Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

NOVEMBER 28, 2007

The Early Adopter Appeal Mixx is a new social news site that went into private beta a mere two months ago. Already, however, it’s gaining momentum among “Digg refugees&# and folks who don’t feel comfortable on other social networks. Social Desire November 30, 2007 at 5:26 pm Don’t Digg?

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Review Digg StumbleUpon Web 2.0 102

Proactive Report

MAY 24, 2012

But in most cases a brand ambassador is likely to be someone with a decent following online, either on their blog, Facebook, Twitter or other social news sites like Digg , Reddit or StumbleUpon. Do a social audit and locate everyone who speaks positively about your brand.

Brands 101

Brands Klout StumbleUpon Digg 101

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 25, 2010

On a particular forum I am active on (yes, I still use them!), Sadly, this person’s post was pulled by the strict moderators on that forum; the post was purely self-promotional and nothing but. If you’re only on the forum to tell other people to visit your website or to use your product, you won’t go far.

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Social Media Engagement Forums Policies 272

Webbiquity SMM

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

“Participating in social media isn’t just about creating a page, making a blog post, posing a question, or tweeting. You can’t just ‘leave your mark’ and expect success…Members of social media communities are no longer swayed by a coupon for 10% off or an invitation to try a new product.

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Review Social Media Marketing Handbook 152

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 13, 2008

Such was the case for this Digg story , which compared multiple web hosting companies and watched as these hosts handled the traffic spikes that resulted from the Digg effect. Digg is the social media network of tech geeks, and the Digg statistics should not be too surprising: 39% of Diggers publish their own blog.

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Social Media Digg Brands Marketing 100

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

OCTOBER 22, 2009

They have discussion forums that are visited by moderators who merely police the content itself, but change never comes from suggestions offered in the forum itself or in the posts, even if hundreds of users contribute the same identical observations. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca

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Apple Twitter Forums Policies 154

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 31, 2009

You can use the many applications that Facebook offers, so that others can answer questions on a survey, have discussions on the forums, and/or have notes to bring awareness to a topic. Google Wave can also be used for customer service, web site/blog creation, an idea repository, etc. What do you think will be seen in 2010?

Crowdsourcing 192

Crowdsourcing scribd Ustream Social Media 192

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 27, 2008

I was fortunate to have the help of James Duthie, a serial guest blogger from Online Marketing Banter , a blog on social media, marketing, and more.? A few weeks ago I wrote a post over at SEO Scoop comparing the quality of search engine traffic against social media traffic. I have a few different blogs, one being a humor blog.

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Social Media StumbleUpon SEO ROI 100

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 22, 2008

by Tamar Weinberg on February 22, 2008 Share This is a guest post from Pierre Far, who recently launched a very cool program called Social Alerter which notifies you as soon as your website has a solid chance of hitting the Digg or del.icio.us We have all engaged in debates over the past few years about social media. If so, how?

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Social Media Marketing Digg MySpace 105

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

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. This blog is great as encouragement and validation for my own endeavors in social media marketing.

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Social Media Strategy Consultant Web 2.0 149

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 12, 2010

Social media connections are those I know through a variety of online forums, the blogosphere, Twitter, and the like (but I generally don’t befriend someone immediately; I still give it time). Digg I blindly accept friend requests and rarely if ever pay attention to “shouts&#. Thanks to you. Wonderful job!

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MySpace LinkedIn Facebook Social Networking 114

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 3, 2010

Maybe it’s on a forum. This is especially true of other social networks, especially ones where you were originally untrusted. MrBabyMan , Digg’s top user, was an unknown once. hugs!** @wchingya Social/Blogging Tracker Reply Tamar Weinberg June 3, 2010 at 11:18 am Thanks so much!

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Social Media Marketing Digg Consultant 221

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 12, 2009

If a forum exists for your industry, you should very well be active: you should participate and follow the discussion closely to know exactly what is being said and what kind of feedback you can take back to your executive and development team to enhance your product and to make it better than your competition.

Brands 133

Brands Message Boards Travel Forums 133

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

There are at least ten characteristics off the top of my head that make blogs and bloggers successful. These characteristics give the blogs mentioned below fame, fortune, and loyal followings. Want to build your blog and following? Blogs like Mashable and Gizmodo offer a consistent stream of stories every single day.

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Blogosphere Blogger Comments Tips 278

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 28, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Blogging , Business , Marketing , Social Media > Social Media Strategy from A to Z Social Media Strategy from A to Z by Tamar Weinberg on May 28, 2010 Share Social media might be old. Customer Service.

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Social Media Strategy Yahoo Communities 278

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2009

Social Media Sites: General The Big Boys of Social Bookmarking: The Top 20 Sites (10e20): Chris Winfield ranks the top 20 social bookmarking sites by their Alexa rankings and gives a short description of what each does — in case you haven’t ventured beyond Digg.

Marketing 144

Marketing StumbleUpon SEO Reputation 144

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 17, 2010

or “So do you blog on the interwebs all day, or sumthin?&# So I challenged myself to create a list of 10 responsibilities of the Community Manager that extend beyond the realm of Facebook and Twitter (and yes, even blogging). You can follow him at @tweetamar or on his blog at itamarkestenbaum.com. Photos by Shutterstock.

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Communities Twitter Web 2.0 ROI 237

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 12, 2010

My industry (internet marketing/blogging) connections (who are 99.7% Digg is now part of social media and will be explained in the final chart. I may have met these individuals by chance (long-standing relationship) or through the blogosphere or forums. In nearly all of these cases, I have met my friends face-to-face.

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Facebook LinkedIn Social Networking Microblogging 233

Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

From its humble beginnings as an area on the web development discussion forums at SitePoint , to being spun off from the SitePoint Marketplace a few months ago, 99designs has experienced astonishing growth to become a leader in its market. The site is forum-based and relies on a "design team" (pre-approved designers) to fill out its crowd.

Crowdsourcing 245

Crowdsourcing Software Project Forums 245

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 26, 2009

The easiest way to find these people is to find the communities that your users frequently visit, be it forums, Twitter, or other social networks. get Twitter mentions of your brand via RSS or email) or use a service like Backtype (backtype.com) to see comments across blogs and other social media sites (such as FriendFeed).

Brands 139

Brands MySpace Yahoo StumbleUpon 139

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2010

This post is really poetry, as are all his other writings and blog posts. 40 Key Elements to Getting Started in Social Media (Louis Gray): Mike Fruchter writes an awesome blog post on Louis Gray’s blog about how to get involved in social media, from branding to blogging to Twitter to community.

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Marketing SEO Journal Engineering 265

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 10, 2010

Perhaps this is a fact that her agency overlooked, so as a good friend, I told her that it would be in her best interest to learn about approved tactics through the many free blogs , to engage in acceptable and informative (though not free) SEO training , and to read the best SEO book/training program (aff).

Marketing 240

Marketing How To SEO Training 240

Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Business social network LinkedIn. Long time readers of this blog know that I have already chronicled my success at using LinkedIn for both business development and recruiting. So it is not a surprise to me that LinkedIn is seeing easily the highest growth rate among social networking sites. Features , Social Networks , Trends.

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LinkedIn Google Directory API 109

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 14, 2010

You can’t only write comments on forums. Social media needs to be coupled with a creative strategy for maximum effectiveness, especially as everyone and their mothers join these sites and services to market themselves, their services, or their products. There are enough freebies here and in other blogs and books.

Social Media 267

Social Media SEO Blogger Communities 267

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 8, 2010

Every so often, a potential client comes to me and asks me to promote a blog post or article, mostly because they don’t have an audience for the blog post to spread on its own. For blogs, the answer is simple : your blog should be treated as more than just a platform to self-promote. Yes, it’s cheap.

Social Media 268

Social Media Marketing Policies Sysomos 268

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 19, 2008

Social media was always social , just not with that funny name. Forums existed well before I was born, after all. Feel free to add your story to the comments or in your own blog post. Techipedia | Tamar Weinberg April 14, 2010 at 9:01 am Must read: Is Social Media Becoming Boring?

MySpace 101

MySpace Yahoo Ustream StumbleUpon 101

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 29, 2010

Last week, when the Twitter user asked the question about the free downloadable copy, I gave her a straightforward unemotional-and-without-thought “there is none&# answer, which is typical of the types of responses I provide on Twitter (I’m only wordy in blog posts ). I’ve even blogged about this myself.

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Products Consultant Price Social Media 267

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

Create multiple blogs based on multiple personal professional interests 2. Create a unique twitter account for each blog 3. My #1 mistake was not creating a business blog and using THAT to connect with all the ORM, SEO, PPC, and SMM folks out there. I DO own one for ORM, but I’ve left it as a news feed.

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Twitter Sports Microblogging HootSuite 205

Viper Chill

APRIL 25, 2012

This is an important blog post, because it makes a prediction. A prediction about the future of blogging; a platform actively used by over 181 million people (Nielsen data for October 2011). Why the successful ‘make money online’ blogs of the past have now faded into obscurity. As mentioned, this is a long article.

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Sites Industry Blogger News 96

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 10, 2008

Streaming only your blog’s RSS feed on Twitter. (If Social News (Digg, Sphinn, Mixx, Reddit, Tip’d, and a whole load of related sites) Submitting only your own articles and posts to social media sites. Social news is about reciprocal relationships. Was it something you said?

Handbook 279

Handbook Social Media Web 2.0 StumbleUpon 279

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 24, 2008

An emergency Drill Down episode was held where numerous Digg users, including regular hosts Andy ( MrBabyman ), Reg ( zaibatsu ), and Muhammad ( msaleem ) spoke with other Digg users, including David Cohn ( DigiDave ), Karim ( supernova17 ), JD Rucker ( oboy ), and Jay Fowler ( SilentJay74 ). This was not addressed in the chat.)

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Digg StumbleUpon Communities Upcoming 100

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 14, 2009

WordPress SEO: Definitive Guide to High Rankings for Your Blog is written by WordPress optimization expert and coder Joost de Valk and gives you some great tips on how to use WordPress in a search engine friendly fashion. Scared of Social Media? Jill Whalen has been active on forums and online communities for 10 years now.

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SEO Social Media Marketing Reputation 162

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 23, 2010

In an effort to make Facebook data more public, Community Pages let people share ideas, thoughts, and their interests in a fully open forum. But your comment violated my blog policy , Mr. Vantage. I do have to pitch this blog post when explaining my reasons though. Did anyone know that this was going to be made public?

Facebook 268

Facebook SEO Policies Groups 268

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 15, 2009

As the ideal marketer, you gets your hands on every single search engine optimization and social media marketing book or blog you can possibly find, and then you absorb the information presented within like a sponge. No, building your personal brand in social media does not count. After awhile, you’ll be book smart.

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SEO Social Media Marketing Digg 178

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 28, 2010

gabriel catalano | in-perfección May 17, 2010 at 8:41 am SmilingTree Writes » Blog Archive » Weighing In on the Facebook Debate May 18, 2010 at 11:56 pm Are We Rats in the Maze of Privacy? I have debated doing a blog or video on this, but Im glad you contributed! It would be easy to update a blog post or help file.

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Facebook Issues MySpace Privacy 277