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

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Exploring the Royal Caribbean Promotional Marketing Strategy by Tamar Weinberg on March 12, 2009 Share My husband Brian , who knows firsthand how much I eat, drink, and sleep social media, pointed me to an interesting critique by ExpertCruiser on a 2007 social media marketing campaign by Royal Caribbean. It’s a brave (???)

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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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Best Internet Marketing Posts of 2009

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Social Media: Implementation and Execution 7 Reasons Why Social Media Marketing Campaigns Fail, and How to Fix them (Stuntdubl): Todd Malicoat never blogs, but when he does, he writes great posts like this suggesting that if your social media marketing campaign is failing, you may have had the wrong strategies in place.

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Blogging: Social Media is Not Only About Social Media Sites

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

In any marketing campaign, the more you see the product, the more likely you are to be influenced by it, even if you don’t want to be. Personally I am much more likely to further investigate a product/company/service that was brought to my attention indirectly than say, on a billboard or full-page magazine ad.

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How to Use Facebook for Business and Marketing

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

« Direct Marketing Observations July 6, 2010 at 10:54 am Designing A Facebook Fan Page: Showcases, Tutorials, Resources - Smashing Magazine July 8, 2010 at 3:27 am You’re It! Just like with any other marketing campaign you need to be sure that you are not “putting all of your eggs in one basket&# just like you mentioned.

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The Audacity of Free: The Products and Services Edition

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

In fact, in a test a colleague of mine ran with sponsored advertisements, the incentive-based campaign was much more successful than the original information-only campaign. I hearken back to the magazine rack on the street corner that had the sign if you read it you bought it.

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Best Internet Marketing Blog Posts of 2007 » Techipedia | Tamar.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Run a StumbleUpon Advertising Campaign for Your Blog (Problogger): I’m noticing that a lot more people are running advertising campaigns for their blogs since this article came out. Full Blown Reputation Management Campaign (Shimon Sandler): Need to bury bad press? Perhaps Darren’s advice resonated with his readers?

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