Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 19, 2009

Twitter as a tool to communicate during conferences. After attending SMX (I’ll post something on that soon) and SES NY, I realized that Twitter is a useful tool for conferencegoers to communicate their whereabouts or to share breaking news and announcements. Tamar is also the author of The New Community Rules (July 2009).

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Almost Savvy

DECEMBER 30, 2008

Posted by Irene Koehler in LinkedIn on December 30, 2008 | 9 responses You meet someone at a conference or a networking event and want to stay in touch. Powered by WordPress What’s Your URL?&# You exchange business cards and decide to connect on LinkedIn.? What are your goals and how can I help you achieve them?

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Almost Savvy

MARCH 25, 2010

I’d guess that this unusual evolution has led to a tech event which is more like a festival than a pure conference. This is not like any other conference you’ve attended. This applies to conferences, travel, everyday running around town. Thoughts and Tips for Next Year. Panels, Workshops, Keynotes, Oh My!

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Almost Savvy

MAY 3, 2009

The Florida Writers Conference blog ( [link] ) is a marketing blog for the conference (October 23-25 in Lake Mary, Florida, you should come). The goal of that blog is to get people to come to the conference. Powered by WordPress Who doesn’t have a blog these days? Register Now for LeWeb 2010 © 2010 Almost Savvy.

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Almost Savvy

AUGUST 3, 2010

This is especially difficult when someone does not use their real name all on platforms, like when Samantha Jones sends me an email asking if I’ll speak at an upcoming conference. Powered by WordPress I don’t recognize her name because she follows me on Twitter as @bloggymama43. Enter Rapportive. All rights reserved.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

Here’s the first paragraph of my summary: I show businesses how to use social media technologies for external community building and outreach, and for internal collaboration. For the bonus round, I recommend staying up to date via LinkedIn’s community superhero, Mario Sundar. Need Your WordPress Fixed. communication.

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Almost Savvy

JANUARY 2, 2009

You don’t want a recommendation from someone you met at a conference who thought you were really nice, only to find yourself unable to back it up when asked about it by a potential customer or employer. Powered by WordPress Only ask those who have real first-hand experience with whatever it is that you do. All rights reserved.

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Almost Savvy

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Meeting: Oh No, You Didn’t ( Itamar Kestenbaum) In addition to useful content, conferences provide wonderful networking opportunities. Powered by WordPress He is also one of the warmest, most genuine people I’ve been privileged to meet. One day at lunch, I plopped myself down next to someone I hadn’t yet met.

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Almost Savvy

DECEMBER 31, 2008

Suggested language you might want to consider including in the invitation: Wonderful to meet you at the marketing conference last week. Powered by WordPress Following up on our conversation and would like to link up here so I can introduce you to a top-notch sales guy in my network. Register Now for LeWeb 2010 © 2010 Almost Savvy.

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Almost Savvy

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Thanks also to the kind folks at the Skoll Foundation who loaned us their conference room to tape the interview above, and thanks to Adin Miller for connecting me with the Skoll Foundation. That’s the great thing about having a smart community. Powered by WordPress What are your goals and how can I help you achieve them?

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Almost Savvy

OCTOBER 22, 2008

We only knew of each other through Twitter and yet, when he tweeted that he’d be in the area attending a conference, I jumped at the chance to meet him. At the agreed-upon time, I pulled up to meet him at the conference. Powered by WordPress I think it is safe to say that we did not know each other at all.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 27, 2010

Blogging every day doesn’t make you a better thinker or consultant, it makes you faster at WordPress formatting. Business News "Blogging every day doesn’t make you a better thinker or consultant, it makes you faster at WordPress formatting." Those words are often used interchangeably, but they are not the same.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

Also, since you’re in the process of fixing up your blog I wanted to remind you that Mofuse is not doing justice to your mobile site – [link] I tried switching to Disqus but had lots of trouble importing my comments from WordPress, did you have any trouble with that? We’ve added Disqus as the commenting system. link] Adam Q.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 29, 2010

I actually had a client call me out on stage once, in front of like 800 people at a conference, in an attempt to pay me a compliment. Reply Jim "Genuine" Turner July 30, 2010 at 12:50 pm Yemi, That reminds me of the “Boiler Room&# when Ben Affleck has everyone in the conference room. I could have strangled the guy. Great post!

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 11, 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 It Curtains for the App Store? How can I help you?

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Almost Savvy

FEBRUARY 11, 2009

They sent me to a conference in Huntsville Alabama where I helped with event logistics for a distinguished speaker. Thanks, Irene for creating community once again! Powered by WordPress I was so proud–I took the photo with an SLR camera and promised to send the photos quickly. (Did I’ve never forgotten it.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

I presented today at Social Media AZ , a new conference for Arizonans interested in, and practicing social media. link] 11 Mind-Blowing Reasons Your Business Needs Facebook | Social Media Examiner « WordPress [.] Tired of chasing shiny objects, and setting up Twitter and Facebook accounts with clear direction, or success metrics?

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 3, 2010

Yesterday, I gave a presentation in Tempe, AZ to Agencyside , a conference of advertising and PR agency owners. Agencies should also be working with clients on using social media as a market research tool, by surveying fans or creating dedicated, invite-only brand communities that serve as a living focus group. How can I help you?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2009

The Sexy Girls of Tech and Politics: The Unbeatable Trio (NxE): Find what the community likes and pander to them for the best kind of traffic exposure on social sites. This article covers five blogging topics: WordPress setup, design, validation, plugins, and analytics. Take apart your WordPress theme and make it search-friendly.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 21, 2010

For you fellow WordPressers out there, go to Appearance > Editor and open footer.php. Im a frequent social media conference speaker , and interview social media luminaries for my Twitter 20 series of live Twitter interviews. Thanks for the reminder; just did it. You'll see a line that resembles this: © 2008-09. |

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 11, 2010

Amber is Director of Community for Radian6 , co-proprietor of the influential Brass Tack Thinking blog (formerly Altitude Branding), a cool mom, a motivating force, and a hell of a flautist). DJ Waldow Director of Community, Blue Sky Factory @djwaldow [link] DJ Waldow As I wrote on Brass Tack Thinking, I have the chills. is my vote.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 31, 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 Social Conversation a Myth? Absolutely not.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Blog Comments (The blog is on WordPress) Disqus This is what I use to manage comments here at Convince & Convert. This is an important advantage, as I bought a $30 lavalier microphone and can now grab good audio even at crowded conferences, etc. WordPress The WordPress iPhone app is slick.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 3, 2010

I have actually heard this exact sentiment from several companies and agencies recently, wondering whether they should increase their Facebook efforts because the size of the member community is just so overwhelming. If your community is there, then you should be too, and the question is really rhetorical, isn’t it?

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 3, 2010

I have actually heard this exact sentiment from several companies and agencies recently, wondering whether they should increase their Facebook efforts because the size of the member community is just so overwhelming. If your community is there, then you should be too, and the question is really rhetorical, isn’t it?

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Track things like audience/community sentiment (positive/negative) if you want to map effort to results. Use social networks respectfully to share the best of your content, in a community-appropriate setting. Remember that community and marketplace are two different things. Make it easy for your community to reach you.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

I believe we’re going to shift back to thinking customer service and community management are the core and not the fringe. I believe we’re going to move our communications practices back in-house for lots of what is currently pushed out to agencies and organizations. Disagree with me in the comments. Dr. Wright.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

But, I absorbed many smaller lessons that will help guide my thinking about the conference, technology, and social business in the coming months. There is More Than One SXSW As the conference continues to grow (interactive registrations up 40% over 2009, to more than 15,000 total), attendee segmentation follows apace.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 7, 2010

note that Chuck is the official WordPress and SEO consultant to me here at Convince & Convert. Makes more sense during a conference so you can find out where people are, but that's just an occasional need, not full time. He’s awesome, if you ever need any help in those areas). How can I help you?

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