We Know Who You Are!

Social Media Marketing is something that we all take part in, spreading our brand far and wide across the net. Often the desire to gain greater traffic leads to multiple social accounts which to some people is cheating, to others it's just playing the game.

I'd had this blog post tucked away in my drafts for a while but this article Tiers of Transparency: The Ethical Brand Ambassador brought the whole issue back to my attention. Now whether it is right or wrong is something I'm not going to get into here but all I will say is that it's here, it's not going away and you're probably not going to be able to stop it! If you want to read a more serious post then Lisa Barone The Use of Fake and Michael Gray's Fake Social Media Profiles can help you there.

On a lighter note I thought I'd ask a few socialites for some creative thoughts to see what they could come up with as alternative accounts for themselves!

Makakman - Richard Dewick

Username: HotChic
Bio: HotChic is a 99 year old woman from Tibet in a complicated relationship. I am a self-proclaimed social media sprite and a top user on Digg and Propeller. I was first in line for an account on Identica as I think it's the next big thing. Please don't shout me more than 15 times a day, no spammers! My eye sight is going but I love all those sites from the early days of the interweb, those big blocks of garish colours.

Person I'd most like to meet: Rand Fiskin mmmmmmm

ViperChill - Glen Allsopp

Username: SmokeWeedEveryday
Bio: I'm a 16 yr old weed addict from Bangkok, Thailand. Weed is the solution to all my problems, I just get high so that I don't feel bad manipulating the social sites and voting for all my friends stories. Feel free to add me as a friend and I might share some love your way the next time I smoke. My most common search terms on StumbleUpon are 'funny stuff' and 'im bored'.

Don't drink and drive, smoke weed and fly

Person i'd most like to meet: SexySEO

(Disclaimer: I don't smoke weed)

SpostareDuro - Kimberly Bock

Username: GeorgianValleyGirl
Bio: Golly gee..I guess this is where I'm supposed to tell you who I am. *giggles*.
Well, uh, er, um..I'm a 20 yr old Georgia peach. I believe everything anyone ever tells me, like fer sher, because I so totally want peace in the world. When someone deceives me or is cruel, I just giggle and pray for them, cause like fer sher, I'm sure they didn't mean it. Um, who I'd like to meet? Well, gosh, I've always wanted to meet Aunt Jemimah, but like, I hear she's dead or maybe was never Aunt Jemimah, which kinda broke my heart and all.

SonnyGill - Sonny Gill

Username: TechyGrl
Bio: I'm love the tech scene and meeting new faces at all the events. You can find me on my iphone twittering about which Starbucks I'm at with brightkite. I know you wanna find me, so check your tweets boys. I love connecting with people on Twitter and Flickr. I have tons of pictures of me with my tech buddies from SF to NYC. (I'm the one with the glasses and tight vintage shirt;)).

Marketmou - Patricia Skinner

Username: SemmifreddoBio
Semmifreddo was born in a small town in Transylvania. It was assumed right from the start that she would be 'something in communication' since she started to communicate when she was only days old and ever since no one could shut her up. Her remarkable powers of communication and razor sharp wit mean that she is the perfect choice for any project you need executing online, and if you have an online enemy you'd like to have executed, nobody does that better than Semmifreddo.

She is particularly good at getting you noticed via her social media accounts. However, her particular forte is bringing down your competition, which she does subtly while in stealth mode, using her social media accounts and collaboration from her many social media friends (aka people who owe her one).

Person Semmifreddo would most like to meet: Marie Antoinette

Place Semmifreddo would most like to visit: Disneyland

Semmifreddo can be found reading The Hobbit and watching Sesame Street whenever she's not engaged online.

I know you're dying to ask, so I'm' going to include this too: Semmidfreddos enviable outfits are all from the BBC's costume department.

NorthSouthMedia - Paul Stevens

Username : YoungFrankie
Bio: Total comic freak into all the old Marvel stuff. Love Sci-Fi, Horror (esp b/w) Films.
Student studying media technology and also a triplet which creates its own problems -
because my brothers are doing the same course as myself and we all like the same things
including social media. You might bump into them on this site and think its me but its not
its my triplet brothers : YoungFrankieJunior & YoungFrankieJuniorJunior :)

Best Quote Ever : Screw The Man!

Thanks everyone for taking part, it's good to free your mind sometimes!

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