Is it my imagination or is nearly every blogger claiming they are NOT a social media guru, expert or rockstar this week?  Humility is suddenly in fashion.

I see this as a grand opportunity to leverage a market niche.  Since nobody is willing to fill the role of Social Media A-List Pubah – in fact they are dashing away from it –  somebody needs to step up and capture this market opportunity, right?  It might as well be me.

So, now I am the one handing out titles.  I call dibs on “maven.”  The alliteration suits me: Mark, The Social Media Marketing Maven. 

Since Beth Harte called me a link baiter* this week, I thought about claiming the title of Social Media “Master Baiter”  but declined since there are several more worthy bloggers that come to mind for that title.

Don’t worry, there are still plenty of sparkly titles available, including ”kingpin,”  “commandant,” and “jedi master.” They will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis.

So get in line to claim your booty … so to speak. No pushing.

* She apologized.  But it made for a good joke, and enabled me to be the first person in history to use the hat-trick of “turd,” “dipshit” and “master baiter” in the context of a legitimate blog.  So you see Beth, it all worked out.

15 Comments

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  By Gregg Morris, September 25, 2009 @ 4:19 am

  At the end of a long week, it’s nice to see your sense of humor shining brightly through. That picture is a riot. And, I had no idea that was such a coveted blogging trifecta!

  You put yourself out there to get some conversations going this week, conversations that really needed a spark to ignite them. As my Aussie friends like to say, goodonya mate!

  Thanks for letting all of us take part. Now, about that “commandant” title, I always did like Colonel Klink…
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  By autom, September 25, 2009 @ 8:17 am

  Social Media Jedi Master: trained in the ways of the ‘Wisdom of Crowds’, disciplined, agile and deft at sensing any disturbance in the farce.
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  By Mark, September 25, 2009 @ 8:27 am

  @ gregg — OK, commandant it is!

  @autom — just woke up the neighborhood I laughed so hard at your comment. It’s nice to have a little fun with this thing every now and then!
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  By Carla Bobka, September 25, 2009 @ 9:00 am

  I’ll take Queen, plz.
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  By George Tong, September 25, 2009 @ 9:35 am

  Is Social Media Overlord taken? Although, the title maybe a bit too humble(just kidding! :D).
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  By Mark, September 25, 2009 @ 10:08 am

  @ Carla, Sorry, “Queen” was already taken by Perez Hilton but “Diva” might fit you nicely.

  @George — Overlord — got it down, but it will be a little extra since it is three syllables. That is a value-added title.
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  By Nathan Dube, September 25, 2009 @ 10:27 am

  As to how I have gotten paid to play my guitar at my company which sells managed print services on company time I am going to have to take Social Media Rockstar. We blow up printers and have a disco ball hanging in one of our offices (seriously).
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  By Dan McCarthy, September 25, 2009 @ 11:44 am

  I pick social media mime. I’d rather be an expression of social media, than lend further noise.
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  By Mark, September 25, 2009 @ 12:33 pm

  I ran into a guy on Twitter today who’s bio description is “the Peter Pan of PR.” I can’t imagine a positive association between a business exec and a tight-wearing fairy (and I do mean “fairy” literally!) who fights pirates. That may be the best title so far. Here are some titles that would be in the same vein:

  The Boy George of Wall Street
  The Pooh-Bear of football
  The Amanda Chapel of Manners

  OK, Amanda, don’t kick my ass. OK, go ahead.
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  By Davina K. Brewer, September 25, 2009 @ 4:34 pm

  Grand Poobah, Big Cheese, Jolly SM Giant, Bloginator, the list is endless.

  RE: humility and being labeled a “guru” or “expert”, I wonder if it’s sort of like the Sports Illustrated or Madden Football cover curse? Thanks for the lighter, fluffier post for this Friday.
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  By Steve Dodd, September 25, 2009 @ 6:03 pm

  Spider…………..looking forward to your spin on that!
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  By Judi Samuels, September 27, 2009 @ 11:00 am

  SM Nerd… Why?

  1/ I might be found with binders, research and books on SM – because I actually enjoying studying & learning something new.

  2/ I try things (let’s call them social experiments) to see what works & doesn’t work in SM.

  3/ I’ve once been told that “Nerds are hot”.

  4/ I actually made a list to explain the rationale!

  Judi
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  By Jeff Hurt, September 29, 2009 @ 12:11 pm

  Gosh, I’m out of town for a week and I miss all the fun!

  Yes, yes, yes, please call yourself a Geekfest Guru
  A Grand Master of Social Blaster
  An expert with the most spurt
  A Sultan of the Social
  A Mytic of New Media
  A Prophet of the Platforms
  A Swami of Social Media
  A Maverick of Marketing!

  And it’s perfectly ok and acceptable to have a geekgasm!
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  By Mark, September 29, 2009 @ 1:13 pm

  @Jeff I’ll take a case of whatever you’ve been drinking. Welcome back!
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  By Jayme Soulati, October 2, 2009 @ 12:17 pm

  Testing the blog post tech troubleshoot, Mark. So, will comment although ignore it, please!

  “Isn’t ‘maven’ feminine?” B/c we don’t have masculine/feminine nouns in English ala German, French, Spanish, maybe it’s ‘Pat.’”
  @Soulati

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