Comments on: Will The Real Expert Please Stand Up http://churchtechmatters.com/2007/12/06/will-the-real-expert-please-stand-up/ Mon, 07 Nov 2011 22:44:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Greg Atkinson http://churchtechmatters.com/2007/12/06/will-the-real-expert-please-stand-up/#comment-985 Greg Atkinson Thu, 13 Dec 2007 01:32:32 +0000 http://churchtechmatters.com/2007/12/06/will-the-real-expert-please-stand-up/#comment-985 Good word. I'm hesitant of anyone who calls their self an expert. Like you said, we can offer help and share what we've learned, but we've all got so far to go and so much more to learn. Good word. I’m hesitant of anyone who calls their self an expert. Like you said, we can offer help and share what we’ve learned, but we’ve all got so far to go and so much more to learn.

]]> By: Matt Larson http://churchtechmatters.com/2007/12/06/will-the-real-expert-please-stand-up/#comment-984 Matt Larson Sat, 08 Dec 2007 05:08:53 +0000 http://churchtechmatters.com/2007/12/06/will-the-real-expert-please-stand-up/#comment-984 You don't label yourself as an expert, but you prove that you are either astonishingly knowledgeable, passionate, or more persistent than the others. Social Media world as a full-time gig? There are so many wide-open spaces that it is almost frightening. Only problem is everyone who knows how to make use of it are in the tech/internet/marketing fields. Don't be afraid to go out there and "get it" though. There will always be someone that knows more so don't use that as a limitation. Even "experts" have mentors. You don’t label yourself as an expert, but you prove that you are either astonishingly knowledgeable, passionate, or more persistent than the others.

Social Media world as a full-time gig? There are so many wide-open spaces that it is almost frightening. Only problem is everyone who knows how to make use of it are in the tech/internet/marketing fields.

Don’t be afraid to go out there and “get it” though. There will always be someone that knows more so don’t use that as a limitation. Even “experts” have mentors.

]]> By: Brian Davis http://churchtechmatters.com/2007/12/06/will-the-real-expert-please-stand-up/#comment-983 Brian Davis Fri, 07 Dec 2007 15:42:08 +0000 http://churchtechmatters.com/2007/12/06/will-the-real-expert-please-stand-up/#comment-983 Jim, For a really frightening view on who the expert is now, check out Andrew Keen's "The Cult of the Amateur: How today's internet is killing our culture". He describes how the new expert is actually the amateur. I didn't agree with everything he said, but he makes good observations. Definitely worth reading. It's also interesting that the author is actually a silicon valley insider who started audiocafe.com. Jim,

For a really frightening view on who the expert is now, check out Andrew Keen’s “The Cult of the Amateur: How today’s internet is killing our culture”. He describes how the new expert is actually the amateur. I didn’t agree with everything he said, but he makes good observations. Definitely worth reading. It’s also interesting that the author is actually a silicon valley insider who started audiocafe.com.

]]> By: Chris Cree http://churchtechmatters.com/2007/12/06/will-the-real-expert-please-stand-up/#comment-982 Chris Cree Fri, 07 Dec 2007 12:21:27 +0000 http://churchtechmatters.com/2007/12/06/will-the-real-expert-please-stand-up/#comment-982 Jim, Like you I set out to help people. The ins and outs of blogging seemed inherently obvious to me so I figured they were for everyone else. I did a lot of work for free to help folks. Trouble is it really isn't obvious to most folks. Even the wonderfully user friendly open source tools available are still daunting to most first time users. I've spent years learning this stuff. I tell my clients they can teach themselves everything I know. Or, instead of making a couple years worth of mistakes they can pay me to help them get started. It's a good deal for them because they save money in the long run. Paying me is cheaper than making the mistakes when they've got a business to run. Does that make me an expert? I don't know. But so far my clients are happy. :) Jim, Like you I set out to help people. The ins and outs of blogging seemed inherently obvious to me so I figured they were for everyone else. I did a lot of work for free to help folks.

Trouble is it really isn’t obvious to most folks. Even the wonderfully user friendly open source tools available are still daunting to most first time users. I’ve spent years learning this stuff.

I tell my clients they can teach themselves everything I know. Or, instead of making a couple years worth of mistakes they can pay me to help them get started.

It’s a good deal for them because they save money in the long run. Paying me is cheaper than making the mistakes when they’ve got a business to run.

Does that make me an expert? I don’t know. But so far my clients are happy. :)

]]> By: Chris Brogan... http://churchtechmatters.com/2007/12/06/will-the-real-expert-please-stand-up/#comment-981 Chris Brogan... Thu, 06 Dec 2007 23:34:49 +0000 http://churchtechmatters.com/2007/12/06/will-the-real-expert-please-stand-up/#comment-981 Interesting how these things come about, eh? Glad you're part of the conversation. Interesting how these things come about, eh? Glad you’re part of the conversation.

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