Comments on: And We’re Off, Manchester’s Social Media Cafe Opens For Business

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By: Chi-chi Ekweozor

Chi-chi Ekweozor — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:14:58 +0000

Thanks for your comment, @Gill, and the kind words about my input from the panel… good stuff!

Yes, I’ve found myself checking out thephotographicadventuresofnickturpin.com from time to time… the photos are pretty interesting and the interactive overlay that shows you what others voted for is fantastic.

Catch up at the next Social Media Café event!

By: gill moore

gill moore — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:01:16 +0000

Hey Chi Chi,
Thanks for the mention, it was nice to catch up and a really good night overall; well attended and I thought the evening was smoothly handled, lots of input from the floor and real insight from all the panellists (your good self included.

Indeed, I’m very grateful for your own top tip on the Samsung project featuring the street photographer Nick Turpin thephotographicadventuresofnickturpin.com
fab stuff, for once a great idea, new technology and social media work in tandem with a well planned campaign. Definitely worth treking into town for

By: Chi-chi Ekweozor

Chi-chi Ekweozor — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:02:44 +0000

@John Welsh,

Yes, I read your recent post about companies using social media to market themselves and left a comment!

As you allude to early on in the article, commenting on blogs will only take you so far; there is a need for offline, real-world social collaboration along with all this online ‘social networking’!

Keep up the good work.

By: John Welsh

John Welsh — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:06:50 +0000

Heh, Chi-Chi, sounds like a really great evening.

I really like the question about whether too many people were being rather too Web 1.0 with their blogs, imagining that the words themselves, however good, are the point. The old “broadcast” model.

I always say to others about to step into the world of social media that the key act of blogging is not the words themselves but the commenting on other blogs. I go further. Learn how to comment on other blogs before you even consider starting a blog. Only once you have discovered and contributed to the debate should you start your own.

Cheers

By: Chi-chi Ekweozor

Chi-chi Ekweozor — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:00:12 +0000

@Jon Clements

Thanks again for the interview… was lots of fun. Drop me a line when it’s live!