Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

tools to develop professional learning communities for international school teachers, at an introductory level. This interconnected network of learners whom you select based on interests, skills, or experience will soon become an integral part of your daily learning and thinking. Lijit Search. School Community.

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MAY 4, 2010

Check out Phil’s blog too ) Your new book The Next Wave of Technologies deals with how organizations can adopt and adapt to new processes and advances. Each chapter in the book provides, at high level, detail about when, why, and how to implement each technology. This was essentially the subject of my first book.

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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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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 15, 2010

I know I don’t want to feel like I am reading my 10th grade chemistry book when I visit someones blog. In an effort to write for readers, for example, one can get a little anxious about whether they’re coming off sufficiently experienced or skilled. Tamar is also the author of The New Community Rules (July 2009).

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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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JUNE 3, 2010

jefflogden The skills needed for this are, unfortunately, uncommon. I'm not sure you can teach this, nor is it a skill Boards of Directors look for — but they should. I'm hoping Jim Joyce writes a book. DJ Waldow Director of Community, Blue Sky Factory @djwaldow [link] DJ Waldow Really, Jay?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2010

The Poetry of Social Networking to Court Customers and Invest in Relationships (Brian Solis): Brian Solis shares his foreword to Sean Percival’s book, MySpace Marketing. 10 Creative Contests Powered by Social Media (Mashable): You can use social media to do many things: build community, make business decisions, and more.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Im a frequent social media conference speaker , and interview social media luminaries for my Twitter 20 series of live Twitter interviews. How can I help you?

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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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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 29, 2010

Books Take Time to Write Last week, a Twitter user asked a really blunt but surprising question about how to download my book (legally) for free. My book is less than $20 on Amazon, which makes for a great deal and covers years of practice and training. All of this doesn’t come for free for me either.

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JUNE 22, 2010

link] Pritesh Patel Why You’re the Key to Social Media Success: [link] DebDrive If I had to make a prediction, I'd say within two years we'll see social media skills appearing on competency requirements for management, if not executives. I wonder if social media training will be added to corporate continuing education programs.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 8, 2008

What skills, though, do successful social media marketers have that put these individuals above the average (or addicted) social media user, and better yet, above the traditional marketer? This is not just standard required job skills but rather a deep interest that pervades one’s day to day life.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 25, 2010

When I ran an agency, I put just as much stock in prospective employees’ Excel abilities as I did in their Word, Powerpoint, or Photoshop skills. Online marketing success is more about science than art, and whomever keeps score eventually controls the budget. Adjust Staffing and Timelines. You’re ALWAYS marketing. Every search.

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MARCH 3, 2010

Agencies should also be working with clients on using social media as a market research tool, by surveying fans or creating dedicated, invite-only brand communities that serve as a living focus group. but the core discipline of customer service and its management is a skill set far removed from most PR and marketing experts.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 28, 2010

You can do a photo essays or present a gallery of images that you or your graphic designers have Photoshopped–and you can feature tutorials on how to make the best out of your photography/graphic design skills. Because I happen to be reading your book right now. COLOURlovers has color palettes and trends. thanks for sharing.I

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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).

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 14, 2010

Market saturation brings lots and lots of experts , many of whom think Twitter is a shiny new object and are ready to write books, charge $2000 for conferences where they promise TWITTER TIPS AND TRICKS THAT NOBODY HAS SEEN BEFORE (in caps!), There are enough freebies here and in other blogs and books. Thank you for leaving a comment.

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AUGUST 18, 2010

Angela Connor Author, “18 Rules of Community Engagement&# [link] jaybaer I agree Angela. The contrast in social media is stark: to build a community, we shouldn't ask who we can reach with what message, but rather, who are our fans right now and how do they talk about us. Does that make sense?

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Almost Savvy

AUGUST 29, 2008

re really only talking to yourself and I assume that you are already quite familiar with your talents and skills. Plus, get a free book) Shopping Cart Your shopping cart is empty Visit the shop ? Arrive late, leave early Hey, you?re re a busy person. This means that you?re An alternate approach might yield better results?Listen!

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Almost Savvy

AUGUST 29, 2008

re really only talking to yourself and I assume that you are already quite familiar with your talents and skills. Plus, get a free book) Shopping Cart Your shopping cart is empty Visit the shop ? Arrive late, leave early Hey, you?re re a busy person. This means that you?re An alternate approach might yield better results?Listen!

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Almost Savvy

FEBRUARY 11, 2009

The story of this discovery is recounted in a number of books about caves. Thanks, Irene for creating community once again! Reply Irene Koehler says: February 11, 2009 at 4:42 pm @Sujata – Speaking another language fluently is always a great skill to have! Betcha didn’t know that, Irene!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2009

StumbleUpon Mathematics for Stumblers (The Venture Skills Blog): Tim Nash tries to explain the StumbleUpon algorithm. The Sexy Girls of Tech and Politics: The Unbeatable Trio (NxE): Find what the community likes and pander to them for the best kind of traffic exposure on social sites. Look at Shana’s chart.

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MAY 19, 2010

Skip to content Skip to navigation Skip to footer Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media Consulting Social Media Strategy Blog Social Media Consulting Blog Social Media Consulting Speaking Newsletter Free Social Media Tools Twitter Interviews About Lijit Search Why D.I.S. Thanks for sharing with us.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Track things like audience/community sentiment (positive/negative) if you want to map effort to results. Use social networks respectfully to share the best of your content, in a community-appropriate setting. Remember that community and marketplace are two different things. Make it easy for your community to reach you.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Relevant experience always matters, as does specific industry knowledge, followed by creativity, a sense of a “safe choice” based on an agency’s reputation within the PR industry and, of course, actual public relations skill. Little consideration is given to the matter of judgment, as in critical judgment, and “poor” or “sound” judgment.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

dramatically impact the how/why/when of business communications and collaboration of all kinds. In this book, we learned how to move things that added value to our organization closer to the core of what we do, and how to disaggregate those things that aren’t as important and push those out to the fringe. Dr. Wright.

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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. After awhile, you’ll be book smart. For you, this means practice and true application of acquired skill.

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JUNE 23, 2010

Salcedo RT @tcreativo: #Crowdsourcing como tendencia [link] Más allá de dar control a tus usuarios, co-crea con ellos [link] Social Tech Book RT @jaybaer: Crowdsourcing: Beyond the Basics [link] [link] Amalio A. Compared to before, this company is holding the reigns – albeit loosely and in new ways.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Whether it’s brand reputation management, PR and influencer outreach, customer service and social CRM, interacting with fans on a brand community, or just creating content that builds thought leadership – it all takes time. Patrick O’Keefe talk about it in his excellent book Managing Online Forums (I reviewed it here ).

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

The feeling of community, and “we’re all in this together&# is slipping away. Star Power As the number of social media “celebrities&# increases via book publishing, widespread acknowledgement of skills, or personal delusion, the difference between the good people and the assholes becomes codified. The kismet.

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