Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 18, 2010

Social media is about helping one another and building real strong friendships, usually around a certain interest or activity. 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.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

At a recent BlogWell event I got a chance to hear Robert Raines from Chevron present his Social Media program and how he reports their activity into the Boardroom. It all starts with the Pulse Report that Chevron had produced by Edelman (their PR firm) using their Alterian’s SM2 social media monitoring tool. Tweet This!

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Social Media SM2 Energy Microblogging 230

Adam Sherk

AUGUST 25, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk 5 Ways to Deal with Seasonal Dips in Search Engine Traffic by Adam Sherk on August 25, 2009 July and August are a time when many content sites see a seasonal dip in all forms of traffic, including search engine referrals.

Engineering 102

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

OCTOBER 6, 2010

In my Top 10 B2B Marketing Predictions for 2010 blog post last year I called that day to be February 14, 2010 (betting on the social activity that the holiday brings) but I was actually 2 months late – the first time Facebook surpassed Google was on Christmas day 2009. Written on the eve of the launch of the movie The Social Network).

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 25, 2008

and obviously more recently sites such as Digg. If you use Twitter regularly, you’d see that it wins as a social news site that provides instantaneous news — at least of that caliber. If you’re not actively engaged, the news won’t come at you. Seven minutes after that, it had 2661 Diggs.

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Webbiquity SMM

DECEMBER 28, 2010

But here are three areas where many companies aren’t realizing the synergistic benefits of coordination with their SEO efforts: Blogging: given that less than half of companies —both small businesses and the Fortune 500—actively maintain industry blogs, this is an underutilized area for SEO benefit. Share this on Bebo.

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Saying It Social

JUNE 3, 2010

KnowEm also offers paid plans, from just signing up and registering you at 150 sites, to a full-featured plan which also fills in all profile details, complete with pictures, at 100 to 300 different networking sites. namechk : Covering 72 major social networking sites, namechk is simple, fast, and easy to use.

Social Media 159

Social Media NoFollow Marketing Social Bookmarking 159

Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 24, 2011

Supplement your email list with your contacts’ social network info? Find out if the username or vanity URL you want is still available across dozens of social sites? Display a feed of brand-related comments from a variety of social networks on your website? Promote events through social media?

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Tools Social Media Lithium Sysomos 206

Saying It Social

APRIL 21, 2010

Your Friends Find out what your friends have liked, shared, and commented on through the Activity Feed and Recommendations social plugins. What are Social Plugins? Social plugins are simple and secure ways for third parties to include Facebook’s Like button and comment functionality on their websites.

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 11, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk PEJ Study Shows Print Still Primary Source of Original News Reporting by Adam Sherk on January 11, 2010 The Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism released a study today of the modern news ecosystem, examining a week of news activity in Baltimore, MD.

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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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Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 22, 2009

Data like this is interesting to check out, and it can provide useful insights for marketers and content producers in getting a better understanding of user interest and activities in both search and social media. What types of stories gained traction (or were buried) on social news sites like Digg and Reddit?

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Trends How To Digg Press Release 167

The Marketing Blog

MARCH 8, 2010

Quotes from the Money Life article Iffort’s report states that usage of Twitter will penetrate more organisations, and more firms and customers will start using this social networking tool.Conversations between users and brands which are managed by humans with an emotional quotient will continue to boost Indian marketing efforts.

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Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Not surprisingly, social media gets the most attention with 80% of respondents indicating they plan to do more with it in 2010. Search Marketing Dwarfs Social Media in Interactive Marketing Budgets Leave a Comment Subscribe (1-2 posts per week) Connect with Me Recent Posts Which News Sites Get the Most Social Media Engagement?

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Saying It Social

JULY 12, 2010

If I’m going to set up a profile on a social site I want to make sure it stays current and that I’m participating – if I can’t participate as actively as is deemed “normal&# by the sites’ users, I think it best to remove my profile. This post was mentioned on Twitter by Social Media Insider. .&#

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Sites Social Media StumbleUpon Real Estate 138

Webbiquity SMM

OCTOBER 13, 2010

The explosion of social media has led to a corresponding need for more sophisticated monitoring tools that can crawl the hundreds of social networking and bookmarking sites and millions of blogs across the globe. Social Mention. blogs, microblogging sites, social networks, etc.).

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Saying It Social

JUNE 16, 2010

Of course, as with any business activity, networking and follow up should be outcome-oriented. Link to original post Share this: StumbleUpon Digg Reddit June 16, 2010 - Posted by akstout18 | Uncategorized | events , grow your business , networking , social networking One blogger likes this post No comments yet.

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Eventful StumbleUpon Digg Reddit 114

Laurel Papworth

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

When it comes to social media and the influencer who wins – those you know but aren’t experts or those you don’t know who are? Digg has changed it’s social networking strategy from spotlighting key influencers who “digg&# a lot of articles to collect followers (crowd gatherers) to news from your friends.

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Influencer Digg Social Networking Communities 85

Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Since I’ve been comparing major news sites in variety of areas ( Facebook and Twitter impact; YouTube and new Digg activity; site speed and domain authority , among others) I thought I’d look at overall social media engagement too. So I ran 30+ news sites through the tool. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Firebelly

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

35% (173) of the Fortune 500 have active Twitter accounts (a post within the past thirty days); and nearly 50% of the top 100 companies (47) have a Twitter account. Chad Richards is the Social Program Manager at Firebelly Marketing. This represents a six percent increase over the 2008 study.

Social Media 165

Social Media Twitter Paid Search Study 165

Twist Image

JANUARY 8, 2011

Answers can be voted up and down (ala Digg ) and you have the ability to follow the individuals and topics that are of interest to you. Pushing that further, what happens when a well-known entity is active on Quora (posting questions and answering them), but then ignores a question being asked on Quora by a legitimate source?

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Questions Foursquare Digg Journal 111

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 26, 2010

Advantage: SAINTS __ 2nd Quarter: Digg Ok, which team has seen the most activity on Digg? According to Digg’s search tool 1,549 Colts articles have been submitted, with only eight being promoted to the front page and three receiving more than 500 diggs. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Team Social Media Digg Press Release 150

Adam Sherk

JANUARY 21, 2010

The flip side to that is that not everything gleaned from monitoring social media activity is accurate or reliable. So it’s not surprising that 84% of the journalists indicated that news and information delivered via social media was “slightly less” or “much less” reliable/vetted than news delivered via traditional media.

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Social Media Press Release Microblogging Survey 122

Firebelly

DECEMBER 14, 2009

Allow your listening activities to determine what forms of social media you will use. Choose the right outlets. Good advice, however, I would move question #5 to above #3.

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Social Media Marketing Paid Search SMS 133

Kikolani

APRIL 11, 2012

Actively develop your reputation by creating “positive” content. With those two techniques in mind, here are six simple, yet effective tools that might help you along the way to monitor what people are saying about you as well as actively develop and influence your online reputation. Me On The Web. SocialMention.

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 6, 2010

To investigate further I did a quick check for Twitter activity. In terms of search engine visibility, as of today the Tumblr site is #9 in my Google results for “Newsweek” so it’s working its way up. I didn’t find any shared newsweek.tumblr.com URLs through Bit.ly What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Tumblr Engagement Press Release Syndication 131

Firebelly

JANUARY 22, 2010

Social Media Contests - Participation Is Not Always Easy To Come By By Mike Kornacki Give away something for nothing and people will say “yes please.” By nature, people do not want to do a whole lot to get something especially if the activity will step outside the bounds of their normal daily routine. Let’s talk about your farmer list.

Social Media 140

Social Media Syndication Feed Reader Paid Search 140

Webbiquity SMM

OCTOBER 25, 2010

social networking profiles, social bookmarking sites, other bloggers). So, having recently completed a submission campaign for a client, here is an updated list of blog directories and RSS syndication sites that remain active and free. Over time, the top source of traffic for most blogs is search. charging for inclusion).

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Directory RSS Sites Syndication 189

Firebelly

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

Social networking sites (SNS). 73 percent of teens and 72 percent of Gen Y are now active on at least one SNS. Blogging by teens (ages 12-17) has been cut in half - from 28 percent in 2006 to 14 percent in 2009. Where did they go? 71 percent of young adults prefer Facebook while 66 percent of younger teens prefer Myspace.

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Facebook MySpace Paid Search Survey 103

Adam Sherk

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

To judge user engagement and activity, I also calculated the average number of “likes” and comments that the last 10 updates/links to each page received. Fox News is strongly ahead in terms of fan engagement and activity – their like and comment numbers are significantly greater than any of the other sites. NPR 489,413 513.5

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Sites News Engagement Facebook 238

Adam Sherk

JUNE 15, 2010

There is of course much more to the social media universe than just The Bobbsey Twins. But Twitter, Facebook in some cases Digg still represent the majority of social media referrals to many news sites, so they continue to be a priority. News Sites on the New Digg: Who is Active, Who is Gaining Followers?

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News Sites Twitter Digg 165

Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 27, 2009

Since many stories do not appear to allow comments this results in quite a few “popular” stories with zero comments, which sends a mixed message to users: NewsPulse is still in beta so there’s likely to be some changes based on user activity and input. What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Content Press Release Digg Survey 112

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. Social Desire November 30, 2007 at 5:26 pm Don’t Digg?

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Review Digg StumbleUpon Web 2.0 102

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 1, 2008

Here’s a screenshot of a story that became popular with a whopping 235 Diggs. 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.

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Adam Sherk

AUGUST 7, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Diversified Twitter Strategies for News Sites by Adam Sherk on August 7, 2009 This week’s Sysomos study of the 5% most active users on Twitter includes a list of the top 25 users (with more than 50,000 followers) ranked by average tweets per day. tweets per day.

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Sites News Strategy Twitter 105

Bill Hartzer

OCTOBER 28, 2010

If you have not been active on Facebook, there might not be any sense in saving the data. I am extremely active on Facebook. Tags: Social Media Social Media Marketing Social Networking download facebook information facebook facebook download facebook privacy tech technology. Share this on del.icio.us.

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Facebook Privacy How To Technorati 104

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 12, 2010

by Tamar Weinberg on December 19, 2007 Share How do you leverage different social networks? I am fascinated by the amount of social networks that I’m part of, but better yet, I’m intrigued to find that I assume different “personas,&# at least in terms of choosing friends (and using the networks), on each social site.

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