Attendees at The Social Media Marketing World Conference in San Diego held last month received valuable lessons on social media - not through expert-led sessions but a gig titled “Let’s get social”. Mary McCoy from Continuum Managed Services gave the attendees a musical insight into the world of social web - from cats to hashtag fails. The song, a warm-up for a keynote panel led by Jay Baer (Convince & Convert) on the topic of "Have We Lost the Social in Social Media?", has created a considerable buzz online - for good or bad reasons that’s for you to decide!
The lyrics -
Verse 1
I'm showing you things you'll like
Trying to get engagement
Here's some photos from my life
My cat, my kids, some bacon
Verse 2
I'm hoping you'll share my stuff
And tweet it to the world
If you help me grow my Klout,
I promise that I'll share yours
Pre-chorus
So connect with me, let's have some fun
Let's show the world how this gets done
Chorus
Let's get social (social) with social media
Let's get social (social) with social media
Where we can spread the word and grow our reach
And find our fans in their newsfeed
Let's get social with social media
Verse 3
We're searching for the story
That'll bring us instant fame
So we shoot our "viral video"
And we post it to the Gram
Verse 4
We're looking for the secret
Of Facebook's Holy Grail
We try to keep from paying
That leads to hashtag #fail
(Repeat pre-chorus and chorus then to bridge)
Bridge
Hey now y'all, can we just get real?
Do we care about our fans or is this just another deal?
Said another way, have we lost our way?
Social's about the people, remember they are people
Do we really need another fan, like or share?
Do we need another post to show up everywhere?
I hope as we scatter we never forget
That our posts live forever even when we go to bed
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