Comments on: Social media magicians give away their best tricks

By: Mark Dykeman

Mark Dykeman — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 13:12:18 +0000

Thanks very much for providing the clarification and for stopping by!

By: f.k.a. insidious_plots

f.k.a. insidious_plots — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 22:34:25 +0000

so, THIS is where all that traffic on the fourth came from

i'm the “open source magician” guy and that was one of many rants/tirades i wrote a few years ago for a software user group focusing on web browsers for the Dreamcast game console and that's why terms like “passport”, “dp”, “chab”, “dreamkey”, etc. seemed out of place – they are names of various software for the Dreamcast and, as you may have gathered, some were the japanese-issue and the rest of the world were importing, bootlegging, and pirating them and then going to our little group in droves for translations and guidance on how to use them…

hope that helps the post make more sense and even more relevant to what is being discussed here…

By: Mark Dykeman

Mark Dykeman — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:27:53 +0000

Hi Heidi, sorry for the delay in responding. Excellent analogy and very good point. Thanks very much for stopping by!

By: Mark Dykeman

Mark Dykeman — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 21:53:11 +0000

My gut tells me that the pictures give this post the best chance on Digg, as opposed to the content. Seriously, though, thank you.

By: Mark Dykeman

Mark Dykeman — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 21:52:14 +0000

Dana: I'm convinced that Chris Brogan is only one of a set of identical triplets. Or he's cloned himself. Or he's got amazingly lifelike androids that fill in for him. Seriously, the man's a juggernaut. It's an incredible tradeoff.

By: Leo

Leo — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 21:09:22 +0000

Just posted this on Digg, thought provoking

By: Heidi Miller

Heidi Miller — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 19:15:27 +0000

Seesmic video reply from Disqus.

By: Dana VanDen Heuvel

Dana VanDen Heuvel — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 19:08:26 +0000

Mark,

I'm a fan of the 'thought leadership' or 'value forward' marketing concepts where we share a certain percentage of value to recapture the remaining value that the customer seeks. In a way, this is altruistic as we're helping people through information. Do we make them want more, sure, but if they're 'in the market' and we're 'helping them make a decision' then so much the better.

I sometimes wonder what all of the folks who blog like mad about social media do with their time? I mean, right now I'm making the choice to join the conversation vs. finish a client deliverable... Just like we make choices to work 'overtime' or help out our favorite charity. As long as it benefits the collective good of organizations long-term, then I say, share the secrets!

By: Mark Dykeman

Mark Dykeman — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 09:40:21 +0000

Cool, thanks Jim. Yeah, I was quite intrigued by the whole Open Source Magician thing.

By: thejimgaudet

thejimgaudet — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:25:22 +0000

I think it is best to teach someone to learn. I have been in a tech support role for most of my career and people have a way of just asking for things instead of getting the answer, when it can be faster to get the answer yourself. So after a few years I decided to start teaching how to get the answer and not just giving the answer and this dramatically reduced our tech support requests.

Great info and I read the Open Source Magician (a good read)