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Why Social Media Is Like Getting Stoned

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

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Apple Gets More Serious About Using Twitter, but Why it Doesn't Matter

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

It makes me wonder if I’m sending my requests to a wall (or for your tech geeks, /dev/null) or if people really work for Apple (outside their marketing and engineering departments). Social media is exactly that: “social.&# But connecting should be a two-way street. Being human isn’t such a difficult task.

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Tamar Weinberg is a Media Snacker ยป Techipedia | Tamar Weinberg

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Whereas before when computers were only found in banks and offices, media snackers have access at home, in school, or in libraries — all for free. Previously, to have a mobile phone, you needed a large bank account. Everything is multi: multi-screens, multi-channeled, multi-conversations, and multitasking.

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Why Customer Service Should Be in Your Social Media Marketing Strategy

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Social media is social. It’s easy for people to tweet about bank robberies and to photograph live displays of computer errors in public places. We’re starting to use search — and social media — as our recommendation engines. Update: Ely Rosenstock has a different take on customer service.

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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. You market, by not marketing.

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Best Internet Marketing Blog Posts of 2007 ร‚ยป Techipedia | Tamar.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Top 29 Niche Social Media Sites (That Actually Send Traffic) : Andy Hagans consistently updates this list with some great resources that aren’t necessarily being tapped into by many folks, but maybe it’s time for things to change. Reddit Tips from the Top Dog on Reddit (Social News Watch): How do you become a top user on Reddit?

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How to Use Facebook for Business and Marketing

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

For example, let’s say you’re an insurance agency or a bank. Let’s say you did something along the lines of what I do — social media consulting and strategy. You could give value — for example, links to blog posts on your wall (and that’s easy; there’s nothing FBML about it!).

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