Comments on: 20 signs you don’t want that social media project

By: Welcoming Chris Applegate to the team / we are social

Welcoming Chris Applegate to the team / we are social — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:32:47 +0000

[...] in the UK with LOL Griffin and this satirical YouTube mash-up, has dispensed well received new business advice and, with his jaunty fedora, is a well known member of London�s social media [...]

By: Mat Morrison

Mat Morrison — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 21:46:45 +0000

Googled Prokofy Neva.

Found it ironic that a Second Lifer would offer anyone advice. Then realised – what with the Linden tied to the US dollar – that Prokofy may, in fact, be somewhat ahead of the game. Furthermore, when our real life economy turns out to be a consensual shared hallucination, maybe we SHOULD start listening to the furries and the guys in the nude suits.

By: Prokofy Neva

Prokofy Neva — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 20:07:29 +0000

Sounds more like twenty reasons for needing a new geek social media expert who isn’t as snotty as this one here.

You’ve simply snarked your way out of a job.

Write when you get work, i.e. can prove that your client putting up a dumb YouTube that gets gadzillion stupid and obscene comment son it, or puts up a Twitter that gets ignored or gets spammed by other PR gurus, will lead to actual *sales* of their widgets — or even yours.

By: Digital Stuffing � Lists, lists and more lists.

Digital Stuffing � Lists, lists and more lists. — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:30:39 +0000

[...] there’s Chris, with his 20 signs that you don’t want that Social Media Project 2. Client has a �hilarious� viral they want you to �seed�, which turns out to be their [...]

By: Perry Hewitt

Perry Hewitt — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:22:24 +0000

“We’d like this campaign distributed widely across the internet, but only to brand-safe environments.”

“External links are too risky.”

By: Mat Morrison

Mat Morrison — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 11:49:08 +0000

Wow. Times have changed, haven’t they? I wrote a 5-things list a couple of years ago that looks really outdated now:

http://www.rmmlondon.com/archive/5-sure-fire-ways-to-know-when-your-agency-might-be-tired/

By: kc

kc — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 02:17:36 +0000

I laughed out loud reading your post, fantastic :D

By: Stilgherrian · Links for 11 December 2008 through 20 December 2008

Stilgherrian · Links for 11 December 2008 through 20 December 2008 — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 02:01:11 +0000

[...] 20 signs you don’t want that social media project | qwghlm.co.uk: Chris Applegate’s amusing-because-it’s-true list. [...]

By: Nick Booth

Nick Booth — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:19:14 +0000

“I don’t think we could sanction anything we couldn’t control”

By: gkoya » Panic! if you see these items in your brief.

gkoya » Panic! if you see these items in your brief. — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 08:03:17 +0000

[...] 20 signs you don�t want that social media project | qwghlm.co.uk “Client says their new site is �really Web 2.0? but it�s made entirely in Flash with no permalinks.” [...]

By: links for 2008-12-17 « Notes from the Web

links for 2008-12-17 « Notes from the Web — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 02:03:30 +0000

[...] 20 signs you don�t want that social media project | qwghlm.co.uk Chris Applegate brings us an early Christmas gift with this brilliant post. I wish I had found it 2 years ago… (tags: socialmedia) [...]

By: hdrkid

hdrkid — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:15:36 +0000

1. Hey, can you get kids to stop posting negative comments on our youtube movies? I am tired of deleting “Diz sux!”