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By Mike Fruchter of MichaelFruchter.com (Twitter/FriendFeed)

Getting started with social media, whether for personal or professional use, requires learning the basic fundamentals. Social media is more than just creating a blog or Twitter account. The tools are great and give us big advantages, but they are simply extensions of how we engage and participate in social media, they are not the answers. The social in social media is all about the human element. This post touches upon 40 key elements to aid your success.

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Comments (14)

Stonyeagle,

Jan 06, 2009

Excellent article on social media and what to do and not do.

Hanna Wiszniewska,

Jan 06, 2009

I agree to the certain degree with the most of the points included in the article. Why than this piece irritates me...?

Rainmakertom,

Jan 06, 2009

A very nice article on social media.

Paulswansen,

Jan 06, 2009

Likely the best key element is to start.

Slipstream,

Jan 06, 2009

Good stuff, I also highly recommend Designing for the Social Web by Joshua Porter. I learned a ton from that book.

Omarseverino,

Jan 06, 2009

Great ! Have you written any other articles or have you created a community on this subject ?
I'm interested in learning more about Social Media for professional for publisher.

Romey Louangvila,

Jan 06, 2009

This is def. useful for the PR and marketing industry.

Courane01,

Jan 07, 2009

very organized for sharing with clients turning to me for guidance. thanks Louis!

Iprofnet,

Jan 07, 2009

Very nice overview of how to get started in Web 2.0

Tweric,

Jan 08, 2009

When you get done with all 40, call me and we'll drink a 40.

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Jan 27, 2009

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Fightclub,

Jan 30, 2009

Excellent article on social media.

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Jan 30, 2009

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Donaldtownsend,

Feb 01, 2009

I'm not so sure whether #mjberry is such a good example of a spammer on Twitter. He has got lots of followers who could unfollow him if they didn't value his tweets.