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7 Traits of Highly Effective Viral Videos

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Once online, it caught the attention of executives at Apple who flew him into California to make it a commercial reality. Would you have known that it was created by an 18-year-old student in his spare time? Nick Haley created the video at home for fun and uploaded it to YouTube.

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Advice for a New Internet Marketer (or How to Spot Internet.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Perhaps this is a fact that her agency overlooked, so as a good friend, I told her that it would be in her best interest to learn about approved tactics through the many free blogs , to engage in acceptable and informative (though not free) SEO training , and to read the best SEO book/training program (aff).

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The Audacity of Free: The Products and Services Edition

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Time is money, and inquiries are usually made to those possessing a certain level of expertise that only is available to those who have had years of training, which is also time and money (and even debt for some!). My book is less than $20 on Amazon, which makes for a great deal and covers years of practice and training.

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Fifteen Years of Online Social Interactions

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Our family’s first computer (which wasn’t net-equipped) was an Apple IIgs which my father purchased in 1987. Today, nearly all of my high school friends are online, and most of them maintain Facebook or MySpace accounts. Computers are getting smaller, cheaper, and more efficient. I think that was my hook point.

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How to Get an Influencer's Attention

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Danny is currently Chief Content Officer of Third Door Media which operates the Sphinn social news site and organizes the popular Search Marketing Expo conference series. Andy has submitted nearly 15,000 stories to Digg and over 4200 of his submissions have hit the front page of the impossible-to-game social news site.

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The 2011 #Nifty50 Top Twitter Men Reprise

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He is the author of B2B Marketing Insider , a contributor for the SAP OnDemand blog and also a co-founder of social news site Business2Community.com. Steve is a senior corp comm practitioner and has worked with Apple, Mitsubishi, Philips, and THX. Steve is currently the Chief Digital Strategist at Jolt Social Media.

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