Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Top Coder uses a competition approach to leverage is distributed network of over 50,000 developers to create software for its enterprise clients. The software development community -- especially the open source community -- has long used "bounties" to help lure developers to certain tasks. Customer Support. Think of it as Yahoo!

Crowdsourcing 245

Crowdsourcing Software Project Forums 245

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 1, 2010

A well known news outlet contacted me a few weeks ago asking for advice on building visibility to her articles that were submitted to a social news site where I help moderate. “It’s cool,&# “I like it,&# “I love their hospitality,&# “I always buy from them!&# Photos by Shutterstock. [

Airlines 196

Airlines Brands Social Media News 196

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.

Social Media 163

Social Media Marketing Consultant Communities 163

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Especially in comparison to many other communication programs like traditional PR, TV advertising, outdoor advertising and others, social media actually offers pretty solid metrics. Many social media software packages (great ebook analysis of them here) can provide highly detailed reports on the impact of social media programs.

Social Media 149

Social Media Strategy Consultant Web 2.0 149

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. Oh…and I MAKE them buy your book… hehee~! And so much more.

Marketing 240

Marketing How To SEO Training 240

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!)

Products 267

Products Consultant Price Social Media 267

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?

Marketing 144

Marketing StumbleUpon SEO Reputation 144

Viper Chill

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

I ran the social news site Reddit through the tool as an example and I’m told that around 55% of visitors are male (though I expect this to be a little lower than reality) and 24% of the audience are over 50 years old. That curiosity leads to people buying the product, and, people loved it (this is important).

Analysis 82

Analysis Quantcast Data StumbleUpon 82

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. .&#

Social Media 104

Social Media StumbleUpon Communities MySpace 104

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 24, 2010

For instance, I rarely talk about software.) 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. They know that I look for the “human business&# angle for most of my stories.

Influencer 278

Influencer How To Press Release Blogger 278

Webbiquity SMM

JUNE 6, 2011

|Dan is not always able to tweet b/c of responsibilities or out on missions…but here are a couple more of my favorite tweets from Dan sent on 5/21 @AdScientist : ‘What is beautiful about social media are the relationships that can be built/started, conversations shared.’ Michael Brenner is a Sr. Mike Volpe – @mvolpe.

Twitter 196

Twitter B2B Crowdsourcing Hubspot 196

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 14, 2009

Top 10 Reasons Why Great Content Fails on Social Media : In case you’re still emphasizing submissions on social sites, here’s why your content … uh, appears to suck. How to Commit Social Media Suicide : Some people don’t get social media. Not excess. If not, perhaps you need to adjust your pitch.

SEO 162

SEO Social Media Marketing Reputation 162

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 15, 2008

Or give them full download rights to your new software product without restrictions. 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.?

Blogger 103

Blogger Yahoo Buy Twitter 103

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 28, 2010

So, Facebook, when are you going to have a Business Center that regularly communicates with owners of small businesses or larger businesses who don’t place ad buys on your network? So while we manage many pages, we don’t buy FB advertising for all of them, some clients do it through their media buying agency.

Facebook 277

Facebook Issues MySpace Privacy 277