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Social Media Part of Everything You Do

This is an excellent slideshow although maybe a little long, we found the Slide 76 to 99 covers a great deal of our thuoghts and plans. These slides are detailed below.

In fact social media is redefing virtually f***king everything including:
[but not limited to]

How We Work
How We Play
How We Learn
How We Share
How We Discover
How We Create
How We Complain
How We Celebrate
How We Mourn
How We Applaud
How We Influence
How We Collaborate
How We Investgate
How We Evaluate
And Even How We..[thats slide 92]

All media is now Social Media yet the basic rules stay the same

Rule 1 : Listen
Rule 2 : Engage
Rule 3 : Be Real
Rule 4 : Be Respectful
Rule 5 : Have Fun

The slideshow and words come from Marta Kaganwww.brandinfiltration.com ,
they would like your thoughts and so would we.

Social Media and You

Slide1
Looking at the relevance of social media, to you, your business and your customers/consumers/clients focusing on the importance of conversation.

Slide2
What does social media mean to you?

Slide3
Making contacts and connections in communities is not a new concept

Slide4
People and community are more important to business than ever before.

Slide5
2005 saw an explosion in wall to wall to wall interaction.

Slide6
We have more and more interruptions in our day from marketing.
We have the ability to ignore these marketing interruptions and we do.

Slide7
We wrote letters and got junk mail, we wrote emails and got spam.
Now we write direct messages to people who opt in to our network for information.

Slide8
What happens when we do listen to our community?
What happens when a community is enabled, inspired and influenced?
What happens if we engage with an inspired community?

Slide9
They share the information with their friends, followers and fans.

Slide10
Be Genuine, authentic, informative and real.
Engaged networks and communities provide trust and loyalty.
Information travels much further when it is shared.
Relationships have become more important than marketing.
People want companies to be open and approachable.

Slide11
Conversations and discussions will happen without being initiated by the company.
Companies are hanging on to the thought that they are in control.
Listening will improve your knowledge of your audience.

Slide12
It is not about message but the conversation that follows.

Slide13
The slideshow shows how relevant social media is when developing conversations between businesses and their customers/consumers/clients, and how understanding your target audience you are able to deliver added value to a service that they can benefit from.

How would you like your 15 minutes?

Today, the internet can provide numerous opportunities to create and express whenever, wherever and however you like! Whether you work with image, text or sound, experimentation is a key to changing the world as we know it.

By turning a camera on the audience or filming ‘celebrities’ in real-time is often seen as manufactured. The anonymity that follows for those involved was also predicted by Andy Warhol.

Whether anti-art or art, Dada [1916-23 and onwards] can be used as an example that inspired many more instances of creativity like Warhol’s.

Active creative expression can often provide a tangible cultural shift. Teddy Boys in the 1950’s reinvented the Edwardian Drainpipe trouser, to the style we know well as Skinny Jeans today. At the time, the high street witnessed a change in its youth culture.

Dada has also been alive and kicking since the explosion of Punk in the mid-1970’s. Thanks to the self belief in creative expression with a ‘do-it-yourself’ attitude from concept to completion, many of these bands are still performing today – taking a little more than the 15 minutes manufactured bands receive.

Being a creative often brings with it the pressures of listening to many opinions, different needs that can pull you in opposite directions, and above all, the final input and decision of your client. According to the ‘Andy Warhol’s People Factory’ documentary, Warhol’s decision to become an artist and filmmaker was influenced by a lack of criteria and a space to create.

As important as our many demands appear, Warhol demonstrated that being true to your self can bring with it a creative and cultural influence to last another 40 years.

Maybe you’re reading this with unfulfilled aspirations which come to mind. Could your work be the next Andy Warhol? Or is your iPhone App [10 Experimental Art Apps on the iPhone] the next new innovation to emerge? Maybe you’re looking for people to collaborate with to make it happen? Whatever you think, feel free to share below.

Any thoughts please comment below