Are You Suffering From Social Media Socialitis?
08
2008

Ideas by Garrett Pierson and Illustration by Mike Dyson
With the growing phenomenon of Social Media, there seems to be a disconnect between how much is too much. I myself spend hours daily on Plurking (Plurk.com), Tweeting (Twitter.com), Friend Feeding (FriendFeed.com), Digging (Digg.com), Tagging (Technorati.com), Stumbling (Stumbleupon.com), Bookmarking (Google Bookmarks), Reading (Reddit.com), Facebooking (Facebook.com), Favoring (Faves.com), Propelling (Propeller.com), Hellotxting (HelloTXT.com), Mixing (Mixx.com), Eating (Del.icio.us), and that is just the beginning.
With all of this crowding the mind and giving us all Socialitis we need to put on our project managers hats to bring us back to reality so that we can keep our heads on straight. Yes this is all a lot to work with, but Social Media Marketing is totally changing the dynamics of how we market and network online but we need to remember that social media is not just another direct marketing channel. Social media marketing makes it possible to construct brand awareness and create customer loyalty, as long as you go about it the right way and get organized.
With this all in mind here are 10 tips, tools, and suggestions to get the most out of your social marketing campaign and to not go crazy:
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