Comments on: It’s Not About Technology, It’s About Ideas

By: Clyde

Clyde — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:42:34 +0000

Just passed by your blog via a retweet from the stream.
Glad I jumped out of the water a while to read these gems.

I particularly like this post, as it confirms my belief that it does not matter that I share info and ideas for free, as long as the idea well stays filled, I’m safe! :-)

best wishes for 2010!

By: Kathy Cabrera

Kathy Cabrera — Tue, 26 May 2009 00:44:08 +0000

Adam, My compliments on a great article. Several points hit home with me, including the fact that you don’t need a social media expert (ask anyone under 25, and chances are they know Facebook and could count as an expert). You need a good marketer who understands what you have to offer and can translate that into the language spoken and picked up by your targeted subset of the population, or niche. I’ve also found that since I jumped into the social media game myself in the B2B world and in my social circle, I’ve become 100% more adept at seeing what could / would work for clients. Being a social media player, vs. just an academic student of the culture, is a necessity. And, thirdly, what came before shouldn’t be invalidated by what is new now. I heard earlier this year that blogs were thought to be “done” since they’re an older, more original form of social media. Quite the contrary, following the SoCon event in Atlanta in February, the overriding response from thinkers was clear: blogs are more real-time than static home base websites. And, they’re a launch pad for creating original content that you share in many other forms of social media. Sharing your blog via Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook is just an added bonus.

- Kathy Cabrera, Director of New Media, http://www.carabinerpr.com

By: John

John — Fri, 22 May 2009 23:41:56 +0000

This article is so on the money– I advise almost all of my marketing clients today to convert their content “assets” into real-time delivery systems now available, blogging, twitter, whatever.
As this article points out (yes!) sound marketing practices triumph here, because the STORY (now in real time) always trumps the SOAPBOX (brochure or dedicated website) when it comes to building audience and sales.

By: Diety

Diety — Thu, 21 May 2009 09:51:26 +0000

I agree. People who make most money from the web are the ones who have a brilliant idea. Just look at all those IT guys with no money – if I have an idea I will find someone to execute it. If I can only execute ideas of others I’ll nevermake a fortune.

By: China Travel Blog

China Travel Blog — Wed, 20 May 2009 18:59:59 +0000

Many golden tips said here, I am agree the a good idea is important as well as great content.
But, I think a nice script/technology which can translate a great idea to a creative, easy to use and nearly all inclusive site is equally important.
“Creating a place to share bookmarks” might be the great idea but if you do not have a good technology which has various functions such as rating, grouping, interacting and spam filtering you can not make a site like Stumbleupon.