Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 2, 2008

How do you think this knowledge applies to site development and marketing? What functionalities do you think WordPress, vBulletin, and other common platforms need to be able to better develop communities? What annoys you about WordPress, vBulletin, and these platforms? In any case, I can’t see any obvious lessons.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 18, 2008

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Blogging , Social Media > Plutter Kite: The Ultimate Micro-Blogging Service Plutter Kite: The Ultimate Micro-Blogging Service by Tamar Weinberg on June 18, 2008 Share This is a guest post from Samir Balwani of Internet Marketing blog Left the Box.com.

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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

MARCH 4, 2010

Targeting an audience of social media heavyweights that frequently visit New York City is a really useful marketing strategy. It feels really good that they “get&# the social media world and go out of their way to make you feel good for staying at their hotel. As it stands, though, that platform is saturated.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

Often, the turning point for me on FF is when I post something and there’s no engagement, thereby reinforcing the thought that FriendFeed is a self-serving (good for FF, bad for us) platform that doesn’t ever benefit the content creator. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 5, 2010

Let’s just take a look at the potential of Facebook for business for a moment here and review the various options business owners have in order to be effective with Facebook business marketing. This method is smart because it helps build interest on another platform and drives conversions directly on their home base.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 9, 2008

In the past few weeks, however, even Digg’s other top users are seeing that Digg is becoming more difficult of a social news site to enjoy, and after stepping away from Digg for awhile, I have some thoughts and reflections on how it was and possibly how it should be. In fact, most of them had already left. Answers Yahoo!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 8, 2008

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Interviews , Marketing , Opinion , Social Media , Websites > What Traits Define a Social Media Marketer? What Traits Define a Social Media Marketer?

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APRIL 8, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Social Media > 7 Truths About Social Media Marketing 7 Truths About Social Media Marketing by Tamar Weinberg on April 8, 2010 Share Even though social media isn’t new to many of us, the world is waking up to this new shiny toy.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 12, 2010

I’m sure the internet marketing industry isn’t alone in this regard. 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. And yes, IRC does refer to Internet Relay Chat.

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JANUARY 24, 2008

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Opinion , Social Media > Why Nobody Should Buy Digg Why Nobody Should Buy Digg by Tamar Weinberg on December 20, 2007 Share It hasn’t even been a week and my once positive outlook of Digg has come to a sour end.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 17, 2010

If you’re representing a matchbook company, you might want to know the other matchbook manufacturer’s Marketing pros, the top CEOs of the large matchbook companies, and the press. Look at Boring Stats — and Make Them Interesting This has a little to do with the Social Media platforms, but mostly with analytics.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 30, 2008

The only similarity is a 140 character limit for posts — so Plurk is essentially a microblogging platform. Plurk: Real Nested Conversations Brought to the Microblogging Platform A few days ago, I noticed via Twitter search tool Summize that Aaron Brazell had been talking about me on his Twitter stream.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 1, 2010

All of these blogs also make use of affiliate marketing and it works for them since they have a large audience. However, what I don’t see them use is contextual ads, and I wouldn’t advise any new blogger to use it. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us Answers Yahoo!

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APRIL 14, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Opinion , Social Media > Is Social Media Becoming Boring? Is Social Media Becoming Boring? by Tamar Weinberg on April 14, 2010 Share For most, social media is new and fun.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

My only questionable tweets are actually about business projects (yes, I am NameCheap’s new marketing consultant as Michelle Greer moves onto bigger and better things ). How does this relate to real life marketing? A good marketer knows that marketing outside your network is important.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 10, 2008

Zuckerberg: The internet is a great platform for overall communication, but there need to be specific tools. We’re not trying to build new communities; we’re allowing people to communicate with people they already know. Can you talk about how efficient the platform is for this? It’s part of our platform team.

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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. My most popular post on this site — probably by far — was last year’s Best Internet Marketing Posts of 2007 compilation. Let me know how I did in the comments.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

While I will make *rare* exceptions for people who are truly producing something relevant, innovative and about which they are passionate, I will never respond positively to a third-person marketer contacting me. I think that your example about the commercial product is exactly what is wrong with the marketer. Thanks, Tamar.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 21, 2008

We may never know why someone who (by her own claims on Google Groups) was pulling in $5,000/month via counseling fees, affiliate marketing programs, and essays posted to paying websites such as Squidoo, would risk it all in a scheme that only raised a few hundred dollars. Tamar is also the author of The New Community Rules (July 2009).

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

TLC made many missteps when it came to their social media marketing efforts. Before long, social networks became hugely successful, and savvy marketers realized that they could create accounts on these networks to promote themselves. At that point, I gave up and powered up WordPress. It’s not too late.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 1, 2009

Marketers love Facebook. If you had any doubt, just go on over to their stats page and see for yourself why it is something you want as part of your marketing strategy. You can also purchase my book, FBML Essentials , which will give you a little more details on FBML (as well as the Facebook developer platform in general).

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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

APRIL 1, 2010

There are thousands of people who brand themselves as realtors, lawyers, social media gurus, and marketing experts, and very few of them are successful. By basing your brand off of what you’re passionate about and want to be an expert in (if you’re not already), you will be able to become a serious player in the social media world.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 23, 2010

Facebook is a great tool for marketing your business , but only if you use it correctly. Besides, what if there was no online platform to network? Before social networks existed, I am sure people will not introduce themselves as “Andrew Expert Chef&# or “Valentines Day Gifts&#. Only your name. It really bugs me.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 15, 2009

However, the number of SEOs I’ve come across are much fewer and farther between than social media marketers. In fact, I hear the same SEO names every day; I learn of a new “social media expert&# twice a day. Despite this, social media marketing is much more difficult than search engine optimization.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 7, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Opinion , Social Media > No, You Can’t Automate Social Media! No, You Can’t Automate Social Media! And it doesn’t help for marketing — at least not the social kind.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 28, 2010

I, like other “students&# at the time, always thought Facebook wouldn’t “sell out&# and become an open platform. Facebook’s goal to be the social network of choice for all was a lofty one, but I gotta hand it to you, Facebook — it was a big deal, and let’s be honest here, it made lots of sense.

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