Comments on: Hijacking of the Fast Company Influence Project http://spinsucks.com/social-media/hijacking-of-the-fast-company-influence-project/ Professional Development for PR and Marketing Pros Fri, 24 May 2013 11:44:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: 7 influential thoughts on social media influence | Sword and the Script http://spinsucks.com/social-media/hijacking-of-the-fast-company-influence-project/#comment-96837 7 influential thoughts on social media influence | Sword and the Script Fri, 16 Mar 2012 12:39:48 +0000 http://www.spinsucks.com/?p=2837#comment-96837 [...] has the most influence  “Who has more influence?” asked Gini Dietrich in this post called Hijacking of the Fast Company Influence Project. “Percentage-wise, I’d say the person with 100 friends who got 10 percent of their tribe to do [...]

]]> By: Gini Dietrich http://spinsucks.com/social-media/hijacking-of-the-fast-company-influence-project/#comment-23777 Gini Dietrich Tue, 03 Aug 2010 17:52:42 +0000 http://www.spinsucks.com/?p=2837#comment-23777 Well darn! Nate has surrendered his position (in a very gentlemanly and professional way) so I guess we won’t stay tuned in after all. http://www.itstartswith.us/blog/2010/08/03/the-influence-project-hijackers-surrender/

]]> By: Nate St. Pierre http://spinsucks.com/social-media/hijacking-of-the-fast-company-influence-project/#comment-23771 Nate St. Pierre Tue, 03 Aug 2010 17:10:57 +0000 http://www.spinsucks.com/?p=2837#comment-23771 I was wondering where you sat with all this, Gini. I always value your opinion (even if I don’t always follow it). :)

In other news, I surrendered to Fast Company about 18 seconds ago. You can see it here:
http://www.fastcompany.com/1676565/influence-project-help-were-being-hijacked

We’re still going to go ahead with the shared project next Wednesday, though, so watch for that.

]]> By: Dan Holden http://spinsucks.com/social-media/hijacking-of-the-fast-company-influence-project/#comment-23755 Dan Holden Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:30:29 +0000 http://www.spinsucks.com/?p=2837#comment-23755 Gini, I agree this project is interesting to watch. From what I understand it more or less grew out of an idea, a spark of creativity if you will. The fundamental motive was to generate publicity and without question it has accomplished that. As far as the site, I consider that more or less a game, somewhat secondary in importance to the message that anyone can have influence in the right circumstances. However, as an organic experiment, this site reflects real activity that happens every day on social media. Teams of fans are clicking through religiously on Twitter, for example, to trend their favorite music stars and movies. Affiliate marketers are creating networks of people pushing their CDs and videos. Even real influencers in social media are employing similar methods to stay on top of their markets. So,however this thing mutates, it’s going to be a reflection of real life strategies to create influence.

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