7 Habits of Highly Effective Social Marketers

About a year ago, Aaron Strout, a friend (and one of the best in the social media space) did a terrific series of interviews of some social media luminaries called “45 in 45″. Aaron interviewed the movers and shakers of the industry and came up with some terrific insights.

I’d like to take Aaron’s “experiment” one step further.

Some of us have wondered to ourselves…

• “What makes a good Social Marketer?”
• “Is it something in their DNA?”
• “Do they HAVE to have an iPhone?”
• “How do they get so much done in one day?”

In short, what habits do they have? What makes them who they are and who they want to be?

Well, I don’t have the answers, THEY do. And when I say “THEY”, I mean some of the best and brightest minds in Social Media. I’ve asked them to give us their honest answers to the following questions.

1. What one trait or habit got you to where you are today?
2. Your work day just started, what’s the FIRST thing you do?
3. What makes you efficient with your day?
4. Your Favorite Business book of all time?
5. 3 things on your desk right now/ 3 things you can’t live without
6. Habit you want to kick in 2009
7. Habit you’d like to form for 2010

So over the next month or so, we’ll get some answers. Perhaps there is a shared trait or habit worth picking up?

Here is an abbreviated list of  a few of the people participating, (We’re still hearing from people). If you’d like to see someone added to this list, please let me know.

NOTE- for those who want to follow along in the Twitter conversation, and be updated when we post new entries use the #sm7habits hashtag

Aaron Strout, CMO, Powered (interview on 1/28/10)
Phil Johnson,  CEO of PJA Advertising
Ann Handley, Chief Content Officer at MarketingProfs
Melanie Notkin, CEO, SavvyAuntie (interview on 2/1/10)
Jim Storer, Principal at The Community Roundtable
Jeremiah Owyang, Partner, Altimeter Group
Justin Levy, General Manager, New Marketing Labs
Kate Brodock, President, The Other Side Group (interview on 1/29/10)
Laura Fitton, Founder, One Forty
Doug Haslam, Blogger, Social Media/PR Consultant
Bill Johnston, Chief Community Officer, Forum One Networks
Tim Walker, Editor and Blogger for Hoovers (interview on 2/3/10)
John Jantsch, DuctTape Marketing
Christine Perkett, Perkett PR (interview on 2/4/10)
Mike Volpe, VP, Marketing, Hubspot
Greg Matthews, Health Revolutionary at Humana
Colin Browning
Paula Berg, (former Social Media Manager at Southwest Airlines) Now Digital Media Lead at Linhart PR
Jim Long, Videographer, NBC News, Principal at Verge New Media (interview on 2/8/10)
Adam Cohen, Partner at Rosetta
Todd Defren, Principal, Shift Communications (interview on 2/1/10)
Rachel Happe, Principal at The Community Roundtable
Libby Delana, Partner, Mechanica (interview on 2/11/10)
Steve Garfield, SteveGarfield.com, author of Get Seen (interview on 2/8/10)
Paul Gillin, Speaker, writer, and Social Media Consultant (interview on 2/12/10
Adam Zand, PR and Social Media Consultant
Carissa Caramanis O’Brien, President, Red Box Communications

NOTE: We’ll be updating this list regularly as new names come in