Comments on: Are Social with the Media? Part 2: B2B

By: Beth Harte

Beth Harte — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 01:49:03 +0000

@TrevorWolf, thanks for stopping by! Actually I didn’t pitch Rich via Twitter. I had interactions with Rich on Twitter, but they were minor. I also retweeted a lot of his blog posts because some of my followers are in the IT industry.

I pitched Rich via e-mail and he responded via e-mail. As well, unlike most media folks, I told Rich (and Ronnie) that he could review the post before it went live. Asking a journalist or blogger to see their work before it’s published is is a no-no (Rich didn’t ask), but offering to share it was a great step towards establishing a relationship and trust.

By: TrevorWolfe

TrevorWolfe — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:09:10 +0000

Extremely insightful Beth. Sourcing Rich for this article was a great move. I would have loved to hear how the pitch and interaction between you two went via twitter, but the Q&A was quite eye opening. Thanks!

By: Beth Harte

Beth Harte — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:51:21 +0000

@Susan, glad to have providing something of interest and insight. It’s tough to know what a journalist/blogger is thinking unless you ask. And you can’t do that without a relationship.

@MackCollier, hmmm, sharing good stuff on Twitter is nothing new to you…you are the master there! LOL! Thanks for retweeting these posts for me, it’s much appreciated.

By: mack collier

mack collier — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:20:19 +0000

“Some of the Web 2.0 sites, such as Digg, Slashdot and Twitter, have been really helpful in sharing stories that I am interested in, which is also a way to share my expertise. Twitter has been an interesting channel for sharing what I find interesting, as well as posts from Data Center Knowledge. It’s been interesting to build a community on Twitter. At first I thought Twitter was silly, but now it’s become a daily tool and it’s a good way to share and to see what other people are sharing and talking about. There are a lot of people who didn’t know about my site before I was on Twitter. Now it’s a matter of rationing my time between Twitter, Digg, etc.”

Very interesting in regards to Twitter as I have noticed the exact same thing, and now use Twitter as a way to share interesting posts I come across in my feeds.

Like I’m about to do with this one, great stuff Beth!

By: Susan

Susan — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:38:49 +0000

This is even more enlightening. There are quite a few gems in there that I either 1) had not heard before 2) thought of before or 3) had a better explanation of “why” than I had heard before.

Some of this information has me thinking how I can adapt it to use for internal communications, where finding stories is liking pulling teeth.

Thanks Beth!