Social Media People: Wake up!

If you are like me in any way, you are constantly on your computer, phone or even stealing your friend's phone to get a quick blurb in on your social networks. It becomes an addiction, and HELLO people, a new way to communicate.

However, I want to stress that it's not just about posting. There's much more to social media than that. It's about the engagement, the content, the origionality, authenticity, trustworthiness and oh, did I say content?

Content is what is going to get your viewers invovlved. Wether it's from YouTube through video engagement or from talking about a new breakfast meal that is easy, fun and your kids will love before going to school, which appeals to moms across the United States. Hence, it can ALL be relevant.

So I say "Wake up!" to all the "social media gurus" that simply utilize one network over another...Twitter especially. I encourage you to expand your horizons, think outside of the Twitter craze (which will implode in T minus a few months), Facebook craze, whatever, and think broadly. Think of exactly WHERE social media is going and where it's been. Start thinking of how you can incorporate social media into both your personal and professional lives? What can you do to grow your network? What exactly IS your network?

These are simple questions that the social media guru and user should know. If you don't - WAKE UP! Drink some coffee (may I recommend Starbucks Extra Bold) and start doing your homework. Now is the time to act!

The point: It's always better to be an early adopter than a laggard.

Celebrity Tweets

Oh, goodie...a full list of celebrities first tweets on Twitter. I was just holding on to the edge of my seat for this.

http://techxav.com/2009/09/24/30-celebrities-first-tweet/

So really now, I find this article to have about a "2" on the fun-scale (I'm mocking one of the responses). About two weeks ago, Lewis Black was on television and stated that he is now on Twitter...and I think he mentioned that he gets paid. I have about a hand full of feelings towards this whole, "I'm a celebrity. I'm on Twitter. See, I'm still cool, but really I get paid a ton of money for it." Openly admitting to getting paid for using Twitter was genius and especially from Lewis Black as he exposed the true drive behind celebrity Twitter, but some of these celebs that made it into "celeb-world" for god-knows-what reason just need to stay off of it. The statistic is that roughly 20% of Twitter users are blocking the airways with meaningless, "What did I eat for lunch today?" type questions that clutter and muttle the true phenomenon of Twitter. I am a firm believer that many of these types of people are both celebrities and those that think that because their favorite celeb posted about their lunch they also need to. I sort of relate these celebs to the spammers on Twitter who bombard you with nothing but promotions and how to make a fast buck. When can we realize what the value of Twitter is and that it's not just a mere penny savor ad for the lost and stupid.