social media when they jumped on Twitter and used trending topic hashtags (the most tasteless was the Iran Election) to push signups to their marketing database and furniture discounts . As the blogger who broke the news, and then watched it break all records on Social Media Today, I am very relieved to see them back on Twitter. The case has been used as a benchmark of the cynical use of hashtag spam, been written up on countless posts, news stories and talked about on Twitter. Even though HabitatUK apologised through me via another blog post, and then promptly blamed their intern as the cause of the hashtag spam, they didn’t respond back on Twitter. Until now.
Honesty is the best social media policy
When considering your personal or a company or a corporate social media strategy, one of the key cornerstones should be honesty.
Why?
* Because so much advertising, marketing and PR involves spin, stretches of truth, hyperbole and wild claims.
* Because in social media, authenticity and honesty are valuable commodities.
* Because you can’t “buy” honesty.