Bill Hartzer

JANUARY 12, 2011

Even if you don’t actively seek these out, you should be getting more links, and even distributing a press release will help. If you are linking to the privacy policy page, then use the anchor text “privacy policy&#. Not getting new links to your website. Improper use of internal anchor text. No breadcrumb trail.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 25, 2008

and obviously more recently sites such as Digg. If you’re not actively engaged, the news won’t come at you. Digg: Newsworthy, Informational, and Funny Chris also mentions that he has used Digg as a news source. Twenty-two minutes after it hit the front page, it sat at 2099 Diggs. He was 28.

Social Networking 101

Social Networking Digg StumbleUpon Social Bookmarking 101

Webbiquity SMM

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Why is having a social media policy in place so critical? As a guide to crafting an effective social media policy, you can emulate or combine ideas from one or more of the many social media policy examples now posted online, including the 57 social media policy examples from Dave Fleet or the more than 100 examples posted by Ralph Paglia.

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Policies Social Media Guidelines Plaxo 180

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 12, 2010

For example, one of my Friendster aliases is Times Square. 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). December 20, 2007 at 12:28 pm toodoo » ?????

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MySpace LinkedIn Facebook Social Networking 114

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 31, 2009

One great example this year has been Blame Drew’s Cancer. It seems the activity level has fallen off. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca Additionally, crowdsourcing has even help bring awareness to charity causes and collecting money for them.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 22, 2008

by Tamar Weinberg on February 22, 2008 Share This is a guest post from Pierre Far, who recently launched a very cool program called Social Alerter which notifies you as soon as your website has a solid chance of hitting the Digg or del.icio.us Not just being talked about but be an active voice in the community. If so, how?

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Social Media Marketing Digg MySpace 105

Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 28, 2008

Nearly half those respondents (44%) spend more than 30% of their work activity on e-mail related activity. Also helping overcome e-mail fatigue at leading organizations are effective policies on e-mail use and the use of social media such as wikis and blogs. For example, MySpace grew by 609% in one year, from just under 3.5

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Sharepoint Wiki Web 2.0 Class 189

Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

This example represents the challenge with a lot of our elearning. In the example above, if the safety course started with an earthquake, I’d have to make decisions and get routed through the course based on the decisions I made. For example, the image below shows some simple changes I’ve made to the same image.

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Template Templates Course Real Estate 280

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 10, 2008

You may have stumbled upon a site a few hours ago, and now you’re actively Tweeting. As an example, let’s take a look at Robert Scoble’s FriendFeed (click the image for a larger view): In this screenshot, Robert utilized both Google Reader and Twitter, and the comments spread to his feed where an ongoing discussion ensued.

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Plaxo Picasa StumbleUpon Netvibes 103

Buzz Marketing for Technology

JULY 7, 2008

For example, if you go create an external facing idea portal but don’t do the hard work to drive process change internally with the functions that own the changes your users want - your idea engine could do you more harm than good. Had someone shown up and said “join the convo,&# I would have thrown them out. Go join that!

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Communities Groups Groups Social Media 117

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Take my own situation as an example. For example, when I first started making money online, I was 16 years old. I get the same e-mails, only they are about getting a #1 ranking in Google Reply Ian February 2, 2010 at 10:59 am This post is a prime example of how to be a true social media expert. The first is personal.

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Social Media Influencer MySpace Consultant 229

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 4, 2010

At the end of the day, we know most people are active on social networks because they have some reason for being there (be it to make a sale or to establish authority, for example), but through your regular interactions, you need to recognize that these are byproducts of your genuine and authentic involvement.

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Hotels Social Media Communities Discount 245

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 12, 2009

If a forum exists for your industry, you should very well be active: you should participate and follow the discussion closely to know exactly what is being said and what kind of feedback you can take back to your executive and development team to enhance your product and to make it better than your competition. It’s a brave (???)

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Brands Message Boards Travel Forums 133

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 10, 2010

As long as there’s a healthy balance in their activities, I don’t see a problem. COPPA laws protect children under the age of 13, and that’s why Ani’s blog, for example, is protected (by her mother’s request). Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca

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Blogger StumbleUpon Communities Journal 241

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 27, 2008

Users are actively seeking information that will enhance their professional knowledge. My friends who have popular news, political, science sites etc… see much better numbers and subscribers from sites such as Sphinn and even Digg and so on. Would Be interesting to see and filter out areas for example US and Non-US traffic.

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Social Media StumbleUpon SEO ROI 100

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 28, 2010

Lead generation and client acquisition can be had on LinkedIn, especially in the B2B space, just as long as you’re active and engaging. If you’re active in any particular medium, you become influential. Showing a public interest in your customers and genuinely offering help helps nurture a positive perception of your brand.

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Social Media Strategy Yahoo Communities 278

Viper Chill

AUGUST 28, 2012

For example with PluginID I had huge success with guest blogging as an SEO strategy, and within just 2-3 months I was on the front page of Google for the phrase personal development. If you’re not sure about the niche, then the kind of things I would look for are: How active are the most popular blogs / sites on this topic already.

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Adsense How To Forums Sites 77

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 5, 2010

Share the 10OFF discount code for everyone, for example. Better yet, to show that the page is active, give the users control by letting their Fan posts show up on the front page. As a result, engagement goes up as the page appears very active. Give them a reason to be actively engaged. What if you want to offer 10% off?

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Facebook How To Marketing URL 279

SocMed Sean

APRIL 5, 2012

Just look at Zappos as an example. In short, by ignoring new technologies like Social Media and Social Networking, companies are not only burying their proverbial heads, but are actively engaging in hypocrisy regarding their messages to employees. Share this on LinkedIn Share this on Tumblr Share this on del.icio.us

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Social Media Twitter Facebook Social Networking 279

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 17, 2010

He also gave a simple example of how to measure Social Media ROI: What you really want to know when measuring Social Media ROI is how much money each incoming warm lead is worth. Here’s a great example: Many Yelp reviews are taken down within a few days of being posted. Put them to good use! Ever wonder why?

Communities 237

Communities Twitter Web 2.0 ROI 237

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 12, 2010

Take my husband’s grandfather as an example. These examples above illustrate a typical usability question faced by Facebook users (well, except for Grandpa). Digg is now part of social media and will be explained in the final chart. There really aren’t 350 million members on Facebook.

Facebook 233

Facebook LinkedIn Social Networking Microblogging 233

Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Groupware exits only when the components are linked and integrated so they work together actively anti seamlessly. Intranets provide a self-service system employees can use to conduct many HR-related activities without involving the HR staff. However, merely having those components is not enough.

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Applications Software Diagrams Real Estate 100

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 1, 2010

For example, by looking at ProBlogger, we are being told that the owner is not an amateur but a pro blogger. Let’s take Techipedia for example. For example, if I’m blogging to tell you the importance of traffic then I should also tell you how to get traffic in the same post. For example, my blog is three months old.

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Analysis Domain Name Blogger Adsense 226

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 8, 2008

Rebecca Kelley , Search Marketing and Social Media Consultant : A social media marketer needs to be an active participant in the social media sphere. Also, one story on the Digg home page does not an expert make. For example, what plays well on Digg versus what plays well on Propeller.

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Social Media Marketing Consultant Communities 163

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 22, 2009

If they have too many friends and not many followers, for example, you might not want to follow them. You might choose to only follow active users (who tweet between 1 and 100 times a month, for example) and not users who are either way too inactive or are too excessive. Tweet activity. A specific number of friends.

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Applications Review Statistics URL 179

Buzz Marketing for Technology

JULY 21, 2008

An example is the person who constantly has the radio on. For example, I have scheduled times during the day to check email. Web browsing or reading blogs for example, can easily take several hours if I’m not conscientious about it. Many people try giving up TV for a week, for example. I appreciate your support. :).

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How To Digg Examples News 247

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 26, 2010

The more active you are on StumbleUpon, the more opportunity there is for you to grow your network and expose your own content to more and more StumbleUpon users. This is not a real example, readers.) And if you’re using StumbleUpon to solicit votes on Digg, do you think Digg doesn’t notice? Seriously?!

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StumbleUpon Digg Social Networking Review 181

Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 10, 2011

For example, although a significant proportion of the population of Quebec is bilingual, many of those people have a language preference. 22 Inspiring Examples of Facebook Page Designs by DreamGrow Social Media. For example, Facebook’s membership (as of August) reached 44% of the U.S. Branding & Engagement, pt.

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Facebook B2B Privacy MySpace 210

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2010

The article has examples of how social media worked too. How to Make Social Media Work for Non-Consumer Brands (Mashable): This is a good B2B social media article which is chock full of examples. David Armano suggests to study out the candidate first; they shouldn’t just be focused on Twitter, for example.

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Marketing SEO Journal Engineering 265

Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Home the browser Campaign 2008 News & Politics Arts & Life Business & Tech Health & Science Style & Shopping Travel & Food Sports Slate on NPR Video PRINT DISCUSS E-MAIL RECOMMEND Facebook MySpace Mixx Digg Reddit del.icio.us Were active participants on the Web, looking for information and diversion.

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Nielsen Pluck MySpace Study 279

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. The problem: he was not at all active on the high profile blog and hadn’t written a single comment. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca

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Blogger Press Release Marketing Instant Messaging 132

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 8, 2010

And get your account started and active immediately. Yes, Twitter and Facebook and Digg and other niche sites cost nothing to join, making social media a relatively free marketing option. If you blog or post comments, you should make sure it adheres to your company’s social media policy. Be proactive, not reactive.

Social Media 268

Social Media Marketing Policies Sysomos 268

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. For example, Rule #1 is “Thou Shalt Be Honest.&#

Marketing 144

Marketing StumbleUpon SEO Reputation 144

Webbiquity SMM

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

you have a tiny customer base and they are all in top-secret military installations) and what groundwork needs to be laid before embracing social media in your marketing practices, then delves into how to use content for lead generation and integrate social with other marketing activities like email. So, Your CEO Wants to Tweet! Related Post.

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Social Media Tools Tips ROI 198

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 16, 2010

For example, they use a green background on Twitter, black background on their YouTube channels and maybe red on their Facebook fan page landing tabs. For example, I’ll put “I tweet. Examples of baits are: graphics, eBooks, whitepapers, scripts, website themes, coupon codes, etc. Are my profiles well branded?

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Questions Social Media How To Postrank 277

Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 17, 2011

What Americans Do Online: Social Media And Games Dominate Activity by Nielsen Wire. online time is spent on just three activities: social networking, playing games and emailing. Mobile internet activity is different, however, with the dominant share of time (42%) spent on email, and just 11% on social media. 40 percent of U.S.

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Research Social Media B2B Marketing 210

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Search Engine Roundtable is an excellent example of a successful unique blog in a saturated market. Mommyblogs are a great example of thriving personal blogs; they take you behind the scenes into the life as a parent. Darren suggests having a memorable design, trying your hand at being a character (e.g.

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Blogosphere Blogger Comments Tips 278