article thumbnail

Tamar Weinberg is a Media Snacker » Techipedia | Tamar Weinberg

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

The internet and technology ownership has changed everything: digital TV, mobile phones, iPods, weblogs, instant messaging, [and] social networking. 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.

Meme 100
article thumbnail

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.

Sites 101
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Why Nobody Should Buy Digg ?» Techipedia | Tamar Weinberg

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

A good company leader would actually recognize that a social news network implies that there are participants involved and that the users are the most important part of the service. It seems that ever since Digg hired a bank to look for a sale, they forgot about answering the support emails. They forgot about the community.

Digg 104
article thumbnail

How to Use Facebook for Business and Marketing

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

The EA Mobile Human Tetris project takes you to a Facebook application where everyone participates in a game of Tetris. 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.

Facebook 279
article thumbnail

The 2011 #Nifty50 Top Twitter Men Reprise

Webbiquity SMM

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. Chuck is Director of the Center for Media Research, MediaPost Communications, a NY Times Business best-selling author, CEO of Mobile Future Institute and mobile advocate.

Twitter 198
article thumbnail

The Future of Blogging: I Had to Tell You This

Viper Chill

How’s that for a “love test” Would you still keep producing content if you had 15 million in the bank? The founder of OMGpop had just laid off a large portion of his staff and had $1,800 left in the bank when they released Draw Something two months ago. You can fake the passion, but it’s impossible to force.

Sites 96