Comments on: C2C Step 3: Connecting – Three Simple (!) Rules for being Well Connected

By: Self Improvement Ideas

Self Improvement Ideas — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 19:02:22 +0000

This is an excellent guide, thank you, i am learning alot!

By: Stephen Da Cambra

Stephen Da Cambra — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 04:31:50 +0000

@Steven – Absolutely. As I reread my post in light of your point, I probably understated the importance of knowing the audience (so much to say and so few words to say it!!). The beauty is, C2C feeds on itself, the more you participate, the more you will learn about your customers.

@Matthew – You are spilling the beans on the next post in this series!! But you are absolutely right. Check the Invesp blog next week at this time for the next post where I touch on the points you make here.

Chad B & Cricket V – While you have opposing views, I think you are both right – at least to an extent. First, lets face it, some products are sold on conversation alone. How many times have we heard the story that a one off solution was provided and, when others heard about it, the unwitting provider became a billionaire (or something like that).

I would never call anyone who seeks out the opinion of others, and heeds it if it works for them, “weak minded”. Indeed, I would consider them wise. There may be customers who choose to follow none but their own paths and common C2C efforts may not be effective on them. In my humble opinion, I believe there are very few people who truly fit into this category and many of those who consider themselves part of this demographic might be more susceptible to outside influences than they would care to believe.

Many thanks to everyone for the great comments.

Stephen

By: Cricket Videos

Cricket Videos — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 03:20:50 +0000

I don’t find conversation marketing to be to effective Chad, unless the person being informed is weak minded and relies on the opinion of others. I find viral and guerilla marketing popular. But then again, different things work for different people.

Regards Rami.

By: Chad Baskets

Chad Baskets — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 20:02:18 +0000

Conversation marketing can sometimes turn out to be the most viral and efficient.

By: Matthew Anton

Matthew Anton — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 18:31:42 +0000

Connecting is huge like you stated. Your right about the content obviously and Facebook and Widgets are a great way to get targetted traffic if you search by groups.

By: Steven Bradley

Steven Bradley — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 17:45:15 +0000

Stephen I think key is understanding your target audience. Different people react differently and you need to spend some time understanding what your target audience is likely to react to before you can truly be successful connecting with them.

Good post by the way.