Comments on: I’m A Social Media Goody 2 Shoes … And Proud Of It

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By: Social Media Marketing Ethics at SMX East by Liana "Li" Evans | SEMClubHouse - Key Relevance Blog

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:32:53 +0000

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By: Lisa Williams

Lisa Williams — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 23:36:28 +0000

Great post. This topic is relevant to all the maybe questionable topics in our industry (good examples of cloaking, etc. as we all know how those fared in the long run;) AS SEO professionals we all need to decide how we execute our strategies. My biggest hope for the industry is that we are transparent with our clients about our tactics. (I would have a hard time selling a very conservative corporate client on fake avatars).
Great Horace Greeley quote that says it all, “Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident riches takes wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.” Marketers who spend time truly adding value for the social community and their clients will win in the long run. -Best, Lisa

By: li

li — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 17:46:24 +0000

Thanks Rand. I appreciate your sincere efforts. I really hope people learn from this, both inside your company and people outside watching.

We all make mistakes, we can all learn from them too.

~Li

By: randfish

randfish — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 17:33:25 +0000

I just wanted to add a public apology and more complete explanation here – http://www.seomoz.org/ugc/the-buck-stops-here. Thanks so much for taking my call this weekend, too, Liana.

By: Christine

Christine — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:34:09 +0000

Rebecca,

Okay, I think we’re all tired of this and want closure. I think something that would help put this whole mess behind us would be to put a note at the beginning of Marty’s new version of the article that states this was a re-write and links back to the original comments. They are part of the history of the article so there should be an easy way to connect them.

Then let’s all move on with our lives…it’s summer and a weekend. Time for everyone to quit biting at each other. Get away from the computer for a while and let’s all go have some fun.

Christine

By: FakePERSONA (LOL)

FakePERSONA (LOL) — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 13:55:12 +0000

Excellent post Liana. Rand seems sincere, Rebecca, bent out of shape.

By: li

li — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 13:32:47 +0000

Rebecca what else are we suppose to think when you put it up, promote it to the SEOMoz blog. Then when there’s an outcry, “clean it up”, put it back down to YouMoz again. We all think it’s over and done with and believe Rand is sincere with his approach.

Then late yesterday you put the article back out there, without the original comments (100+) that were first on that posting.

I’m sorry, but it just really says to a lot of people, “drama gets the site links, and traffic and I guess that trumps everything”, including us here at KeyRelevance.

By: Rebecca Kelley

Rebecca Kelley — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 23:57:50 +0000

“The drama gets the site links, and traffic, and I guess that trumps everything.”

It’s pretty disappointing if that’s what you think our intent was.

By: Christine

Christine — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:56:48 +0000

Thanks for the explanation Rand. No hard feelings.

The techniques Marty and others have advocated are amusing and have great entertainment value at conferences. While these techniques might work in the short run, I’d place these methods in the same category as invisible text, cloaking, etc…they are short cuts that might work in the near term but carry risk that they may damage the reputation and image of the client. They aren’t worth it. I cannot advocate such techniques for REAL clients…nor are they necessary. If you have good products and services you don’t have to fabricate avatars and the rest. Real live customers love giving reviews and testimonials.

Honesty and integrity may be old fashioned, but they are still the right way to do things….apparently I’m not alone in my thinking on this as we’ve received a number of emails of support. I was also touched by a post by Andrew Goodman with whom I share sentiments.