Comments on: The Bar Scene Teaches Us About Using Social Media The Right Way http://ryanpaugh.com/what-the-bar-scene-has-to-teach-us-about-using-social-media-the-right-way/ My name is Ryan Paugh and I build online communities. My business is helping brands get connected with people. My philosophy is simple: Listen to what people want and you will find success. Sun, 04 Mar 2012 03:50:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Economic Mess: Are we better off than our parents? - GenPink http://ryanpaugh.com/what-the-bar-scene-has-to-teach-us-about-using-social-media-the-right-way/comment-page-1/#comment-446 Economic Mess: Are we better off than our parents? - GenPink Thu, 07 May 2009 07:43:17 +0000 http://ryanpaugh.com/?p=303#comment-446 [...] Gen Y is that we can use any situation as a chance to learn and grow. Ryan Paugh wrote a post about how the bar scene teaches us to do social media the right way. While others may be using the bar as an escape from the stress of work Ryan, like many Gen Yers, [...] [...] Gen Y is that we can use any situation as a chance to learn and grow. Ryan Paugh wrote a post about how the bar scene teaches us to do social media the right way. While others may be using the bar as an escape from the stress of work Ryan, like many Gen Yers, [...]

]]> By: Ryan Paugh http://ryanpaugh.com/what-the-bar-scene-has-to-teach-us-about-using-social-media-the-right-way/comment-page-1/#comment-445 Ryan Paugh Mon, 04 May 2009 20:45:27 +0000 http://ryanpaugh.com/?p=303#comment-445 Hi Katya, Your goals will always evolve. Making local connections with personal/professional commonalities is a great place to start. You'll probably develop some new goals just based on the people you meet. If you're worried about making your goals too lofty. Have a short-term and a long-term goal in mind. -RP Hi Katya,

Your goals will always evolve. Making local connections with personal/professional commonalities is a great place to start. You’ll probably develop some new goals just based on the people you meet.

If you’re worried about making your goals too lofty. Have a short-term and a long-term goal in mind.

-RP

]]> By: Ryan Paugh http://ryanpaugh.com/what-the-bar-scene-has-to-teach-us-about-using-social-media-the-right-way/comment-page-1/#comment-444 Ryan Paugh Mon, 04 May 2009 20:40:09 +0000 http://ryanpaugh.com/?p=303#comment-444 Hey Mike, Good questions. I'll do my best to answer them ... 1) Aside from just generating a user base, you can measure the success of the communities you manage by engagement. The most important part of any community is to keep them active. So you can track comments, linkbacks, etc. to find what works and what doesn't. 2) Lists, routine, calendars ... whatever I can do to keep myself focused. I'm not a very structured person. I think that might be why community management works for me. But it's always a battle to keep yourself focused what needs to be done versus what REALLY needs to be done. Then you have to know when to stop. I don't like letting myself get burnt out. I always have a set time where I turn off my computer. My life comes first :) Hope that helps. -RP Hey Mike,

Good questions. I’ll do my best to answer them …

1) Aside from just generating a user base, you can measure the success of the communities you manage by engagement. The most important part of any community is to keep them active. So you can track comments, linkbacks, etc. to find what works and what doesn’t.

2) Lists, routine, calendars … whatever I can do to keep myself focused. I’m not a very structured person. I think that might be why community management works for me. But it’s always a battle to keep yourself focused what needs to be done versus what REALLY needs to be done.

Then you have to know when to stop. I don’t like letting myself get burnt out. I always have a set time where I turn off my computer. My life comes first :)

Hope that helps.

-RP

]]> By: Katya Zorina http://ryanpaugh.com/what-the-bar-scene-has-to-teach-us-about-using-social-media-the-right-way/comment-page-1/#comment-443 Katya Zorina Thu, 30 Apr 2009 06:17:26 +0000 http://ryanpaugh.com/?p=303#comment-443 @Ryan: I love this analogy and thanks for the tips! I am just starting to get into the social media and it's always nice to get some basic insight on how to succeed. I have one question about the knowing-what-you-want part though. I think I know what I want, which is to build a local network and stay informed, but am not sure how narrow or broad my goals should be. Any tips? @Ryan: I love this analogy and thanks for the tips! I am just starting to get into the social media and it’s always nice to get some basic insight on how to succeed.

I have one question about the knowing-what-you-want part though. I think I know what I want, which is to build a local network and stay informed, but am not sure how narrow or broad my goals should be. Any tips?

]]> By: Mike McDermott http://ryanpaugh.com/what-the-bar-scene-has-to-teach-us-about-using-social-media-the-right-way/comment-page-1/#comment-442 Mike McDermott Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:31:47 +0000 http://ryanpaugh.com/?p=303#comment-442 Ryan, Great analogy. I am exploring the Social Media Community Manager route right now and have some questions. 1. If the goal of community management is not the sheer # of "friends" or "followers", what sort of data do you provide the companies you work for? 2. You could get "caught up" with managing a brand with the 7x24 nature of the Internet. How do you lay out and plan your day? Thanks! Mike Ryan,
Great analogy. I am exploring the Social Media Community Manager route right now and have some questions.
1. If the goal of community management is not the sheer # of “friends” or “followers”, what sort of data do you provide the companies you work for?
2. You could get “caught up” with managing a brand with the 7×24 nature of the Internet. How do you lay out and plan your day?

Thanks!
Mike

]]> By: Nisha http://ryanpaugh.com/what-the-bar-scene-has-to-teach-us-about-using-social-media-the-right-way/comment-page-1/#comment-147 Nisha Fri, 13 Feb 2009 21:02:12 +0000 http://ryanpaugh.com/?p=303#comment-147 Haha, this is such a great post. What an awesome analogy. I love the part about knowing your limits- so true, and I'm reminded of it everytime someone tries to convince me that I need to get tumblr or friendfeed or plurk or meebo or whatever other weird-sounding social media site they love. Too much social media can send you into information overload. Too much at the bar and you still can't function even when its 3 pm the next day... Haha, this is such a great post. What an awesome analogy. I love the part about knowing your limits- so true, and I’m reminded of it everytime someone tries to convince me that I need to get tumblr or friendfeed or plurk or meebo or whatever other weird-sounding social media site they love. Too much social media can send you into information overload. Too much at the bar and you still can’t function even when its 3 pm the next day…

]]> By: Ryan Paugh http://ryanpaugh.com/what-the-bar-scene-has-to-teach-us-about-using-social-media-the-right-way/comment-page-1/#comment-142 Ryan Paugh Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:25:12 +0000 http://ryanpaugh.com/?p=303#comment-142 <strong>@Grace</strong> Cheers right back at you! You're right, a brand without purpose can't be served. <strong>@Josh:</strong> I'm not a fan of Long Island Ice Teas anymore ... it's also a scientific fact that if you have too much of a certain type of drink, you never want to see it again. I'll stick w/ a bourbon and coke or a tequila tonic ... depending on my mood. I thought about the pick-up line analogy, but I cut it. I wouldn't have suggested not using pick-up lines at all though, just use the right ones. An important rule of effective social media use is knowing how to ask for something in the right way, and of course, having the guts to even ask to begin with. <strong>@Jamie:</strong> You bet. Start slow. For awhile I refused to use Twitter because it took away from the great focus I had in other elements of social media. So I eased my way in, and can honestly say that it's become a valuable piece of my social arsenal. @Grace Cheers right back at you! You’re right, a brand without purpose can’t be served.

@Josh: I’m not a fan of Long Island Ice Teas anymore … it’s also a scientific fact that if you have too much of a certain type of drink, you never want to see it again. I’ll stick w/ a bourbon and coke or a tequila tonic … depending on my mood.

I thought about the pick-up line analogy, but I cut it. I wouldn’t have suggested not using pick-up lines at all though, just use the right ones. An important rule of effective social media use is knowing how to ask for something in the right way, and of course, having the guts to even ask to begin with.

@Jamie: You bet. Start slow. For awhile I refused to use Twitter because it took away from the great focus I had in other elements of social media. So I eased my way in, and can honestly say that it’s become a valuable piece of my social arsenal.

]]> By: Jamie Varon http://ryanpaugh.com/what-the-bar-scene-has-to-teach-us-about-using-social-media-the-right-way/comment-page-1/#comment-141 Jamie Varon Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:16:00 +0000 http://ryanpaugh.com/?p=303#comment-141 "There’s an overwhelming conception that if you’re not using every hot, new social media tool you’re falling behind. Erroneous!" Sometimes I get so overwhelmed with all the social media I'm not utilizing that it hinders me from even utilizing what's right in front of me. But, hey, that can be expanded to a lot of things in life. “There’s an overwhelming conception that if you’re not using every hot, new social media tool you’re falling behind. Erroneous!”

Sometimes I get so overwhelmed with all the social media I’m not utilizing that it hinders me from even utilizing what’s right in front of me.

But, hey, that can be expanded to a lot of things in life.

]]> By: Josh http://ryanpaugh.com/what-the-bar-scene-has-to-teach-us-about-using-social-media-the-right-way/comment-page-1/#comment-140 Josh Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:47:12 +0000 http://ryanpaugh.com/?p=303#comment-140 Ryan, why all the hating on Long Island Ice Teas? Perhaps you've only been made poor ones. They're delicious! And they're one of life's great mysteries: How do you put gin, vodka, rum, and tequila in the same drink, and make it taste good? It's inexplicable. But they ARE tasty. And that's a scientific fact. Oh, and you forgot to mention not to use pick-up lines. (Although I guess that's not so much a metaphor, as it applies literally to both worlds.) Drink Long Islands! Ryan, why all the hating on Long Island Ice Teas? Perhaps you’ve only been made poor ones. They’re delicious! And they’re one of life’s great mysteries: How do you put gin, vodka, rum, and tequila in the same drink, and make it taste good? It’s inexplicable. But they ARE tasty. And that’s a scientific fact.

Oh, and you forgot to mention not to use pick-up lines. (Although I guess that’s not so much a metaphor, as it applies literally to both worlds.)

Drink Long Islands!

]]> By: Grace Boyle http://ryanpaugh.com/what-the-bar-scene-has-to-teach-us-about-using-social-media-the-right-way/comment-page-1/#comment-139 Grace Boyle Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:15:11 +0000 http://ryanpaugh.com/?p=303#comment-139 @Ryan P. I'm totally digging your analogy. Especially when talking about knowing what you want, because if you go to the bar and say, "umm...well, I'm not sure," how can the bartender best serve you? They can't. You will get the most out of your drink and social media usage if you're sure of what you want to grow into or receive. Thanks for writing this, Cheers! @Ryan P. I’m totally digging your analogy. Especially when talking about knowing what you want, because if you go to the bar and say, “umm…well, I’m not sure,” how can the bartender best serve you? They can’t. You will get the most out of your drink and social media usage if you’re sure of what you want to grow into or receive. Thanks for writing this, Cheers!

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