Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 15, 2010

They’re designed to be chatty – as if you were having a conversation with a friend. In the long run, you can achieve phenomenal readership and conversion. That will not only hurt the conversion but also gaming the search engine which will not survive in the long term SEO game. © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 27, 2008

Conversely, with a slightly more generic subject matter (and the occasional gag post), Online Marketing Banter seems to be a little more popular with Stumblers. Do they take the action you want them to like signup for your rss, email subscribe or buy from you? One further question is do these visitors convert?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 4, 2010

Brian explains that “conversations are happening and it is up to me to either be part of them or not.&# They also were able to flex their muscles and throw around dollars to buy up all the valuable advertising and marketing opportunities. For the most part, you can’t buy Twitter followers or Facebook fans.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 22, 2008

The only effective feedback mechanism was the free market: people choose to buy something else, if the option existed. On eBay you give feedback as vote of trust for others to see and seek positive for your sellers you’re buying from. The time has come for companies to be part of the conversation. about what happens next.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 10, 2008

It’s also a conversation medium. Specially, dealing with starting a cart and posting items buy using PayPal. © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg. By studying their feed, you can learn a lot more about how important social media is to them. FriendFeed isn’t just an aggregator, though. If you don’t mind.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 3, 2010

If you’re not following the conversation regularly, your customers might just flock to your competitors instead. © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg. You need to consistently work at building relationships and not let them be. And you need to be consistently monitoring the space. Silence can hurt you. All rights reserved.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2010

Here’s 2006. But more than that, Mike’s post explains that social media is really about using social channels appropriately to communicate and converse — and as an extension of that, you might just end up being able to sell something. Here’s my list for 2008. Here’s 2007. Yes, that’s right.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 1, 2008

But it makes another thing clear: unless Digg acknowledges that its users are valuable assets to the company’s growth, Digg is not going anywhere , because if it does, there will be new people on staff who will have to control the flow of the conversation in their favor. © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg. All rights reserved.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 1, 2010

Based on my findings, Problogger started in 2004, Copyblogger started in 2006, Daily Blog Tips started in 2006, Steve Pavlina’s Blog started in 2004, and Entrepreneur’s Journey started in 2004. Anyway, thanks both of you, for your thoughtful conversation on the issue. © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 27, 2009

Being different and not buying into all the bells and whistles of self love (destruction in some cases) will only harm you in the long run. I really try to get to know these people who I converse with online. © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg. Thanks for reminding me to stay the course. Meet them, if I may. That was a good post!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 23, 2008

His book has been the topic of conversation just about everywhere , and for good reason. Give images, people buy on an (animal) impulse. - People buy cars depending on things that help them, make them make economies, answer a need. © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg. Blogs do just that. All rights reserved.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 8, 2008

The scope of marketing needs to be broadened in view of the new dynamics that have employees, customers and prospects engaged in conversations – horizontally, peer to peer, in some cases even in co-opetition situations. Some communities are very open to marketers being there and contributing to the conversation.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 29, 2010

My solution has been to respond with a note that the publisher doesn’t allow me to distribute that material (that’s true) and suggest that they buy a copy of the book that includes a CD. Reply Carri Bugbee July 30, 2010 at 5:00 am Todd, can I buy you lunch and pick your brain??? It usually ends the conversation right there.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 5, 2010

This method is smart because it helps build interest on another platform and drives conversions directly on their home base. Buy something, get something. You should still consider your blog or website as a viable way to build community and/or to drive sales and conversions. Way too oldschool. Where would I find them?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 16, 2010

It helps build loyalty, generate conversations, and it also gets you more followers if you do it right. Do your updates request for conversations? Do you always tell people to “buy now”, “buy before midnight”, “For the first 300 people”, etc? Social Media marketing is about building relationships and conversations.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 14, 2010

Your best bet is to consider an integrated marketing plan that consists of social media and other marketing tactics, because the act of just being nice to people online won’t bring you conversions. 2) Because of this there is a learning curve to turn marketing efforts into real conversations. © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

Their goal is to send press pitches, not to buy ads on your site. If it doesn’t say “media buyer&# or if they haven’t explicitly asked for your media kit, chances are they can’t follow through with an ad buy. Most PR people aren’t in a position to buy ads. I don’t think so.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Website traffic is the most commonly measured social media metric, followed by conversions, positive mentions and number of fans/followers. of respondents said they’d be either somewhat less likely or far less likely to buy from that brand.” ” McKinsey Research Again Validates Social Technology Benefits by paulgillin.com.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 10, 2010

Conversion expert. Every website that sells products or closes for appointments whether B:C or B:B should be interested in their conversion ratios and improving those ratios. Oh…and I MAKE them buy your book… hehee~! Still, people buy into programs without knowing and doing research. what action do we take.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 10, 2008

Lacy : For such a long time until the Microsoft deal, IPO was a topic of conversation. There was a similar thing in 2006 when Yahoo was going to buy the company. © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg. The core of it is community building and without that, nothing wouldn’t be happening. Zuckerberg : Right.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 8, 2010

Audiences there are large, but they are there to connect, not to buy. It is nice to see people having an honest conversation. Affiliates need to understand demographics, work on copy (messaging), and even build out landing pages to start seeing conversions – and that’s a timely process. At least not for me.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2009

Rand Fishkin uses pretty pictures to explain the importance of social media marketing and how you can apply it to get better traffic, more conversions, brand awareness, and more. Social Media: Under the Microscope (SiteLogic): Matt Bailey compares the traffic spikes to conversions. Did I ever mention that I heart Matt?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 21, 2008

The final, successful inquiry started with Kristin at online conversation site Threewayaction.com, then moved to Becky-Says’ blog. She did receive many gifts, and emails circulated frequently taking up collections: “We want to fill her room with flowers, buy her a digital camera, a scanner, send her to Disney World&#.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 14, 2009

How Does a Company Dip its Toes in the Conversation? : On the other hand, if you are Brian Solis, you need to know what to do as an expert and where to listen to the ongoing conversations. How to Get Customer Service via Twitter : Which companies are listening, and should you join the conversation?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 7, 2010

Essentially, the actual user’s Twitter account became a broadcast medium but not a conversational one. If I wanted to shout it out, I’d buy a billboard over the Strip in Las Vegas. Looking to grab people’s attention without engaging them in conversation is like saying: “Hey! Look at me!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 24, 2010

“Hit and run” guest posts are of little interest to us, for two reasons: (1) there’s a certain amount of work involved in getting someone set up as a new author and showing them the ropes; and (2) the community responds much much better to those they get to know and converse with regularly. Great reading!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 15, 2009

It’s not that costly to buy a few domain names (brand new or aged), invest in web hosting, and start applying that knowledge you’ve learned to websites. That’s not something you can easily do by just buying a few domain names and building up a real website presence. Most say they care most about conversions.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 28, 2010

With the initiative for Facebook to be open and to empower businesses to host pages that celebrate their business, offering deals and giving the community the ability to converse directly with the business or entity these pages represent, you forgot about accountability. Where Did My Facebook Page Go?

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