Comments on: Social media as a tool http://www.fiftybyfifty.com/lifeoffarhan/2010/02/05/social-media-as-a-tool/ chapter four - my 30s Tue, 20 Jul 2010 23:37:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: farhanlalji http://www.fiftybyfifty.com/lifeoffarhan/2010/02/05/social-media-as-a-tool/comment-page-1/#comment-564 farhanlalji Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:52:58 +0000 http://www.fiftybyfifty.com/lifeoffarhan/?p=328#comment-564 I'm not one for prescriptive use of social media. If you want to use it to engage your customer or user base or if you want to increase conversions, just know the goal and track performance against it. I'm not one for prescriptive use of social media. If you want to use it to engage your customer or user base or if you want to increase conversions, just know the goal and track performance against it.

]]> By: karimkanji http://www.fiftybyfifty.com/lifeoffarhan/2010/02/05/social-media-as-a-tool/comment-page-1/#comment-563 karimkanji Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:49:26 +0000 http://www.fiftybyfifty.com/lifeoffarhan/?p=328#comment-563 Interesting post.<br><br>I think it's also important to suggest how people should participate. Is engagement the "secret" or is "monitoring" the preferred way? Or maybe a bit of both? <br><br>I think social media is still new so the jury is out on how best to use it and how best to drive results from it.<br><br>Just because Dell has made millions directly from Twitter does not mean I will. There's lots of variables. some known. some not. Interesting post.

I think it's also important to suggest how people should participate. Is engagement the “secret” or is “monitoring” the preferred way? Or maybe a bit of both?

I think social media is still new so the jury is out on how best to use it and how best to drive results from it.

Just because Dell has made millions directly from Twitter does not mean I will. There's lots of variables. some known. some not.

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