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Internet Marketers of New York Charity Party: March 18, 2008

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

With that said, it’s just two days away to the Internet Marketers of New York charity party in NYC (during SES NY) which is sponsored by the coolest guys on earth, Best of the Web. When: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 at 8PM until 12AM. What: A charity party.? Your $40 at the door goes straight to a charity.

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With 4 Days Before Blogger Social, I Bring You the 4×4 Meme

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

I went to the West Coast for the first time to attend search engine conferences, with trips to Seattle, San Jose (twice!), Tagged as: 4x4 , 4x4 meme , meme , social media { 7 comments… read them below or add one } Chris Kieff March 31, 2008 at 8:59 am Tamar, Thanks for the link love and the response. and Las Vegas.

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Social Media for Non-Profits: How One Small Charity Makes it Work

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

In November 2008, during the week of the Thanksgiving holiday, Epic Change leveraged Twitter to raise money ($10,000 goal) to help build a classroom in Tanzania. He calls this “social media human resources.&# He’s 5 years my junior but we reconnected in 2008 and now look at how he’s grown!

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Five Benefits to Using Twitter Â? Techipedia | Tamar Weinberg

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Twitter as a tool to communicate during conferences. After attending SMX (I’ll post something on that soon) and SES NY, I realized that Twitter is a useful tool for conferencegoers to communicate their whereabouts or to share breaking news and announcements. May 21, 2008 at 2:51 pm Why on Earth Would Anyone Twitter?

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Pubcon 2007 Recap

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

First, some educational takeaways: Social media is the “new&# medium for businesses to communicate with consumers in a way that is interesting to them. But for those of you who have come to expect these kinds of conference wrap-up posts, you know the drill: it’s time to greet everyone once again.

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The Unfortunate Investment of Social Media (and its Consequences)

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

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. After seeing how it panned out, I have to say that I’m not impressed.

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Social Media Visitors More Loyal But Still a Very Small Percentage.

Adam Sherk

But I wouldn’t have expected Digg to be a strong second, since the social news site is known for sending large spikes of visitors that quickly scan the page and then move on. Even just a year ago the majority of news sites were barely dabbling with things like Twitter – now most have Twitter mania.

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