Comments on: Social Media “Experts” are Killing Us

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:50:18 +0000

great article..I can honestly claim I’m not a social media expert, I just like stuff and babble about whatever’s on the top of my grey cells. Simple male geek here

By: kellie

kellie — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 03:49:40 +0000

Rudy, your English is fine. Thanks for commenting. I don’t have any problems with young people in the space. I welcome you, in fact! What I have a problem with is young people and/or people new to the industry calling themselves “experts” or “gurus”.

Thanks Frank!

By: Frank Reed

Frank Reed — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:15:09 +0000

Well done. That is, of course, my expert opinion.

By: Rudy Turinay

Rudy Turinay — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:16:27 +0000

Hi there,

First I want to apologize about my english, I’m sorry I’m just french…

My name is Rudy Turinay and I’m a french community manager. My personal branding strategy make me be “present” on internet (blogs, smo, forums…).

I try to get known in a field a work in (i hope this sentences makes sense for you…).

Obviously I’m not an “expert” as I’m only 21 years old, but I’m sure I can help small companies increase their sales thanks too the social medias. I achieved it with several companies since I’m really aware of the community management R.O.I.

To conclude, I understand your feelings, but young people can be efficient and usefull too.

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By: kellie

kellie — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:14:33 +0000

I think that’s an excellent point, Brinstar. There are some organizations around, but they are probably (or probably like) the professional groups that you know of. As far as I know, there’s no formal mentor/mentee program. I think it would be really valuable though. For now, my recommendation would be to find someone in the field that you like and think you could learn from, and just ask them if they would mind spending some time mentoring you.

By: Brinstar

Brinstar — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:11:47 +0000

I’d like to comment on point #3. How do less-experienced/new CMs get in touch with seasoned CMs? Are there any mentoring groups or programmes out there? I mean, I’m aware of conferences, and professional groups, but not of mentoring programmes. Such a thing would be fantastic for someone like me, who started out in this job “by accident” (or luck). I try to do as much reading on best practices as I can fit into my schedule, but having guidance from an actual person with experience is much different from reading.