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Confessions of a Social Media Rookie

 

Have you ever been asked in an interview, “Facebook or MySpace?”  Well, I had to explain during my interview with Phil Gomes, senior vice president for Edelman Digital, my many reasons for favoring Facebook.

And that is how my journey at Edelman Digital began nearly nine months ago. For the first six months, I worked on Edelman’s

Phil Gomes: Edelman Digital Sensei

I met Phil Gomes about four years ago when I was still working on the traditional PR side at Edelman. We worked together on a number of accounts and he played a big part in pushing some great (and very traditional) brands out of their comfort zone and into the social media space at a time when it was not quite as in vogue as it is today. Needless to say, he quickly earned the respect of both the client and myself (and aside from his digital brilliance, he’s kinda fun to work with!).

I recently got to pick Phil’s brain and among other things, I got some more…