Comments on: The Traditionals are Right!

By: Branching Out: The Maples DMG Blog » Blog Archive » Social Media: Getting It Right

Thu, 12 Feb 2009 00:18:41 +0000

[...] As social media evangelist Ron Ploof puts it, there are three groups in the marketplace: those who don’t get social media, those who do get it, and those who are running with scissors, priding themselves on being up to date by using Twitter and Facebook without really understanding how the different media play to different audiences and purposes. [...]

By: RonAmok! » Social Media Manager DOA

RonAmok! » Social Media Manager DOA — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:27:28 +0000

[...] words used here are “drive” and “maintain,” two control words used by traditionals who are still under the delusion that they have control over their brand and messages. Social Media [...]

By: RonAmok! » MPDM Social Media Nuggets

RonAmok! » MPDM Social Media Nuggets — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 03:10:08 +0000

[...] like this question because it cuts to the heart of my battles with the traditionals who think that they control their brand. It’s really important for businesses to monitor the [...]

By: RonAmok! » Place & Route on an iPhone

RonAmok! » Place & Route on an iPhone — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:07:52 +0000

[...] be stiff. There’s nothing wrong with grabbing that Flip Camera and recording something that a traditional would never put on a corporate [...]

By: RonAmok! » Let the light in

RonAmok! » Let the light in — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:08:11 +0000

[...] Yesterday’s New York Times article In House, Tweets Fly Over Web Plan illustrates the intense emotions that surface when the “Get its” run into the “Traditionals.” [...]

By: Ken Wetherell

Ken Wetherell — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:32:05 +0000

Funny stuff! Thanks for the link to David’s blog. I’ve subscribed to his feed also and so my list of new media advisors has just grown. Cheers.

By: Ozzie Wallace

Ozzie Wallace — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:17:50 +0000

I found both David’s blog posting and yours to be really funny. The only problem is that the Traditionals will not find your post or Daqvid’s post because they are not online (their customers are). The Traditionals are the definition of insanity, trying to do the same thing over and over however, expecting a different out come each time. Sad.

By: Ron

Ron — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:57:30 +0000

Hi David,

I’ve found that “Fadders” fall into the “Traditional” category. Page 27 of The Traditional’s Handbook contains every combination and permutation of using the term “fad.”

Keep up the good work!

By: David Meerman Scott

David Meerman Scott — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:18:54 +0000

Hey Ron.

I love your categories. And thanks for the link to my video. I’m now back in Boston and the three days ago I shot that video seems like a long time ago!

I’ve got one more category for you to consider adding to your list: The “Fadders” THese are the people who resist all this newfangled stuff because they think that it is a “fad”. I’ve heard “Blogging is a fad”. “Twitter is a fad”. “Facebook is a fad”.

Right. Whatever.

David