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7 Deadly Blog Writing Sins

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

But to me, a blog is similar to a magazine and most popular magazines have pictures. I know I don’t want to feel like I am reading my 10th grade chemistry book when I visit someones blog. While not having images is a major problem for me, I just like to have them in my posts. Something to be said, there.

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Is Social Media the Final Frontier of Marketing?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Then and Now In the good old days, say from the 1850s onwards, marketing was mostly a one way “communication&# : companies advertized their wares via local media like newspapers, magazines, and traveling salespeople. This gave rise to regional marketing with the first hints of large scale world-wide marketing.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

My book (and my work) grows far richer for this dialogue. That is the value to me of Web 2.0 My book (and my work) grows far richer for this dialogue. That is the value to me of Web 2.0 My book (and my work) grows far richer for this dialogue. That is the value to me of Web 2.0

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When is Brand Evangelism a Crime? Exploring the Royal Caribbean.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Using market intelligence, Royal Caribbean identified supporters of the cruise line via social networking sites and took the opportunity to give fifty of the most ardent supporters, called Royal Champions, special privileges, including free paid cruises and invitations to special events with company executives. It’s a brave (???)

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Best Internet Marketing Posts of 2009

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

The article has examples of how social media worked too. 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. And… Brian Solis is the most eloquent writer I have ever seen in the blogosphere.

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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. Thanks, Tamar!

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The Audacity of Free: The Products and Services Edition

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

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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