social marketing thoughts

Richard: Glad to see I’m not the only doubter.

I’ve heard that Obama got elected and Conan O’brien got his new TV show all because of social marketing. Really? No one knew these guys before they were on FB? That seems like a stretch.

Here’s how I use the web 2.0:

Linkedin has replaced the IDSA directory
Twitter is my news feed. The things I look for the most are posts of articles from Core, IDSA and Autosport. Sometimes I see an interesting post from someone on the Core Boards.
FB is essentially mental masterbation. There is nothing of value. Time kill central.

I’d like to hear from someone on the other side. Is there really anything we are missing?