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APRIL 13, 2010

Tell me in the comments who influenced you and why, and you could win a copy of the uber-classic book “ How to Win Friends and Influence People. Sounds like the playbook for successful brand/customer relationships on the social Web, does it not? Just leave a comment below about who influenced you and why and you could win.

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JULY 28, 2010

Let me hear about it: View Comments | Subscribe To This Blog | Sign Up For Our Newsletter Share This Post: Similar Posts That You Might Enjoy: Is Starbucks the Most Dangerous Competitor to Facebook? utilize whether they have an existing social media strategy or not. Jay, I'm impressed!

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MAY 12, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Social Media > Why You Should Fix Your House Before Inviting People Over Why You Should Fix Your House Before Inviting People Over by Tamar Weinberg on May 12, 2010 Share This is a guest post by Hugo Guzman.

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Almost Savvy

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

If you had the opportunity to meet technology and social media users and entrepreneurs from around the globe, what one question would you ask them? I’ve got a few extra invitations to Google Wave and will randomly select some of the commenters. Clearly, the future of the web is mobile. I want to hear from you!

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AUGUST 11, 2010

I will continue to have the same clients, and perform the same social media strategic planning and coaching services that I do today. In social media, and in life you have to embrace a simple concept: Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained. But for now, I want greener, quieter pastures with suffocating humidity. Definitely.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2008

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Social Media > Is Social Media the Final Frontier of Marketing? Is Social Media the Final Frontier of Marketing? Yes, it’s all to do with social media. frontpage.

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JULY 26, 2010

He’s a former journalist turned PR guy and straight shooter at New Media Cowboy. Way back in the early days of PitchEngine (like 2009), people thought we were crazy to offer our social media news release service for free. Social media has changed the way we communicate. That’s where the Pitch™ comes in.

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MAY 26, 2010

What you’re doing on Twitter isn’t a social media strategy, it’s a tools strategy. First, figure out how you’re going to be social, and then worry about how you’re going to do social. Create a social media steering group (cross-functional) for your company. Stelzner on Vimeo.

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Almost Savvy

JANUARY 3, 2009

WOW Wish I had known before the last [link] #TCR so we could have told more tweeps I will give a copy of “Twitter Revolution: How Social Media and Mobile Marketing is Changing the Way We Do Business & Market Online&# so you can add that as a prize for one of your listeners. I definitely need this!

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JANUARY 28, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Viral Marketing > 7 Traits of Highly Effective Viral Videos 7 Traits of Highly Effective Viral Videos by Tamar Weinberg on January 28, 2010 Share In the past few years, video has come a long way. I like the Pork and Bean video.

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Almost Savvy

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

To get a code for free registration of your own.tel account, simply add a comment below sharing why you’d like to try it out. Langdon says: February 24, 2010 at 10:02 am interesting concept; even more interesting tidbits in the comments! You’ll note that I had to do quite a bit of editing (it seems we both talk too much!).

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 18, 2008

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Blogging , Social Media > Plutter Kite: The Ultimate Micro-Blogging Service Plutter Kite: The Ultimate Micro-Blogging Service by Tamar Weinberg on June 18, 2008 Share This is a guest post from Samir Balwani of Internet Marketing blog Left the Box.com.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

We’ve added Disqus as the commenting system. Changed the sharing tools to incorporate Sexy Bookmarks plug-in (Michael Stelzner at Social Media Examiner turned me on to it). I’d sure appreciate if you could vote in the poll, and if you have comments about particular elements of the designs, please do sound off.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

NOVEMBER 26, 2007

The internet and technology ownership has changed everything: digital TV, mobile phones, iPods, weblogs, instant messaging, [and] social networking. The media landscape has shifted from the linear to one of many layers consumed by creative and empowered individuals. Media snackers just have pockets.

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MAY 12, 2010

Skip to content Skip to navigation Skip to footer Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media Consulting Social Media Strategy Blog Social Media Consulting Blog Social Media Consulting Speaking Newsletter Free Social Media Tools Twitter Interviews About Lijit Search Would You Try It With a Fox?

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Almost Savvy

MARCH 25, 2010

The larger issue for me was one I’ve been feeling a lot lately after attending many tech and social media events. Brand new laptops, mobile devices, and cameras of every variety. Additional comments powered by BackType Click ‘Like’ to join us on Facebook! Reply Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply.

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MAY 25, 2010

This session included much of what Indra and her partner Jon Bailey have been able to accomplish in the last two years, moving from a primarily traditional agency to a new media powerhouse. will range from 11% (the relatively mature email marketing), to 34% (social media). Direct mail?

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Also, at my social media speaking engagements hither and yon I’m often asked what tools I use. Also, at my social media speaking engagements hither and yon I’m often asked what tools I use. So, I took a personal inventory and created this overview of the 39 social media tools I use daily.

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AUGUST 10, 2010

Raj Kadam is CEO of Viralheat , a social media listening platform (disclosure: I am a paid customer of Viralheat). We’ve gone from MySpace and a era of anonymous accounts and comments attributed to “SexyBear1984″ to using our real names on Facebook, Twitter, and elsewhere as we build personal brands.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 8, 2008

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Interviews , Marketing , Opinion , Social Media , Websites > What Traits Define a Social Media Marketer? What Traits Define a Social Media Marketer?

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Social Media Marketing Consultant Communities 163

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

JANUARY 5, 2010

of articles on the topic of Internet Marketing, from SEO to social media to web usability and then some. The article has examples of how social media worked too. In it, he offers some thought-provoking insights into what must be understood before going into social media marketing.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Social media relies on the premise that we’ll believe what people tell us more readily than if we were told the same thing by a nameless, faceless company. That’s why brands go to great lengths to humanize themselves on the social Web. The real shift is in how we define friendship.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Apparently, once we were given the opportunity to completely screw up our own Web pages, we decided that maybe we were better off if social networks removed some of the sources of our own visual and layout demise. Further, mobile users actually spend more time on Facebook, not less. The tools of social media always change.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 16, 2010

Twitter’s role as a conduit for the Zeitgeist is unrivaled, and it has almost single-handedly ushered in the era of real-time search, and social CRM. But, it’s the online equivalent of HBO – important more because of who uses it and the media’s infatuation with it, rather than the actual size and impact of its audience.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 5, 2010

Disclosure: I helped plant the social media seeds for rushIMPRINT.) The EA Mobile Human Tetris project takes you to a Facebook application where everyone participates in a game of Tetris. Aggregate Your Other Social Streams If you’re only on Facebook, this step isn’t for you.

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JUNE 30, 2008

On the other hand, Plurk is really new, and thus, Twitter wins on followers (and the fact that mobile access — via SMS — totally owns), so the Plurk discussions (for now) are at a minimum. and social media sphere. I feel that my Twitter usage is drastically different. They both have their places in the web 2.0

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 17, 2010

Look at Boring Stats — and Make Them Interesting This has a little to do with the Social Media platforms, but mostly with analytics. He also gave a simple example of how to measure Social Media ROI: What you really want to know when measuring Social Media ROI is how much money each incoming warm lead is worth.

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Communities Twitter Web 2.0 ROI 237

Convince & Convert

APRIL 8, 2010

For now, I think it’s a highly mobile DVD player, game machine, Kindle, iPod, email appliance, and Web surfing device. Leave them in the comments and we’ll discuss. link] Wales Social Media The Truth About the iPad [link] #socialmedia #news [link] jaybaer Thanks for the comment Alyssa.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 19, 2008

Social media was always social , just not with that funny name. Beyond a little notebook computer, more and more people are starting to take advantage of mobile technologies, particularly within their cell phones, to create and produce content. Feel free to add your story to the comments or in your own blog post.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

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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Convince & Convert

APRIL 7, 2010

There are three primary benefits: awareness via virality and social proof; loyalty and rewards; and market research. Recently, I had the good fortune of hosting the weekly #socialmedia chat (Tuesdays 9am Pacific) where social media types congregate on Twitter and answer three questions posed by the host.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

As my co-author Amber Naslund put it once “with social media, my relationships aren’t bound by geography or circumstance.&# The ability to make or consume social media from an array of mobile devices increases the convenience factor (and the pressure on my wi-fi router) immensely.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 23, 2010

Effective crowdsourcing delivers exactly this and it can super-charge your social media efforts along the way. As the ability to deliver these tasks via mobile meshes with geo-location technologies and intelligent advertising, this ‘C’ of the three C’s will truly blossom and become powerful for the brands that get it right.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 24, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Blogging , Marketing , Opinion , Social Media > How to Get an Influencer’s Attention How to Get an Influencer’s Attention by Tamar Weinberg on March 24, 2010 Share Influence is everywhere, but it’s up to you to spot it.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 25, 2010

Skip to content Skip to navigation Skip to footer Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media Consulting Social Media Strategy Blog Social Media Consulting Blog Social Media Consulting Speaking Newsletter Free Social Media Tools Twitter Interviews About Lijit Search Is Starbucks the Most Dangerous Competitor to Facebook?

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Facebook Yahoo Collaboration Social CRM 142

Convince & Convert

MARCH 2, 2010

My friends at ExactTarget announced a moment ago that they have acquired CoTweet , the leader in enterprise Twitter management, and will be building a social products lab to add tie-ins for Facebook, YouTube, and other elements of the social communication ecosystem. Really, what is social media from the brand perspective but email 2.0?

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