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Enterprise 2.0 Isn’t About Social Business, It’s Just About Business

Social Media Strategery

.” She went on to say that instead of talking about social media, social business, building communities and why your organization needs to use blogs, wikis, and microblogging, you should be talking about increasing sales, increasing productivity, and cutting costs. For you, building communities might be the goal.

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A Brief Introduction to The New Community Rules: Marketing on the.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

The New Community Rules talks about the important role social media has begun playing in our lives. If you’re looking at buying a product or utilizing a service, chances are you’re looking for the sentiment about that product or service as well. Fortunately, we have social media communities to inspire us.

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Plutter Kite: The Ultimate Micro-Blogging Service

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Which can be used as – a part of – a checklist, when developing the ultimate microblogging application. Reply Dennis June 29, 2008 at 11:58 pm I hear Google made an offer to buy Plutter Kite for $6.4B! The main thing that seems missing from Plurk is the community and visibility a lot of other sites have attracted.

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10 Reasons Why Your Business Needs a Killer Social Media Strategy

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Where are the people most likely to buy your products and services? Through social media, you can find out what online communities your existing customers belong to. And don’t forget that your customers can spread the word for you to these communities. Tamar is also the author of The New Community Rules (July 2009).

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Is Social Media Worth it for You?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

3: Large Brands – Bigger brands have two things that smaller companies don’t: an already built community, and money. Communities, social news sites, and online sharing can be leveraged to build a site following. They also often require large investments to create an initial community.

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Andrew Sutherland, 17 Year Old Creator of Quizlet » Techipedia.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

I remember taking classes, buying flashcards , and doing whatever it took to have a decent understanding of large words to score well on the SAT. What amazes me is that Andrew, with no idea of where this was headed, took the initiative to build an extremely successful community. They’re Quizlet’s biggest asset.

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Justifying Social Media to the Big Wigs

Social Media Strategery

Use an open source microblogging service like Yammer or QikCom. If your organization already uses Instant Messaging, microblogging offers the potential to turn those one-on-one conversations into group collaboration. 101 , buy-in , marketing , social media , web 2.0 Heroes At the Gov 2.0

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