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Is Social Media the Final Frontier of Marketing?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Then and Now In the good old days, say from the 1850s onwards, marketing was mostly a one way “communication&# : companies advertized their wares via local media like newspapers, magazines, and traveling salespeople. The only effective feedback mechanism was the free market: people choose to buy something else, if the option existed.

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Why Influence Mining is the Next Gold Rush | social crm | Social.

Convince & Convert

We are aggregating vast amounts of data, and in our integration with Facebook for example, we don’t open up everything we get because some of it just isn’t relevant. It’s in our DNA. We know that a grizzly bear has a marked impact on its surroundings, and can change behavior in ways that even the fiercest badger cannot.

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How to Use Facebook for Business and Marketing

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Aggregate Your Other Social Streams If you’re only on Facebook, this step isn’t for you. I plan to provide travel services and while many will find my articles and posts interesting most will probably not use my services. Hopefully, though, you’re considering other social networks to broaden your social media reach.

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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. My blog has been evolving as I’ve recognized my desire to move more into commentary, with feature length travel articles sprinkled in.

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What Traits Define a Social Media Marketer?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

For example an article with “10 Reasons You Should Buy Travel Insurance&# is almost never going to go viral, it’s not surprising, shocking, interesting or in any way sticky. They would typically leverage social networking sites and news aggregators, and engaging in such a way that their message or product is communicated.

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

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Definitive List of Video Aggregator Sites (SEO Space): There are a lot of video sites beyond YouTube. Ultimate Local Search Optimization Resources (Web Analytics World): Manoj Jasra aggregates a bunch of websites and provides resources which should help anyone in the area of local optimization. Jody Nimetz lists them out for you.

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An Open Letter to Facebook

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

I have encountered another FB fan page issue: as owner of travel agency start-up I cannot get the fan page address until I have 25+ fans (it used to be higher in the past)…ridiculous arbitrary number…why can’t I give a fan page address directly to potential customers? Just my $0.02. You might just have to hire a lawyer.

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