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A Brief Introduction to The New Community Rules: Marketing on the.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

The New Community Rules talks about the important role social media has begun playing in our lives. Most importantly, however, is the role the emerging technology puts on the business owner who is tasked with finding out how to make an impact in this evolving landscape. Fortunately, we have social media communities to inspire us.

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Social Networking Online and Non-Profit Organizations | Freelance.

Freelance Social Media

Of the 929 survey respondents, nearly three-quarters (74.1%) of non-profits reported having a presence on Facebook, with an average community size of 5,391 members. Despite having decreased resources, staffing and budgets for social network marketing on commercial social networks, like Facebook, are real although relatively small.

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Making Dough(nuts): A Real World Example of Using Social Media.

Jason Yormark

For the past few months I’ve had the luxury of watching a new local business not only use social networking and community building to build buzz for their business, but integrate it so much so, that it is an integral part of their day to day routine. That’s true community, and incredibly powerful stuff.

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Is Social Media Worth it for You?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

There are two things we must understand before we can define if social media adds value to your business. 1: Opportunity Cost – Every time you spend a minute on social media is one minute you potentially lost revenue. This inherent cost needs to be included in any equations you make when allocating resources.

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Social Media for Non-Profits: How One Small Charity Makes it Work

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

As small companies with limited budgets, nonprofits may feel that they are unable to dive into the wide world of social media. But small is the new big and some small businesses have seen a whole lot of unprecedented success. The organization wanted to build connections in open and transparent communities.

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Building Trust: A Relationship is Not a Newsletter Opt-In

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Your responsibility as a marketer is to understand that permission marketing might actually take work, but the other extreme is to choose an easy way out that will likely have a cost that may be hard (or impossible) to recover from. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us

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Why You Should Fix Your House Before Inviting People Over

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

And since the cost of adding calls to action on a website and/or sending email messages is relatively low (email sends are arguably the least expensive weapons in your marketing arsenal), failing to do so is an almost unforgivable sin for any enterprising social marketer. Tamar is also the author of The New Community Rules (July 2009).