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Confessions and Reflections of a [Former] Digg Addict

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

As a top Digg submitter, it worked like this: at first, people noticed my heavy community involvement and my participation , and consequently, my submitted stories easily front-paged. The community had to react. They need to make it impossible for the Top 100/1000 list to exist entirely. How are you getting that data?&#

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The Great Social Media Traffic Debate: Niche or General Networks?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

And if this post isn’t proof enough for you, check out Steven’s post relating to the quality of forum traffic , which often have even tighter knit communities than Sphinn. I know I concentrate my social media efforts on the 2 networks listed in the post – SU for the masses and Sphinn for the targeted traffic.

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The History of Social Media in 33 Key Moments

Hootsuite

The 33 most important moments in the history of social media The first social media site was born (1997) On one of the first true social media sites, SixDegrees.com , you could set up a profile page, create lists of connections, and send messages within networks. This moment essentially marked the beginning of social media influencers.

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Best Internet Marketing Posts of 2009

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Here’s my list for 2008. Despite the changing landscape, the articles I list here are typically those that I feel are “timeless&# in that they could be referenced in the future and still have utility. Like last year, I enlisted in help from my followers on Twitter, many of whom gave me some great posts to add to this list.

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How to Use Facebook for Business and Marketing

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Don’t shy away from giving your community the information needed to find you elsewhere both online and offline. Let it be posted on every social platform of choice and then watch as it seeds through other communities (which is likely to happen and shows that your marketing is viral). Give them a reason to want to communicate.

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What Traits Define a Social Media Marketer?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

These scenarios come to fruition in spontaneous communities, on social networks, and other self-service tools – all thanks to the availability of low cost technology and access to the world wide web. You can also not use the tools correctly or not behave appropriately within communities around the tools and market poorly.

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Social Media U: Take a Class in Social Media - ReadWriteWeb

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Of course, the entirety of social media cant be summed up in one blog post, so these are just a handful of subjects listed below. One of the topics was microblogging, and Twitter was discussed. Since then, the students have formed their own vibrant community on Twitter. aggregators. Lesson # 1 Personal Branding.

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