The discipline of social media, in as much as it stands still enough to be defined, is a field in which few can yet claim to be a true expert.

Want&Blog isn’t looking for social media gurus as such, but for people who want to be part of the web conversation, to contribute & curate and help engage with the evolution of communication.

Whilst the tools of social media are powerful, and are causing a complete paradigm shift in marketing, they remain just that, digital tools which need planning, imagination and initiative to make the most of. Like the many inventions that have shaken marketing up before they only become truly revolutionary in the right hands.

We create our own case studies, news pieces and editorial content but also aim to curate and share relevant content from across the web. Our ultimate aim is to build an engaged community of users who submit their own posts, engage with one another through comments and become part of a network which curates and responds to key changes in the social web.

In our first full month online we welcomed 2,000 visitors to our site, had over 4,000 page hits and amassed & directly engaged more than 400 followers through Tumblr and Twitter.

We hope you’ll be interested in becoming a part of our community by taking our ongoing Want&Quiz survey, asking us a question, submitting a post (or image, video, quote, link…) to the site, or by writing a post for our online Social Media Summer School.

This is the final week for submissions to the Summer School which will go live throughout next week so if you’ve been thinking of submitting anything a link, a few paragraphs or an opinion piece let us know - jerry@wantandblog.co.uk