I’m not sure about seesmic being an ideal tool for communication back to companies (even in support roles), I feel like people want to spend as little effort as possible in communicating with companies. However replacing a forum with a video forum would be pretty cool

I thought you might enjoy this seesmic w/ my thoughts on seesmic being a great example of using the same medium to conversate, it’s slightly applicable. http://seesmic.com/BIBSx9Umi6

Thanks for your warm welcome. Your “Starter Guide” will come in handy as I explore Seesmic.

Starting off on seesmic with a simple “hello” video that tells us where you can be found on the web and what interests you is a great beginning! (It’s best to keep this first vid under a minute, like you did).

The next vid should be a response to another vid, and make it a bit goofy, to show us you aren’t there to market to us like feeding fodder to cows. And this is exactly what you did, rockin’ out to ‘zepplin in response to another post! Perfect!

The third and following videos should be responses to popular conversations at the time. Although you can start your own topic at any time, I’d suggest this “respondant lurking” (nice new term?) for quite a number of videos before asking the community for responses to your original idea.

The netiquette here is very similar to getting on mailing lists or groups, but a bit of participation is expected on seesmic, whereas true silent lurking is expected on say, a typical yahoo group list.

I’m still working on general guidelines, but you are definitely off to a fantastic start in this new community! Welcome and I look forward to seesmicking you!

-Christine (PurpleCar)

@mark: I commend you for your integration of social media technology to build customer relationships. I think more people could learn from your example. Re the waitlist: I think once Seesmic officially goes live, that won’t be a problem.

@tiil: Awesome idea. I think Seesmic could be a great tool for anyone looking to express themselves through video!

@Steven: Can’t wait to read (or view) your discussion of Seesmic’s use in real estate.

My company’s up for that. (We’re a UK training company in a particular vertical, non-IT, market.)

We’re already using Blogs, and Twitter to build a better relationship with current and potential customers.

We’re “on the Seesmic waiting list” at the moment, (our community manager has an active “personal” account, but that’s his, not ours) though, which underpins my key “integration concern.”

If we’ve been on the waiting list for a while, then relying on Seesmic to have interaction with our customers might be seen as the SLOW way tohave a conversation with us, since customers would also need to wait for an account.

With luck, that’s a temporary problem?