Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

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Social Media in the Industry: Customization is the Key to Success

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

On top of that, let’s add all of the other social networks out there including Linkedin, Foursquare, Myspace, Friendster, Tumblr, YouTube and the list goes on. Be sure to stay on top of Facebook comments and interactions. Foursquare! Even if you’ve decided you have the budget for social media, where do you focus?

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How to Spice up Your Social Media Strategy in 2011

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Foursquare.com — Use Foursquare specials for repeat visitors. Leave a comment below with tips, tools, and tactics that can help people get more out of social media. After all, most people aren’t on social media services solely to be pitched by you. Groupon.com — Make local offers.

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Invasive or Indispensable: The Case of Permanent GPS

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

We now check in voluntarily to places like Foursquare and Gowalla, where we broadcast what we’re doing and where we’re eating. The comments are yours. Ironically, this is something that takes a bit of effort on our part, yet nearly 4 million of us share our whereabouts across location-based social networks. Like this post?

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Best Internet Marketing Posts of 2009

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

6 Tips for Getting the Most out of Foursquare (Mashable): Foursquare is new for many, so learn it and soak it in while it’s still hot. A Crash Course in Comments (Chris Brogan): So many people don’t value the connections that can be had if you write meaningful comments on blogs. Keep up the good work.

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Social Media Strategy from A to Z » Techipedia | Tamar Weinberg

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

If you’re the frugal type, take advantage of the free alerts from Google, YackTrack , Social Mention , BackType (which gives you alerts from blog/article comments , which other services do not include), and Trackur. FourSquare, Gowalla, Loopt, and other location-aware services are social networks, unifying real connections.

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What You Can Learn About Social Media Marketing from TLC

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Around that time, though, I noticed that TLC was promoting Foursquare as Facebook within their TV programs. On multiple occasions, I noticed an overlay during their episodes that encouraged users to follow them on Foursquare with a link to a Facebook.com address. The FourSquare/Facebook issue is at best a confusing promotion.

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Best Internet Marketing Posts of 2010

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Growing Your Business: 5 Tips from the Founder of Foursquare (Mashable): Dennis Crowley knows his stuff, and he’s given some good and creative tips to build visibility to his business. Hey, Foursquare was pretty small once! Foursquare Business Strategies You Don’t Want to Miss (Samir Balwani): With only (!)

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