Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Social media strategists should help to do just that – build strategy – but I believe execution, especially blogger relations, needs to become part of overall media relations. At my PR agency, we sometimes suffer from the perception that “you’re the web team so you will own all social media relationships&#.

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Social Media Strategy Consultant Web 2.0 151

Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Soon-to-be sophomore and official Yale blogger, Sam Jackson , puts this concept to work on his own site, where he blogs about higher education marketing trends. Think of it as Facebook for bloggers (well, before Facebook was for everyone.) Alternately, you can just subscribe to a "best of" RSS feed here. social networking.

Class 274

Class Social Media Web 2.0 Wiki 274

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 12, 2010

A few weeks ago, jwz posted a great piece on how to access Facebook via a feed reader. I now have status updates in my feed, and finally, I can see both happy and sad news. Digg is by far the largest; as a former “top user&# of the service , I built strong relationships with employees and users of the social news site.

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Facebook LinkedIn Social Networking Microblogging 233

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2009

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?

Marketing 144

Marketing StumbleUpon SEO Reputation 144

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2012

For those die hard SEO practitioners who don’t see the value in social, this article shows the last few months’ impact on search engine rankings. Ultimate Blogger’s Guide to Search Engine Optimization : There have been a lot of guides on blogging and SEO, but this is the latest and has good info. Public Relations.

Marketing 264

Marketing SEO Case Study Small Business 264

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 5, 2010

After all, every interaction shows up on the Fan’s news feed. This is basic News Feed Optimization. You may find opportunities to host real life events, be them at conferences or whatever else. Why not invite your Facebook fans to a special event at your venue? Engagement is not limited to wall posts.

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Facebook How To Marketing URL 279

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 29, 2010

Somehow, individuals forget along the way that costs accrue when considering the venue, food, exhibit hall, and the staff required on hand to run the event smoothly. Yet with social media, there’s a perception that it’s easy to score freebies. At the end of the day, though, we ALL have families to feed.

Products 267

Products Consultant Price Social Media 267

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 17, 2010

I have a team of several community managers who work for me and we try to balance this several ways: News can be posted on our forums by individual community team members, but is posted from “Turbine Community&# if it’s a blog post on our bespoke social networks (my.ddo.com and my.lotro.com).

Communities 237

Communities Twitter Web 2.0 ROI 237

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 10, 2008

Here we go with the highly-talked-about keynote presentation at South by Southwest… Just like an Apple keynote, they tried to build up some serious momentum for this event. Personally, having sat next to Daniel Terdiman of CNet, I heard (and understand) both perspectives after having liveblogged the entire event.

Web 2.0 104

Web 2.0 MySpace Applications Microsoft 104

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 8, 2010

In other words, don’t show up in the social space only when you need a hand. Many of the bloggers and influential Twitter users, however, wanted to promote the client’s Twitter account, because there’s a simple expectation that companies, at this day and age, should have a social media presence.

Social Media 268

Social Media Marketing Policies Sysomos 268

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 10, 2010

Some of the sites I recommend for educational materials include: Free Sphinn : Sphinn is an Internet Marketing social news site. Users submit timely news articles to Sphinn, and the community votes up the best stories to appear on the front page. I’ve been to the aforementioned three types of events.

Marketing 240

Marketing How To SEO Training 240

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

You may find people who are surfing outside your social circle who might be potentially interested in your products. At business networking events, try to get to know people outside your group of trusted colleagues. I DO own one for ORM, but I’ve left it as a news feed. You never know who you might meet.

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Twitter Sports Microblogging HootSuite 205

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 21, 2008

I like to think of this as “Schrodinger’s Blogger&# , referring to the famous thought experiment which explains to us the rather odd concept of the quantum state, in which an event exists only as a waveform of possibilities (1 or 0) until it is observed, and that the act of observation changes the outcome of the experiment.

Social Media 104

Social Media StumbleUpon Communities MySpace 104

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 10, 2008

Streaming only your blog’s RSS feed on Twitter. (If Using your Twitter feed as a chat room for conversations that are exclusive in nature and not as a broadcast medium. As a friend recently said to me, “I’m tired of my Twitter feed being a [private] conversation between person X, person Y, and person Z.&#

Handbook 279

Handbook Social Media Web 2.0 StumbleUpon 279

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2011

Here’s how I do it : I read and review hundreds — thousands — of articles yearly, on all Internet Marketing topics from SEO to social media to general entrepreneurship (new for 2010!), also gathering intelligence via their rankings on top social sites and by stumbling upon new items in my feed reader.

Marketing 279

Marketing Affiliate marketing Small Business SEO 279

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 1, 2009

It should also, at the same time, be something familiar to other Facebook users, as this is what they will see in their News feeds as their friends become fans or you post updates. It can be a pain to have to re-create a new Page and re-establish months of work building your Page if you get it wrong early on. Seems to work well.

Facebook 279

Facebook How To Applications URL 279

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 24, 2010

&# The question was purposely left open-ended; I wasn’t necessarily seeking out attention in the form of a product pitch, despite the fact that many of those asked are prominent bloggers. Chris Brogan Chris Brogan is a blogger and president of New Marketing Labs. He is also the author of Trust Agents and Social Media 101.

Influencer 278

Influencer How To Press Release Blogger 278

Viper Chill

APRIL 25, 2012

Why feed counts mean absolutely nothing (and never really have). In a room full of 100 people there will statistically be at least two active bloggers. We are closing in on having 200 million active bloggers online, so I want my advice to be relevant and useful for people in the majority of industries. They really don’t.

Sites 96

Sites Industry Blogger News 96

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 14, 2009

Here’s how this works : In the Internet Marketing Best Posts “series,&# I take posts that are typically timeless — they’re not confined to a specific event or news occurrence — they’re valuable for the long haul in terms of Internet Marketing and creative strategy. Not excess.

SEO 162

SEO Social Media Marketing Reputation 162

Kikolani

OCTOBER 5, 2012

50 Essential Tools I Use For Blogging and Freelance Writing – As a freelance writer and professional blogger, it is essential to have a reliable arsenal of tools that allow you to promote your blog and manage your business. Here are 50 to help you with marketing, social media, promotion, productivity, and financial management.

Mashup 120

Mashup Resources Tools Price 120

Webbiquity SMM

JUNE 6, 2011

Blogger for Huffington Post and @op_editorial , Marketer, Do-Gooder, Master Surfer! His company provides traditional & social pay-per-click (PPC) management, natural search optimization (SEO), social media/feed marketing (SMO) and online reputation management (ORM) services to national clients.

Twitter 198

Twitter B2B Crowdsourcing Hubspot 198

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

In the social media world, it’s also imperative to have an emergency preparedness plan in place. In the event of emergencies, someone should be designated to run the public relations and oversee all inbound and outbound communications. But yes, check your feed! Regarding the spam issue, yes, I totally understand.

Social Media 217

Social Media Foursquare Marketing Flickr 217

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 23, 2010

Contributions on a Facebook event wall that come from a social media aficionado whose name clearly isn’t on his (her?) Even social media “purists&# aren’t really that pure. It’s overkill. birth certificate. I guess I’ll let this comment spam slide.

Facebook 268

Facebook SEO Policies Groups 268

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 28, 2010

After all, this time, they’re not complaining about news feeds. A couple more for the list: Events- if you set up an event and then it’s over & you want to remove it from the events tab, you can only cancel the event, not simply delete it. Wow, good point on the events.

Facebook 277

Facebook Issues MySpace Privacy 277

ProBlogger

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

With the release of the new Digg on August 25th, anybody with the ability to understand how a story, which is promoted to the popular section, is composed, has an edge in attaining viral exposure ranging from tens of thousands to millions of pageviews. Digg’s users constitute a large proportion of bloggers. Rewriting Headlines.

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