Bare Feet Studios

JULY 8, 2009

It’s a hot topic all around, as social media lends itself to some highly unethical practices and characters! The good news though, is that the conversational nature of the social web exposes many of these deliberate and accidental faux pas so the rest of us can learn from them. All around bad news.

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Bill Hartzer

MAY 26, 2010

This is one of the best tools around because it allows you to smoothly, and discreetly uncover the most prominent opinions of top influencers in the social media arena. You can also measure and track engagement while determining which conversations in chat rooms, forums, etc.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 18, 2010

Where are the people most likely to buy your products and services? Establishing a social media strategy will help you see where potential customers are hanging out. In every industry, there are existing conversations going on. Or has it been around awhile but hasn’t been using social media? What motivates them?

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Bare Feet Studios

DECEMBER 4, 2008

They take things and make them into something they are not, to trick us into buying them. The lesson of social media is that people often actually like the plain old dog without the pink head dress as much or more. People love to buy and advertising is one of the most powerful ways of helping people find things to buy.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 24, 2022

Write in a Conversational Voice. This tip fits into the ‘it’s not rocket science’ category of blogging tips (as do many blog tips) – however as simple as it sounds I regularly see bloggers falling into the trap of talking ‘AT’ readers rather than blogging in a conversational voice.

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Bare Feet Studios

OCTOBER 21, 2009

He has found it can increase conversion rates by two four times on the home page. He emailed me today talking about how this impacts social web brand building and I offered to create a poll. there are magazines on the rack about items I’m interested in, but I refuse to buy because their mastheads are ugly. Bill Haig, Ph.D.

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Bare Feet Studios

JUNE 9, 2010

As far as I know Ze Frank coined this term on one of his daily videos from 2006 when he discussed the notion that having a bunch of brilliant ideas was nothing really, if you don’t act on them. We saw the intrinsic value of this real-time, widely distributed conversation and we wanted them to grow into a stable, successful business.

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Bare Feet Studios

DECEMBER 3, 2009

Consider Rox’s 180 Rule by Roxanne Darling on December 3, 2009 When I am doing social web training these days, at least once or twice an hour I implement what I call “Rox’s 180 Rule.&# It’s one more aspect of having genuine conversations with the marketplace, starting in your own office and radiating from there.

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Bare Feet Studios

MAY 18, 2009

One thing that seems to be a constant is the desire for authentic conversation. If you are someone who uses filtered groups and keyword search notifications to manage your Twitter stream, I have a question for you: What percent of your filtering is for friends vs. business competitors vs. tracking companies from whom you buy things?

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Bare Feet Studios

MARCH 3, 2009

Here are a few words directly from the Social Media Club ’s web site: Social Media Club is being organized for the purpose of sharing best practices, establishing ethics and standards, and promoting media literacy around the emerging area of Social Media.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

OCTOBER 22, 2009

If you take a look at any one of their four accounts , you’ll notice one thing: they’re not using Twitter to converse but to broadcast. If you don’t buy the extended warranty it costs you just to call and try to get help. I’m going to ask Apple to buy me a Zune. © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 24, 2022

Write in a Conversational Voice. This tip fits into the ‘it’s not rocket science’ category of blogging tips (as do many blog tips) – however as simple as it sounds I regularly see bloggers falling into the trap of talking ‘AT’ readers rather than blogging in a conversational voice.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 27, 2008

Many people found the research interesting, but a number of people commented that the social networks probably shouldn’t be grouped together. So the question arose – was social media traffic misrepresented by grouping traffic from all networks together? Three cheers for them! page views SEO ROI — 1.2

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 19, 2010

2: Impulse Bought Products – Products that don’t gain anything from “recommendations” tend to see a small return from social media. Unless the product is a fad, it is doubtful that an online community will impact the buying habits of consumers looking at an impulse bought product. Accelerated by MaxCDN Content Delivery Network.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 18, 2008

Plurk introduced a comment system which helps create a conversational feel. So marking a conversation or message, to be found easily later, should be one of the first features implemented. All this communication and web socializing takes too much time (even if it is fun). Thank you for that!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 4, 2008

I remember taking classes, buying flashcards , and doing whatever it took to have a decent understanding of large words to score well on the SAT. Accelerated by MaxCDN Content Delivery Network. © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg. This blog is written and maintained by Tamar Weinberg. All rights reserved.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Carrying out knowledge work usually involves interacting with large integrated information systems and communicating via email and conversations (whether one-on-one or in meetings). Employees are the ones that buy Jones Soda, or move from one style of jeans to the next, depending upon what the latest buzz is. Conversations With Dina.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 10, 2008

Founded by four ex-Googlers, FriendFeed allows you to subscribe to your friends’ updates across 35 social networks and to stay up to date with the content they’re discovering and sharing across the web. In social media spheres, it’s almost unavoidable to not engage online with content in some way.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Online social networks, such as Ning , Twitter , and even Facebook , provide teachers with a way to meet colleagues from around the world and around the country. Thanks for continuing this important conversation. Buy My Book (download for free): Subscribe in a reader. Journey 2006 - 2007. What have I missed?

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ProBlogger

MARCH 27, 2013

Write in a Conversational Voice. This tip fits into the ‘it’s not rocket science’ category of blogging tips (as do many blog tips) – however as simple as it sounds I regularly see bloggers falling into the trap of talking ‘AT’ readers rather than blogging in a conversational voice.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 29, 2012

But I feel it merits some additional trodding, which is there is no secret sauce in the social media software business. I get into lots of conversations with clients and perspective clients who say, I’m paraphrasing but not so much, “We need to get good at social media measurement. Eric: Where do I begin?

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 29, 2012

But I feel it merits some additional trodding, which is there is no secret sauce in the social media software business. I get into lots of conversations with clients and perspective clients who say, I’m paraphrasing but not so much, “We need to get good at social media measurement. Eric: Where do I begin?

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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. Accelerated by MaxCDN Content Delivery Network.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 19, 2008

There’s a bottom line: it’s a lot harder to sweep your mistakes under the rug, especially as a company in a world of conversing markets. With 1,200 users terminated at once, I’m not sure people can easily buy that. Accelerated by MaxCDN Content Delivery Network. © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg.

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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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Hootsuite

AUGUST 24, 2022

Roblox officially launched in September of 2006. However, users can make purchases within games to buy upgrades, boosts, clothing, accessories, skins, and more. Is Roblox a social network? Within these experiences, users can play games, socialize with others, and earn and spend a virtual currency called Robux.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2010

Here’s 2006. Social Media: Getting Started Why You Have to Engage in Social Media, Even if You Don’t Want to (A Smart Bear): Jason Cohen (@asmartbear) makes a compelling argument into why social media must be considered, even if you have no interest in it. I say it’s “social media for everyone.&#

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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. This is especially true of other social networks, especially ones where you were originally untrusted. Accelerated by MaxCDN Content Delivery Network. © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg.

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ProBlogger

APRIL 10, 2017

The first thing I decided to stop doing with my partners was to stop the Breaking News blog network which freed up a lot of time from me. In 2006, I decided I was gonna stop the Camera Review blog and the Camera Phone blog. 2006 came around and I decided to make the switch. Don’t try to launch them both at the same time.

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Hootsuite

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Can we just buy followers? It’s generally a waste of money to buy a bunch of followers who have no intention of interacting with your business or, ultimately, buying your product. Twitter: March 21, 2006. Which companies own which social media platforms? Google acquired YouTube in 2006 for $1.65

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ProBlogger

APRIL 10, 2017

The first thing I decided to stop doing with my partners was to stop the Breaking News blog network which freed up a lot of time from me. In 2006, I decided I was gonna stop the Camera Review blog and the Camera Phone blog. 2006 came around and I decided to make the switch. Don’t try to launch them both at the same time.

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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. Accelerated by MaxCDN Content Delivery Network.

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Bare Feet Studios

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Chris was sharing one of his faves, the value of conversion: How many of those warm fuzzies turn into sales ? Of course that is relevant to business, and dare I say we “social media types&# have gotten a little defensive at times from the onslaught of skeptics who maintain that social media is nothing more than a few warm fuzzies.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 1, 2010

The team’s record for the last five years: 2009-10 (14-60) so far 2008-09 (24-58) 2007-08 (22-60) 2006-07 (32-50) 2005-06 (33-49) In fact, the Timberwolves have won a playoff series only one time in their 21 years of existence. The chronically bad Minnesota Timberwolves NBA franchise has this sign in the Twin Cities airport: Bravo.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

We easily forget that Facebook was one of the first social networks that insisted that we use REAL names, and policed personal profiles accordingly. Recall that MySpace was the logical heir to the online profile/social network world pioneered by Geocities, Tripod, and Angelfire. Facebook is the Model T of social networks.

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ProBlogger

APRIL 10, 2017

The first thing I decided to stop doing with my partners was to stop the Breaking News blog network which freed up a lot of time from me. In 2006, I decided I was gonna stop the Camera Review blog and the Camera Phone blog. 2006 came around and I decided to make the switch. Don’t try to launch them both at the same time.

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