The Marketing Blog

AUGUST 4, 2008

My consultant is so convinced that: I should be present on social-network. I should write a blog I should ‘Ajaxify’ my current website I should jump into the conversation I should use a Wiki for enterprise-collaboration And do what not & what not… Why ‘But Why? The scope of my blog-posts span across the Enterprise 2.0

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The Marketing Blog

MARCH 28, 2008

I write about Social Media and how it is being used as a conversational channel by individuals and organizations. The scope of my blog-posts span across the Enterprise 2.0 However, I still review some Web 2.0 Please go through the apps and provide your valuable Comments/Feedback on your blog site.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Netgear Joins the Web 2.0 Jason Calacanis launched yet another discussion of the future of the web with his official definition of web 3.0 , in which web 2.0 Maybe instead of getting tangled up in discussions of what’s web 1.0 vs. web 2.0 vs. web 3.0, or web 3.0

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The Marketing Blog

JANUARY 28, 2008

Put your thinking caps on as a customer and try to answer the following questions: Is your buying behavior affected by the quality of packaging? I welcome you to join the conversation Recommended Reading Don’t miss-out Rajesh’s two cents here and here. The scope of my blog-posts span across the Enterprise 2.0

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The Marketing Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2007

The key is that its not just spamming the blog, but instead Caroline is contributing to the conversation by sharing her thoughts. Reply Coder10 October 22, 2009 at 4:08 pm Actually, Google could just buy a few large publishing houses around the world. The scope of my blog-posts span across the Enterprise 2.0

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Social Media Strategery

APRIL 7, 2009

Spend some time reading what people are saying about Government 2.0, and start participating in the conversations. Identify the biggest opponent to social media in your office and schedule regular meetings with them to discuss his/her rationale against social media. Before next year’s Government 2.0

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 18, 2010

Where are the people most likely to buy your products and services? Establishing a social media strategy will help you see where potential customers are hanging out. In every industry, there are existing conversations going on. Or has it been around awhile but hasn’t been using social media? What motivates them?

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Online social networks, such as Ning , Twitter , and even Facebook , provide teachers with a way to meet colleagues from around the world and around the country. Thanks for continuing this important conversation. Buy My Book (download for free): Subscribe in a reader. Teachers also need experiences collaborating globally.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 25, 2008

I’m not sure I’m buying that all of this needs to be apprentice, craft growth. Tony, to be honest I’m not sure if I buy it all or not either. I’m very much looking forward to continued conversation. Social Networks. 3 Comments. Tony Karrer. Looking forward to hear more from you about it.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

OCTOBER 22, 2009

If you take a look at any one of their four accounts , you’ll notice one thing: they’re not using Twitter to converse but to broadcast. If you don’t buy the extended warranty it costs you just to call and try to get help. I’m going to ask Apple to buy me a Zune. Never heard of that at any other company.

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Social Media Strategery

MAY 26, 2010

I think we started to accomplish that this year – the many panel presentations and workshops seemed more conversational and attendees seemed more willing to ask questions. I heard a lot more discussion about how the speakers handled difficult situations, how they worked with legal, and how they got senior leadership buy-in.

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Social Media Strategery

APRIL 26, 2009

Development Social Media The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same Mon, Apr 27, 2009 Government 2.0 From entire conferences to unconferences to new government appointees to full-scale social networks , there’s no doubt that “Government 2.0″ Where are they? Thanks, Steve.

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Social Media Strategery

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

It soon became clear that the attendees of this class were far more advanced in Enterprise 2.0 Hanns did an admirable job of adjusting his teaching style to include conversation and less lecture, and he promised to totally re-work the material for Day Two. I was really looking forward to the conversations about more advanced E2.0

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 10, 2008

Founded by four ex-Googlers, FriendFeed allows you to subscribe to your friends’ updates across 35 social networks and to stay up to date with the content they’re discovering and sharing across the web. In social media spheres, it’s almost unavoidable to not engage online with content in some way.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 19, 2010

2: Impulse Bought Products – Products that don’t gain anything from “recommendations” tend to see a small return from social media. Unless the product is a fad, it is doubtful that an online community will impact the buying habits of consumers looking at an impulse bought product.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 27, 2008

Many people found the research interesting, but a number of people commented that the social networks probably shouldn’t be grouped together. So the question arose – was social media traffic misrepresented by grouping traffic from all networks together? Three cheers for them! page views SEO ROI — 1.2

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Social Media Strategery

AUGUST 9, 2009

Mon, Aug 10, 2009 Best Practices Well, it’s been an interesting couple of weeks in the world of social media and IT security. I know many IT professionals who are huge social media evangelists, and I know communicators who are terrified of losing control of the conversation. Heroes At the Gov 2.0

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 18, 2008

Plurk introduced a comment system which helps create a conversational feel. So marking a conversation or message, to be found easily later, should be one of the first features implemented. Brightkite: Email and SMS – mobile web is definitely the wave of the future. Thank you for that!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 4, 2008

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. Studying my SAT words (believe it or not, vocabulary is not one of my strong suits) is not as much a distant memory as it is for others who have been out of high school for 8 years.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Social Media is optional It doesn’t matter what the demographics of your customers are. Your company needs to be part of that conversation. Social media is hard False. And that’s only because of the alphabet soup of social networks, lifestreams, sharing sites, etc. Be where your customers are.

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Social Media Strategery

DECEMBER 13, 2008

I think that the biggest challenge for individuals in large or small organizations, public or private sector is making the mental shift from broadcasting information to participating in the conversation. They prefer static Web sites that people must visit. They prefer static Web sites that people must visit.

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Social Media Strategery

DECEMBER 22, 2008

Development Social Media Social Media Isn’t Always the Answer Tue, Dec 23, 2008 Best Practices As one of Booz Allen’s social media leads, I’m thrilled to see more and more of my government clients starting to ask questions about social media and if/how it might help them.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 20, 2012

At one point, Digg was the poster child for Social Media and Web 2.0 Eric: Well, you’re kind of hitting on the, kind of the lynch pin, and I think the sort of the faltering of Digg and also sort of the lesson we wanted to tease out for this conversation is that you kept mentioning community. DJ Waldow: No comment.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

February 11th, 2010 |Written By: Jay Baer | View Comments Tweet Guest post by Bob Dennis , freelance Web designer with experience in everything from audio production to social networking. I wonder how much web apps produced in the same month?) – Apple may take a 30% cut, but conversely developers KEEP 70%.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Onto the good stuff… I was fortunate enough to be asked to contribute at the e-Learning Guild in two different forums this week: Tony Karrer , hoodwinked Brent Schelenker , Steven Downes and yours truly to talk about Web 2.0 (and This is also one of the coolest things about Web 2.0 Learning Matters! April 13, 2007.

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Bare Feet Studios

DECEMBER 4, 2008

They take things and make them into something they are not, to trick us into buying them. The lesson of social media is that people often actually like the plain old dog without the pink head dress as much or more. People love to buy and advertising is one of the most powerful ways of helping people find things to buy.

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Social Media Strategery

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

However, this has led to an almost stale conversation in the social media blogosphere where we’re preaching to the choir. So, of course, I’m starting…a social media blog!!! Managing Your Time While Managing Your Social Media My Gov 2.0 Heroes At the Gov 2.0 Will I See You at the Gov 2.0

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Social Media Strategery

SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

Development Social Media An Awesome Interview with the Founder of GovLoop, Steve Ressler Mon, Sep 28, 2009 Government 2.0 And it’s free…gratis… Second, join the conversation. Managing Your Time While Managing Your Social Media My Gov 2.0 Heroes At the Gov 2.0 Will I See You at the Gov 2.0

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

The lack of understanding between busy and burst goes beyond just the inability of the busy to see the value in using Web 2.0 Best-buy has adopted the phrase performance-based, as opposed to time-based workflow. This would help prevent web work from becoming a career [.]. frogpond _ Innovationsberatung » Web 2.0

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Social Media Strategery

DECEMBER 30, 2008

When I started this blog back in October, I had one goal – to give me an external “home base&# from which I could become a part of the social media and government conversation. My goal for 2009 is to build on this humble base and collaborate with all of you in bringing social media to our government.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 19, 2008

There’s a bottom line: it’s a lot harder to sweep your mistakes under the rug, especially as a company in a world of conversing markets. With 1,200 users terminated at once, I’m not sure people can easily buy that. One of the more recent fiascoes occurred when Sprint forcibly disconnected service for 1,200 customers.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Social Media U: Take a Class in Social Media. Social media. Whether youre socializing on Facebook , updating Twitter , or just adding a new bookmark to Ma.gnolia , social media has become an integral part of our daily lives. Lesson # 2 Know What Web 2.0 on the subject of understanding Web 2.0.

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Social Media Strategery

JANUARY 10, 2009

Image Courtesy of Flickr user Ack Ook* buy-in , leadership , scary , social media , web 2.0 This post was written by: sradick - who has written 82 posts on Social Media Strategery. That same person also uses FB as a valuable networking tool for business purposes. Several great social media and Web 2.0

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 15, 2010

They’re designed to be chatty – as if you were having a conversation with a friend. In the long run, you can achieve phenomenal readership and conversion. That will not only hurt the conversion but also gaming the search engine which will not survive in the long term SEO game.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 4, 2010

Brian explains that “conversations are happening and it is up to me to either be part of them or not.&# They also were able to flex their muscles and throw around dollars to buy up all the valuable advertising and marketing opportunities. For the most part, you can’t buy Twitter followers or Facebook fans.

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Social Media Strategery

OCTOBER 12, 2008

government 2.0 , public sector , social media , web 2.0 This post was written by: sradick - who has written 82 posts on Social Media Strategery. I’m one of the leads for our social media/Government 2.0 link] SmartBlog On Social Media » Blog Archive » Cupcakes and Gov 2.0 [.]

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 22, 2008

The only effective feedback mechanism was the free market: people choose to buy something else, if the option existed. On eBay you give feedback as vote of trust for others to see and seek positive for your sellers you’re buying from. The time has come for companies to be part of the conversation. about what happens next.

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