As 2009 draws to an end, I will be pulling together some great social media marketing and content marketing quotes.

First installment of social media marketing and content marketing quotes:

ClickDocuments: Great Content Marketing & Social Media Marketing Quotes 2009 Part1

Ardath Albee
Social media can provide a conversational extension to a B2B company’s nurturing programs. Social media gives us the opportunity to humanize our communications and make our companies more approachable.
marketinginteractions.com
@Ardath421

Adam Ostrow
As opposed to trying to attract millions of eyeballs and monetize them with ads, branded social networks are less about profitability and more about creating loyal and engaged customers that will ultimately create revenue in more conventional ways.
mashable.com
@adamostrow

Amber Naslund
Social media is, ultimately, an endeavor that a business must take responsibility for on its own. It can't successfully be outsourced long term if the company is to truly and authentically steward its own brand.
altitudebranding.com
radian6.com
@AmberCadabra

Ann Handley
One of the tenets of social psychology research is the prevalence of reciprocity: that people try to repay, in kind, what another person has provided.
marketingprofs.com
@MarketingProfs

Beth Harte
Social media is networking online vs. offline. It takes time whether it's online or offline…Do NOTHING without a plan. Otherwise you are spinning wheels, wasting time & resources. Social Media Return on Investment is doable.
theharteofmarketing.com
marketingprofs.com
@Bethharte

Ben Parr
If a potential customer comes to your company’s website and sees an active blog with insightful posts on how your company’s product helps customers, reads detailed posts demonstrating your company’s knowledge, and comes across a few case studies, they’re going to be far more inclined to come to you for their needs.
benparr.com
mashable.com
@BenParr

Bob Gilbreath
Marketing with Meaning is less about "context" -or finding the best time to get in front of a consumer's eyeballs -and more about "content" -or creating something that people find valuable in itself.
marketingwithmeaning.com
@Mktgwithmeaning

Brian J Carroll
Social media can be a bit like a bunch of people with megaphones blurting out their messages one-way. People will cover their ears (unsubscribe) and tune that out. Use social media to ‘listen’ to and learn more about your audience.
startwithalead.com
@BrianJCarroll

Brian Solis
Social media ―is only going to become more pervasive and as such, become a critical factor in the success or failure of any organization.
briansolis.com
@briansolis

Bryan Weiner
Social marketing eliminates the middlemen, providing brands the unique opportunity to have a direct relationship with their customers.
360i.com
@bwiener

Casey Hibbard
Now, so much of what we do happens online and we are less likely to see the customers face to face. It's a lot more global. It's more competitive. And people are more skeptical of marketing messages.
storiesthatsellguide.com
@casey_hibbard

Thanx to Prashant and Roshini(Kashwork) for helping me pull these quotes together.

On your home page you'll see a few changes:

1. You'll see a new "listed" item. That tells you how many lists you have been added to.
2. You'll see a new "Lists" area on the right side of your page which shows you which lists you've made and which ones you've followed (up to a maximum of 20).
3. If you click on a list name, you'll see the timeline for just that list and you'll also see "view list page." If you click on that you'll see the people that the list is following and who is following the list. You'll also see you can edit or delete the list there.

1. You can only add 20 lists to one Twitter account.
2. Each list can only have 500 members.
3. Your sidebar can only display 20 lists. First it will display your lists, then others but you won't be able to control the order or really anything about the list. I even tried changing the spelling on the lists.
4. If you click on "listed" on your home page, you'll see a list of the lists that have added you. Unfortunately only the last 20 will be listed and you can't see others. I already have more than 200 lists following me and I can't see most of those.
5. There is a tab that shows you the lists you follow. However, in my case, it only is showing 39 lists. I know I'm actually following about double that amount already. And of course you can't scroll the list or anything like that. I believe these last two limitations are actually bugs or poor design decisions.

While I'm here, I do have one feature request. I'd like to add all the people on someone else's list to mine. For instance, I've found a couple of lists of Rackspace employees already. Why can't I visit those lists and say "add all the list members to one of my own lists?" That would be very useful. Or have a way to add groups of people from your following list instead of forcing us to add people one-by-one. 

Anyway, if you are playing with the new list feature, how do you like it? What bugs are you hitting? Are you hitting any limitations?

Oh, and if you don't like it that I have access to this new feature, sorry, but lets meet after you get it and see if you agree or disagree with me on this.

I say that this is all brilliant because it instantly made Twitter much more usable and interesting again. It will be fun to watch when everyone gets to see this new feature and try it for themselves. I think it'll be VERY popular.

Absolutely stunning!