Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 30, 2008

Plurk: Real Nested Conversations Brought to the Microblogging Platform A few days ago, I noticed via Twitter search tool Summize that Aaron Brazell had been talking about me on his Twitter stream. Therefore, I suppose the nested conversations and time-line layout make complete sense. and social media sphere.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2012

Your strategies must employ content creation, community management, local/maps optimization, among others. How many of these new tactics have you adopted? Here’s what you can do to change your business course. Communication is key! Here’s how to maximize it. Automating your marketing efforts may be fruitful.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 17, 2010

Every time I tell someone I’m a Community Manager , I get a varied response. &# That last one might be the most honest of the three, since asking a Community Manager whether they tweet for a living is like asking a construction worker if they cat-call for a living, or a doctor if he asks people to say “ah!&# for a living.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 4, 2008

What amazes me is that Andrew, with no idea of where this was headed, took the initiative to build an extremely successful community. It’s important to me to be an actual member of the Quizlet community, not just some executive looking down at a bunch of growth statistics. They’re Quizlet’s biggest asset.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 23, 2010

A regularly updated Fan Page brings greater awareness Community Page : What if you love something but you have no direct affiliation with the product/service, can’t find the official page, and worse, discover the page doesn’t even exist? Community Pages are the most annoying thing Facebook has given us , but I see their point.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 27, 2009

In the end, the bond between those immersed in the social media sphere is a bond that exists nowhere else. Thanks for reminding me to stay the course. I really try to get to know these people who I converse with online. Reply Nick Stamoulis August 12, 2009 at 9:38 am The power of social marketing has surprised many.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 4, 2010

Twitter, he says, “became my way of talking with a community of people.&# He explains that “Twitter allowed me to be social without having to be IRL.&# Brian explains that “conversations are happening and it is up to me to either be part of them or not.&# This isn’t by coincidence.&# izmantot soci?los

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 5, 2010

Don’t shy away from giving your community the information needed to find you elsewhere both online and offline. This method is smart because it helps build interest on another platform and drives conversions directly on their home base. Disclosure: I helped plant the social media seeds for rushIMPRINT.)

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 8, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Social Media > 7 Truths About Social Media Marketing 7 Truths About Social Media Marketing by Tamar Weinberg on April 8, 2010 Share Even though social media isn’t new to many of us, the world is waking up to this new shiny toy.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 28, 2010

With the initiative for Facebook to be open and to empower businesses to host pages that celebrate their business, offering deals and giving the community the ability to converse directly with the business or entity these pages represent, you forgot about accountability. And now there are Community Pages! Who the heck needs it?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 8, 2008

The scope of marketing needs to be broadened in view of the new dynamics that have employees, customers and prospects engaged in conversations – horizontally, peer to peer, in some cases even in co-opetition situations. That said, such a broad determination means you can be a social media marketer and not know it.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 9, 2007

First, some educational takeaways: Social media is the “new&# medium for businesses to communicate with consumers in a way that is interesting to them. Every conversation shifted to Twitter, as folks recognized that they can brand themselves and their businesses through a Twitter identity. You got super lucky!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 25, 2010

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. When it comes to social media, social should always be carefully weighted before the marketing is put forth.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

NOVEMBER 26, 2007

Young people of the new WWW generation snuck in whenever, wherever, and on whatever they like. Everything is multi: multi-screens, multi-channeled, multi-conversations, and multitasking. Of course I do. And you have completely turned me around in terms of the social media news sites, so it’s great to hear your opinion.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 1, 2010

I may rip it off and do one on video bloggers (inspired by this post of course) Reply Tamar Weinberg July 1, 2010 at 12:14 pm If you’re going to do this, you better make it a guest post here, David Reply John Sullivan July 1, 2010 at 7:12 pm Cool post.My Some people are able to build a community but fail at monetizing their blogs.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 24, 2010

They know that I actually care about my community and that they’re not an audience. He currently serves as the community guy at Building 43. And of course a snail mail letter is likely to at least get opened. Participate in my site’s community. For instance, I rarely talk about software.) They understand brevity.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 8, 2009

Of course, if you know them and can actually have lengthy conversations with the person day after day, that obviously means your relationship has made it to the next level.) 12484 SUBSCRIBERS FOLLOWERS Lijit Search Read more about The New Community Rules Get Techipedia on your iPhone or iPod touch!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 27, 2008

As such, it has been selected as the generic social network of choice. Niche network: Sphinn : In the red corner we have Sphinn – a social news network dedicated purely to online marketing news and discussion. Subsequently, Sphinn is perhaps the most relevant niche social network on the web.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 14, 2010

Your best bet is to consider an integrated marketing plan that consists of social media and other marketing tactics, because the act of just being nice to people online won’t bring you conversions. People Want More If the chart above is any indication, it’s without question that social media has grown by leaps and bounds.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

Something I forgot to mention in the article is that I tracked the number of comments and “likes&# on friendfeed, and compared them to my analytics information over the course of a month. It made me start to question what the value is in posting to some of these social networks. I guess it’s a “social&# problem.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 18, 2008

Plurk introduced a comment system which helps create a conversational feel. So marking a conversation or message, to be found easily later, should be one of the first features implemented. The main thing that seems missing from Plurk is the community and visibility a lot of other sites have attracted. BRAVO, PLURK!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 15, 2010

They’re designed to be chatty – as if you were having a conversation with a friend. In the long run, you can achieve phenomenal readership and conversion. That will not only hurt the conversion but also gaming the search engine which will not survive in the long term SEO game.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 7, 2010

Essentially, the actual user’s Twitter account became a broadcast medium but not a conversational one. Here are some rules of thumb to consider when considering a social media marketing strategy: Engagement is Everything I can’t stress it enough: social media marketing is a social activity! Great post.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

With Twitter being so incredibly large and vast, there are different types of mini-communities. One side writes [also] about Sales/Social Media, the other about music. Of course, this blows people out, having two, for people that don’t even GET Twitter yet, but that’s a different post! Call them cliques if you will.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 12, 2010

These are friends who have no direct ties to the industry, but in using social networks, we’ve formed close bonds and friendships. Digg is by far the largest; as a former “top user&# of the service , I built strong relationships with employees and users of the social news site. It’s not.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 10, 2010

I suggested the same blogs and training courses and told her that she could potentially go out on her own and do her own thing after she learned the basics and knew how to apply them. Some of the sites I recommend for educational materials include: Free Sphinn : Sphinn is an Internet Marketing social news site.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 29, 2010

Chris puts it really nicely when he says, “But free is a choice, and it’s not your buyers who decide this, no matter what we like to think in social media kumbaya-ville. There are exceptions to the rule, of course, and there always will be. It usually ends the conversation right there. And duly promised to get back to me.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Bloggers like Valeria Maltoni of Conversation Agent , who don’t have a team of bloggers at arm’s length, offer content on a very regular basis (in Valeria’s case, 6 days a week). By putting effort into the writing process, you reap the benefits of a community that supports you because you lift them through your words.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 21, 2009

Companies are still challenged with whether they *should* get involved in the conversation. Of course, it doesn’t increase the chances that I’ll ever use their business again, but that’s all they mostly get from me. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 10, 2008

Founded by four ex-Googlers, FriendFeed allows you to subscribe to your friends’ updates across 35 social networks and to stay up to date with the content they’re discovering and sharing across the web. That is, of course, if your friends are using Twitter. It’s also a conversation medium.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 14, 2009

: Jason Falls explores the commonly-discussed (but not easily answered) question about social media. Scared of Social Media? Jill Whalen has been active on forums and online communities for 10 years now. But “social media marketing expert?&# How Does a Company Dip its Toes in the Conversation? : Not excess.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Done correctly, social media is about developing meaningful relationships with customers and prospective customers in their natural habitat. You have to create content, be part of many communities, and proceed incrementally. Many successful social media programs take months (or even more than a year) to really germinate.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 22, 2008

The point is that consumers now have a more potent aggregate power: someone with a problem can now reach others with the same problem faster, build a community around this shared problem easily, and mobilize lots of people behind the common cause more efficiently. That’s what’s new: a significant leap in efficiency.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2009

Top 29 Niche Social Media Sites (That Actually Send Traffic) : Andy Hagans consistently updates this list with some great resources that aren’t necessarily being tapped into by many folks, but maybe it’s time for things to change. Reddit Tips from the Top Dog on Reddit (Social News Watch): How do you become a top user on Reddit?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 12, 2009

Using market intelligence, Royal Caribbean identified supporters of the cruise line via social networking sites and took the opportunity to give fifty of the most ardent supporters, called Royal Champions, special privileges, including free paid cruises and invitations to special events with company executives.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

Of course, if you had done your research, you would have known that. Nor do I post content from publicists unexpurgated on my blog Of course, if you had done your research, you would have known that. I don’t ever run stories like the one you were suggesting, Of course, if you had done your research, you would have known that.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 15, 2009

Of course, if you want to build awareness of your site and then some through social media, yes, SEO and social media should be treated as the same. You might have started with social to build your brand, but that’s not enough to consider yourself an expert. Most say they care most about conversions.

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