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SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

What if you wanted to impress everyone by showing off that you’re connected to that famous author who wrote that book, that socialite who keeps getting into trouble and a couple of 20-something CEOs who just sold their companies and are now billionaires? If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed !

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DECEMBER 2, 2008

What functionalities do you think WordPress, vBulletin, and other common platforms need to be able to better develop communities? Beyond the core of people who want to demonstrate their expertise in a niche by blogging, will blogging continue to grow, or will community-oriented sites become more popular? Again, super post!

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed ! Plus, get a free book) Coming Soon: An Interview with YOU! Related articles which may interest you: New Tool Makes My Email Work Harder and Smarter Social Networking Friends vs. Real Life Friends LinkedIn-apalooza! Ready to rev-up your profile? Who Influences You?

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APRIL 6, 2009

If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed ! Plus, get a free book) Shopping Cart Your shopping cart is empty Visit the shop ? Ready to rev-up your profile? Who Influences You?

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

Here’s the first paragraph of my summary: I show businesses how to use social media technologies for external community building and outreach, and for internal collaboration. For the bonus round, I recommend staying up to date via LinkedIn’s community superhero, Mario Sundar. Update at least every three months.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2008

Build relationships not an address book. And in my personal book and experience quality wins miles ahead over quantity time after time after time again. Lijit Search. Comments Feed. by communicating with customers as people. Community Newsletter. Business Book (73). Community (785).

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Almost Savvy

JANUARY 3, 2009

There are many online sites and free e-books available to help you on your way. If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed ! I hope to win Whit’s book! I also was the winner of Warren Whitlock’s book (yay!) ?Twitter For some, this will be how you are most comfortable learning. THank you!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 28, 2010

Informational Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime. 12484 SUBSCRIBERS FOLLOWERS Lijit Search Read more about The New Community Rules Get Techipedia on your iPhone or iPod touch! Tamar is also the author of The New Community Rules (July 2009).

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AUGUST 3, 2010

your address book and your CRM system). If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed ! Stack Overflow and Twitter, as well as thousands of organisations’ public websites. In the future we will offer integration with many more data sources, both public (e.g. social networking sites) and private (e.g.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 10, 2008

You can easily determine if your friends are interested in marketing, photography, books, music, web 2.0 You never know until you check out their feed. By studying their feed, you can learn a lot more about how important social media is to them. startups, and more with FriendFeed. Take a look at my own page.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

OCTOBER 22, 2009

I’m sure that if iTunes actually included the customer in its feed, and if other Apple departments followed suit, there would be a whole lot more followers and satisfied customers. Lets hope that some two way communication start here and moves to other areas. Tamar is also the author of The New Community Rules (July 2009).

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MARCH 31, 2010

If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed ! You, though, are a-ok in my book! Reply Mary Beth Deans says: April 1, 2010 at 3:42 pm And my very favorite: the people who have their Twitter/Facebook/LinkedIn feeds set up so you see the same dang message 2-3 times. Right hand or your left hand?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Right now, you’ll find the likes of Tamar , Jonathan , Lisa and Rebecca in my feed reader, and consequently, in that box. Reply Robert February 2, 2010 at 6:27 pm You had me when you put more focus on communicating than the tools. Love your book “The New Community Rules&# girl! Hope that clarifies.

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AUGUST 28, 2008

If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed ! Plus, get a free book) Shopping Cart Your shopping cart is empty Visit the shop ? At least, it might appear this way if all you knew about her was what you found online. Ready to rev-up your profile? Who Influences You?

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

That’s because Facebook’s EdgeRank formula ensures that only status updates from companies that consumers routinely interact with show up in their news feed (unless the Facebook member changes their News Feed preferences to “Most Recent&# – anecdotally Facebook acknowledges that fewer than 5% do so).

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FEBRUARY 23, 2010

It’s sort of like a virtual phone book; you remember the phone book , don’t you? If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed ! That’s the great thing about having a smart community. Evidence of said crepe. It’s in your email now.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 17, 2010

Every time I tell someone I’m a Community Manager , I get a varied response. &# That last one might be the most honest of the three, since asking a Community Manager whether they tweet for a living is like asking a construction worker if they cat-call for a living, or a doctor if he asks people to say “ah!&# for a living.

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MARCH 25, 2010

The hotels right downtown aren’t cheap and get booked early, so keep that in mind. If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed ! Plus, get a free book) Coming Soon: An Interview with YOU! Finding a Place to Stay Everything happens within a relatively walkable area in downtown Austin.

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APRIL 12, 2009

If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed ! I backed up my contacts, imported them into my Mac address book, put them into a separate list and also saved a.pdf file of my profile page. Related articles which may interest you: LinkedIn-apalooza! Ready to rev-up your profile? Please Enjoy This Spam Got LinkedIn?

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MARCH 4, 2010

Blogging for Community These blogs seek to guild a consistent readership that interact with the blogger(s) and advocate on behalf of the content on other social outposts. In the well-documented Marriott case study, they tracked $500 mm in bookings from links on the corporate blog. Very helpful post, Jay.

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Almost Savvy

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed ! By the way – I still read my 4 year old son the Winnie the Pooh book you sent over for him. However we connect on Twitter and on other social networking sites, it’s all about engagement. I’m engaged. Quick Internet marketing tip!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 21, 2009

Comcast did it early, and Frank Eliason today (who, by the way, is featured in the book I wrote) is really the role model for excellent customer service using online technologies. 12484 SUBSCRIBERS FOLLOWERS Lijit Search Read more about The New Community Rules Get Techipedia on your iPhone or iPod touch! Kudos to you!

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JUNE 27, 2008

tools to develop professional learning communities for international school teachers, at an introductory level. feature in Google Reader, which brings all of your address book contactsâ?? If you enjoy this blog, please consider subscribing to the feed: Subscribe in a reader. Lijit Search. School Community.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 3, 2010

Then, when you’re joining a community for the first time, you’ll need to study the users and slowly build relationships with them. But, like good Social Media community members, I’m thrilled to be able to help my parents out and give back as well! After I read your book I was trying what you wrote.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

You can even include Twitter searches in your feed, enabling you to use NutshellMail the same way you’d use TweetBeep, or an RSS feed of Twitter search results. I haven't used it, but looks interesting [link] [link] Meylah Community Anyone use NutshellMail? If yes, what do you think? Kanälen per Mail zu erhalten o.

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OCTOBER 22, 2008

If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed ! Plus, get a free book) Shopping Cart Your shopping cart is empty Visit the shop ? Ready to rev-up your profile? Who Influences You?

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MARCH 1, 2009

Granted, sharing the link to your Twitter feed may not be for everyone, but every professional should have and promote their LinkedIn presence. If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed ! Plus, get a free book) Shopping Cart Your shopping cart is empty Visit the shop ? Ready to rev-up your profile?

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MAY 27, 2010

Now, you can track number of “likes&# and daily interactions on your Facebook page, in the same place you can track RSS feeds, Twitter followers, and all the other awesome data points Swix provides. into their friends' news feeds) and not the brand's wall. into their friends' news feeds) and not the brand's wall.

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JUNE 3, 2010

I'm hoping Jim Joyce writes a book. DJ Waldow Director of Community, Blue Sky Factory @djwaldow [link] DJ Waldow Really, Jay? DJ Waldow Director of Community, Blue Sky Factory @djwaldow [link] DJ Waldow Jay – I disagree here. We may be the least vindictive, grudge-holding society ever. link] jaybaer Thanks Cari.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2010

The background pattern in #2 reminds me of the album cover from Tommy by the Who – overall, a decent effort but it will always play second fiddle to Quadraphenia in my book. I'd suggest that you move the search box somewhere below the navigation– maybe above the RSS feed option on the right? I voted for option 2.

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JULY 26, 2010

Comtex takes their feeds and spreads them around to their member sites. We’re often compared to PR distribution services, which is okay, but it’s apples to oranges. Their magic? It’s called Comtex , and every big PR wire service uses it to bolster their numbers. Does that drive business to you? How can I help you?

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APRIL 1, 2010

It’s a good mix of coach-speak, highlights, community service footage, and cheerleader features. In a world where company employees from Legos reward their most die hard fans by engaging with them in their online communities, what better vertical to do something similar than with professional sports? So, I peeked at YouTube.

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MARCH 23, 2010

If your blog is consistent enough that you believe RSS subscription is realistic, make sure visitors can easily subscribe to your RSS feed. (As Jacob Morgan does a nice job with this, promoting his book, events, and other resources on the right side of his excellent blog. Consequently, I have two recommendations.

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JULY 21, 2010

Facebook substantially degrades image quality that are posted into a feed and merely linking to a piece of content is not infringing on it — if anything, it promotes it. Now if importing a feed of content (e.g. Wikipedia has a good explanation of it ( [link] ). How can I help you?

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MARCH 25, 2010

link] [link] Chris Book RT @jaybaer: A Social Media Scoreboard That Works [link] [link] Lynn Sheka RT @arikhanson Interesting… RT @jaybaer: Yea! link] (via @jaybaer) SWIX FB Fanpage support coming soon [link] arikhanson Interesting… RT @jaybaer: Yea! Social media statistics and reporting, without the hassle. Worth a closer look.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 5, 2010

Don’t shy away from giving your community the information needed to find you elsewhere both online and offline. Let it be posted on every social platform of choice and then watch as it seeds through other communities (which is likely to happen and shows that your marketing is viral). Give them a reason to want to communicate.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

You have to create content, be part of many communities, and proceed incrementally. Too often we see social media strategies that involve putting photos into Flickr, videos into YouTube or the creation of a Facebook application and then never revisiting the environment to engage with the communities around this content.

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