Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 28, 2010

Fede Alvarez published a small film to YouTube a few weeks ago, and it landed him a $30 million movie deal. To be sure, though, solicit feedback from a group of trusted peers not directly involved in your company or marketing objectives before going ahead with publishing the video, since you need an unbiased opinion.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

This is no less true for the world of social networks. Networks like Digg, FriendFeed, and Facebook are seeing huge growths in value, but the little guys, the ones actually providing the meat and potatoes for those operations, rarely see a nickel. Let’s be honest for a second here. The major “Web 2.0″

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 12, 2010

One of the things I look for nowadays when I visit sites is how well they’re integrating their social network presences. This was something I noticed a few months back Debbie Hemley Reply Michele Corona May 13, 2010 at 11:49 am Excellent article on the holistic, proper approach to implementing social media.

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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

APRIL 10, 2008

Founded by four ex-Googlers, FriendFeed allows you to subscribe to your friends’ updates across 35 social networks and to stay up to date with the content they’re discovering and sharing across the web. In social media spheres, it’s almost unavoidable to not engage online with content in some way.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Brian Solis and Deirdre Breakenridge just published an excellent book, Putting the Public Back in Public Relations. A few months ago, Brian Solis talked about an off-topic pitch about a social network for plants. Somehow, I think nature lovers would be more interested in socializing shrubbery.)

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 31, 2008

Publishing a book (or at least an e-book, we’ll see) Four Music Artists I’m Listening To Now 1. Nugget bin guy at McDonald’s (lasted three months … didn’t have to deal with customers) Four Things I Look Forward To This Year 1. The birth of my daughter (May 6th due date) 2. Hiring some help 3. John Prine 2.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 2, 2008

Do following things: 1) Create new page via WordPRess control panel with page title “Search Results&# and paste the code of Googles Search result code text box. 2) Publish that page. ‘ABC’ is the page id of NEW Search result page, which you have created in WordPress) 5)Save the file.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 21, 2009

Social media, quite simply, relates to the usage of content created by easily accessible publishing technologies (social media sites such as Facebook or Twitter, photo publishing sites such as Flickr, video sites like YouTube and Vimeo) that is generated by the hundreds of millions of consumers utilizing these technologies.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 15, 2010

concept I find so easy to forget to test for when I get enthusiastic to publish each week. My test on that is to re-read it back later or even the next day before I publish. Humility and the K.I.S.S Being guilty of just adding motherhood stuff to someone else’s work to make it mine leaves me cold.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2008

Reply Robert Berkman February 22, 2008 at 3:17 pm You might be interested in a book on this topic–just published literally today(!)–The That’s the way a company really can grow in all senses of the word. Reply steve February 22, 2008 at 11:34 am Well said!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 26, 2009

With permission, I am publishing the unedited version here. But with social media marketing, it doesn’t have to be. The only investment in the act of marketing on the social web is time and energy. A converted client is a more dramatic and trusted story which makes it more interesting on the social network.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2010

Here’s 2007. Social Media: Getting Started Why You Have to Engage in Social Media, Even if You Don’t Want to (A Smart Bear): Jason Cohen (@asmartbear) makes a compelling argument into why social media must be considered, even if you have no interest in it. I say it’s “social media for everyone.&#

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Twitter is one of the largest social networking sites, featuring users from various walks of lives. Your Status Matters Twitter is not just any kind of social networking site. who has previously written a great analysis on the top 5 blogs and now is taking his evaluation to Twitter.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 23, 2008

Well, for one, social media users — that is, users on social news sites such as Digg, Mixx, Reddit — are not particularly enthusiastic about the proliferation of marketers in their community. This is a huge challenge for someone who wants to sell their product using social media. Does social media convert?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 17, 2010

Don’t wait until you need a story published, or until you want to be used as a source. Social Media isn’t only Social Networks. Do the same thing for your social networks, and your other interactions. Get to know the press before you need something from them. It makes your client feel special.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 1, 2010

If either you or any of your readers are interested in becoming part of the Kontera Network, we’re currently offering new publishers a 70% revenue share, which is the best rate in the industry. We’re also offering new publishers a $50 bonus if they get at least 25,000 U.S.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

OCTOBER 19, 2009

Publishing, consulting and regular life all kind of merge on the web and it is sometimes hard to know which hat you have on. When I talked to Gary about this, he mentioned that the people were the business, not the wine. I admire that. Chris is as charming as he is handsome. Reply wes conard October 20, 2009 at 2:34 am Nice post.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 19, 2008

but I was an early adopter of social networks from when I first opened my 3.5″ On the other hand, my first ever interaction on AOL was with someone who was separated from my social network by only one degree. I’m a little younger than that (finally, I can say that!), hour (after a flat rate of $9.95

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 8, 2010

It doesn’t end after you hit “publish.&# You need to network with like minded individuals and build relationships with people in the blogosphere so that you ultimately get inbound links, comments, and visibility. Can I publish this though out my (SMALL Network) please!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 29, 2010

Whether or not it’s my choice — and in book publishing, there are other parties involved beyond just the writer — it’s just the wrong question to ask. FWIW, someone emailed me earlier today asking for help, not long after this post was published, and maybe *because* this post was published.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 21, 2008

Some said we lost our innocence in the Kaycee Nicole scandal, but there still exists a vast network of potential support out here in the social networks, and from time to time scammers succeed in tapping into this resource. I received no response and made sure that I published this blog post, thanks to Kelly.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

Therefore, if you’re serious about blogging, you need to make a concerted effort to learn traditional media/publishing etiquette. Bloggers are clearly in a different position than reporters because they are often also the publisher, and the publisher IS interested in ad sales. Keep the good stuff comin’, Tamar.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 4, 2008

Some of my favorite quotes (as liveblogged ) were quite memorable and include (with emphasis being mine): Q: Where ads are published, what would you trust more? In reality, it was quite eye-opening (and funny). One in a magazine or one that is online? Evan: I’ll admit, I shoot the monkey on the advertisements.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

I didn’t publish this right when I started writing it in January because it wasn’t a polished piece. I published a book, which, ironically, I scored through blogging. .&# But it’s more than that. The act of writing, as Brian Carter said in the comments, is rewriting. That’s right.

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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. New for 2008: If your article is highlighted in this comprehensive post, we have badges for you! How to Commit Social Media Suicide : Some people don’t get social media.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 2, 2010

I had graduated college the previous year, so many of my classmates seemed to have “moved on&# from the social sites of my time (all of which have dissolved). Facebook is not just a social network anymore; it is a society. Now, I’m networking with bloggers. Why the sudden appeal?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

However, the lack of follow-through was unsettling enough that I am publishing this post. The first week of September was difficult for American cable network TLC. Before long, social networks became hugely successful, and savvy marketers realized that they could create accounts on these networks to promote themselves.

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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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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 1, 2010

Here are ten tips that will help you on your journey: Discover your brand A lot of people are rushing to get on social networks, and are forgetting to fill out their profiles, or what their purpose of participation is. You won’t be able to scale your brand on fifty social networks.

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DECEMBER 1, 2009

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 23, 2010

and its restricted access, people had no need to use any other names on the Mark Zuckerberg-created social network. It’s how social networks are intended to be used. Besides, what if there was no online platform to network? Because of its original simple use (communication!) It can be very annoying.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 1, 2008

At this point, beyond your deepest darkest secrets that you don’t publish online, there may be nothing necessarily left (or at least required) for people to create a whole profile about you. As more and more social interaction gets pulled together on the Web, I think people will lose a little bit of freedom and privacy.

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MARCH 24, 2010

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. Andy has submitted nearly 15,000 stories to Digg and over 4200 of his submissions have hit the front page of the impossible-to-game social news site.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 7, 2010

Today they published an interview with Guy Kawasaki in which Mr. Kawasaki clearly states his position on Twitter. Fast Company’s ‘Influence Project’ has inspired some contentious conversations, and I think there is room enough for everyone’s opinion to gain traction.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 15, 2009

I think that it is “shiny new toy&# syndrome — there are a lot of claims that people can be social media rockstars because well, they’ve had a Facebook account since 2007! Having a presence on a social media site doesn’t mean they’re social media experts.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 28, 2010

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. I do not want to “disable” the news feed. I just want to control the flow of information coming to me from my social network.

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