ProBlogger

JULY 16, 2020

When I started Digital Photography School I created avatars to represent the different types of people I’d be writing for. Sounds a bit like an avatar, doesn’t it?). Some of you may remember a site called Digg, where you could post links and people would vote on them. Think about why people might be coming to your blog.

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Koka Sexton

JANUARY 8, 2009

I thought I would put together a post for people to reference on everything you need to know about Twitter. .&# I thought I would put together a post for people to reference on everything you need to know about Twitter. I find people all the time that I want to follow from using Twitter Tracking. Follow people and be followed.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

The photographers are all kicking it at flickr, the chatterboxes are tweeting away at Twitter, and you got your musicians over at last.fm Lets say you are connected with Jane on MyBlogLog and are chatting it up with her on twitter and sharing photos on flickr. The gang here has got some mad love for Twitter. rocking out.

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Webbiquity SMM

OCTOBER 5, 2010

While a dwindling number of business executives still dismiss Twitter as a waste of time, recent research suggests it is one of the most valuable social networks for business. Awareness of Twitter has exploded; 87% of Americans said they were “familiar with” Twitter in a poll taken earlier this year, versus just 5% in 2008 and 26% in 2009.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

I, too, find that Twitter has been incredibly powerful for me to connect with real life colleagues, readers of Techipedia, family, and everyone in between. I’m also something of a Twitter purist. Enter a second Twitter account. With Twitter being so incredibly large and vast, there are different types of mini-communities.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

How to get real-time news updates in Gmail (Gmail+ Google Talk + Twitter). Further, I have become a fan of Twitter - a micro blogging tool which you can control using Google Talk and other IM clients. Some enterprising folks have taken data feeds from the BBC and CNN and ported them to Twitter. This series has several parts.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

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.&# “Social media is not about Facebook or MySpace or Flickr or Twitter or blogs or YouTube.&# It’s not hard, it’s complicated.

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Adam Sherk

MARCH 12, 2010

We’re a new media company in many many ways, look at Avatar, that’s new media.&# So Avatar good, Google bad. Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now! What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 23, 2010

Also, while I think it’s somewhat less likely that a first-time visitor will tweet or Digg or Stumble your work (I’d love to see a study on that), you should make that process as easy as possible as well. Even though we're all just the text of our name or a simple avatar/pic to each other, we're all real people inside.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 22, 2009

Tweet Spinner is a powerful application that manages the more high level management Twitter tasks for you, from managing followers/friends to changing your profile design and then some. Consider spam protection for your email inbox ported over Twitter. Twitter CRM. It’s especially difficult to build up a strong following.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

For example, I subscribe to high volume streams like Twitter timelines, AP news syndicates, various digg feeds and more. Digg: srubel. Twitter: steverubel. Avatar Marketing. This should include relevant feeds that you never have any intention of reading or even scanning. Blog RSS Feed. Comment Feed. My Lifestream.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Share your photos with KoffeePhoto BlueOrganizer: Smart Browsing Tool for Firefox WinStikker - Post Stikkits from your Desktop Add some sparks to Online Calendar App: Google Calendar Review: EditGrid a web based spreadsheet application 5 Ways to Use Twitter for Good Poor boy Apple Dot Mac alternatives Ask Readers: Tips on Organizing Bookmarks?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 16, 2010

Follow him on Twitter. If you have your brand name as your Twitter handle and a portrait photo of you on your profile, you are getting it all wrong. You may want to create a custom Twitter background, custom Facebook fan page landing tab (with FBML) and custom YouTube channel backgrounds. Some however see it as an opportunity.

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Viper Chill

APRIL 26, 2010

For example, you might not know that I helped one newspaper go from a limited social media presence to helping them hit the Digg homepage over 40 times. Twitter Twitter founders recently revealed that their site has over 110,000,000 accounts and the site is growing by hundreds of thousands of users per day.

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Your Escape From 9 to 5

APRIL 17, 2022

StumbleUpon is often an underutilized source for traffic; it does not boast the same user volume like the big boys – Facebook and Twitter. A Social Voting Site – Similar to Digg and Reddit. This could be your image or an avatar you use. It certainly has some moves you should check out. What is StumbleUpon? Why Use StumbleUpon?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 8, 2010

Social Media is More than Just Twitter and Facebook Hopefully, if you’re participating in social media marketing, you’re using more than just the tools everyone else is using. However, you need to articulate to your client or marketing teams that social media is not just about participating on Twitter and Facebook.

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ProBlogger

MAY 7, 2018

One of the best things I ever did when I started my main blog today, Digital Photography School, is to create avatars, one of the best things that you can do. Gradually over time, I began to deepen my avatars. If you want to answer worksheets to help you work through creating avatars, it’s there. Does anyone remember Digg?

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Viper Chill

JUNE 21, 2010

Choose a Profile Picture No matter what your reasons for using the service are, I believe everyone should at least take a minute to update their profile with a picture (also known as an avatar). In other words, your avatar is going to be seen in a lot of places on the service so pick something memorable. I used the su.pr

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Viper Chill

OCTOBER 26, 2009

The influencers on Twitter tend to be those with the highest (natural) and most targeted follow count (maybe sad, but it’s true) and the influencers on Digg and Reddit are not the content creators, but the people submitting the content. Use Twitter? An avatar can really be anything that you like. Do they run blogs?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 1, 2009

Here are some tips you can apply to your Facebook marketing strategy that will put your Facebook Page leaps and bounds ahead of the competition: Maximize Your Avatar Visibility Profile pictures on Facebook can have a maximum size of 200×600 pixels. Facebook Pages do not allow background images like Twitter, Myspace, and other services.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 10, 2008

Twitter Following a user and then unfollowing them before they have a chance to follow back. Consistently using your Twitter stream for nothing but self-promotion and ego. This is much more bothersome when the request comes via IM or email and not on Twitter itself. Twitter is also about real relationships.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 1, 2008

It has made me reevaluate what/who/why I do some things and go back into my history where I am active (I am afraid to look at my Twitter archive ). You can no longer behave one way on digg and another way in StumbleUpon. Digg’s quite good in that respect – burying posts will not be revealed publicly. Answers Yahoo!

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Webbiquity SMM

AUGUST 26, 2010

Tim Soulo has compiled a fantastic guide filled with best practices and tips for Facebook marketing success, starting with setting up the profile of your “brand ambassador&# and progressing through your creating your avatar and adding applications, and ending with using other social media services to promote your presence on Facebook.

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