social-media

The generation that had information, but no context. Butter, but no bread. Craving, but no longing.

People will never respond to you more positively than when you seek to make your impact felt at the human level.

Brands that will survive and thrive from now on are those with C-level executives that understand the incredible opportunity new media offers them and commit to excellence in managing their social media presence.

Making your own Netiquette is advanced internet use, but it's not that hard. It's all good. NetworkEtiquette.net

Online affiliation with good causes is good netiquette. Stand for something! NetworkEtiquette.net

Social networking is about building people up in your network NOT tearing them down

It__ even more awkward when we__e face to face with people. It used to be exciting to make plans with friends because you could sit and catch up and talk about what__ been going on in your lives. Now when you see someone there__ nothing left to say. You__e already seen the pictures from their trip to Rio on Facebook. You__e read their tweets about the latest diet they__e on. And they already texted you about the pregnancy scare. So you end up just sitting and staring at each other until you both start texting other people.

You are what you post. Proper netiquette makes you a good user. NetworkEtiquette.net

Social media is your platform to build a unique fan base while you express yourself exactly how you see yourself. Build wisely.

__hat color is a chameleon placed on a mirror?...The chameleon responding to its own shifting image is an apt analog of the human world of fashion. Taken as a whole, what are fads but the response of a hive mind to its own reflection?In a 21st-century society wired into instantaneous networks, marketing is the mirror; the collective consumer is the chameleon.

To a man with an internet connection, every thought and every movement sounds like a tweet or status update.

We're high on the adrenaline of feeling, even though we know it's fleeting and evanescence. And we're getting worse -- checking texts and emails and Facebook every five minutes, always searching for that next hit of feeling, that next morsel of approval.

Use Discretion: It is proper netiquette to use discretion, best behavior, in all online activity. NetworkEtiquette.net

Social media is much more than self-promotion. It is a two-way street, a set of tools that allow you to reach out to people and become the bringer of positive things and experiences. In turn, these people will not just support you. They will be there to help you increase your reach and audience _ and turn your business into a viable endeavour.

Facebook Fun is refined. Reader reviews are rewarding on Goodreads. Retweets are readily available for Twitter teasing. Stay within the Netiquette. NetworkEtiquette.net

It shouldn__ be about getting famous. It shouldn__ be about the size of your following. It should be about the way in which you connect with people in the world around you. It__ about finding what you__e truly passionate about, and letting that guide you. Fame is fleeting. But if you__e really lucky, doing what you love can last forever.

In real life, it's good Netiquette to limit yourself to a two drink maximum when social networking. NetworkEtiquette.net

Barton Goldenberg is simply the most effective transformational leader I have met. His business acumen is matched only by his ability to understand the dimensions behind how change stems from acustomer__ needs to an "organization__ operations. Now Barton in his new book, The Definitive Guide to Social CRM, captures how an "organization should plan, manage, and leverage social media as a means to increase the bottom line.