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FEBRUARY 6, 2010

Home About In the Media Preventing Social Media Spam Moving One Step Closer to Dream February 6, 2010.4:45 45 pm Facebook will surge ahead in India Jump to Comments I was just reading an interesting news-story, published in today’s edition of Economic times. It compares Facebook & Orkut in India.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 31, 2009

Here are ten social media tools that can aid you with crowdsourcing: Twitter It is already being used for many crowdsourcing efforts. Facebook Create a Facebook Page and tell everyone about it. Facebook Page is a great way to use it for building brands, calling people to action, and/or build ideas.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 18, 2010

My uncle knows a young girl from his community, a recent college graduate, who is looking for a social media job. Social media is about helping one another and building real strong friendships, usually around a certain interest or activity. When she found out I was his niece, she became ecstatic. Not yet, at least.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

There are a few jokes going around the blogosphere right now regarding what it means to be a social media expert. Despite the title of the post, having worked as the social media manager for Fortune 500 companies, and a lot of knowledge here being totally personal, I do not think of myself as an expert.

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Bill Hartzer

MAY 26, 2010

More and more businesses are getting into social media – an umbrella term that covers various activities that help bring about social interaction on the internet. Facebook and Twitter are some of the main outlets for social media, but there are numerous types of social media like blogs, wikis, forums, chat rooms, etc.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 11, 2010

Execution: The Facebook Fiasco by Tamar Weinberg on September 4, 2007 Share I’m getting a bit frustrated with the hundreds of posts that speak about individuals who claimed to invent Facebook before Mark Zuckerberg. Facebook is like Classmates.com. Facebook is like Friendster. Facebook is like MySpace.

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Small Business Mavericks

MARCH 17, 2011

It’s what Erica DeWolf calls StumbleUpon. Social bookmarking has become a very popular way for many people to find new websites. But StumbleUpon offers some unique ways of being found. Yes, StumbleUpon came upon this concept long before Facebook. It has worked for SU for about nine years now.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 14, 2009

Are you a company or do you know a company that has immersed itself in the social media waters and succeeded? As small companies with limited budgets, nonprofits may feel that they are unable to dive into the wide world of social media. Thanks to social media, anyone can make waves. Why social media?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 2, 2008

I’m taking two seminar courses at school this term, and they each resemble a particular form of social media. Tagged as: blogs , college , forums , law school , seminars , social media , vbulletin , wordpress { 2 trackbacks } What Can I Do For You, Commentators? | is to web 1.0.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 3, 2010

and after being a full time mom and performing various social media marketing tasks throughout, I’ve learned that there are many parallels that can be taken from parenthood that also apply to social media marketing. Your Facebook Fan page will have 0 fans. That’s not really convincing social proof.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 3, 2009

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Personal > Announcing the Newest Social Media Prince Announcing the Newest Social Media Prince by Tamar Weinberg on June 3, 2009 Share Many of you have asked where I’ve been over the past few months.

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Small Business Mavericks

APRIL 18, 2011

The Changing Face Of Article Marketing » UberMedia, Mixx, And Twitter Remember the social media website Mixx ? Mixx is popular, but it’s not as popular as, say, StumbleUpon, Digg, Facebook, or Twitter. There are some big variables there. The question is, does UberMedia have the digital cojones ?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 27, 2008

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Search Engine Optimization , Social Media > The Great Social Media Traffic Debate: Niche or General Networks? The Great Social Media Traffic Debate: Niche or General Networks?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 21, 2009

With social media — or quite frankly, the existence of the Internet, any misstep you make in your personal dealings with others can become public. Social media is social. We’re starting to use search — and social media — as our recommendation engines.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 12, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Personal , Social Media > How Do You Network on Different Social Sites? How Do You Network on Different Social Sites? by Tamar Weinberg on December 19, 2007 Share How do you leverage different social networks?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 13, 2008

Digg is the social media network of tech geeks, and the Digg statistics should not be too surprising: 39% of Diggers publish their own blog. Next time you proceed in a social media marketing campaign, follow some ideas and steps: Know your market. Kn ow your social media source’s demographics.

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ProBlogger

JUNE 4, 2013

25,000 ‘likes’ on Facebook. Around 30% of that traffic was coming in from Facebook, which was surprising as I didn’t promote it on our own Facebook page until the day after. The difference was that we didn’t see traffic from StumbleUpon but instead saw it from Reddit.com.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Internet , Marketing > 11 Common Mistakes That People Make With Their Personal Brands 11 Common Mistakes That People Make With Their Personal Brands by Tamar Weinberg on October 7, 2010 Share This is a guest post from James Adams.

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Idaconcpts

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Facebook ( www.facebook.com ). Chances are you have a lot of friends on Facebook. Post a message on your Facebook wall asking to borrow something from one of your friends. It could be anything… a chainsaw… or a video camera but chances are one of your Facebook pals can help you out. Share this on Facebook.

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Idaconcpts

JANUARY 25, 2011

LivingSocial first gained notoriety for their Visual Bookshelf application on Facebook, which was the first and largest application allowing users to catalog and share their favorite books with friends. Share this on Facebook. Share it on StumbleUpon. Later on they released the PickYourFive (e.g. Email this to a friend?

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Recent Media Appearances. « Professional services network offsite: Tapping the Power of Collaboration | Main | Audio stream of radio interview on Facebook, networks, connectivity, and media » Eight steps to thriving on information overload. Share this: Digg this | Reddit | StumbleUpon | Del.icio.us |.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 16, 2008

As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca Buzz YouTube Tamar Weinberg is a social media enthusiast with a passion for all things tech and productivity. © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 19, 2009

A social media user might want to call people’s attention to a recent stumble, blog post, or website. It also serves a specific purpose, while its chief competitor, Facebook, does not. That’s why I, like Eric , won’t be spamming Facebook, but I feel fine about doing so on Twitter. Yeah, I thought so.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 15, 2009

The New Community Rules talks about the important role social media has begun playing in our lives. That’s why social media is important. Great content, #2, works across the board for social media. Fortunately, we have social media communities to inspire us. Social media is here to stay.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 22, 2008

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Social Media > Is Social Media the Final Frontier of Marketing? Is Social Media the Final Frontier of Marketing? Yes, it’s all to do with social media. frontpage.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 12, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Social Media > Why You Should Fix Your House Before Inviting People Over Why You Should Fix Your House Before Inviting People Over by Tamar Weinberg on May 12, 2010 Share This is a guest post by Hugo Guzman.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 15, 2008

As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca Buzz YouTube Tamar Weinberg is a social media enthusiast with a passion for all things tech and productivity.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 8, 2009

In the post, I shared my don’ts of social networks, and to that point, I added the following rule for LinkedIn: Gathering all the email addresses of users you are connected to — even locating email addresses of LinkedIn Group managers — and utilizing this mailing list to promote your own company or service off-site.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 10, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Blogging > How Young is Too Young? Ben’s blog, which covers entrepreneurship and social media, is wonderful despite him blogging for less than a year (he started shortly after his 16th birthday!).

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

OCTOBER 22, 2009

First, I’m going to say kudos to Apple for trying involve themselves in the world of social media. Social media is exactly that: “social.&# If you’re going to dive in the social media world, you need to understand what it means to be “social.&# Empower them.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

At the same time, the extraordinary rise of social media means that the thoughts arising from millions of conversations are now available to the world at large. Certainly the new array of social media and Web 2.0 Which means that those who use social media tools well are strongly advantaged. July 2006 (11).

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 22, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Internet , Marketing > How You Can Benefit from Real Time Search How You Can Benefit from Real Time Search by Tamar Weinberg on April 22, 2010 Share This is a guest post by Evan Britton, founder of Sency.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 28, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Viral Marketing > 7 Traits of Highly Effective Viral Videos 7 Traits of Highly Effective Viral Videos by Tamar Weinberg on January 28, 2010 Share In the past few years, video has come a long way.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 25, 2008

StumbleUpon: The Funny, the Informational, but Not So Newsy StumbleUpon is probably the last social site that I’d consider going for “news&# — at least not for “current events.&# StumbleUpon is still a great tool that I use almost equally as often as I use Digg and Twitter.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 4, 2008

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Business , Websites > You Can Learn a Great Deal from a 17-Year-Old You Can Learn a Great Deal from a 17-Year-Old by Tamar Weinberg on March 12, 2007 Share I must have first heard of Quizlet through Lifehacker.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 1, 2008

Really, the biggest unfortunate investment of social media is that it’s often a thankless job. Until I see Digg becoming more involved in user affairs, I feel that there’s no real future for Digg as a social news service and that their 15-minutes of fame has ended. That hasn’t been much of a reality on Digg.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 31, 2008

You could call me a blogger of many hats or a social media maven or Internet marketing consultant. I dabble in social media sites, particularly Twitter, Facebook, and StumbleUpon. I’m looking forward to meeting you next weekend for the Social. What is it, then, that I do now? The other site?

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