Comments on: Specialist roles for social media wiz kids

By: wonderwebby

wonderwebby — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 22:28:36 +0000

Thanks so much David, Michael, Adreich and ePredator! I always appreciate your comments!
@David I agree specialist roles like this will come into demand.
@Adreich that’s great! It’s excellent that you have a focus.
@ Michael you are very welcome!
@ ePredator thanks your tenacity and enthusiasm is always encouraging. Eightbar was a real inspiration to me when I discovered it a year ago and still is

By: epredator

epredator — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:30:37 +0000

Brilliantly put. There is certainly interest from forward thinking organizations. Though the only thing to do, as you say, is just get on with it now.
Wherever you are or whatever you do, chances are, most people will think this is a sideline, you blog “how nice”.
The thing is we all know, those of us that have made a difference through this, how important it is. The trouble is, its not us doing the hiring (yet).
The way the dmand for these skills happens is everyone who wants to and is good at it starts doing it for free, then become essential.
Having had the uphill struggle as a metaverse evangelist, being a passionate, motivated, slightly insane ego maniac helps to keep you going.
The cool thing really is, that everyone can have a go. It may not be for them, but knowing when someone is good will help set the levels that we need in companies and HR.
Prime example our customers people just deleted a facebook group page through sheer ignorance. “You can create another” showing a lack of understanding of the time and effort to build up social capital and conversations.
Now they know, and realize how it was used and spread was actually not effortless, but on the back of some other social capital.
So stick with it everyone, the world will need us very soon

By: adreich

adreich — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:48:07 +0000

This post is amazing and really helped me decide what I want to do when I grow up.

By: Michael Brito

Michael Brito — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:50:29 +0000

Hi there..thank you for the mention. Excellent post too!

Michael

By: David

David — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:11:07 +0000

Nice write-up. I’m amazed there aren’t positions out there like this or are there? As more and more companies begin to look long and hard at figuring out a way to take advantage of the viral nature of social networks, positions like this will very quickly come into demand.