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7 Traits of Highly Effective Viral Videos

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Videos that have a completely unplanned “wow&# element to them definitely travel far in social circles. This might be via power players on social networks (eg, this story is moving on Sphinn) or even national TV (Susan Boyle’s video was a recording of a popular TV show). Another great post.

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

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

I personally learned about Roger Smith Hotel at a social media conference and was told that it’s the place to be. The word of mouth has traveled, because Pamela Slim learned about the hotel from Jonathan. If you’re constantly broadcasting and not building bridges, your social media engagement will only travel so far.

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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.

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

Convince & Convert

Social media is hard False. And that’s only because of the alphabet soup of social networks, lifestreams, sharing sites, etc. Social media is not about Facebook or MySpace or Flickr or Twitter or blogs or YouTube. “Social media is not about Facebook or MySpace or Flickr or Twitter or blogs or YouTube.&#

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What Traits Define a Social Media Marketer?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Reem Abeidoh , Social Media Strategist : A social media marketer provides strategic online recommendations based on the client’s business goals and intensive research. social conversation tools (FriendFeed, and maybe you could even lump in Disqus and the like with it). It’s not about any of the tools.

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Why You Should Have a Secondary Twitter Account

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

I have good people that follow me but I get a lot of followers that I consider “spam&# (Dating services, travel sites, ect.) How can I make my Twitter network grow with real followers and not “spam&# ? I totally agree with Tamar that authenticity is the key Joel p.s. great article & great comments!

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11 Characteristics of Highly Influential Blog(ger)s

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

I’d add authentic but it’s def. Reply Tamar Weinberg February 23, 2010 at 5:45 pm Yup — authenticity is probably a vital part of “passion.&# I don’t think one can be passionate without being authentic. Reply BlaketheMegalomaniac February 23, 2010 at 5:29 pm Good stuff here. Great work.