Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 25, 2010

On a particular forum I am active on (yes, I still use them!), Sadly, this person’s post was pulled by the strict moderators on that forum; the post was purely self-promotional and nothing but. If you’re only on the forum to tell other people to visit your website or to use your product, you won’t go far.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 31, 2009

You can use the many applications that Facebook offers, so that others can answer questions on a survey, have discussions on the forums, and/or have notes to bring awareness to a topic. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca Facebook Create a Facebook Page and tell everyone about it.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 1, 2008

Here’s a screenshot of a story that became popular with a whopping 235 Diggs. It was taken the night of January 28, 2008 (approximately 11PM EST): While Digg typically allowed stories to hit the front page within 80-120 votes (the latter being more rare than normal), it’s now requiring almost double the number.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 12, 2009

Exploring the Royal Caribbean Promotional Marketing Strategy by Tamar Weinberg on March 12, 2009 Share My husband Brian , who knows firsthand how much I eat, drink, and sleep social media, pointed me to an interesting critique by ExpertCruiser on a 2007 social media marketing campaign by Royal Caribbean.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2009

This year, I present you my favorite timeless posts of 2007, complete with descriptions about each blog post (which more than quadrupled the workload for me this time around, especially because I tripled the amount of links, but I had fun!) The Big Juicy Twitter Guide (Caroline Middlebrook): Want more Twitter goodness? Become a del.icio.us

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 22, 2008

by Tamar Weinberg on February 22, 2008 Share This is a guest post from Pierre Far, who recently launched a very cool program called Social Alerter which notifies you as soon as your website has a solid chance of hitting the Digg or del.icio.us He writes a science blog , maintains a set of SEO tools and moderates at Cre8asite Forums.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 27, 2008

And if this post isn’t proof enough for you, check out Steven’s post relating to the quality of forum traffic , which often have even tighter knit communities than Sphinn. Steven reports that the average user from one niche forum stays for more than 7 and 1/2 minutes! Others want massive brand exposure.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 15, 2010

Social media marketing, SEO, and forum marketing are the great ways to expand your market coverage. Check out the forum and amazon.com to see the customer’s feedback are the great ways to learn what language they speak. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 3, 2010

Maybe it’s on a forum. MrBabyMan , Digg’s top user, was an unknown once. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca You Don’t Get a Vacation In the online space, there will always be some sort of mention online that is applicable to you in some way.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 28, 2010

Kirtsy is a social news network; there are also forums and even Yahoo! Your target market might be hiding in a niche forum somewhere out there. People love the prospect of submitting to Digg, for example, and some immediately submit the spammiest articles to the service. You just need to look. Understanding Your Community.

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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. In 2007, Royal Caribbean ran a campaign called Royal Champions, inviting 50 of its most vocal ardent supporters on cruises and to face-to-face meetings with company executives.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 12, 2010

In fact, I noticed substantial changes in my friendships on Facebook, so I decided to update the Facebook charts I prepared in 2007 to provide an updated look of my friendship breakdown for January 2010. Consider the difference between my friendship circle in 2007 (graph featured below). And yes, IRC does refer to Internet Relay Chat.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 17, 2010

I have a team of several community managers who work for me and we try to balance this several ways: News can be posted on our forums by individual community team members, but is posted from “Turbine Community&# if it’s a blog post on our bespoke social networks (my.ddo.com and my.lotro.com).

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Communities Twitter Web 2.0 ROI 237

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 10, 2008

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Opinion , Social Media > The Ultimate Social Media Etiquette Handbook The Ultimate Social Media Etiquette Handbook by Tamar Weinberg on December 10, 2008 Share Social media mimics real relationships — in many cases.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2010

Here’s 2007. 5 Important Web Video Lessons for Small Business Owners (Mashable/OPEN Forum): How are you going to make your video stick? How to Write Effective Press Releases in the Age of Twitter (OPEN Forum): It’s not really just the “age of Twitter&# – it’s the “age of social.&#

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 10, 2010

I was excited at the prospect that there might be some freedom for someone who was forced to clearly break every rule that was in the ethical Internet Marketing handbook. My top three forums include Cre8asite Forums , Webmaster World (which is mostly free but also has subscription-only discussions), and High Rankings Forum.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 14, 2010

You can’t only write comments on forums. btw, January 11, 2007? Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca Yup, you can’t just chat with people on Twitter and broadcast on Facebook. You can’t just IM your friends begging for votes via the backchannel.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

This blog covers specific topics if and only if there’s discussion in a variety of internet marketing forums. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca Is there no related discussion there? link] Reply Cancel reply Leave a Comment Be sure to wrap all code in <code></code> tags.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 19, 2008

Forums existed well before I was born, after all. I spent hours on forums and at news sites, reading people’s thoughts about her and posting my own. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca Social media was always social , just not with that funny name.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 8, 2010

Yes, Twitter and Facebook and Digg and other niche sites cost nothing to join, making social media a relatively free marketing option. That’s to say that if you use a public forum to insult, attack, or demean others on your personal time, you may find that impacting your company by association.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

I like Seesmic for Windows, but coming from Seesmic Desktop, there are some kinks (which I expressed months ago on the Seesmic Forum powered by UserVoice) that need to be worked out, such as the ability to copy and paste and the fact that Seesmic for Windows doesn’t have sounds.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 29, 2010

I offer a lot of free advice and support to my clients (one-on-one conversation, group forums etc), I do this because I love what I do and appreciate those that support what I do. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 14, 2009

My most popular post on this site — probably by far — was last year’s Best Internet Marketing Posts of 2007 compilation. Jill Whalen has been active on forums and online communities for 10 years now. 10 of the Best Alternative Social Media Sites because not everything social media is Digg, Mixx, and Reddit.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 24, 2008

An emergency Drill Down episode was held where numerous Digg users, including regular hosts Andy ( MrBabyman ), Reg ( zaibatsu ), and Muhammad ( msaleem ) spoke with other Digg users, including David Cohn ( DigiDave ), Karim ( supernova17 ), JD Rucker ( oboy ), and Jay Fowler ( SilentJay74 ). This was not addressed in the chat.)

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 23, 2010

I’ve briefly touched upon a huge pet peeve of mine in my social media etiquette handbook , saying that you should use your real name and not represent anyone (or anything) else. In an effort to make Facebook data more public, Community Pages let people share ideas, thoughts, and their interests in a fully open forum.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 15, 2009

Social media marketing is a tremendous challenge, especially now that the market has become saturated with experts who clearly think that bringing their Digg front page success means that they’ve just launched a successful consulting business and can immediately sell their services to the highest (lowest?) My response: WRONG.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 28, 2010

Thanks for taking the time to spell out the needed changes in a public forum–maybe this will get Facebook’s attention. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca We can hope! Reply Tamar Weinberg April 29, 2010 at 2:23 pm Allen, I’m working on it.

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