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Invasive or Indispensable: The Case of Permanent GPS

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

A member of my religious community disappeared. In September 2006, after Facebook had nearly 10 million members, the News Feed was announced, which the team had been working on for almost a year. People threatened to leave the service , but not many actually did enough to make a significant dent in the membership numbers on the site.

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The History of Social Media in 33 Key Moments

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The 33 most important moments in the history of social media The first social media site was born (1997) On one of the first true social media sites, SixDegrees.com , you could set up a profile page, create lists of connections, and send messages within networks. Hot or Not (2000) Who can forget AmIHotorNot.com ?

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Best Internet Marketing Posts of 2009

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Here’s 2006. Like last year, if your article is highlighted in this comprehensive post, there’s a badge for you to proudly celebrate this achievement on your site. Scroll down to the bottom of the post to grab the code you need for your post or site. Here’s my list for 2008. Here’s 2007.

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Social Media Strategy from A to Z » Techipedia | Tamar Weinberg

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Blogging helps you build community (especially via comments), establish thought leadership, bring links to your website (both internally, perhaps to products or to other articles on your blog, and externally, when people like what you say and opt to link to you), and get you some nice traffic. Give to your community. Customer Service.

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Best Internet Marketing Posts of 2010

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

As many of you know, I have an annual tradition of giving back to the community on my birthday, which is why this year is no different. also gathering intelligence via their rankings on top social sites and by stumbling upon new items in my feed reader. Leveraging Other Social Media Sites. Community Management/Engagement.

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Quantum Entanglements: The Social Media Scandals

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

The final, successful inquiry started with Kristin at online conversation site Threewayaction.com, then moved to Becky-Says’ blog. By May 18 , the MetaFilter community dared to ask the same, very unpopular questions Becky and some of her friends had been asking for months. Be observant! Did your room just light up?

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What You Can Learn About Social Media Marketing from TLC

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

The three hostages are fortunately safe, and business resumed as usual for Discovery Communications staffers. Around that time, though, I noticed that TLC was promoting Foursquare as Facebook within their TV programs. In fact, the screenshot above with all the spam shows that that Foursquare status update was nowhere to be found.