'social media experts'
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- webazoot0
When a client mentions SEO I know they've been speaking to people in the pub...
- trooperbill0
i treat it as sales and marketing and have a solid offering that works... you want KPI's... set em, i'll work to them no worries.
the problem is people think social media is all about writing blog posts... its not!
- Maaku0
I feel you, I feel you all...But trust me it's worst when they are Social media expert "slash" project manager....One of these days I will staple your fucking lips....
- Al_dizzle0
...frustration bump...
I have one of these in my office... its terrible... she has no skills and contributes nothing to the build but feels like her opinion should cary some kind of weight.
Go piss your time away on vanity metrics and updating your blog that nobody reads... the adults are trying to get some work done.
- GeorgesII0
what a BUNCH of cunts!
sorry had to vent
- hotroddy0
how about seo strategists? errrhh
- sherm0
I'm not trying to start a war or nothing but a lot of people have the same consideration for design or development as well. So lets be cool and play nice.
- mg330
I just talked to someone about this the other day and remembered the friend I mentioned. I cannot imagine throwing away $$ on a degree in social media when everyone is just making this stuff up as they go. Talk about a waste.
- uuuuuu0
They should all just admit they work in marketing/PR and that they aren't really experts in anything.
- Well, they do they work in marketing/PR. And why can't they be experts?haga
- If they were experts in social media they would be picking and choosing there salaries with the top companies in the worlduuuuuu
- ...world. Also they would be in high level think tanks and doing private consultation with Charlie Sheen's people.uuuuuu
- Not sure people realize the meaning of the word "expert".uuuuuu
- i don't think that just because you're a 'expert' that means you can pick your own $...bjladams
- Having professional experience and knowledge of a sub-field of marketing does not constitute expertise or specialty.uuuuuu
- Its just a phrase. They would be in demand to say the least, not like merely employed.uuuuuu
- seems a lot of these guys are well paid, and bring a lot of attention to their companies...bjladams
- but they aren't experts duh... they are just valuable employees. I'd allow them to claim a specialty but expert is simply wrong and misleading.uuuuuu
- ... misleading. Experts in science or industry for example have to earn the word 'expert' and are paid for it.uuuuuu
- You get 'expert' added to your resume when you've accomplished something significant for the ENTIRE field.uuuuuu
- ... field you're in.uuuuuu
- well, seems your the expert then.bjladams
- see no.... I'm just correct. Its like people really don't know what 'expert' actually means.uuuuuu
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- bjladams0
there's a big social network conference going on in town today... it's an odd thing to behold. lots of circular reasoning for the sake of self-preservation.
- tOki0
- Ancillary0
The job is totally bunk, but most of the social media team where I work are kinda cool and geeky
- omg0
Charlie Sheen is #1 social media expert
- don't laugh, he was dominating it and he knew it. he was fucking with everyone and they drank the kool-aidpopfodders
- and no one gives a shit or wants to work with him now. GREAT FUCKING JOBanimatedgif
- Zerbinows0
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- BattleAxe0
- how make money from mumble :)byname
- Annie Lennox is full o shit man...babaganush
- monoboy0
It's just a new medium. Success is born from good content. If you've got nothing interesting to say, nobody listens. whether that's in print, a blog, facebook or twitter.
- popfodders0
I think it's been said, but having done a lot of work as a PM, I see these twats fiddle their way into large projects and command top dollar. They make me want to cringe. Everyone's a designer, in their own heads, but social media has absolutely nothing to do with UX work.
- design takes actual talent..usually, wheras snake oil sales just takes gutsvaxorcist