http://fastwonderblog.com/2008/12/17/community-manager-social-media-jobs-are-still-hot/ Thoughts on online community strategy, community management, blogging, social media, Yahoo Pipes and open source. Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:59:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://fastwonderblog.com/2008/12/17/community-manager-social-media-jobs-are-still-hot/comment-page-1/#comment-69307 Craig Thu, 18 Dec 2008 17:31:47 +0000 http://fastwonderblog.com/?p=741#comment-69307 As advertising budgets decrease companies are looking for new ways to gain exposure and facilitate excellent customer service. The web is where its at, and the majority of older businessmen are uneducated on new practices. Like in Malcolm Galdwell's "Outliers," he suggests success is based off of being from a certain time period, and certain events taking place. That's what social media managers are seeing now. As advertising budgets decrease companies are looking for new ways to gain exposure and facilitate excellent customer service. The web is where its at, and the majority of older businessmen are uneducated on new practices. Like in Malcolm Galdwell’s “Outliers,” he suggests success is based off of being from a certain time period, and certain events taking place. That’s what social media managers are seeing now.

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