Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 25, 2010

On a particular forum I am active on (yes, I still use them!), Do study your influencers Want to reach out to influencers ? Thing is, some people don’t really reach out correctly to influencers. Study your influencers out; don’t take the lazy path because you can. Don’t self promote.

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Adam Sherk

JUNE 15, 2010

It is also interesting that despite that low score the profile is still in the 99.4th percentile: Perhaps @ColonelTribune is more popular among industry professionals (as an example of a great Twitter persona ) than typical users and news consumers. News Sites on the New Digg: Who is Active, Who is Gaining Followers? What do you think?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Because of the less serious checklists that are being passed around the web right now, I thought it would be a good time to look at what some of the influencers online are really doing, and how you can join their ranks if you’re so inclined. Take my own situation as an example. The first is personal.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

You may love Google Reader, but I still want my Netvibes--and Ill fight you to the death for it. As part of Jane Harts recent project to identify the top 100 Elearning Tools , shes also put together a Learning Toolbox that recommends a variety of tools for different personal learning activities. Id start there.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Its awesome to have a lot of friends, and even more so being active in the hottest blog communities. Starting tonight, MyBlogLog is feeding in MyBlogLog activity (adding contacts, joining communities, tagging) as well as your most recent blog posts into Messenger as well. share an item on Google Reader.

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ProBlogger

APRIL 15, 2021

When I started Digital Photography School I began to think about reader profiles. For example, I created a reader named Grace who was a ‘mamarazzo’ and loved taking photos of her kids. And having her as one of my ‘ideal’ readers instantly gave me ideas on what I could write about to engage her and meet her needs.

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Adam Sherk

AUGUST 31, 2010

I compiled the figures by looking at the profile boxes on channel pages and from YouTube’s search results, for example: Not every site shares the same information in its profile but I pulled as much data as I could. The Most Buried News Sites on Digg News Sites on the New Digg: Who is Active, Who is Gaining Followers?

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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

ProBlogger

AUGUST 12, 2012

As an active blogger, I’m always looking at various stats to help me understand how well I’m doing. Google Alerts : With Alerts, Google will email you every time someone mentions your brand, product, website, and so on. I like to get them via RSS instead of email, so I check them in Google reader each morning.

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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.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

I scan 275 RSS feeds in Google Reader and I use dozens of bookmarklets and shortcuts to help me manage it all. In addition, if youre a Google Readers shared items (yes, you Scoble !) or Google Reader shared feed through Yahoo Alerts. » Turn Gmail Into Your Personal Nerve Center from Agent of Influence.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 22, 2008

Simply put, the new mass media helped organize, and influence, large numbers of consumers. To take two examples: people complain about an issue to an important newspaper prompting them to push the issue into the mainstream, or if a TV station covers an event, that becomes an important topic. It also becomes direct.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 26, 2012

Instead of having to actively search for new and interesting things, our friends were doing the work for us. One of the best examples of how this overabundance has done harm is with daily deal sites. Google Reader is a great free service which consolidates your blog subscriptions into a single, convenient reader.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 24, 2012

Another is sort of consumer-influenced analytics , obviously Klout being the only thing in that quadrant. I mean, there are so many examples of this. The Olympics, Rule 40 – if that’s not the classic example of digital illiteracy in the modern day I don’t know what is. It’s just all ad nauseum.

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Webbiquity SMM

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

As the fourth-largest social network, and the fastest growing in 2012 , Twitter has emerged as a serious platform for business professionals to share breaking news, promote thought-leadership content, and engage with customers, prospects, peers and industry influencers. Spend your time more productively there? Get retweeted more often?

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Viper Chill

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

After that I’m going to give two examples in different industries showing how you can use these services – and the information they generate – to your advantage. Google Reader Subscriber Counts. In Google Reader you can see how many people are subscribing just via Google.

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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. Social media gives you an opportunity to exert influence onto customers and prospects. If you’re active in any particular medium, you become influential. What does that mean for you?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 17, 2010

Who are the influencers? Mark Thompson of Search Engine Journal has a great article entitled How To Find Industry Influencers. I remember sitting in an ROI webinar with New Marketing Labs’ Justin Levy , and he more or less skimmed through 5 or 6 different measuring tools like Grader, and of course, Google Analytics.

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Communities Twitter Web 2.0 ROI 237

SocialFish

APRIL 14, 2011

This is a pretty good deconstruction of how we actively curate content for you here on SocialFishing, and it’s a useful way to think about particular kinds of posts you could be posting on your association or nonprofit blog relative to your industry topics. Here’s another example. We like them a lot.

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Webbiquity SMM

OCTOBER 8, 2013

Guest blogger James Barnett offers helpful tips for using Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and blogging to run PR campaigns at live events, for example, on Twitter: “Use hash tags (#) to stay on topic with trends and create a buzzword around your brand. by Social-Hire. Where should you focus your social media time and efforts?

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Kikolani

APRIL 26, 2013

As crowds go wild for this type of session, I’ve decided to use this space to focus on effective landing page elements and provide several examples thereof. Infographic: The Periodic Table Of Google Analytics – Want to understand all the ways that Google Analytics can help you learn how people are interacting with your site?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 8, 2008

Maki , Internet Marketing and Social Media Blogger: The main characteristic [social media marketers] need to have is a genuine curiosity/interest in social media, particularly on how it influences human relationships and business practices. For example, what plays well on Digg versus what plays well on Propeller.

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Webbiquity SMM

DECEMBER 4, 2012

Google+, for example, allows you to link to as many of your other social profiles as you choose”) as well as specific suggestions for getting the most out of Facebook, Twitter, Google+, LinkedIn and Pinterest. How your brand is abusing social networks by iMedia Connection. ** 5 STARS. Writing Social Media Policies.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 24, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Blogging , Marketing , Opinion , Social Media > How to Get an Influencer’s Attention How to Get an Influencer’s Attention by Tamar Weinberg on March 24, 2010 Share Influence is everywhere, but it’s up to you to spot it.

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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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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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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Some have suggested that the principles of PLEs can be presented in a software tool (see Plex , for example), while others suggest it to be more of a concept than a particular tool. As this examples of organizing PLEs indicates, each learner will create a different collage of tools reflecting their personal preferences and learning needs.

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Wiki Aggregator Social Bookmarking API 184

Waxing UnLyrical

APRIL 27, 2011

But if Klout is going to bill itself as “the standard for online influence,&# it’s got to do more than score people based on how frenetically active they are on Twitter and Facebook. Case in point, yesterday was a day I was particularly active on Twitter, which I haven’t been recently. You know why? Ridiculous.

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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.) That likely reduces your influence as a stumbler that StumbleUpon would want to trust. Seriously?! Did I miss anything?

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StumbleUpon Digg Social Networking Review 181

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

As an example, if you’re a business who predominantly focuses on IT infrastructure solutions but recently was involved in a tremendous Thanksgiving initiative through your local food bank, you certainly are within your right (and should) tell people about it. Let me use a good example that’s relevant to me: Facebook.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 10, 2010

Over the next few months, I received multiple invites to various groups on Facebook and messages imploring me to participate in activities in which I had no interest. Find those who influence you , and then find out who they are engaging with. All social media etiquette rules were not heeded to.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 8, 2010

Numbers Aren’t Everything Over-zealous clients or enthusiasts might feel the need to absolutely reach out to the “influencers&# who have eleventy billion Twitter followers. Research these potential influencers to get a handle on their credibility. And get your account started and active immediately.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

There’s relationship building (see rule #6), influence, branding, and more. your initial examples are problematic in my opinion: (A) If you or your client does not have an advertising budget, then how *are* they paying you to email people? I don’t actively do it for clients — I do it to connect with people.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2009

27 Website Promotion Sources that Have Nothing to do With Google or SEO (eMoms at Home): In other words, Wendy Piersall explains that your online marketing strategy is all about internet marketing and a whole lot of social media. For example, Rule #1 is “Thou Shalt Be Honest.&# The difference is that it’s virtual.

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Marketing StumbleUpon SEO Reputation 144

Viper Chill

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

For example, I sometimes recommend guest blogging as a great way to build your authority in your niche and will then link to my guide on guest blogging. Not only is this useful in terms of SEO, but it also gives your readers more posts to read and thus increases your pageviews. Does it really need to be a powerful page?

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WordPress SEO NoFollow Sites 93

Buffer Social

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Robust RSS reader with content discovery. Feedly is the heir to Google Reader, and it’s improved the RSS formula in some neat ways. Er, try a very specific Google search. Here’s an example. Gain influence. Along with building authority, curation also allows you to gain influence.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Find a tweet your competitor sent, and see how many times it was retweeted, by whom, which among them are influencers, etc. See an example at the bottom of this post (the little squares that animate when you put your cursor over them). It works like bit.ly, but incorporates all URL shorteners into the data mix.

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