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The History of Social Media in 33 Key Moments

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Hot or Not is rumored to have influenced the creators of Facebook and YouTube and nurtured millions of insecurities. YouTube makes partners, the OG influencers (2007) Through YouTube’s elephantine beginnings , the buzz grew. This moment essentially marked the beginning of social media influencers.

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Is Social Media the Final Frontier of Marketing?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Simply put, the new mass media helped organize, and influence, large numbers of consumers. The reason is that people didn’t have aggregate power: they were individual voices that a news channel or a company can choose to ignore. All this took a few weeks, a time scale we’ve never seen before. Again, by no means is this new.

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Best Internet Marketing Posts of 2009

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

137 Small Business Twitter Tips (Small Business Trends): One hundred and thirty seven people were asked to offer their best Twitter tips, and this has been aggregated and put in a document (PDF, but not linked to this page) for all to see. That said, where’s your multimedia? Is it in your pitch? My favorite? #14

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What Traits Define a Social Media Marketer?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

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. Real life has a way of influencing online behavior.

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11 Characteristics of Highly Influential Blog(ger)s

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

People love data, and they love knowing how data can be aggregated to make conclusions. They love charts and graphics, and they love the findings that can be made from this data in aggregate. The more you can cross off your list, the better your chances for success and influence as a blogger.

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Best Internet Marketing Blog Posts of 2007 » Techipedia | Tamar.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

How to Influence Powerful Social Media Users for Traffic and Attention (Dosh Dosh): How do you influence the influencers? Definitive List of Video Aggregator Sites (SEO Space): There are a lot of video sites beyond YouTube. The difference is that it’s virtual. Mainly, through networking. But is it Spam?

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No, You Can't Automate Social Media!

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Numbers Do Not Dictate Influence There are some people who will automatically follow everyone who follows them on Twitter. Tools like Klout can really help you find the influencers among those who are merely twitterfeeding it up the wazoo. “Just found this great post on green and orange widgets by @tamar&# ).