Comments on: There Are No Social Marketing Experts

By: The 5 C’s of Expertise: And Why I Don’t Shy Away from the Term

The 5 C’s of Expertise: And Why I Don’t Shy Away from the Term — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 19:25:24 +0000

[...] There is a fierce debate going on right now. What makes an expert? to There are no experts. [...]

By: Arun Pal Singh

Arun Pal Singh — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 03:53:04 +0000

Jack,
That is somewhat similar to what I had concluded long time back. One remains a student for a lifetime. Even one who teaches is a student at another level.
There are levels but all of us are students in Social media or other spheres of life.

Have a great day.

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Sun, 25 Jan 2009 18:40:59 +0000

[...] There are no experts in social media [...]

By: Doug Firebaugh

Doug Firebaugh — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 18:16:23 +0000

I agree- there are NO experts- only folks who are passionate about Social Media. Great post and TRUE to the bone. Passion is at the core of every "expert" and they take that energy and do amazing things- including jack humphrey! Bravo Michelle! I LOVE what you write- so right in the bulls eye! Doug Firebaughs last blog post..Social Media Marketing- The Incredible Marketing Power of Transparency

By: Sam With Traffic Is King

Sam With Traffic Is King — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 05:03:21 +0000

I have read that to be an expert in something you need to have 10,000 hours doing that skill. Has anybody else heard differently? If that is true, you would need to be involved in your skill for 4 to 5 years. Which means if you are a social media expert you would have been doing it since 2005. Social Media wasn't really as popular then. We were still in Web 1.0. So can we say that there are social media experts or people who just know social media really well. Sam With Traffic Is Kings last blog post..How To Maximize Your Twitter Account To Get Traffic To Your Wordpress Blog

By: Social Media

Social Media — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 23:23:17 +0000

You may not be an expert, but you may be at the forefront able to predict the changes and how to use the tools presented before you properly…..perfect example: Barack Obama.

By: Busby SEO TEST

Busby SEO TEST — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 21:29:07 +0000

So no one is an expert, thus where we have to start to at least to use it as a starting point to learn social media properly?

By: Diane@Home Based Business Development Center

Diane@Home Based Business Development Center — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 01:18:34 +0000

Jack-

Your thoughtful insights are always refreshing. Web 2.0, if correctly utilized offers very powerful marketing advantages. Although relatively new to this method of marketing, I’ve become familiar with it enough to help others who take advantage of the free resource library at Home Based Business Development Center

By: Cyndee Woolley

Cyndee Woolley — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 12:51:19 +0000

Digital yawn... Absolutely agree! Cyndee Woolleys last blog post..Jan 14, A pound of flesh - Divorce battle over donated kidney

By: Matthew Loop

Matthew Loop — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 17:45:44 +0000

I think you are absolutely correct, Jack. Social media evolves way too rapidly for one to claim that they “own” every aspect and are “the” expert. There are some arrogant pretentious pricks out there that I wouldn’t mind smacking. Now, on the other hand. If you are trying to brand yourself in your niche as an authority, you need to have specialized knowledge and something no one else has. Perhaps it is in social media.

The natural thing, it seems, would be to have people in that niche look upon you as an expert if the social media marketing campaigns are conducted correctly and your content is everywhere dominating the searches. Should you not embrace this “expert” title as a leader?