Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 21, 2009

I think social media customer service doesn’t scale and people who think that they will be helped quicker in the future because they can Twitter a company are not going to be happier 5 years from now. Social media customer service is a form of marketing…marketing the company as a friendly, customer-obsessed organization.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 3, 2010

That’s not really convincing social proof. Then, when you’re joining a community for the first time, you’ll need to study the users and slowly build relationships with them. But, like good Social Media community members, I’m thrilled to be able to help my parents out and give back as well!

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Social Media Marketing Digg Consultant 221

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 22, 2008

Again, this was not new – the British Empire enabled inter-continental trade centuries earlier – but the mechanism was still similar: a product was global by being sold in a series of local markets. Simply put, the new mass media helped organize, and influence, large numbers of consumers. That’s not the point.

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Social Media Marketing Digg MySpace 105

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2010

Here’s 2006. 40 Key Elements to Getting Started in Social Media (Louis Gray): Mike Fruchter writes an awesome blog post on Louis Gray’s blog about how to get involved in social media, from branding to blogging to Twitter to community. Here’s my list for 2008. Here’s 2007. Yes, that’s right.

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Marketing SEO Journal Engineering 265

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 26, 2009

The easiest way to find these people is to find the communities that your users frequently visit, be it forums, Twitter, or other social networks. get Twitter mentions of your brand via RSS or email) or use a service like Backtype (backtype.com) to see comments across blogs and other social media sites (such as FriendFeed).

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Brands MySpace Yahoo StumbleUpon 139

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 5, 2010

Don’t shy away from giving your community the information needed to find you elsewhere both online and offline. Let it be posted on every social platform of choice and then watch as it seeds through other communities (which is likely to happen and shows that your marketing is viral). What if you want to offer 10% off?

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Facebook How To Marketing URL 279

Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Crowdsourcing, a term coined by Jeff Howe in a June 2006 issue of Wired magazine, is a model of labor that has been fully embraced on the Internet over the past couple of years. A number of large web development discussion communities host contest areas, including NamePros , v7 Network , and Webmaster Talk. 22 Comments.

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Crowdsourcing Software Project Forums 245

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. That said, such a broad determination means you can be a social media marketer and not know it.

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Social Media Marketing Consultant Communities 163

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 30, 2008

I think this may be partially in part due to the time-line layout (it’s not very organized, though the design is entirely understandable). July 3, 2008 at 9:17 am Insight Into the World of Plurk | Collective Thoughts July 3, 2008 at 3:49 pm Does Plurk’s Karma guage Social Capital? You may have more than one. Great post!

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Twitter Microblogging MySpace Comparison 199

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 12, 2010

Neighbor typically refers to those living nearby but may also be affiliated through religious organizations. Industry and social media connections are further broken into additional categories, as seen in the charts below. I also consider bloggers who have forged real-life relationships with me to have connected via social media.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 14, 2010

When dealing with emotions, psychology, anthropology, sociology, among other disciplines, you’re bound to make “mistakes&# as you attempt to understand demographics and communities and learn about who will be receptive to what. But … well, he’s done with social media, essentially. He’s not alone.

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Social Media SEO Blogger Communities 267

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 10, 2008

We’re not the only ones [enabling such communication] but a lot of people are using our tools, especially in places like Colombia. We’re not trying to build new communities; we’re allowing people to communicate with people they already know. If your friends communicate it, you trust it.

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Web 2.0 MySpace Applications Microsoft 104

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 29, 2010

Very grateful to have wonderful people to work with – an animal advocacy organization. This post didn’t seem to fit with your ethos, but it did prompt me to buy “the new community rules&# on kindle. I’m really happy to hear that you’re rocking in your Community Manager shoes! You usually do.

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Products Consultant Price Social Media 267

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 21, 2008

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. This happened last week on the tightly knit community on Plurk, which has a unique and friendly atmosphere as Tamar described a few weeks ago. Be observant! Did your room just light up?

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Social Media StumbleUpon Communities MySpace 104

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

With Twitter being so incredibly large and vast, there are different types of mini-communities. Let new prospects find you organically based on your messages and reap the rewards. I started following people who wrote or commented on the SEO blogs to develop my own Twitter community. Call them cliques if you will.

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Twitter Sports Microblogging HootSuite 205

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 10, 2010

Some of the sites I recommend for educational materials include: Free Sphinn : Sphinn is an Internet Marketing social news site. Users submit timely news articles to Sphinn, and the community votes up the best stories to appear on the front page. comprehensive social media marketing training there is.

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Marketing How To SEO Training 240

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2009

Top 29 Niche Social Media Sites (That Actually Send Traffic) : Andy Hagans consistently updates this list with some great resources that aren’t necessarily being tapped into by many folks, but maybe it’s time for things to change. Reddit Tips from the Top Dog on Reddit (Social News Watch): How do you become a top user on Reddit?

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Marketing StumbleUpon SEO Reputation 144

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

Now let’s assume one of the bloggers responds with, “I have read your email carefully and it would appear that you have omitted the part where you request my advertising rate card.&# (Yes, forget about organic promotion. If an organic story pitch is not of interest to you, that’s fine. Most people are not like this.

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Blogger Press Release Advertising Review 177

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2011

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. 2010 by far was the biggest year yet in the Internet Marketing realm. , also gathering intelligence via their rankings on top social sites and by stumbling upon new items in my feed reader.

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Marketing Affiliate marketing Small Business SEO 279

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 10, 2008

Social News (Digg, Sphinn, Mixx, Reddit, Tip’d, and a whole load of related sites) Submitting only your own articles and posts to social media sites. Social news is about reciprocal relationships. Submitting a story to a social news site that is completely off-topic. Excess converts to spam.

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Handbook Social Media Web 2.0 StumbleUpon 279

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 1, 2009

This number should be no surprise — when people “fan&# your Page, their friends see it, and your brand spreads organically. 12484 SUBSCRIBERS FOLLOWERS Lijit Search Read more about The New Community Rules Get Techipedia on your iPhone or iPod touch! Tamar is also the author of The New Community Rules (July 2009).

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Facebook How To Applications URL 279

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 14, 2009

Scared of Social Media? Jill Whalen has been active on forums and online communities for 10 years now. But “social media marketing expert?&# Top 10 Reasons Why SEOs Fail on Social Media : This is a practical guide for search engine optimizers and their shortcomings with new media. You May Already be Pro!

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SEO Social Media Marketing Reputation 162

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 1, 2010

Use tools such as alltop.com and google.com/alerts to find the right blogs and new articles, and then subscribe to them through RSS using Google Reader. The second step is to organize the most important articles that you review in Google Reader, using Delicious.com. Tamar is also the author of The New Community Rules (July 2009).

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Social Media Brands How To Social Networking 240

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 24, 2010

They know that I actually care about my community and that they’re not an audience. He currently serves as the community guy at Building 43. Danny is currently Chief Content Officer of Third Door Media which operates the Sphinn social news site and organizes the popular Search Marketing Expo conference series.

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Influencer How To Press Release Blogger 278

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 7, 2010

Here are some rules of thumb to consider when considering a social media marketing strategy: Engagement is Everything I can’t stress it enough: social media marketing is a social activity! The success of a social media marketing campaign strongly revolves around engagement. Great post.

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Social Media Klout Influencer Feed 251

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 1, 2008

Like organizing your contacts in something better than “groups&#. 12484 SUBSCRIBERS FOLLOWERS Lijit Search Read more about The New Community Rules Get Techipedia on your iPhone or iPod touch! As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 24, 2008

The initial sentiment was highly negative , and most concluded that the algorithm will penalize users who care much about the community and use it regularly. Both Kevin and Jay say that we should give the community the benefit of the doubt. Then the community “won.&# I think they know how valuable the community is.

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Digg StumbleUpon Communities Upcoming 100

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. And now there are Community Pages! Who the heck needs it?

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Facebook Issues MySpace Privacy 277

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 15, 2008

More than likely we would personally deliver the package to a family that we chose through an organization, or we would donate different items to different families in need in the name of Sears, and the others involved. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us Thanks for the giveaway!

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Blogger Yahoo Buy Twitter 103

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 15, 2009

And hopefully you know the communities that you’re pitching to, because what works on Reddit might not work on Digg. People hire social media marketing firms for the sole purposes of getting their content, good or bad, spread in the right places. They might want to build community. They might want page-views.

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SEO Social Media Marketing Digg 178