Comments on: Patience: a Social Media Virtue http://www.nicolevanscoten.com/patience-a-social-media-virtue Public Relations. Social Media. Marketing. Wed, 14 Jul 2010 19:45:08 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Social Media and Friendship: Ain’t too Proud to Beg :PRBreakfastClub http://www.nicolevanscoten.com/patience-a-social-media-virtue/comment-page-1#comment-656 Social Media and Friendship: Ain’t too Proud to Beg :PRBreakfastClub Tue, 26 Jan 2010 05:02:38 +0000 http://www.nicolevanscoten.com/?p=1232#comment-656 [...] or effort on targeting the right audience; instead they just want any audience. A recent post by Nicole VanScoten touched on this issue about how companies want to grow their audience fast despite who’s [...] [...] or effort on targeting the right audience; instead they just want any audience. A recent post by Nicole VanScoten touched on this issue about how companies want to grow their audience fast despite who’s [...]

]]> By: Nicole VanScoten http://www.nicolevanscoten.com/patience-a-social-media-virtue/comment-page-1#comment-654 Nicole VanScoten Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:57:45 +0000 http://www.nicolevanscoten.com/?p=1232#comment-654 I agree, Ryan! It's often tough to do because companies get discouraged so easily. They see social media as an easy fix-all, and it's simply not. While signing up to Twitter and Facebook is free, the time it takes to really create a presence in the space is not free at all! I think a lot of people don't understand that. But here's hoping that as the space continues to become more mainstream, people will begin to "get it". In the meantime, like you said, it's our job to manage expectations. Thanks for the comment! I agree, Ryan! It's often tough to do because companies get discouraged so easily. They see social media as an easy fix-all, and it's simply not. While signing up to Twitter and Facebook is free, the time it takes to really create a presence in the space is not free at all! I think a lot of people don't understand that. But here's hoping that as the space continues to become more mainstream, people will begin to “get it”. In the meantime, like you said, it's our job to manage expectations. Thanks for the comment!

]]> By: ryanstephens http://www.nicolevanscoten.com/patience-a-social-media-virtue/comment-page-1#comment-653 ryanstephens Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:51:41 +0000 http://www.nicolevanscoten.com/?p=1232#comment-653 Whole heartily agree Nicole, and yet this is something that's hard to convey to businesses looking to get involved with the space. Most of them don't understand why they can't just send out a few tweets (nevermind the fact that they're not actually engaging), and hope that they'll obtain this large audience. That's simply not reality.<br><br>It's our jobs to manage expectations when people we're working with are first getting started in the space. Good topic! Whole heartily agree Nicole, and yet this is something that's hard to convey to businesses looking to get involved with the space. Most of them don't understand why they can't just send out a few tweets (nevermind the fact that they're not actually engaging), and hope that they'll obtain this large audience. That's simply not reality.

It's our jobs to manage expectations when people we're working with are first getting started in the space. Good topic!

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