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How a Small New York City Hotel Put Itself on the Map through.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

At the end of the day, we know most people are active on social networks because they have some reason for being there (be it to make a sale or to establish authority, for example), but through your regular interactions, you need to recognize that these are byproducts of your genuine and authentic involvement.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

But if you’re engaged in a social media program in an effort to go “viral&# you’re not really engaged in social media at all. You’re engaged in an advertising and marketing campaign that uses the Web as its distribution platform. Social Media results can’t be measured False. Unlikely at best.

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When is Brand Evangelism a Crime? Exploring the Royal Caribbean.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Exploring the Royal Caribbean Promotional Marketing Strategy by Tamar Weinberg on March 12, 2009 Share My husband Brian , who knows firsthand how much I eat, drink, and sleep social media, pointed me to an interesting critique by ExpertCruiser on a 2007 social media marketing campaign by Royal Caribbean. It’s a brave (???)

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10 Community Manager Responsibilities that Don't Involve Twitter.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

He also gave a simple example of how to measure Social Media ROI: What you really want to know when measuring Social Media ROI is how much money each incoming warm lead is worth. The same way you create different landing pages for different ads, create specific phone numbers relating to specific campaigns.

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Blogging: Social Media is Not Only About Social Media Sites

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Well, for one, social media users — that is, users on social news sites such as Digg, Mixx, Reddit — are not particularly enthusiastic about the proliferation of marketers in their community. This is a huge challenge for someone who wants to sell their product using social media.

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What Traits Define a Social Media Marketer?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

In order to do well when marketing, one should have tactical knowledge and ideally, first-hand experience of the specific social media platform. This will help a great deal in planning and managing successful marketing campaigns. There are other times when marketers may have to launch a multi-platform outreach campaign.

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Is Social Media Becoming Boring?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

We can always be learning, and sometimes that requires us to read the same things phrased differently, to get content in the form of a refresher course, to remember that social media still has the human element at its core. Social media is often addictive in some ways too. Just get on social media, be open, be honest.