Comments on: 5 Social Media Marketing Pitfalls Beginners Must Avoid

By: Wayne Liew

Wayne Liew — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 09:34:53 +0000

They can’t regulate what the employees say on the Internet but they could come up with a list of best practices. Just like what you tell your sales force what to say and what not to say during a sales process. Monitoring of the space and the communication that the company is actively monitoring on the misuse is also crucial. It is totally up to the company’s culture when it comes to such policies and how a company is going to address it to its staff.

As mentioned in the presentation, the management needs to have some kind of fire fighting plan and what-if plans so that a crisis will not catch the company off guard.

By: slugo

slugo — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 20:17:54 +0000

I totally agree with all of the points that were listed, and thank you for the information. I do have one question, how can companies avoid the misuse of social media internally? or rather, how can they “regulate” what their employees are saying about the company?

By: Wayne Liew

Wayne Liew — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 01:55:44 +0000

That’s nice. No one actually cares about your products or services other than you. Just keep them in mind.

By the way, I think you offer a nifty solution (with a nice design) for tasks on your site, Task.fm.

By: Anthony Feint

Anthony Feint — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 01:32:36 +0000

I aim for a 90/10 rule where I talk about other people 90% of the time and only discuss my products for just 10% of the time.

By: Wayne Liew

Wayne Liew — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:58:58 +0000

Thanks pal. I will try to explore the benefits a little bit deeper before I place it on my blog. See you around on Twitter.

By: Wayne Liew

Wayne Liew — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:58:15 +0000

Thanks for dropping by Murray. Yes, there are a lot of tutorials out their such as this one covering social media marketing. Despite the fact that engaging and interacting with people seem hard, like you said, as long as the products and services that you offer is good, a business owner can learn from the mistakes easily.

By: Wayne Liew

Wayne Liew — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:55:07 +0000

No problem. We can always meet when we have the time.

By: David King

David King — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 04:03:14 +0000

Congrats man! I’m honored to know you!

Keep up the great work!

If you get a chance add Google friend connect to your blog… I wanna be a fan in your community!

Chat soon buddy!

By: Murray Newlands

Murray Newlands — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:49:07 +0000

I think that there is a real lack of understanding out there how to do social media marketing successful. It will take time but it will happen sooner rather than later. The good thing about social media marketing is that you learn your mistakes fast.

By: Desmond Ong

Desmond Ong — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:21:20 +0000

Darn. I missed the talk. LOL.

But hey we can still meet if you’re still in Sunway College. I’m transferring to INTi Subang Jaya.