Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 10, 2008

Chances are if they’re already using FriendFeed and have begun broadcasting events from numerous social networks, they are early adopters and are more savvy than the average social media user. It’s also a conversation medium. What I do to filter ALL of the info, is subscribe to specifc FF feeds via Google Reader.

Plaxo 103

Plaxo Picasa StumbleUpon Netvibes 103

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.

Communities 237

Communities Twitter Web 2.0 ROI 237

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. Keep it up, see you at the next event.

Yahoo 100

Yahoo Conference Digg MySpace 100

Buzz Marketing for Technology

OCTOBER 4, 2008

OK as far as it goes, but so NOT getting to the real opportunities.Blogs are a conversation between the blogger and him/herself (a form of reflection) and between the blogger and his/her readers. Liveblogging forced me to listen more carefully to the presenters and the conversations that took place. informal learning.â??

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Project Web 2.0 Module Wiki 265

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 25, 2010

Just do it while giving back to the community as well. He’d also have done the outreach personally since I’ve met the guy at social media events. Have you read The New Community Rules ? Want to self promote? Engage in dialogue. Participate and offer genuine feedback.

Social Media 272

Social Media Engagement Forums Policies 272

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.

Microblogging 102

Microblogging API MySpace Yahoo 102

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 4, 2010

Twitter, he says, “became my way of talking with a community of people.&# Brian explains that “conversations are happening and it is up to me to either be part of them or not.&# More importantly, they’ve created a go-to place or space for community. It is an open community of creative and passionate people.

Hotels 245

Hotels Social Media Communities Discount 245

Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

I scan 275 RSS feeds in Google Reader and I use dozens of bookmarklets and shortcuts to help me manage it all. In addition, if youre a Google Readers shared items (yes, you Scoble !) or Google Reader shared feed through Yahoo Alerts. Hence, my Google Desktop can search my bookmarks AND [toread] clippings.

Bookmarklet 238

Bookmarklet Yahoo RSS Feed 238

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. mentality there.

Brands 133

Brands Message Boards Travel Forums 133

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 22, 2008

To take two examples: people complain about an issue to an important newspaper prompting them to push the issue into the mainstream, or if a TV station covers an event, that becomes an important topic. The time has come for companies to be part of the conversation. Not just being talked about but be an active voice in the community.

Social Media 105

Social Media Marketing Digg MySpace 105

Social Media Strategery

DECEMBER 30, 2008

Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 When I started this blog back in October, I had one goal – to give me an external “home base&# from which I could become a part of the social media and government conversation. Government 2.0

Gov 2.0 77

Gov 2.0 Social Media Web 2.0 Wiki 77

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2010

These posts are not in response to newsworthy events, nor are they displayed in any particular order. 40 Key Elements to Getting Started in Social Media (Louis Gray): Mike Fruchter writes an awesome blog post on Louis Gray’s blog about how to get involved in social media, from branding to blogging to Twitter to community.

Marketing 265

Marketing SEO Journal Engineering 265

Viper Chill

MARCH 1, 2010

If you’re going to use any of the tools below, I recommend you use them not only to give you an overview of your projects, but as indicators as to what you can change to increase your conversions. With Google Analytics, you would see huge traffic spikes the next day, and miss the opportunity to maximise conversions on that traffic.

Resources 77

Resources Netvibes Marketing Delicious 77

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. Even Quotably didn’t prove to be much help.

Twitter 199

Twitter Microblogging MySpace Comparison 199

Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

The community of del.icio.us Bookmark from Google Reader. If you’re a fan of Google Reader, then you’ll definitely want to start using Google Reader + del.icio.us. This is a Greasemonkey script that puts an “add to del.icio.us&# button at the bottom of each post in Google Reader.

Social Bookmarking 235

Social Bookmarking Delicious Google Reader RSS 235

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. Give them a reason to want to communicate. What if you want to offer 10% off?

Facebook 279

Facebook How To Marketing URL 279

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. Some communities are very open to marketers being there and contributing to the conversation.

Social Media 163

Social Media Marketing Consultant Communities 163

Social Media Strategery

MARCH 10, 2009

Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 I immediately began thinking of ways to bring this open, authentic conversation to my other government clients, knowing that maybe this Government 2.0 Using my Google Reader, I check for all things TSA related daily.

Blogger 81

Blogger Gov 2.0 Policies Survey 81

Webbiquity SMM

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

A primer on using Google Reader, Google Docs or HootSuite to back up your Twitter archives. 15 Reasons Why You’ve Just Been Unfollowed On Twitter [INFOGRAPHIC] by All Twitter. ” Twitter to be ‘hero’ social media channel for media brands in 2013 by The Wall Blog. ” Hashtag Discovery Tools by LunaMetrics.

Tools 193

Tools Twitter Tips HootSuite 193

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 27, 2009

I don’t necessarily expect to meet with those folks immediately; often, these powerful relationships are formed online, and I then try to learn what I can about the blogger himself/herself and follow up, normally at a conference or industry event. I really try to get to know these people who I converse with online.

Yahoo 154

Yahoo StumbleUpon MySpace Meeting 154

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 1, 2010

Patience is required in building a community, seeing real results with monetization and building traffic. Some people are able to build a community but fail at monetizing their blogs. Some also build traffic but fail to build a community. Anyway, thanks both of you, for your thoughtful conversation on the issue.

Analysis 226

Analysis Domain Name Blogger Adsense 226

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 29, 2010

Somehow, individuals forget along the way that costs accrue when considering the venue, food, exhibit hall, and the staff required on hand to run the event smoothly. And featured it in a big presentation I did at an event here, too — so, trying to give back! It usually ends the conversation right there. Guilty as charged!

Products 267

Products Consultant Price Social Media 267

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 8, 2010

Thanks to books like The New Community Rules , written by yours truly, Engage , Social Media 101 , and others, social media marketing is, for the time being, going to still be on people’s minds as they discover this bright and sunny marketing opportunity. It is nice to see people having an honest conversation.

Social Media 268

Social Media Marketing Policies Sysomos 268

Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Advice for students: buy yourname.com to secure your brand, make a video resume, start a Wordpress blog, use Google Reader, participate (comment on blogs and link to them), get on Facebook and LinkedIn, network, and more (see slideshow below): | View | Upload your own. Lesson # 2 Know What Web 2.0 Is And How To Use It.

Class 274

Class Social Media Web 2.0 Wiki 274

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 12, 2010

Many of them (more than half) were individuals I met at search conferences, but other conferences (SXSW, events that Mashable was involved in in the capacity of host or media sponsor, and the first IZEAFest) also represented my Industry connections. Reply Chris Herbert January 21, 2010 at 1:14 pm Really good post and conversation.

Facebook 233

Facebook LinkedIn Social Networking Microblogging 233

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.

Blogosphere 278

Blogosphere Blogger Comments Tips 278

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

With Twitter being so incredibly large and vast, there are different types of mini-communities. At business networking events, try to get to know people outside your group of trusted colleagues. I started following people who wrote or commented on the SEO blogs to develop my own Twitter community. Call them cliques if you will.

Twitter 205

Twitter Sports Microblogging HootSuite 205

Viper Chill

AUGUST 12, 2010

Pick up any newspaper around you and you’ll see that the first few sentences contain the most crucial elements of the event. If you use Google Reader in a list format for example – like I do – then your headline determines whether myself or anyone else using the service will click on your listing to read the post.

Content 78

Content How To Examples Questions 78

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 21, 2008

The final, successful inquiry started with Kristin at online conversation site Threewayaction.com, then moved to Becky-Says’ blog. By May 18 , the MetaFilter community dared to ask the same, very unpopular questions Becky and some of her friends had been asking for months. Be observant! Did your room just light up?

Social Media 104

Social Media StumbleUpon Communities MySpace 104

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 10, 2010

Users submit timely news articles to Sphinn, and the community votes up the best stories to appear on the front page. SEOmoz PRO : SEOmoz PRO features a rich library of informative guides, a myriad of tools, and a strong active and close-knit community. Conversion expert. I highly recommend you follow his stuff.

Marketing 240

Marketing How To SEO Training 240

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 10, 2008

Here we go with the highly-talked-about keynote presentation at South by Southwest… Just like an Apple keynote, they tried to build up some serious momentum for this event. Personally, having sat next to Daniel Terdiman of CNet, I heard (and understand) both perspectives after having liveblogged the entire event.

Web 2.0 104

Web 2.0 MySpace Applications Microsoft 104

Social Media Strategery

APRIL 2, 2010

Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 If your organization doesn’t have any social media guidelines, find your external communications policy and see if it’s covered in there. Become Part of the Online Community Get on LinkedIn. Events My Gov 2.0

Gov 2.0 138

Gov 2.0 Social Media Policies Privacy 138

Convince & Convert

MARCH 16, 2010

Twitter success requires an understanding of the unique rhythms and cadences of the community, and a give first, get later mentality that is a bit counterintuitive at first. The only people who seem to take up the feed now are those tweeps making conversations– almost like a Twitter party without branding it as such.

Social Media 125

Social Media Strategy Foursquare Social CRM 125

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

In fact, a relationship that starts on the right foot might actually translate to better things down the road, including special event invites and freebies that might as well be equivalent to a really good ad deal. In any event, I get paid to blog on some avenues and I also blog for free on others. Perhaps, real ad sales will follow.

Blogger 177

Blogger Press Release Advertising Review 177

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Meanwhile, however, I do very much like Facebook Lite , which strips down a lot of the shiny distractions, and gives you a threaded News Feed, birthdays, and events – and that’s about it. Katie Morse Community Manager @misskatiemo [link] [link] Katie Morse Jason – great post! Thanks for the Radian6 shout-out!

Social Media 167

Social Media Strategy Consultant Tweetdeck 167

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2009

Rand Fishkin uses pretty pictures to explain the importance of social media marketing and how you can apply it to get better traffic, more conversions, brand awareness, and more. Social Media: Under the Microscope (SiteLogic): Matt Bailey compares the traffic spikes to conversions.

Marketing 144

Marketing StumbleUpon SEO Reputation 144

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

The results automatically update in front of your eyes, and watching Kurrently results for a buzz-worthy live event is a breathtaking portrait of our interconnectedness. Then, you could pull the results into a Google Reader for an automatic and permanent archive of activity. link] jaybaer Great tip Ike. I noticed the same thing.

Social Media 165

Social Media Strategy Engineering Social CRM 165