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JUNE 27, 2008

Supernova 2008 - Interview with Umair Haque. Conference Notes: Three Approaches to Social Computing Platforms. April 2008. March 2008. February 2008. January 2008. Election 2008. Enterprise Social Computing. Microblogging. Social Computing. Social Media. Social Networking.

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SocialText News Sharepoint Web 2.0 100

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 28, 2010

When Weezer came out with Pork and Beans in 2008, the band’s music video introduced a completely different concept with characters that were incredibly familiar. This might be via power players on social networks (eg, this story is moving on Sphinn) or even national TV (Susan Boyle’s video was a recording of a popular TV show).

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Video Flash Mob YouTube MySpace 236

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 18, 2010

Here are five steps you can take: Review In a committed relationship, if there is any hint of disagreement in the social space, it’s time to sit down and look at one another’s social networks. Most of my social network profiles are business-related, however I have reserved a couple for friends and family only.

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Activities Social Media Policies Social Networking 216

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

NOVEMBER 28, 2007

It’s about time that I bring the dialogue here since it’s evident that I’m already starting to grow fond of the brand new social network. The Early Adopter Appeal Mixx is a new social news site that went into private beta a mere two months ago. And for that reason, you should join–now. It’s instant.

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Review Digg StumbleUpon Web 2.0 102

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 18, 2010

surveys, focus groups, test marketing) often spend millions to locate their target markets. Establishing a social media strategy will help you see where potential customers are hanging out. It finds your customers Companies using traditional marketing methods (e.g. Where are the people most likely to buy your products and services?

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Social Media Strategy StumbleUpon Digg 269

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

NOVEMBER 26, 2007

The internet and technology ownership has changed everything: digital TV, mobile phones, iPods, weblogs, instant messaging, [and] social networking. Totally connected groups are average sharers, creating as much as they can consume and using free sites to display it all. Crucially, their expectations have changed.

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Meme Digg Web 2.0 StumbleUpon 100

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 9, 2008

I know many are already in the process of trying out other social networks, so the phenomenon of social news won’t die down anytime soon. Reply Tamar Weinberg May 9, 2008 at 8:43 am You can still do that with karma points and not rankings. Hey, this is a confessional blog post, and I totally hear you.

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Digg Sites News API 100

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

NOVEMBER 28, 2007

It’s great to build a self-sustainable social network and then be able to sit back and relax while the users run the show. There are a small group of users who are affected by the same problem, but we’re too small a group for Rose or his cronies to pay atrention to. And Reddit doesn’t stop there.)

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Digg Reddit Web 2.0 StumbleUpon 100

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? March 24, 2008 at 3:39 am What is Social Alerter? I’d like to put in my $0.02

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Social Media Marketing Digg MySpace 105

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 1, 2008

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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Digg Social Media Upcoming Ustream 100

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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Aggregator Content Digg Posterous 151

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 6, 2008

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Personal > Zicam and the Reputation Management Fiasco Zicam and the Reputation Management Fiasco by Tamar Weinberg on February 6, 2008 Share Awhile ago, I used Twitter to talk about one of my favorite cold remedy vitamins, Airborne.

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Reputation Chemicals Issues Consultant 125

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 12, 2010

For large, Fortune 1000 brands, this is typically a very large group, ranging from a few thousand to a few million individuals. One of the things I look for nowadays when I visit sites is how well they’re integrating their social network presences.

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Smart Phone Mobile Social Media SEO 218

Bare Feet Studios

DECEMBER 3, 2007

UPDATE: When I said “related sites&# in the title, I was referring to the 40+ sites who are in on the Beacon tracking system with Facebook, and was not lumping all social networking sites into the pot. There are so many socnets and microblogging/status update services out there. Innocent until proven guilty applies here.

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Sites Facebook Privacy Xanga 44

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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Brands Message Boards Travel Forums 133

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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Twitter Microblogging MySpace Comparison 199

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 4, 2010

I spoke with Brian Simpson, Director of Social Hospitality, for more insights into how social media became an asset for Roger Smith, and I learned some great things. Brian Simpson is a cancer survivor and discovered Twitter in the spring of 2008 when he endured the grueling process of chemotherapy for a period of 7 months.

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Hotels Social Media Communities Discount 245

Social Media Strategery

NOVEMBER 2, 2008

Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 Development Social Media Learn to Walk Before You Run Sun, Nov 2, 2008 Enterprise 2.0 , Social Media Image courtesy of Flickr user karen.j.ybanez “Why aren’t people using it?&# Government 2.0

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Gov 2.0 Wiki Social Media Yammer 63

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? It takes regular participation over a sustained period to build a network.

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Social Media Marketing Consultant Communities 163

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2009

Social Media Sites: General The Big Boys of Social Bookmarking: The Top 20 Sites (10e20): Chris Winfield ranks the top 20 social bookmarking sites by their Alexa rankings and gives a short description of what each does — in case you haven’t ventured beyond Digg. What are the most popular sites in these age groups?

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Marketing StumbleUpon SEO Reputation 144

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 12, 2010

Despite the fact that Facebook has the most customizable privacy settings of all social networks (though we could argue with their effectiveness in a whole other post), people don’t like maintaining a “business&# identity on the same profile as their “personal&# (fun?) People use both networks as a free-for-all.

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Facebook LinkedIn Social Networking Microblogging 233

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 21, 2008

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Internet , Opinion , Social Media > Quantum Entanglements: The Social Media Scandals Quantum Entanglements: The Social Media Scandals by Tamar Weinberg on July 21, 2008 Share This is a guest post from kd kelly.

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Social Media StumbleUpon Communities MySpace 104

Webbiquity SMM

OCTOBER 5, 2010

While a dwindling number of business executives still dismiss Twitter as a waste of time, recent research suggests it is one of the most valuable social networks for business. Although fewer Americans use Twitter than Facebook, Twitter users “are far more likely to follow Brands/ Companies than social networkers in general.

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Tools Twitter Tips Statistics 207

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 28, 2010

Linkedin lead generation requires commitment to answering and asking questions on Groups/Answers, taking advantage of the deep searches, and connecting directly with those around you in your network. Kirtsy and Other Niche Social Networks. Did you know there’s a social news website catered to women called Kirtsy ?

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Social Media Strategy Yahoo Communities 278

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 5, 2010

Don’t use a Facebook Group. Aggregate Your Other Social Streams If you’re only on Facebook, this step isn’t for you. Hopefully, though, you’re considering other social networks to broaden your social media reach. That might not apply to Facebook fan groups but the idea is similar.

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Facebook How To Marketing URL 279

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 am only now starting to check these social sites out, just Facebook and StumbleUpon so far.

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MySpace Yahoo Ustream StumbleUpon 101

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 29, 2008

An Interview with Language Trainers, Creators of the Accent Game by Tamar Weinberg on July 29, 2008 Share If you haven’t yet seen the Language Trainers Accent Game , it has won the “best viral marketing strategy of 2008″ (in my eyes). Tamar : What does your company do?

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Marketing Film StumbleUpon Project 103

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2010

of articles on the topic of Internet Marketing, from SEO to social media to web usability and then some. Here’s my list for 2008. The article has examples of how social media worked too. The A-Z of Social Media for Brands (Econsultancy): They say it’s “social media for brands.&# Here’s 2007.

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Marketing SEO Journal Engineering 265

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 17, 2010

Social Media isn’t only Social Networks. Do the same thing for your social networks, and your other interactions. This is probably one of the areas that the Community Managers Group should begin to focus on! If a customer calls in to thank you personally, follow up with an appreciative email.

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Communities Twitter Web 2.0 ROI 237

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 26, 2010

But with all other social networks, there are rules of engagement that are determined by the community. If you take time to see what other community members find interesting, then you might get inspired to craft content that would be interesting to the social internet at large. Still stuck? Check out these viral ideas.

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StumbleUpon Digg Social Networking Review 181

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 10, 2008

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Interviews , Social Media , Websites > SXSW: Mark Zuckerberg Keynote (the edited liveblogged version) SXSW: Mark Zuckerberg Keynote (the edited liveblogged version) by Tamar Weinberg on March 10, 2008 Share Greetings all from SXSW!

Web 2.0 104

Web 2.0 MySpace Applications Microsoft 104

Webbiquity SMM

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Reports, surveys, studies and infographics are among the most popular content posted and shared across social networks. But which networks are most effective for spreading the content produced? How widespread, really, is the use of social media for marketing? We’re all hungry for data. hours to 6.3 for the year).

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Statistics Research Social Media B2B 190

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

It’s not enough to be insular and focus on your groups of friends. You may find people who are surfing outside your social circle who might be potentially interested in your products. At business networking events, try to get to know people outside your group of trusted colleagues. I’ve done this too.

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Twitter Sports Microblogging HootSuite 205

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 14, 2009

The collection begins with posts that start in January of 2008 and have been collected and shared in the last 12 months. Like last year, I’ve grouped them into different categories and written short descriptions on each post. New for 2008: If your article is highlighted in this comprehensive post, we have badges for you!

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SEO Social Media Marketing Reputation 162

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 3, 2009

Reply Google Tutor January 18, 2008 at 2:20 pm Tamar, thanks for sharing, great to see in this on the web. Reply Ruud Hein January 18, 2008 at 2:26 pm The 1st time around I left no comment. Reply Scott Clark January 18, 2008 at 2:55 pm Really beautiful. Our thoughts are with you! I’m sorry for your loss of such a nice man.

MySpace 102

MySpace Consultant Yahoo StumbleUpon 102

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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Handbook Social Media Web 2.0 StumbleUpon 279

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

I learn about these new blogs mostly outside the “social&# space because they do the hand-holding from start to finish, and as such, they often cater to a wider audience. This is the kind of content that spreads beyond the typical blog reader to an entirely different group of people.

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Blogosphere Blogger Comments Tips 278