[LINK] social media not a business medium

[Steven Clark]

Stilgherrian wrote:
> On 25/02/2009, at 5:07 AM, stephen at melbpc.org.au quoted some lame  
> report:
>   
>> Facebook and other social technologies were supposed to help  
>> business-to-business marketers more effectively influence their customers' purchasing decisions.
>>     
> Was it? Good heavens, everything I understood about social media was  
> in terms of people connecting with people, to enrich their own  
> experiences etc. My mistake. It's about business marketing to  
> business. Silly me. I guess my friends wanting me to look at the  
> pictures from their Bali holiday on Facebook are really trying to  
> conduct business marketing. I am so stupid.
>   
you mean, can't have two purposes? one for me, one for you?

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Steven R Clark, BSc(Hons) LLB/LP(Hons) /Flinders/, MACS, Barrister and 
Solicitor
PhD Candidate, Centre for Regulation and Market Analysis
School of Commerce, City West Campus, University of South Australia

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