Convince & Convert

JULY 20, 2012

Digg died this week, basically, I guess Digg died several weeks ago but like it officially died this week. I would say they sold or they got sold or they’re no longer Digg as we know it or as we knew it, but yes, I guess you could also say they’re dead. Digg, it’s more of like the demise of Digg.

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Idaconcpts

AUGUST 20, 2010

If the website looks low-quality – with ugly flashing advertisements, overload of Google Adsense and a cheap looking template – a visitor will instantly assume that whatever they are selling is also likely to be junk. No advertisement overloads, no content segmented with textual ads and a clean, crisp graphical interface.

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Webbiquity SMM

DECEMBER 21, 2010

In fact, trying to use social media primarily as an advertising and direct response medium is viewed as boorish social media behavior and likely to backfire, doing a brand more harm than good. People want to buy from companies that are smart, helpful and responsive. Answer prospect questions. Develop relationships with influencers.

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Social Media Research ROI Technorati 191

Laurel Papworth

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

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. The Digg Situation. The new Digg looks, therefore, like a mix of Facebook, Twitter, and RSS. Strangers become friends.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

You first get a background check , then you ask about their past experiences, how they plan to use commercials and newspapers to advertise, how they plan to measure success, etc., Ask them if they are familiar with StumbleUpon, Digg, Quora, and Google+. As early as seven years ago, hiring a marketing department was fairly simple.

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Bill Hartzer

DECEMBER 22, 2010

percent and AOL Advertising with 85.0 Best Buy Sites 28,805,000. I am not surprised that the Google Ad Network led the November Ad Focus ranking with a reach of 93.2 percent of Americans online, followed by Yahoo! Network Plus with an 86.1-percent percent reach, Yahoo! Sites with 85.3 Scripps Networks Interactive Inc. 30,371,000.

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Webbiquity SMM

MAY 30, 2010

From social media cartoons and contextual advertising gone wrong to dysfunctional agency-client relationships and the best (and worst) online ads, here are some of the most amusing, creative and remarkable blog posts and videos of 2009. Contextual Advertising Gone Wild – 20 Examples by Pedro Laboy. ** 5 Stars. Advertising & PR.

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Bill Hartzer

JULY 22, 2010

The Organic Search Marketing Strategist applies their SEO and Marketing skills and experience to develop SEO campaigns that increase visibility, drive qualified traffic to their client’s sites and build/buy tools to help the SEO group become more effective. Job responsibilities include: Developing the organic search strategy. Twitter: [link].

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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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Bill Hartzer

APRIL 16, 2009

Those are advertisers. They are paying to advertise their business. I’m not saying that if you buy a domain name that’s generic in nature (e.g. Domain Names for Sale: Why You Should Buy a Keyword Rich Domain Name One of the best kept secrets of the search engine. There are other ways to make a buck.

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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 More people were reached using one advert or one advertising channel. If so, how?

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Idaconcpts

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

This means buying multiple months of hosting with a company in order to reduce costs. Many hosting company’s will advertise promotional deals to entice you to host your site with them. Several solutions exist that can give the user many options to choose from, including: Purchasing hosting plans in bulk. Share this on Facebook.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 15, 2009

If you’re looking at buying a product or utilizing a service, chances are you’re looking for the sentiment about that product or service as well. When should I use Digg ? I hope that doesn’t detract you from buying the book! Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 18, 2010

Where are the people most likely to buy your products and services? You can search for related groups and Fan Pages through Facebook, start accounts on social bookmarking sites such as Digg or StumbleUpon, and check on who is linking to your site to find out who’s interested.

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Social Media Strategy StumbleUpon Digg 269

Firebelly

MARCH 5, 2010

Oscar advertisers hope to build buzz on Twitter, Facebook By Bruce Horovitz The Oscar for the best place to chat about the Academy Awards goes to: social media. Several of Sunday nights Oscars advertisers have added strong social-media components to their efforts. million TV ad, ABCs going rate this year, is just a start.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 12, 2010

Here are three examples of brands that appear to be taking this message to heart: Fandango.com Best-known as a portal for buying movie tickets online, the site is actually quite diverse in terms of its content offerings. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca Fan ratings & reviews?

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

DECEMBER 15, 2010

If I could offer you a billboard in the middle of Times Square for little to no cost for you to advertise your company would you do it? After 9 years of Search Engine Marketing – I think it is safe to say any keyword you are going to buy is maxed out when it comes to the Google AdWords auction process. Email this to a friend?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 4, 2010

Yes it shows the impact that social media can have on a business, but possibly more important, it shows how social media has changed the advertising and marketing game all together. For more than 50 years marketing and advertising has been ran by the big guns on Madison Avenue. They set the trends for the industry.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 4, 2008

I remember taking classes, buying flashcards , and doing whatever it took to have a decent understanding of large words to score well on the SAT. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca She provides consulting in internet marketing and manages Community Support & Advertising at Mashable.

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 28, 2010

The question, then, is whether newspaper publishers will do any better at monetizing mobile advertising than they have online. On the iPhone, you can sell news apps through the App Store; you can upsell specific pieces of content to people within your apps; and you can sell advertising within those applications.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 19, 2010

Unless the product is a fad, it is doubtful that an online community will impact the buying habits of consumers looking at an impulse bought product. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca Their communities don’t tend to be large, and if they are, are made up of non-customers.

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Social Media Yahoo Discount Training 164

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

OCTOBER 22, 2009

If you don’t buy the extended warranty it costs you just to call and try to get help. I’m going to ask Apple to buy me a Zune. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca She provides consulting in internet marketing and manages Community Support & Advertising at Mashable.

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Webbiquity SMM

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

And on the buying side, a study from the ITSMA revealed that “LinkedIn is used by 58% of the respondents to find information or to talk to colleagues about solutions in the context of a purchase. . The new layout also lets companies feature product videos as well as targeted display advertising. Share this on Bebo.

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LinkedIn Tips B2B Findability 189

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 31, 2009

Business sites – These sites are the crux of the internet – realize it or not they are most of the sites that try to sell, sell, sell to you whatever they thing you should buy. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca Most of us reading these fall into this category.

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Crowdsourcing scribd Ustream Social Media 192

Bill Hartzer

MAY 26, 2010

The tools used within Buzzlogic helps customers build and optimize their advertising campaigns across the biggest collection of website content on the internet. These tools help companies evaluate and determine consumer attitudes, brand perception and purchase intent from different forms of online advertising. Post this on Diigo.

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ProBlogger

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

When I dug deeper as to the source of his traffic he told me that he was buying it from a traffic generation service. Bought traffic generally doesn’t convert well with advertising or affiliate programs (in fact many ad programs will ban you if you use it).

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Adam Sherk

JULY 13, 2010

I suppose, too, that the same dynamic that afflicts print media (advertisers demanding coverage) would exists in a sponsored access situation, although buying reprint rights seems a similar activity… I guess it will come down to objectives — is it always about the largest audience or the best audience?

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Press Release SEO News Survey 141

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 24, 2008

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Opinion , Social Media > Why Nobody Should Buy Digg Why Nobody Should Buy Digg by Tamar Weinberg on December 20, 2007 Share It hasn’t even been a week and my once positive outlook of Digg has come to a sour end.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 10, 2008

This way if I go to digg/reddit/SU before Friend Feed, I don’t see duplicates. I actually think the links are coming from Digg and StumbleUpon. Specially, dealing with starting a cart and posting items buy using PayPal. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca

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Plaxo Picasa StumbleUpon Netvibes 103

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 19, 2008

With 1,200 users terminated at once, I’m not sure people can easily buy that. It hit the Digg front page and then was blogged by hundreds of people. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca Note that this was told to Consumerist anonymously but on the record.

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Reputation Airlines Digg MySpace 100

Myrland Marketing

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Just like with any other business, we have to stay out there on a regular basis with our message so that when our clients are ready to buy, our message is there, just waiting for them. When we launch to our clients, maybe only about 10-20% will even notice we’ve done so. This is the same for all of our businesses and practices.

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Marketing WordPress Technorati Training 79

Bill Hartzer

APRIL 10, 2009

Google Adsense, advertising, affiliate program revenues). Related posts: Domain Names for Sale: Why You Should Buy a Keyword Rich Domain Name One of the best kept secrets of the search engine. What does Leapfish say about the domain name value? $12. Subscribe to the comments for this post? Share this on del.icio.us. Tweet This!

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Myrland Marketing

JUNE 2, 2010

In positions I held before starting my own business in 2002, we spent a fair amount of money on traditional advertising. As with any wise media buy, we would buy time, then rest for a while, then place more media, send a different type of communication, rest, etc. Bottom Line: Yes, this takes time! Stumble upon something good?

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Consultant NoFollow WordPress Technorati 78

Buzz Marketing for Technology

JULY 20, 2008

NASA eyes buying Japans cargo spacecraft: paper. Your Name: Your Email: Comments: Click button to submit feedback: About This Site | Editorial Staff | Awards & Reviews | Contribute News | Advertise With Us | Privacy Policy | Terms of Use. Scientists Develop E-ink To Replace Books, Newspapers. more science videos. Breaking News.

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Energy Biotechnology Newsvine RSS 124

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 18, 2008

Reply Dennis June 29, 2008 at 11:58 pm I hear Google made an offer to buy Plutter Kite for $6.4B! Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca She provides consulting in internet marketing and manages Community Support & Advertising at Mashable. Thank you for that!

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Len Edgerly said: This is brilliant and makes me eager to buy the book, Anne! read more | digg story Sphere: Related Content [.]. WebWorkerDaily. Earth2Tech. All Stories Web Broadband Infrastructure Mobile Voice FoundRead Briefings Archives. From The Information Age To The Connected Age. Related Stories. October 7th, 2007. 4:06 AM PT.

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Web 2.0 Microsoft Startup Adsense 263

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 20, 2007

Since the Digg submission of my story was already buried , I sincerely hope that Digg listens to what their community members have to say. Since the Digg submission of my story was already buried , I sincerely hope that Digg listens to what their community members have to say. Hopefully they take the feedback to heart.

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