The definition of social media: always changing and personal

Social media


I was recently asked how I would define the nature of social media and social media marketing. As a result, I pondered what social media means to me and how I would specifically describe it. All-in-all, I personally think that social media defies definition and overall classification, because in a sense it comes down the approach that people use.

However, I am sure there are people scattered throughout the world who would think differently and express the conceivable way to conduct social media in their own mind. But I think that is part of the intrigue of social media–that everyone has their own way of establishing their approach and new media perspective, which cannot be challenged in a sense.

Some individuals use it for personal networking and other people utilize it for professional purposes. Regardless of the reason, businesses and individuals cannot seem to isolate themselves from joining the celebration and expressing themselves through digital avenues.

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Steve Woods on social media: interactions lead to insights and…better sales

For our Social Marketing Meetup, we recently organized in Antwerp, I asked some people from all over the world to share in just one minute by video what social media means to them, from their perspective.

The results are some home-made videos in which industry leaders express their opinions. One of them was Steve Woods, CTO of B2B marketing automation company Eloqua, whom I interviewed earlier and who was invited by my good friend Koen De Witte, whose company Lead’fabric is the European partner of Eloqua and recently concluded a partnership with leading demand generation agency Pedowitz Group.

Steve is a leading B2B sales and marketing strategist who wrote a great book, Digital Body Language (you can download some chapters here) and has an excellent blog with the same name.

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