Comments on: The Steve Jobs Social Media Paradox http://www.livingstonbuzz.com/2007/09/19/the-steve-jobs-social-media-paradox/ Musings and analysis on marketing, buzz and communications. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:31:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Apple: Rotten at the Core - PC World http://www.livingstonbuzz.com/2007/09/19/the-steve-jobs-social-media-paradox/comment-page-1/#comment-127849 Apple: Rotten at the Core - PC World Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:06:56 +0000 http://www.livingstonbuzz.com/blog/2007/09/19/the-steve-jobs-social-media-paradox/#comment-127849 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] Calacanis wrote a scathing post about you that shares many of my concerns (and several others). People are starting to catch onto you and they will turn on you at some [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> Kramer auto Pingback[...] Calacanis wrote a scathing post about you that shares many of my concerns (and several others). People are starting to catch onto you and they will turn on you at some [...]

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]]> By: The Steve Jobs Social Media Paradox « Apple News http://www.livingstonbuzz.com/2007/09/19/the-steve-jobs-social-media-paradox/comment-page-1/#comment-12219 The Steve Jobs Social Media Paradox « Apple News Tue, 30 Oct 2007 03:08:38 +0000 http://www.livingstonbuzz.com/blog/2007/09/19/the-steve-jobs-social-media-paradox/#comment-12219 [...] goes Steve Jobs and Apple’s incredible popularity in the social media realm.[…] Thanks to obeezy for providing this nice story on [...] [...] goes Steve Jobs and Apple’s incredible popularity in the social media realm.[…] Thanks to obeezy for providing this nice story on [...]

]]> By: Allen Ulbricht Dot Com » Blog Archive » Oh, Apple, What Have You Done… http://www.livingstonbuzz.com/2007/09/19/the-steve-jobs-social-media-paradox/comment-page-1/#comment-10353 Allen Ulbricht Dot Com » Blog Archive » Oh, Apple, What Have You Done… Thu, 04 Oct 2007 23:42:02 +0000 http://www.livingstonbuzz.com/blog/2007/09/19/the-steve-jobs-social-media-paradox/#comment-10353 [...] a company branded as so liberal would act so fascist. Perhaps this behavior is a trickle down from Steve Jobs’ “control freak” modus operandi. For all their marketing genius, Apple evidently didn’t notice (or didn’t care) that [...] [...] a company branded as so liberal would act so fascist. Perhaps this behavior is a trickle down from Steve Jobs’ “control freak” modus operandi. For all their marketing genius, Apple evidently didn’t notice (or didn’t care) that [...]

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]]> By: Eric Eggertson http://www.livingstonbuzz.com/2007/09/19/the-steve-jobs-social-media-paradox/comment-page-1/#comment-8966 Eric Eggertson Wed, 19 Sep 2007 06:30:11 +0000 http://www.livingstonbuzz.com/blog/2007/09/19/the-steve-jobs-social-media-paradox/#comment-8966 Canada has had a couple of Prime Ministers like that, and we're going through another one right now. Total control freak. Totally obsessed with public and media attention. Tyrannical when called out by a journalist or another politician. Vindictive. Possessive of any fragment of public policy momentum. Willing to cut the legs out from an underling or lieutenant who somehow embarrasses him. If they could bottle the Apple mojo and put it to work for their political campaigns, they'd be ecstatic. Only Jobs seems to be able to pull off the cult thing. (Actually, I'd say Al Gore has a similar cult thing going on, but he's not the control freak that Jobs is.) But, unlike devoted Apple-friendly bloggers, the Canadian political media hates being controlled, and does its best to hamstring the leader. In the long run, the only way the politician can win in this situation is to go around the press, which Jobs has been doing brilliantly for years. Canada has had a couple of Prime Ministers like that, and we’re going through another one right now. Total control freak. Totally obsessed with public and media attention. Tyrannical when called out by a journalist or another politician. Vindictive. Possessive of any fragment of public policy momentum. Willing to cut the legs out from an underling or lieutenant who somehow embarrasses him.

If they could bottle the Apple mojo and put it to work for their political campaigns, they’d be ecstatic. Only Jobs seems to be able to pull off the cult thing. (Actually, I’d say Al Gore has a similar cult thing going on, but he’s not the control freak that Jobs is.)

But, unlike devoted Apple-friendly bloggers, the Canadian political media hates being controlled, and does its best to hamstring the leader. In the long run, the only way the politician can win in this situation is to go around the press, which Jobs has been doing brilliantly for years.

]]> By: Geoff Livingston http://www.livingstonbuzz.com/2007/09/19/the-steve-jobs-social-media-paradox/comment-page-1/#comment-8964 Geoff Livingston Wed, 19 Sep 2007 06:07:23 +0000 http://www.livingstonbuzz.com/blog/2007/09/19/the-steve-jobs-social-media-paradox/#comment-8964 <p>LOL: Ike, your reverend talk makes me think of a word, which is demagogue... "A person, esp. an orator or political leader, who gains power and popularity by arousing the emotions, passions, and prejudices of the people." Does seem to fit the bill in some ways...</p> <p>Certainly Jobs will go down in history as one of the most fascinating CEOs ever. One for the universities.</p> <p>-GL</p> LOL: Ike, your reverend talk makes me think of a word, which is demagogue… “A person, esp. an orator or political leader, who gains power and popularity by arousing the emotions, passions, and prejudices of the people.” Does seem to fit the bill in some ways…

Certainly Jobs will go down in history as one of the most fascinating CEOs ever. One for the universities.

-GL

]]> By: Ike http://www.livingstonbuzz.com/2007/09/19/the-steve-jobs-social-media-paradox/comment-page-1/#comment-8963 Ike Wed, 19 Sep 2007 06:00:19 +0000 http://www.livingstonbuzz.com/blog/2007/09/19/the-steve-jobs-social-media-paradox/#comment-8963 Geoff - Jobs doesn't need a blog. Apple is controlling things so well right now, he doesn't need a conversation. Do you really believe Jobs "caved" to the early adopters? The "open letter" was drafted in advance, and sitting in an old-fashioned "closed drawer" waiting for its moment in the sun. The $100 "rebate" has more strings than an orchestra pit, and you can't even use the credit at iTunes. In an age when companies are scrambling to create Customer Evangelists, the right Reverend Steven Jobs reminds us that running the Cult of Apple can be even more lucrative. Geoff – Jobs doesn’t need a blog. Apple is controlling things so well right now, he doesn’t need a conversation. Do you really believe Jobs “caved” to the early adopters? The “open letter” was drafted in advance, and sitting in an old-fashioned “closed drawer” waiting for its moment in the sun. The $100 “rebate” has more strings than an orchestra pit, and you can’t even use the credit at iTunes.

In an age when companies are scrambling to create Customer Evangelists, the right Reverend Steven Jobs reminds us that running the Cult of Apple can be even more lucrative.

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