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APRIL 1, 2010

It’s a good mix of coach-speak, highlights, community service footage, and cheerleader features. In a world where company employees from Legos reward their most die hard fans by engaging with them in their online communities, what better vertical to do something similar than with professional sports? So, I peeked at YouTube.

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JANUARY 28, 2010

Reply Akash Sharma January 28, 2010 at 11:54 am Fantastic analysis Tamar, I think virality of a video depends on a lot of things most of them you have mentioned above clearly but it also depends a lot on the luck and timing as well. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca

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JUNE 10, 2010

Some even boast high rankings and good sized communities. It took me 6 months to acquire a good amount of traffic and cultivate a community on my blog and the same goes for any new blogger. I first heard about him when he was 15 in 2006 and he captured the attention of some huge blogs because of his analysis of their posts.

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AUGUST 27, 2008

Gab Goldenberg and Steven Bradley came to the party and donated their site stats for analysis, thereby providing three data points for observable trends (along with my own site). All three sites at the centerr of this analysis sit within the online marketing and search industry. This is the type of analysis great posts are made of!

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Social Media Strategery

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

The sports community is a very insulated community – teams and leagues generally look inside the sports industry to hire their communications and marketing professionals, but maybe they should take a look at the Government 2.0 industry to find that next pool of communications talent and innovation. The Whole. :

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 18, 2008

The main thing that seems missing from Plurk is the community and visibility a lot of other sites have attracted. 12484 SUBSCRIBERS FOLLOWERS Lijit Search Read more about The New Community Rules Get Techipedia on your iPhone or iPod touch! Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca

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AUGUST 2, 2010

I’ll be talking about brand community strategy and how to activate your audience. Danny Brown) Tagged as: brand communities , facebook , facebook strategy , facebook success summit , Speaking Engagements Did you enjoy this blog post? link] blog comments powered by Disqus Subscribe to Convince & Convert Jay Baer Greetings.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Or “Throw ‘stuff’ up on the wall and see what sticks,&# versus strategy and planning and metrics analysis. DJ Waldow Director of Community, Blue Sky Factory @djwaldow [link] Jered I think you hit the nail on the head, here. blog comments powered by Disqus Subscribe to Convince & Convert Jay Baer Greetings.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

But marketers have always reached out to communities in many forms, and each new medium has taken its turn as Holy Grail for customer influence. link] Mark Tamis Not at all Jay – I fully support the use of CRM platforms & datamining and analysis. So, in your experience, are there products making those cross-references?

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Social Media Strategery

JANUARY 27, 2010

community, congratulate those of us on new career moves, and help connect potential candidates to new positions too. Analysts are part of an integrated project team and engage in every aspect of our work, including project planning, primary and secondary research and analysis, and preparation and delivery of final recommendations.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 3, 2010

Then, when you’re joining a community for the first time, you’ll need to study the users and slowly build relationships with them. I’ve been doing both for 12 years and I agree with you analysis. But, like good Social Media community members, I’m thrilled to be able to help my parents out and give back as well!

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Social Media Strategery

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Community, have had an alternately successful and frustrating (but never boring) year. 2009 went from unbridled optimism to eager anticipation to a little dose of realism, but through it all, the community of people and the relationships that have been forged across agency lines continued to grow stronger.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

It’s about updating policies because of the conversations you had on the blog, it’s about using a wiki to deliver better intelligence analysis to our country’s decision makers, and it’s about opening up government data to crowdsource IT development , saving money increasing innovation. practitioner-focused event.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 12, 2009

In my upcoming book, The New Community Rules: Marketing on the Social Web ( Amazon link ), which is slated to be released in late Spring, I talk about the importance of brand evangelism as part of an effective community management strategy. Reply BarbaraKB March 12, 2009 at 10:32 am Good analysis, Tamar. mentality there.

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OCTOBER 1, 2009

Through this process, a community has been developed and needs to be cultivated. link] blog comments powered by Disqus « Previous Entries Next Entries » Popular Comments Featured Tags Identify the Right People to Manage Your Social Media Initiatives The Evolution of the Social Media Evangelist Twenty Theses for Government 2.0,

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JULY 20, 2010

Let me hear about it: View Comments | Subscribe To This Blog | Sign Up For Our Newsletter Share This Post: Similar Posts That You Might Enjoy: Why D.I.S. Im Jay Baer. Im a tequila-loving, hype-free social media strategy consultant, speaker, and author that works with major corporations and PR firms to harness the awesome power of the social Web.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 12, 2010

I needed to differentiate Digg from social media because they actually are part of a distinctive community (and as you know, I’m very passionate about Digg so it really did deserve its own category). I get fixated on one community and ditch the last, yet I still have my profiles on them and they usually get outdated within minutes.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2010

Features being considered for inclusion in new releases include CRM integration; deep analysis of customers’ social graph and content they’ve produced (keyword analysis of your Tweets, for example); and even semi-automated social media response mechanisms. Im Jay Baer.

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JANUARY 26, 2009

You’re in grad school studying Global Communication with a specialization in Middle Eastern Studies? Start a community of all others who are interested in learning more about that topic. Go start a blog on that. Go create wiki pages that examine the impact of the Internet in Iran. Expo in New York. It’s been written up.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Competitive analysis: How does your brand stack up to the competition? • Note that although various tools might measure this data, it’s inclusion is dependent on the data being available on each mention so in most cases only a subset of the total mentions are counted in this type of analysis. First – What are the objectives?

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MAY 25, 2010

They feel, understandably, that it's a shorter leap than figuring out something like “search taxonomy analysis.&# [link] Nate Riggs ALL marketing agencies. Im Jay Baer.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

I may run a similar analysis and rank my top posts by page views coming from search engines. I love the analysis. All blog owners should do this to see what their community prefers. Every community is different and will respond to different triggers. That would be interesting to see how similar each list is. Thanks, Jay!

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APRIL 1, 2009

But a critical analysis component should be incorporated in future camps, absolutely, without derailing the intention of the conference. But a critical analysis component should be incorporated in future camps, absolutely, without derailing the intention of the conference. link] Government 2.0 Camp | [.] The Whole. :

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AUGUST 26, 2010

If you’re an agency that’s providing social media listening or analysis services for clients, this is even more critical of a distinction. The disheartening truth is that there is very little “standardized&# reporting available if you’re going to do social listening and analysis at the highest level.

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MARCH 25, 2010

jaybaer: A Social Media Scoreboard That Works [link] blog comments powered by Disqus Subscribe to Convince & Convert Jay Baer Greetings. Im Jay Baer. Im a tequila-loving, hype-free social media strategy consultant, speaker, and author that works with major corporations and PR firms to harness the awesome power of the social Web.

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JULY 22, 2010

This allows Yelp to strengthen loyalty among Elite Squad members, offers an impetus for wanna-be-members to post additional reviews; and, makes the site content stronger – keeping the broader community active and engaged. Do you know of other companies that are leveraging their customers to grow their businesses exponentially?

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Private brand communities vs. Facebook. I’m not sure it’s broad vs targeted as the main difference, necessarily, as there are a lot of narrow B2C uses of social media (like invite-only brand communities and such). Linkedin Groups vs. Twitter. Podcasts vs. YouTube. link] Jay Baer Thanks for the comment.

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JUNE 30, 2008

After using both Plurk and Twitter pretty heavily, I’ve come to the conclusion that Plurk is best at its features for community-building, whereas Twitter succeeds more with its interface that bolsters information-sharing. Reply steaprok June 30, 2008 at 11:08 am Fantastic analysis of Plurk and Twitter. You may have more than one.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 8, 2008

To succeed, they need to do the following well: Data analysis Provides holistic strategies to clients Training, presenting, and research Relationship-building and networking Outreach to online users and bloggers A social media marketer’s job never ends. People are different, communities are different and marketers/brands are different.

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AUGUST 10, 2010

Cheers, Sheldon, community manager for Sysomos [link] 40deuce I agree that influence mining will definitely be a huge thing in the next year or so. McCann , Viral Heat Did you enjoy this blog post? However, I think that there may actually be something to this whole idea of influence and how to find the influencers. Im Jay Baer.

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APRIL 20, 2010

I need to do some serious analysis to see how those 3,126 terms fit together, and dramatically expand my keyword usage. link] blog comments powered by Disqus Subscribe to Convince & Convert Jay Baer Greetings. link] [link] Mary Modney RT @jaybaer: Does Your Blog Have a Long Tail? Im Jay Baer.

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APRIL 7, 2010

link] Niek Vugteveen Ignore Foursquare at Your Peril – An Analysis of Potential [link] #mobile #socialcrm [link] dM Coles Johnson Ignoring #FourSquare means ignoring who's been at your store, what they said, etc. link] (from @jaybaer) dannyflamberg FourSquare might have big potential but it has two immediate problems.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

You have to create content, be part of many communities, and proceed incrementally. Especially in comparison to many other communication programs like traditional PR, TV advertising, outdoor advertising and others, social media actually offers pretty solid metrics. going so our COMMUNITY INFLUENCERS ?can

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MARCH 3, 2010

Agencies should also be working with clients on using social media as a market research tool, by surveying fans or creating dedicated, invite-only brand communities that serve as a living focus group. Help clients tie search success to social media through wise keyword analysis, multi-media optimization and ongoing link acquisition.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Blog Comments (The blog is on WordPress) Disqus This is what I use to manage comments here at Convince & Convert. There are some elements of Disqus I don’t like, especially that it doesn’t always play nice with other plug-ins, but it does make commenting easier and faster for most of you who already have a Disqus account.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

By putting effort into the writing process, you reap the benefits of a community that supports you because you lift them through your words. Bloggers who focus on a niche and tackle it are highly respected among their peers and within their communities. Want another tip on how to write well? Read a lot. Tips on self-improvement?

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FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Marketing), ThinkGeek is “all about serving our community. DJ Waldow Director of Community, Blue Sky Factory @djwaldow [link] Erika Scialdone RT @451Heat: Do You Know Your Customers Enough to Be a Social Media Hit? Since we are all also a part of the geek community ourselves, it made it a lot easier. Jen is the real deal.

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