Comments on: On the Internet, Everyone’s an Expert http://www.chooseamc.com/2010/03/on-the-internet-everyone%e2%80%99s-an-expert/ Freelance Marketer for High Tech with a focus on BI Wed, 04 Jan 2012 22:08:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Eric Goldman http://www.chooseamc.com/2010/03/on-the-internet-everyone%e2%80%99s-an-expert/comment-page-1/#comment-381 Eric Goldman Wed, 24 Mar 2010 23:45:50 +0000 http://www.chooseamc.com/?p=486#comment-381 Terry; It was really funny - thanks for sharing! But the sad part about it is how true it is. This post, written by Greg Sattel of DigitalTonto was aimed directly at the phenomenon and although it's not humorous, it does a great job of providing a few tests to ensure you have a real guru instead of a fake one on your hands: http://www.digitaltonto.com/2010/6-ways-to-spot-false-gurus/ I think he added a related post which talks about spotting real gurus, too. If you did a Twitter search about 6 months ago for "Twitter Gurus" you would have found less than a few thousand names. Today it's more than 15,000 (the guru in the video's "Doing it for 6 months rings true, right). By this same rate of arrival, there will be millions of Twitter gurus in another 6 months. Whatever happened to real time-on-task expertise? Terry;
It was really funny – thanks for sharing! But the sad part about it is how true it is. This post, written by Greg Sattel of DigitalTonto was aimed directly at the phenomenon and although it’s not humorous, it does a great job of providing a few tests to ensure you have a real guru instead of a fake one on your hands: http://www.digitaltonto.com/2010/6-ways-to-spot-false-gurus/ I think he added a related post which talks about spotting real gurus, too.
If you did a Twitter search about 6 months ago for “Twitter Gurus” you would have found less than a few thousand names. Today it’s more than 15,000 (the guru in the video’s “Doing it for 6 months rings true, right). By this same rate of arrival, there will be millions of Twitter gurus in another 6 months. Whatever happened to real time-on-task expertise?

]]> By: Casey Hibbard http://www.chooseamc.com/2010/03/on-the-internet-everyone%e2%80%99s-an-expert/comment-page-1/#comment-379 Casey Hibbard Wed, 24 Mar 2010 17:01:52 +0000 http://www.chooseamc.com/?p=486#comment-379 So funny! Thanks for sharing - and mentioning me. Much appreciated! Casey So funny! Thanks for sharing – and mentioning me. Much appreciated!

Casey

]]> By: Phil Simon http://www.chooseamc.com/2010/03/on-the-internet-everyone%e2%80%99s-an-expert/comment-page-1/#comment-368 Phil Simon Tue, 23 Mar 2010 21:29:56 +0000 http://www.chooseamc.com/?p=486#comment-368 Terri Thanks as well for the kind words about me. I'm flattered to be put in such company. I just hope that I can keep up with folks like you! :) Terri

Thanks as well for the kind words about me. I’m flattered to be put in such company. I just hope that I can keep up with folks like you! :)

]]> By: Terri Rylander http://www.chooseamc.com/2010/03/on-the-internet-everyone%e2%80%99s-an-expert/comment-page-1/#comment-366 Terri Rylander Tue, 23 Mar 2010 17:30:50 +0000 http://www.chooseamc.com/?p=486#comment-366 Thanks for the comment Jim. It's important that people and companies really stand back and take a look at how they are being perceived in the public eye. Are you sharing your expertise or just thinly-veiling your sales message? I continually encourage my small business friends to publish content that demonstrates their expertise, but it's a change many aren't used to. Thanks for the comment Jim. It’s important that people and companies really stand back and take a look at how they are being perceived in the public eye. Are you sharing your expertise or just thinly-veiling your sales message? I continually encourage my small business friends to publish content that demonstrates their expertise, but it’s a change many aren’t used to.

]]> By: Jim Harris http://www.chooseamc.com/2010/03/on-the-internet-everyone%e2%80%99s-an-expert/comment-page-1/#comment-365 Jim Harris Tue, 23 Mar 2010 16:56:44 +0000 http://www.chooseamc.com/?p=486#comment-365 Excellent post Terri! Although NSFW, that video is not only hilarious, but sadly so true regarding so many self-anointed social media experts. The internet and social media have greatly impacted the evaluation of what it means to be an expert in any field. One of the primary benefits to blogging is it provides a way to demonstrate your expertise. It is one thing to describe yourself as an expert and another to back up that claim by allowing people to read your thoughts and decide for themselves. Best Regards, Jim P.S. Thanks for the kind words about my blog :-) Excellent post Terri!

Although NSFW, that video is not only hilarious, but sadly so true regarding so many self-anointed social media experts.

The internet and social media have greatly impacted the evaluation of what it means to be an expert in any field.

One of the primary benefits to blogging is it provides a way to demonstrate your expertise. It is one thing to describe yourself as an expert and another to back up that claim by allowing people to read your thoughts and decide for themselves.

Best Regards,

Jim

P.S. Thanks for the kind words about my blog :-)

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