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....

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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...