Comments on: Barack Obama and Social Media http://www.flyteblog.com/flyte/2009/01/barack-obama-and-social-media.html Web Marketing Strategies for Small Business Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:51:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Hisham http://www.flyteblog.com/flyte/2009/01/barack-obama-and-social-media.html/comment-page-1#comment-193 Hisham Thu, 22 Jan 2009 09:01:52 +0000 http://www.flyteblog.com/flyte/2009/01/barack-obama-and-social-media.html#comment-193 <p>Yes, I would agree with the previous commenter in that your article managed what others may have missed. Barack Obama may just be using all the different social media tools to inform rather than engage.</p> <p>Not that it is a bad thing considering his already immense popularity, but for newer startups, it should never be enough to just put up a website, open a Twitter or Facebook account and inform the audience of your latest promotion. </p> <p>Barack Obama gets away with directly engaging the different subsets of internet consumers simply because of the way his campaign is run. Newer startups do not have that luxury as consumers, unless they have different social media tools that keep them engaged on you, have a very fickle mindset, and as such, you need to engage with them more, be it direct replies out in the open or physical meet-ups.</p> Yes, I would agree with the previous commenter in that your article managed what others may have missed. Barack Obama may just be using all the different social media tools to inform rather than engage.

Not that it is a bad thing considering his already immense popularity, but for newer startups, it should never be enough to just put up a website, open a Twitter or Facebook account and inform the audience of your latest promotion.

Barack Obama gets away with directly engaging the different subsets of internet consumers simply because of the way his campaign is run. Newer startups do not have that luxury as consumers, unless they have different social media tools that keep them engaged on you, have a very fickle mindset, and as such, you need to engage with them more, be it direct replies out in the open or physical meet-ups.

]]> By: Hisham http://www.flyteblog.com/flyte/2009/01/barack-obama-and-social-media.html/comment-page-1#comment-7948 Hisham Thu, 22 Jan 2009 09:01:00 +0000 http://www.flyteblog.com/flyte/2009/01/barack-obama-and-social-media.html#comment-7948 Yes, I would agree with the previous commenter in that your article managed what others may have missed. Barack Obama may just be using all the different social media tools to inform rather than engage. Not that it is a bad thing considering his already immense popularity, but for newer startups, it should never be enough to just put up a website, open a Twitter or Facebook account and inform the audience of your latest promotion. Barack Obama gets away with directly engaging the different subsets of internet consumers simply because of the way his campaign is run. Newer startups do not have that luxury as consumers, unless they have different social media tools that keep them engaged on you, have a very fickle mindset, and as such, you need to engage with them more, be it direct replies out in the open or physical meet-ups. Yes, I would agree with the previous commenter in that your article managed what others may have missed. Barack Obama may just be using all the different social media tools to inform rather than engage.

Not that it is a bad thing considering his already immense popularity, but for newer startups, it should never be enough to just put up a website, open a Twitter or Facebook account and inform the audience of your latest promotion.

Barack Obama gets away with directly engaging the different subsets of internet consumers simply because of the way his campaign is run. Newer startups do not have that luxury as consumers, unless they have different social media tools that keep them engaged on you, have a very fickle mindset, and as such, you need to engage with them more, be it direct replies out in the open or physical meet-ups.

]]> By: Josh Hurley http://www.flyteblog.com/flyte/2009/01/barack-obama-and-social-media.html/comment-page-1#comment-192 Josh Hurley Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:07:48 +0000 http://www.flyteblog.com/flyte/2009/01/barack-obama-and-social-media.html#comment-192 <p>I found your article very insightful -- in particular the analysis that differentiates between participating in vs simply connecting via social media.</p> I found your article very insightful — in particular the analysis that differentiates between participating in vs simply connecting via social media.

]]> By: Josh Hurley http://www.flyteblog.com/flyte/2009/01/barack-obama-and-social-media.html/comment-page-1#comment-7947 Josh Hurley Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:07:00 +0000 http://www.flyteblog.com/flyte/2009/01/barack-obama-and-social-media.html#comment-7947 I found your article very insightful -- in particular the analysis that differentiates between participating in vs simply connecting via social media. I found your article very insightful — in particular the analysis that differentiates between participating in vs simply connecting via social media.

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