Yahoo: Wanna be a Social Media Producer?

Yahoo! is setting the bar for who is qualified to be called a Social Media Expert and they’re putting a figure on the number of connections you need to have. Check out the list below if you qualify.

Here’s the checklist:

3 to 5 years editorial experience (includes blogging)
Minimum 400 friends on Facebook
Minimum 300 followers in Twitter
Minimum 200 connections in LinkedIn

Looks like a reasonable criteria which means you need to be a bit popular among social media sites to qualify (I wonder why they didn’t include Friendster). If you asked me, the hardest number to achieve is LinkedIn.

Contact Ederic if you think you have the numbers.

Abe Olandres

Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

https://www.yugatech.com

17 Comments

Calvin says:

15 years ago

friends in facebook is easy especially if you play mafia wars. hehehe.

abe punta ka ba norton tomorrow?
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Carl says:

15 years ago

Wow first time I see something like this. Now online contacts are requirements to get jobs? Anyway, sounds reasonable if its a Social Media Expert they’re looking for.
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Ederic says:

15 years ago

Salamat sa pag-post nito, Abe. :-)
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jdGONEMAD says:

15 years ago

wow. that’s something new to add to your resume. number of facebook friends, number of twitter followers.
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iamupset says:

15 years ago

Never thought Yahoo was somewhat of an advocate of standards nor do I believe or question their credentials in dictating what and how should anyone be qualified as a Social Media Expert. It’s not like they invented it. I think there is more to it than the numbers being presented by Yahoo to become a Social Media Expert. Anyone could get those numbers and still be considered a social deviant.
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fedhz says:

15 years ago

wow, that’s great. yeah, i think most FB and Twitter fanatics are still not familiar with LinkedIn.

walang kwenta friendster. hehehe, joke. ^^
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Awi says:

15 years ago

maybe, less of linkedin, but i am sure, with the twitter and FB, i could be qualified.
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Andre Marcelo-Tanner says:

15 years ago

how bout # of subscribers on your blog :)
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BrianB says:

15 years ago

Abe, email.
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Kelvin Servigon says:

15 years ago

baka kaya wala ang Friendster kc sa Pinas lang sikat un hanggang ngaun? or here sa Southeast Asia… hmm
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Darren says:

15 years ago

LOL
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Reel Advice says:

15 years ago

The LinkedIn requirement is the killer here! Owel! ahaha!
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shameequa says:

15 years ago

dude, the easiest is linkedin! i’ve got that one down, the others… not so much…
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Daphne Maia says:

15 years ago

Hi Abe,

Just wanted to share my thoughts on this:

(1) Nobody is a social media *expert* – It’s almost laughable. Like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKCdexz5RQ8

(2) And nobody gets to be an “expert” by collecting connections on FB, LI, and TW. Having those connections mean nothing when there is no substance.

Perhaps Yahoo! ought to look beyond the numbers. It’s not always a number game. ;)

Cheers
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joed says:

15 years ago

hahahah hirap magpadme folllower s twitter
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