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« T-Mobile Liverpool Station Dance Stunt | Main | Now's the time to invest in your people... » Social media and the approachable brandPosted by Bob Brin on February 25, 2009 at February 25, 2009 7:59 AM Social media goes beyond marketing and networking. It's an opportunity to create or amplify an approachable brand. It's all about opening up and letting people in. Show your personality (even your multiple personalities). Expose yourself and let go a little. That means you're vulnerable. And with vulnerability comes mistakes. Those, in turn, become opportunities. What great personality isn't flawed? The approachable brand has a personality that is human, able to show humility and has a sense of humor (even about its own hubris). Recovering from missteps is easier and faster with those components to your personality.
Trackback PingsTrackBack URL for this entry: CommentsI think you are spot on Bob - I took a stab at doing a quick visual to depict the fact that those three attributes work interdependently. let me know your thoughts. Posted by: Charlie Quirk at February 25, 2009 9:54 AM I like the diagram, Charlie, and took the liberty of posting it. I also like that I can simply add cogs as I think of other HU words, like maybe "hunan" as in spicy with an international flavor. :) Posted by: Bob Brin at February 26, 2009 10:49 AM Thanks Bob! looks sharp! Posted by: Charlie Quirk at February 26, 2009 10:57 AM Thank goodness, at least one large Pr firm knows how to do a blog. We have been covering some of the largest PR firms in the world with regard to their online presence. Your blog is perhaps the first that actually addresses the blogosphere. I would however recommend some social networking and SEO to get it about Alexa 7 million :) Please visit us. Phil Butler, Senior Partner, Pamil Visions PR Posted by: Phil Butler at February 28, 2009 7:53 AM Thanks, Phil, we've done a lot of SEO (could always do more and better), in fact, a big account discovered us via a search that led to the blog last year. In addition to blogging, we're pretty involved in Twitter (just sent you a tweet), LinkedIn, Facebook, etc. Our social media elite response force (SMERFs) is a team of 20-somethings (and a few old guys) who meet monthly and we keep each other sharp, or sometimes we're just sharp with each other. Let me know if you have other ideas. Posted by: Bob Brin at March 1, 2009 9:23 PM Post a comment |
