Comments on: No, Having A Blog Does NOT Make You A Social Media Guru

By: Dr B

Dr B — Tue, 06 May 2008 15:10:17 +0000

This was brought up just yesterday when I had breakfast with erica and I agree with her completely - especialy considering her definition of a guru. I too shun the health and fitness guru title because we are all just pieces to the puzzle and connective homo sapein hubs that connect each individual to their unique needs and goals. She may not be a guru, but damn that girl is good at what she does. Just like that passionate desire to learn how to ride a bike when we were kids, we need a few folks to run beside us when we are tripping, falling, and swerving through the social networking world for the first time. Thanks Erica, and everyone please read my resoponse to her blogger’s block. Hopefully it will bring to life that Jerry McGuire movie quote; help me, help you, help me, help you.

“Breakfast with Erica”
I would go as far as to say that Erica could never have an actual ‘block’ when it comes to blogging. Just yesterday we finally got together at Le PeeP for a meeting and discussion on this very subject. Well, being the greenest of all green horns in this venue, I thought it was all about the writing, reading, follow up, content and seemingly endless time spent juggling all of this. She clearly spelled out that social media is exactly what what it states. She said, “It’s really all about relationships”. And THAT’S exactly what I am enjoying with my start up company, Body of Knowlege. When we first met about a year ago, I remember telling her, “Not sure what we will be doing together, but I like your energy”. And from this and many other relationships I have made at mixers and networkting events, the symbiotic cirlces of enthusiasm and passion are growing exponentially. Just one problem. TIME. Damn that 4th dimention! Wish there was a way to make more time, minimixe travel………
Thanks Erica! Einstien was wrong. Blogging and other social networking platforms transcends space and time (sorry Lenny Kravits for borrowing that lyric). I look forward to making more relationships, reaching out to more people, and helping more to reach thier goals than ever before.
Oh, one more thing. I have a tangential thought process that is extented when I write without editing, but will make always make an effort to tie things up at the end.
Erica, how could you EVER have Boggger’s block since this is an oxymoron according to your definition of socal networking? The only way you could ever have an actual blogger’s block is if you blocked yourself from entering one.

By: Christine

Christine — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 06:15:13 +0000

Oh, and why didn’t I think of being a blogging coach back in 2004 when I had the time? *Headsmack!*

By: Christine

Christine — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 06:14:02 +0000

Regarding Laura’s comment at the beginning — social media already *is* an essential part of the fabric of our lives. It has been since, well, forever. It has gone by many different names - networking, socializing, the list goes on and on. In the 50s, a housewife would ask her friends who was a good seamstress and get recommendations. Today? We go to Twitter.

We aren’t inventing something new. We’re just packaging it differently. Relationships and recommendations have always been a part of life.

By: Mia Rose Greco

Mia Rose Greco — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:53:51 +0000

After seeing you at the networking event last night…I had to come on here and check your site out. I love it…keep doing what you love because your Dynamic! Thanks Erica I enjoyed!

By: Jenny, Bloggess

Jenny, Bloggess — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:47:19 +0000

1. This is brilliant.

2. Blogging coach - I want that job.

By: Susan Price

Susan Price — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 22:45:51 +0000

Lovely expressions of important topics, Erica. I like to think we can be intentional in our activities in the virtual world, and lead by example. You’re certainly doing that here.

I hope that social media is part of a larger trend of individual responsibility and empowerment, from the latest rise of democracy (I’m talking 1700s and not the backsliding that’s been going on in America in the last decade) to the availability of publishing and now communications technology.

I tend to lose sight of the fact that We The Connected are still a tiny elite class in terms of overall world population. But it’s growing. And we have both the opportunity, and I think the responsibility, of creating online spaces that enable authentic dialogs.

I’m pleased to be able to participate in this one

By: hubs

hubs — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:55:42 +0000

I know what Social Media is. But what is a Guru? What is a Guru not? You said you are not a guru, why? Is a Guru something more than just be knowledgeable? I’ve been blogging myself since 2002 and have private beta tested numerous “web 2.0″ applications but don’t call myself a guru, coach, or “New Media and Loyalty Marketing Specialist” either. Is it the titles we should be afraid of, or the competition (regardless of what they call themselves)?

I too think a Guru or specialist or coach or whatever needs to have clearly stated qualifications but I don’t know what they are. Do you? Somebody in the comments said “aggressively separating the wheat from the chaff. And being careful who you ‘endorse’ or associate with”. I’m not sure what that means other than be careful who you hang around with and make sure you look good doing it. When it all comes down to it, Life is about relationships.

Anyway, I’ll stop brain dumping in you comments. Just posting some thoughts to ponder.

By: Ross Hill

Ross Hill — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 07:40:48 +0000

What’s wrong with a blogging coach? They’re just another coach. A coach holds you to your goals and gives you hints on how to achieve them. I know somebody who used to have a fat personal trainer - it’s not necessarily about how good they are themselves, just how good they can help you become.

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By: Jennifer T

Jennifer T — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:26:29 +0000

I am a communications professional. Social is just one of the tools I am trying to work into my arsenal. I am the one has been chosen to start learning how we can use these tools to achieve our communications goals in my workplace. In discussions on the projects that I am working on, I do a lot of explaining to a very non technical audience what Social Media is, and how people are using it. SO…these people keep referring to me as an “expert”. I hardly feel like the expert. I am just the one picked to figure this stuff out and report back. I wonder if some of these “Guru’s” are being talked into their elevated positions. It is easy to develop an inflated ego, when someone is helping you pump?