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Is Social Media Worth it for You?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

1: Opportunity Cost – Every time you spend a minute on social media is one minute you potentially lost revenue. This inherent cost needs to be included in any equations you make when allocating resources. The good thing about social media is that the opportunity cost tends to mostly be time. © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg.

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Twitter versus Plurk: Not Even in the Same League

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

The only similarity is a 140 character limit for posts — so Plurk is essentially a microblogging platform. Plurk: Real Nested Conversations Brought to the Microblogging Platform A few days ago, I noticed via Twitter search tool Summize that Aaron Brazell had been talking about me on his Twitter stream. But PLURK? I LOVE PLURK!

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Social Media for Non-Profits: How One Small Charity Makes it Work

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Since the organization’s mission relies on storytelling, Stacey says, “social media represented a way for us to share those stories with the broadest possible audience for the lowest possible cost.&# She provides consulting in internet marketing and manages Community Support & Advertising at Mashable. All rights reserved.

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Building Trust: A Relationship is Not a Newsletter Opt-In

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Your responsibility as a marketer is to understand that permission marketing might actually take work, but the other extreme is to choose an easy way out that will likely have a cost that may be hard (or impossible) to recover from. She provides consulting in internet marketing and manages Community Support & Advertising at Mashable.

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Creating Passionate Customers: Brand Evangelism and What it Means.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Ultimately, there will be overhead “costs,&# such as monitoring your evangelists’ representation of your brand. Investing in a campaign that rewards your satisfied users to become your ambassadors is more cost effective than paying a sales agent with the added benefit that nobody likes a sales agent but we all love our friends.

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A Brief Introduction to The New Community Rules: Marketing on the.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

The only substantial cost for you is time. She provides consulting in internet marketing and manages Community Support & Advertising at Mashable. © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg. The best part? Access to these social media communities is free. Tamar is also the author of The New Community Rules (July 2009). All rights reserved.

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Apple Gets More Serious About Using Twitter, but Why it Doesn't Matter

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

If you don’t buy the extended warranty it costs you just to call and try to get help. She provides consulting in internet marketing and manages Community Support & Advertising at Mashable. © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg. Look at their policy about servicing you from the get go. Never heard of that at any other company.

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