uk-netmarketing Archive (2011-2015)

Wow. Thank you everyone for all the responses, the insight, the kind words
and the advice.

First, the scores on the doors:

Stick with email: 17 people
Switch to Linkedin: 1 person
Switch to Facebook: 1 person

It looks like the UKNM crowd (and I think me, too) prefer the old school
email approach. I've added some comments to various people below...

@John Horsley - thanks for the insight on the Linkedin API, I had a look
through the terms, but the feedback from your experience is much
appreciated. When I first posted I hadn't seen the T&C stating that content
stored on Linkedin couldn't be cached. So they own all the conversations,
not the group. Killed it for me.

@Angus Phillipson/@John Duffy - point about the threaded forum/archive duly
noted, and has been for ages, finding the time/tech to achieve this has
proved much harder than I thought. Ironically, the tech in this space
really hasn't moved and the rise of social media seems to have slowed it
even more, despite most of us spending plenty of time in our inboxes.

@Ben Thompson - we wouldn't want to be held responsible for breaking your
social media fast, as good a reason as any for not switching away from an
email list.

@Barry Furby - good point about Linkedin being synonymous (in the minds of
employers at least) with job hunting and the perception of how clicking
round, even a group, might be perceived in an office.

And finally two, very kind, very humbling quotes, which if you don't mind
me adding to the page on the website, I'd love to add them:

@John Braithwaite - "Anyway, all the best to all for 2012. I will be
offline as my fourth boy is due Tuesday ... life moves on fast: when I
joined I wasn't a father..." - congratulations!

@Suzy Turnbull - "I have interacted/contributed to Chinwag more than any
other group in my last 6 years in Digital." - so, so kind od you.

And a massive thank you to everyone who has and continues to contribute
frequently, infrequently, by reading, listening and being part of our
little gang. Can you believe UKNM has just turned 16!

So, next steps? Sticking with the email list format and tidying up the
Mailman setup (John/Nabil - thanks for the notes about messages and
filtering, I'll check those out).

Now that we're using Mailman I hope it's going to be easier to import the
old archives from 2001-2011 and add them to the website. Now to tackle the
various technical challenges that involves.

Thanks again for all your support.

Toodle Pip

Sam

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On 6 January 2012 17:09, Jim Sterne <jsterne at targeting.com> wrote:

> I go to Linked In every time I get an email telling me there's something
> to look at.****
>
> I'm on email all day, every day.****
>
> Maybe I'm just getting old, but please keep this as is.****
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> *From:* uk-netmarketing-bounces at mm.chinwag.com [mailto:
> uk-netmarketing-bounces at mm.chinwag.com] *On Behalf Of *Nabil
> *Sent:* Friday, January 06, 2012 12:09 AM
> *To:* uk-netmarketing
> *Subject:* Re: [uk-netmarketing] What do we think of Linkedin groups?
> Should UKNM move?****
>
> ** **
>
> Not that I'm opposed to change but 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it'.
>
> There's alot on noise on the linkedin groups and thus I tend to pretty
> much ignore most of the ones I've signed up for - most of them appear to me
> primarily be  way fro some people to market their services as opposed to
> true discussion.
>
> My two cents.
>
> Nabil
>
> On 05/01/2012 10:01, Sam Michel wrote: ****
>
> Morning all... ****
>
> ** **
>
> I ponder this from time-to-time, but I was wondering what everyone's
> thoughts are on Linkedin groups? Is it worth moving uk-netmarketing and the
> other lists over to Linkedin as I'm guessing pretty much everyone is signed
> up?****
>
> ** **
>
> Are they Good? Bad? Useful? Spam? Ignored?****
>
> ** **
>
> My tuppence is that they can be useful, but I'm signed up to quite a few.
> The API now allows better integration and retrieval of the content so it
> seems like it might be a good solution. Or do you have another superb
> solution?****
>
> ** **
>
> I'd really love your opinions on this one. Thanks in advance.****
>
>
> Toodle Pip
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