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. Thanks again to David Mihm who specializes in Portland Web Design for creating them. Without further ado, I now present to you the best internet marketing posts of 2009. And like last year, I have a gift for you.

Marketing 265

Marketing SEO Journal Engineering 265

Social Media Strategery

JULY 21, 2009

Home About Me Speaking Legal-ese My Team Gov 2.0 Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 Government 2.0 Then, I’ll move on to my next challenge… Photo courtesy of Flickr user Yourdon – [link] / CC BY-SA 2.0

Gov 2.0 109

Gov 2.0 Social Media Press Release Web 2.0 109

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 12, 2010

I needed to differentiate Digg from social media because they actually are part of a distinctive community (and as you know, I’m very passionate about Digg so it really did deserve its own category). I get fixated on one community and ditch the last, yet I still have my profiles on them and they usually get outdated within minutes.

MySpace 114

MySpace LinkedIn Facebook Social Networking 114

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 25, 2008

For example, just the other day I stumbled upon an Apple press release from 2003. Reply Jutta March 25, 2009 at 8:19 pm Hi Tamar, I just discovered your blog through a Tweet. Reply Jutta March 26, 2009 at 1:55 am Thank you so much for your detailed answer despite my ignorance. Sorry, guys, it’s five years later.

Social Networking 101

Social Networking Digg StumbleUpon Social Bookmarking 101

Social Media Strategery

NOVEMBER 20, 2009

Home About Me Speaking Legal-ese My Team Gov 2.0 Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 Government 2.0 Why, when asked if there were ads on Google, did one teenager at the Web 2.0 Facebook firewall gov20 government government 2.0

Education 88

Education Gov 2.0 Class Web 2.0 88

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 18, 2009

Some blogs cover software only by being voted upon by the user , for example, and your press release won’t even fly for that category. If the post does not allow commenting, send a relevant press release to the editorial team showing that you have done your research and understand what the blog is looking for.

Blogger 132

Blogger Press Release Marketing Instant Messaging 132

Social Media Strategery

MARCH 10, 2009

Home About Me Speaking Legal-ese My Team Gov 2.0 Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 Government 2.0 Development Social Media An Interview with Blogger Bob From TSA’s Evolution of Security Blog Tue, Mar 10, 2009 Best Of , Government 2.0

Blogger 81

Blogger Gov 2.0 Policies Survey 81

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 28, 2010

Blogging helps you build community (especially via comments), establish thought leadership, bring links to your website (both internally, perhaps to products or to other articles on your blog, and externally, when people like what you say and opt to link to you), and get you some nice traffic. Give to your community. Customer Service.

Social Media 278

Social Media Strategy Yahoo Communities 278

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2009

The Sexy Girls of Tech and Politics: The Unbeatable Trio (NxE): Find what the community likes and pander to them for the best kind of traffic exposure on social sites. Social Media Marketing Tactics (SEOmoz): Jane Copand, the Web 2.0 guru, shows how to leverage Web 2.0 PR Disasters Lurk in Web 2.0

Marketing 144

Marketing StumbleUpon SEO Reputation 144

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

They’re tasked with contacting bloggers about different initiatives, sending out story ideas and “press releases&# (hopefully with a social component, since those are preferred by many bloggers). Yet I get from 2 to 10 press releases per week and several PR inquiries per month. I think we do largely agree.

Blogger 177

Blogger Press Release Advertising Review 177

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

By putting effort into the writing process, you reap the benefits of a community that supports you because you lift them through your words. Bloggers who focus on a niche and tackle it are highly respected among their peers and within their communities. Want another tip on how to write well? Read a lot. Tips on self-improvement?

Blogosphere 278

Blogosphere Blogger Comments Tips 278

Social Media Strategery

APRIL 2, 2010

Read the Twenty Theses for Government 2.0 – if you’re interested in this world, read these basic tenets of how social media and the government works You’re not going to learn this stuff via books and blogs alone – you’re going to have to get your hands dirty and actually use these tools to interact with the people you’re trying to reach.

Gov 2.0 138

Gov 2.0 Social Media Policies Privacy 138

Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali The Problem With PR September 14th, 2010 Tweet You know what the problem with PR is? The term “PR” has become synonymous with “press releases” (easy enough to understand why), “buzz,” “publicity,” and “spin.”

Press Release 266

Press Release Class Industry Comments 266

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 10, 2008

And maybe then you submit a press release about it. It’s important to understand the communities you contribute to and to understand the rules of the sites that you target. FriendFeed is a service but it’s also a community. It’s about the collective, the community, and the common good.

Handbook 279

Handbook Social Media Web 2.0 StumbleUpon 279

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 24, 2010

They know that I actually care about my community and that they’re not an audience. Don’t make me read a press release to figure out what’s special about whatever you’re trying to highlight. He currently serves as the community guy at Building 43. Participate in my site’s community.

Influencer 278

Influencer How To Press Release Blogger 278

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 15, 2008

One of the best ways to achieve this goal is through blogger outreach, which typically includes more than just sending out your press release: give the blogger the opportunity to try your product. Wishing everyone the best year ever in 2009! Send them your book. Or your beanbag chair. Every titleholder deserves to be pampered.

Blogger 103

Blogger Yahoo Buy Twitter 103