Social media is a visceral, human, personal medium In social media, people contribute, create and comment... not just read or listen. From a marketing perspective, it's a "pull" environment where people vote on (engage with) what they find interesting. To that end, social media marketers can only be successful if they participate on the same level, executing on the focus of providing value to specific audiences. The result of those efforts should be measured by the "echo" evoked. Instead of impressions and number of followers, success should be measured by response to the contributions... … [Read more...]