If you follow me on Twitter or Facebook you’ll know that I auto post blog posts from here / Brittany Beers and a few other places into my stream. I’ve been playing with various systems whether it’s our own RSS.Me / NetworkedBlogs (which I strongly disliked) or RSS Graffiti which I’m currently testing. What they do is take your blog post and post it to the various social media sites you’re on once you give them access to post. NetworkedBlogs I dislike for a few very simple reasons. They require you to confirm your identity either by spamming or friends asking them to...

I see a piece in yesterdays Telegraph entitled “Time to ditch the blood-sucking social media gurus“. I find it funny … I created a website in erm was it October 2009 ? (not a website but a parody page / graphic) Donkey Fluff … love the phrase Social Media Guru Of course I do think that social media has a place in things … its a bloody costly place that can be difficult at times to judge the effectiveness of but it has a place none the less....

My name is James and I made the Greatest SEO Marketing Guru website ever I also made the theme for the site Social Media Expert Like most people using “social media” I’m constantly amazed by the amount people seeking advice / how to’s and so on. I’m also heavily amazed by the amount of people offering their services to them. While I realise there is always a need to have some advice with new technology / ways of doing things the social media guru stud guy coaching type thing is a bit extreme no ? So really what you’re wanting to ask is WTF is social media marketing...

Twitter … hailed as the buzz buzz social media buzz buzz marketing tool buzz buzz But what is it really … I’ve no doubt its a great tool, its full of interesting people … its full of useful tidbits of information its full of the mundane .. “Drinking a coffee” / “I need a coffee” … its full of live news updates “was that an earthquake ??? #galway” … its full of the fake “oh my god XYZ just died” … Its full of advertising “Thank you XYZ your product C was great” .. promotions “use twitter1111 now...