Comments on: Social Media Buzzwords http://www.sobevent.com/social-media-buzzwords/ April 29 - May 2, 2011 • Chicago, IL Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:07:33 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Amber Rhea http://www.sobevent.com/social-media-buzzwords/comment-page-1/#comment-19961 Amber Rhea Sat, 30 May 2009 03:23:48 +0000 http://www.sobevent.com/?p=671#comment-19961 I hosted a social media buzzword bingo game here in Atlanta in January. Here's one of the winning cards: http://www.flickr.com/photos/brotherlove/3181784780/ I hosted a social media buzzword bingo game here in Atlanta in January. Here’s one of the winning cards: http://www.flickr.com/photos/brotherlove/3181784780/

]]> By: Heidi Miller http://www.sobevent.com/social-media-buzzwords/comment-page-1/#comment-17949 Heidi Miller Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:41:53 +0000 http://www.sobevent.com/?p=671#comment-17949 Ouch! First of all, I'm saddened to hear that words that have real meaning to me, like "transparency" and "listening" are now buzzwords. When did they lose their meaning? Is it just me that finds them useful and meaningful? As for the second paragraph, for some businesses, I suspect if I went in talking about leveraging connections for ROI, I'd get the contract at twice my usual rate. Ouch! First of all, I’m saddened to hear that words that have real meaning to me, like “transparency” and “listening” are now buzzwords. When did they lose their meaning? Is it just me that finds them useful and meaningful?

As for the second paragraph, for some businesses, I suspect if I went in talking about leveraging connections for ROI, I’d get the contract at twice my usual rate.

]]> By: Jerry Smith http://www.sobevent.com/social-media-buzzwords/comment-page-1/#comment-17945 Jerry Smith Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:58:46 +0000 http://www.sobevent.com/?p=671#comment-17945 It is very tempting to use buzzwords - sometimes I think we are trying to look as though we are "with it" and up with the latest trends (Social Media being a great example) but also I think it can be more comfortable to us. You are spot on though - jargon confuses and a confused mind usually goes away. So even if you are talking to an ideal prospect they may not understand what you do so the conversation goes nowhere. Describing what I do is along the lines of: "I help small business owners and independent professionals who love what they do but are frustrated that they struggle to attract clients consistently". I also mention the company name so they are aware marketing is involved. However there is a lot of coaching involved and I used to use loads of buzzwords about "goal setting, limiting beliefs, being intentional, values based planning, interactive relationship between mutually agreeing parties to achieve commonly devised targets" Urghh. Made sense to me but there were loads of blank faces and comments like: "oh.....interesting" which means anything but interesting or course! It's important to recognize what prospective clients are dealing with and phrasing your service offering in those terms. Thanks for an interesting post and now I need to stop talking about the SM conversation! It is very tempting to use buzzwords – sometimes I think we are trying to look as though we are “with it” and up with the latest trends (Social Media being a great example) but also I think it can be more comfortable to us. You are spot on though – jargon confuses and a confused mind usually goes away. So even if you are talking to an ideal prospect they may not understand what you do so the conversation goes nowhere.

Describing what I do is along the lines of: “I help small business owners and independent professionals who love what they do but are frustrated that they struggle to attract clients consistently”. I also mention the company name so they are aware marketing is involved.

However there is a lot of coaching involved and I used to use loads of buzzwords about “goal setting, limiting beliefs, being intentional, values based planning, interactive relationship between mutually agreeing parties to achieve commonly devised targets”

Urghh. Made sense to me but there were loads of blank faces and comments like: “oh…..interesting” which means anything but interesting or course! It’s important to recognize what prospective clients are dealing with and phrasing your service offering in those terms.

Thanks for an interesting post and now I need to stop talking about the SM conversation!

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