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Social Media, Social Structures, and the Paradox of Large by Steve Roesler – www.allthingsworkplace.com

“Our online communities tout authenticity, pull vs. push marketing, and flow.
At the same time, blogs, tweets, and café conversation openly criticize the corporate community for not embracing social media and its technology — a “push” kind of commentary.
How many customers ever embraced our product or service as a result of hearing us tell them how ignorant they are?”

In a chapter entitled ‘Social Media, Social Structures, and the Paradox of Large‘ Steve points out that suggesting they are ignorant, and need to change to people with mortgages, car payments, and college tuition is best done in a constructive, helpful manner.

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