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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JULY 15, 2010

Frank Lee shares a Free Gift to guide you step-by-step to “Breakthrough Article Marketing&# – simply visit his site today and discover how you too can generate loads of free buying traffic using a simple 5 step unique article writing method in his Internet Marketing Systems. Sorry, you must have not read my blog policy.

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DECEMBER 20, 2007

youtube Portfolio Lateral Action Lifehacker Macgasm Mashable Pistachio: Touchbase Blog Ramblings of a Sysadmin Real Simple Schwag Addict Search Engine Roundtable Professional Bio Spammr from Tumblr Home About Consulting Contact Sitemap Policy Site design by The Other Ben Rudnick. Thanks guys. Accelerated by MaxCDN Content Delivery Network.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 19, 2008

With 1,200 users terminated at once, I’m not sure people can easily buy that. Note that this was told to Consumerist anonymously but on the record. Does that really give the insider’s claim any credibility? Accelerated by MaxCDN Content Delivery Network. This blog is written and maintained by Tamar Weinberg.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 27, 2008

As such, it has been selected as the generic social network of choice. Niche network: Sphinn : In the red corner we have Sphinn – a social news network dedicated purely to online marketing news and discussion. Subsequently, Sphinn is perhaps the most relevant niche social network on the web.

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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. Specially, dealing with starting a cart and posting items buy using PayPal. If you don’t mind.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 4, 2010

They also were able to flex their muscles and throw around dollars to buy up all the valuable advertising and marketing opportunities. In the past 5-10 years, social media has come along and changed advertising and marketing from a dollars and quantity game to a quality game. However, things have changed. © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 22, 2008

The reason is that people didn’t have aggregate power: they were individual voices that a news channel or a company can choose to ignore. The only effective feedback mechanism was the free market: people choose to buy something else, if the option existed. TV media buys are based on people picking what was on TV.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 1, 2008

This is not a regular practice on the social news giant, and unfortunately, that is probably the biggest thing causing its downfall. There was only one occasion when the users were able to make a lasting impression on the social news site. It’s hard to say if that will happen again. Time will only tell.

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JUNE 3, 2010

youtube Portfolio Lateral Action Lifehacker Macgasm Mashable Pistachio: Touchbase Blog Ramblings of a Sysadmin Real Simple Schwag Addict Search Engine Roundtable Professional Bio Spammr from Tumblr Home About Consulting Contact Sitemap Policy Site design by The Other Ben Rudnick. Accelerated by MaxCDN Content Delivery Network.

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JANUARY 24, 2008

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Opinion , Social Media > Why Nobody Should Buy Digg Why Nobody Should Buy Digg by Tamar Weinberg on December 20, 2007 Share It hasn’t even been a week and my once positive outlook of Digg has come to a sour end.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2010

The Seven Deadly Sins of Social Media (Search Engine Journal): I love how Jennifer Horowitz equates social media with the 7 sins. Tips include being active and tweeting daily, limiting using Twitter for broadcasting, focusing on company-wide social media policies, and more. She has some great comparisons.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 27, 2009

Being different and not buying into all the bells and whistles of self love (destruction in some cases) will only harm you in the long run. Thanks for reminding me to stay the course. Accelerated by MaxCDN Content Delivery Network. This blog is written and maintained by Tamar Weinberg. © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2008

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Personal > Zicam and the Reputation Management Fiasco Zicam and the Reputation Management Fiasco by Tamar Weinberg on February 6, 2008 Share Awhile ago, I used Twitter to talk about one of my favorite cold remedy vitamins, Airborne.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 23, 2008

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.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 5, 2010

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). Buy something, get something. Again, please do not violate my blog policy. The details are outlined in my blog policy. Thanks a ton.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 20, 2007

As Tamar pointed out, it’s a social news site, not a network and I could care less about how often profiles are updated. Folks that spent considerable time on Digg prior to the update, by and large, were looking for a social news site. It’s a social site with news secondary. Is there any?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 1, 2010

No need to buy John Reeses’ new product that will set you back $2k. You don’t need to follow along with the “top bloggers&# to make a decent living from this internet stuff. They did it their way, and each to our own. Things are a – changing. Follow along with Darren Rowse in how to earn money online.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

Their goal is to send press pitches, not to buy ads on your site. If a blogger outreach consultant or social media agency emails you a story pitch, read their signature. Most PR people aren’t in a position to buy ads. Rule #4: This could be the start of something big. I don’t think so.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 8, 2010

If you blog or post comments, you should make sure it adheres to your company’s social media policy. The Golden Truths Social media marketing requires dedicated, devoted individuals who can aggressively seek opportunities in highly populated communities. Audiences there are large, but they are there to connect, not to buy.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 8, 2008

Many companies just see this as a new avenue to push existing traditional marketing messages, and this is why they almost always fail. For example an article with “10 Reasons You Should Buy Travel Insurance&# is almost never going to go viral, it’s not surprising, shocking, interesting or in any way sticky.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 29, 2010

My solution has been to respond with a note that the publisher doesn’t allow me to distribute that material (that’s true) and suggest that they buy a copy of the book that includes a CD. Reply Carri Bugbee July 30, 2010 at 5:00 am Todd, can I buy you lunch and pick your brain??? You get the idea. Yet people always ask!)

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 16, 2010

Do you always tell people to “buy now”, “buy before midnight”, “For the first 300 people”, etc? What you should do is to be insightful, insightful, insightful… and then “New price reduction on our favorite product, “X”. Do I hard sell with my updates? Accelerated by MaxCDN Content Delivery Network. © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 10, 2010

Some of the sites I recommend for educational materials include: Free Sphinn : Sphinn is an Internet Marketing social news site. Users submit timely news articles to Sphinn, and the community votes up the best stories to appear on the front page. In fact, this policy has been in place for awhile. And so much more.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2009

Top 29 Niche Social Media Sites (That Actually Send Traffic) : Andy Hagans consistently updates this list with some great resources that aren’t necessarily being tapped into by many folks, but maybe it’s time for things to change. Reddit Tips from the Top Dog on Reddit (Social News Watch): How do you become a top user on Reddit?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 10, 2008

There was a similar thing in 2006 when Yahoo was going to buy the company. It’s not that we don’t want to do IPO; we’re just not focused on it. Some companies have that as a goal, but for us, that’s not what we’re trying to go for. They were offering $1 billion, which is a lot. © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg.

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APRIL 14, 2010

« Direct Marketing Observations July 26, 2010 at 1:36 pm 3 Golden Business Rules for Social Media Engagement » Techipedia | Tamar Weinberg August 25, 2010 at 9:09 am { 84 comments… read them below or add one } Ana Hoffman YourNetBiz April 14, 2010 at 10:46 am Profound and thought-provoking. © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 4, 2008

Monier suggests that it could be flawed, however, as in describing a “diamond:&# what if a baseball enthusiast chooses to buy his wife a nice piece of jewelry? Personalization : presenting results based on past activity. Vertical search : focusing on a specialized area and building search upon this small slice.

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JUNE 3, 2009

“How much could I buy this for?&# youtube Portfolio Lateral Action Lifehacker Macgasm Mashable Pistachio: Touchbase Blog Ramblings of a Sysadmin Real Simple Schwag Addict Search Engine Roundtable Professional Bio Spammr from Tumblr Home About Consulting Contact Sitemap Policy Site design by The Other Ben Rudnick.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 21, 2008

She did receive many gifts, and emails circulated frequently taking up collections: “We want to fill her room with flowers, buy her a digital camera, a scanner, send her to Disney World&#. People did donate, and when the hoax came to light federal authorities were notified, but in the end no charges were brought.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 2, 2010

Moreover, allowing users to “try before they buy&# was incredibly clever and keeps the hype strong. One usually isn’t enough, but it will get you started. Facebook lets you network correctly. Just about every Facebook user I know of is a real person. Accelerated by MaxCDN Content Delivery Network. © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg.

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MARCH 24, 2010

Danny is currently Chief Content Officer of Third Door Media which operates the Sphinn social news site and organizes the popular Search Marketing Expo conference series. Andy has submitted nearly 15,000 stories to Digg and over 4200 of his submissions have hit the front page of the impossible-to-game social news site.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 7, 2010

And it doesn’t help for marketing — at least not the social kind. If I wanted to shout it out, I’d buy a billboard over the Strip in Las Vegas. It’s a great tool, but it’s not one you’d exclusively want to dedicate your Twitter efforts to. Accelerated by MaxCDN Content Delivery Network.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 15, 2008

I was recently moved by “The Secret Millionaire&# and wanted to realize the dreams of someone who may not be able to buy anything at all — so I decided to make sure my own purchases included gifts for young children.? At 78 years old, there isn’t much of her social security to buy extras.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 15, 2009

The SEO Angle If you’re a brand new student in the school of thought of SEO, after you’ve learned about improving your web presence via search engines, there are countless opportunities to prove to yourself that you know what you’re doing. I have bought many products based on simple awareness through social channels.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 28, 2010

Why not work with small businesses and those affected most by this policy change to find something that would work better for them that does not complicate the process or require a substantial financial investment? Thanks Erica Reply Some guy who wont follow my blog policy April 30, 2010 at 7:09 am nice post, really very good.

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JULY 30, 2010

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