Comments on: Social media and snake oil http://www.dohertywhite.com/blogs/2010/02/16/social-media-and-snake-oil/ Business-to-Business Technology Marketing Tue, 23 Mar 2010 13:24:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Admin http://www.dohertywhite.com/blogs/2010/02/16/social-media-and-snake-oil/comment-page-1/#comment-309 Admin Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:29:38 +0000 http://dohertywhite.com/blogs/?p=148#comment-309 Many thanks for your comment Jay. I've been sharing your post on "39 social media tools" with clients and colleagues too - a really great checklist - http://www.convinceandconvert.com/social-media-tools/the-39-social-media-tools-ill-use-today/. Many thanks for your comment Jay. I’ve been sharing your post on “39 social media tools” with clients and colleagues too – a really great checklist – http://www.convinceandconvert.com/social-media-tools/the-39-social-media-tools-ill-use-today/.

]]> By: Jay Baer http://www.dohertywhite.com/blogs/2010/02/16/social-media-and-snake-oil/comment-page-1/#comment-298 Jay Baer Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:19:19 +0000 http://dohertywhite.com/blogs/?p=148#comment-298 Thanks for the link and the kind words. I have enormous respect for Olivier and his work, but this is indeed an area where we disagree. Maybe because I've been in digital marketing since its inception in 1994, I've always believed that nobody has all the answers. Certainly, there are people out there looking to make a fast buck on the social media bubble, and that does a disservice to the whole industry over the short-term. But ultimately, cream rises. As with any new technology, we're all students of social media, and we're all teachers. To believe otherwise is - in my opinion at least - to have an opinion of yourself and your abilities that is outsized and cannot be defended. Thanks for the link and the kind words. I have enormous respect for Olivier and his work, but this is indeed an area where we disagree. Maybe because I’ve been in digital marketing since its inception in 1994, I’ve always believed that nobody has all the answers.

Certainly, there are people out there looking to make a fast buck on the social media bubble, and that does a disservice to the whole industry over the short-term. But ultimately, cream rises.

As with any new technology, we’re all students of social media, and we’re all teachers. To believe otherwise is – in my opinion at least – to have an opinion of yourself and your abilities that is outsized and cannot be defended.

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