Idaconcpts

MAY 4, 2011

According to Digg’s top brass, these changes were meant to bring in more revenue to the site, giving corporations and companies more control over content and more exposure for their own content. However, this went against what many people felt was the point of Digg: allowing anyone to potentially make the front page of the site.

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SocMed Sean

APRIL 1, 2012

Hopefully, these 1o questions can help you in the process of finding someone who really understands your business and can help formulate and execute a plan to engage with your community online. Believe it or not, online social networking didn’t start with Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.

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Laurel Papworth

APRIL 26, 2011

How do you respond to a negative comment in an online community, on Facebook? Well, every company does it differently, but let’s look at corporate vs personal voice when dealing with negative comments. Unless they go off and create an anti-community such as Dell Hell, alert the Press and continue to pursue their point of view.

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Communities Comments Badge Airlines 112

Convince & Convert

JULY 20, 2012

Read on for insights from Eric Boss & DJ Waldow’s Social Media Stat of the Week ( This week : The Wall Street Journal reports more people are turning to YouTube as their news source). It’s the same company that did the net promoter scores that kind of come up with a social media score that’s kind of parallel to that.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 9, 2011

The reason is that most powerhouse social media sites like Facebook and YouTube put a small piece of code called ‘the no follow’ tag into most areas of their site. You want these to be search terms for which you want to be found, not your name or company name. An article submission site in the Digg vein. Instead, ignore it.

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Twist Image

JULY 14, 2012

"When the news broke this week that DIgg would be sold for about $500,000 , it kind of depressed me. For years, I saw Digg as one of the most modern ways for Infovores to consume, comment and share the news. 6 Strategies For Stealing Customers Away From Amazon - Fast Company. fast company. youtube.

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Reddit Digg Retail Compete 95

Mindjumpers

JULY 15, 2010

Two days ago, Old Spice started a new phase of the campaign with the shirtless Old Spice guy in a bathroom giving responses to tweets, blog posts and comments – each response with a video put on Youtube. So what Old Spice is doing is to simply make short video answers in reply to all the comments on their Youtube channel.

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SocMed Sean

MARCH 11, 2012

As the site owner/community manager, I even had someone threaten to come to my house in person so he could discuss the fact that I edited one of his posts for racist comments. 2) Don’t argue just to argue – Community managers can spot them a mile away. Trolls who like to just stir the pot and start arguments.

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SocMed Sean

JANUARY 21, 2012

Put their product commercials and training videos on YouTube. Hand social media activities over to a junior staff member or intern with no communications experience. They should also be passionate about social media, as well, since the role of a social media community manager can be a tough one. They aren’t.

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Firebelly

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

In today’s competitive environment, it takes a fierce marketing strategy to position your company and communities ahead of the competition; and this session will equip you to make-over your existing marketing plan into a Super Model of success. We look forward to seeing you in Dallas!

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Social Media Paid Search Reputation SMS 190

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 18, 2010

Just because you’ve heard that other companies are doing it doesn’t mean that social media will magically work for you. It finds your customers Companies using traditional marketing methods (e.g. It introduces your brand Is your company new? What are your goals?

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Social Media Strategy StumbleUpon Digg 269

The Marketing Blog

JULY 30, 2007

After some brain-storming I discovered a kool webhosting company called Velnetweb which seems to be one stop shop for all web hosting needs. Did a bit of research, read some e-mails in my discussion group, talked to a couple of net experts ( not geeks but domain pros). Reply Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 14, 2009

Are you a company or do you know a company that has immersed itself in the social media waters and succeeded? As small companies with limited budgets, nonprofits may feel that they are unable to dive into the wide world of social media. The big catch: Epic Change is not a large company at all. Why social media?

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Social Media Case Study MySpace Yahoo 172

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 13, 2008

Such was the case for this Digg story , which compared multiple web hosting companies and watched as these hosts handled the traffic spikes that resulted from the Digg effect. Digg is the social media network of tech geeks, and the Digg statistics should not be too surprising: 39% of Diggers publish their own blog.

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Saying It Social

JUNE 3, 2010

Own your brand’s social presence: If you don’t create official channels online, it’s only a matter of time before your customers/clients do it for you and create their own profiles and communities around your brand. Using social media enables your company to reach a huge number of potential customers.

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Social Media NoFollow Marketing Social Bookmarking 159

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 28, 2010

The Pork and Beans video enlisted in familiar faces across the YouTube culture. With over 1 billion video views on YouTube per day, if you have a great video that shows your passion for the product and the right audience comes along, you can find your video in the spotlight. The video above is one of the first iPod touch commercials.

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Webbiquity SMM

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

This saves time, effort and money in the long run, but it’s a step too many companies skip over. Involvement: understand that everyone in your company has a stake in social media success and most of your employees are probably already members of at least one social network. Social Sharing (YouTube, Flickr, SlideShare, etc.).

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Review Social Media Marketing Handbook 152

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 31, 2009

Crowdsourcing has become more and more popular with private companies, non-profit organizations, and even government agencies. GetSatisfaction provides a way for companies to do that. You can also upload to YouTube, which is great because then you can also receive video responses. What do you think will be seen in 2010?

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Firebelly

AUGUST 18, 2010

Youll learn how to identify your content assets, use a push and pull approach, the social platforms that can work for you, a review of the monitoring tools, and see case studies of companies doing it right. You can find Firebelly speaking at the following sessions. We look forward to seeing you this weekend!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 19, 2010

3: Large Brands – Bigger brands have two things that smaller companies don’t: an already built community, and money. 4: Online Driven Companies – Social media can be used to drive traffic to online websites. Communities, social news sites, and online sharing can be leveraged to build a site following.

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Social Media Yahoo Discount Training 164

Firebelly

JULY 22, 2010

Find him on Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIn Posted | Permalink Reblog (0) | | Digg This | Save to del.icio.us | TrackBack TrackBack URL for this entry: [link] Listed below are links to weblogs that reference How One Unhappy Customer Multiplies Across Social Media : Comments Great story Chad.and not too surprising to me.

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Social Media Paid Search SMS Syndication 188

Firebelly

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « 5 Social Marketing Stories You Need To Read | Main | Teens & Young Adults Prefer Facebook Over Blogs » February 02, 2010 Social Media & The Super Bowl Companies love to entertain us with their 30 second spots during the Super Bowl.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

OCTOBER 22, 2009

If it was a Comcast product, you’d get a near immediate response from Frank Eliason , the company’s Director of Digital Care. It can instill faith that your customers have in your company. It can make all the difference in nurturing a positive perception of your company. Empower them.

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The Marketing Blog

MARCH 2, 2010

Home About In the Media Moving One Step Closer to Dream Indian Companies on Twitter – A Usage Study March 3, 2010.10:02 ‘Facebook’ being a closed platform the community considers it as a friend focussed channel. On other platforms like Youtube, Friendfeed and WordPress ‘Twitter’ dominates.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 1, 2008

Here’s a screenshot of a story that became popular with a whopping 235 Diggs. It was taken the night of January 28, 2008 (approximately 11PM EST): While Digg typically allowed stories to hit the front page within 80-120 votes (the latter being more rare than normal), it’s now requiring almost double the number.

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Bill Hartzer

AUGUST 24, 2010

For little companies, social media’s ever-emerging presence is really a dramatic game-changer that can have a large impact on their bottom line. Meyerson shows company owners these ideas for maximizing their social media achievement: 1. Julie Perry: YouTube. Chris Brogan: Building Communities. — Bit.ly

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Social Media Social Bookmarking Construction Technorati 128

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 25, 2010

Many companies partake in this “shiny toy syndrome&# and do it all without a plan or strategy in place. Just do it while giving back to the community as well. This may be nothing more than a refresher course in the Captain Obvious department but even the savviest of companies is still missing the boat. Engage in dialogue.

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Social Media Engagement Forums Policies 272

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Many people stay to themselves, failing to participate in the community and to build rapport with others in the same field. Reply Eddie Gear October 7, 2010 at 9:43 pm I can come across so many companies that do not even brand them selves in the fear of being considered as SPAM. Building relationships takes time, energy and effort.

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Brands Handbook MySpace Construction 236

The Marketing Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2009

Subscribe to Blog Updates Feedburners Stats Email Subscription My Company About Hi, I am Daksh author of themarketingblog & co-founder of Iffort, a web-strategy & digital marketing consulting firm. November 26, 2009.5:10 I guess, it's an entrepreneur/ blogger fav topic to blog when starts a startup.

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Resources Web 2.0 Startup FeedBurner 138

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 22, 2008

by Tamar Weinberg on February 22, 2008 Share This is a guest post from Pierre Far, who recently launched a very cool program called Social Alerter which notifies you as soon as your website has a solid chance of hitting the Digg or del.icio.us Why do consumers now have great and collective power to, well, dictate what companies do?

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Social Media Marketing Digg MySpace 105

The Marketing Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

Technology Partners : itemperance consulting Image Credits: Eric Parker Share this: StumbleUpon Digg Reddit 1 Comment Filed under Facebook , Iffort Tags: India , web2.0 , Facebook , Iffort , facebook hyderabad , Itemperance 1 Comment Tweets that mention Facebook and India « -- Topsy.com August 12, 2010 at 3:16 pm [.] We would be glad to help.

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Alltop Web 2.0 Facebook Startup 127

Firebelly

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Hart "Show The Love" Facebook Sweepstakes | Main | YouTube Tuesday: Digital Ethnography » February 26, 2010 5 Social Marketing Stories You Need To Read This Week Theres a lot going on in the social media space and so much can get lost or overlooked in your RSS feed reader. Below, we discuss ten important Social Metrics for companies.

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Feed Reader Marketing Paid Search Metrics 100

The Marketing Blog

MARCH 26, 2010

Home About In the Media Indian Companies on Twitter – A Usage Study Search Engine Statistics:: Google’s share dips March 27, 2010.8:32 Share this: StumbleUpon Digg Reddit 3 Comments Filed under Sharing Tags: rajesh shetty , lifebeyondcode , lateral action 3 Comments London Paris Train June 23, 2010 at 4:35 pm Wow!

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Web 2.0 Content Startup FeedBurner 138

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 19, 2009

Smaller companies could succeed with this method by marketing — verbally or through their website — to groups of devout followers and keeping their Twitter streams current (offering a daily deal or frequent deals that encourage customers to seek out discounts and sales). Answers Yahoo!

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The Marketing Blog

AUGUST 5, 2008

1 search-engine company has positioned itself as a startup in this job-advertisement. Startup tag works well Jumping on the big company bandwagon is easy. A company’s screening process includes relevant experience, educational background and similar parameters. OTOH, a candidate screens the right companies for his job.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

DECEMBER 15, 2009

Corporate Websites will become less important – As every company gets more experienced with Social Media you will see more consumption of content off of the corporate website in places like Facebook, YouTube, and relevant Communities and Forums. There is a huge opportunity here that some company needs to fill fast.

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Marketing Adwords Mobile Social Graph 217

The Marketing Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2010

Share this: StumbleUpon Digg Reddit 2 Comments Filed under Facebook , Web 2.0 , orkut Tags: brazil , Facebook , growth , India , orkut 2 Comments Ashwani February 18, 2010 at 8:41 pm The growth rate of Facebook compared to Orkut is phenomenal. Reply Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply.

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