Buzz Marketing for Technology

JULY 7, 2008

I’ve done a number of workshops the past few months with clients designed to do two primary things: Land a common understanding across the teams involved around what social media, communities and influencer programs really are and more importantly why it matters to a business. I wish that could be enough said. Popularity: 17% [ ?

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Laurel Papworth

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Digg has changed it’s social networking strategy from spotlighting key influencers who “digg&# a lot of articles to collect followers (crowd gatherers) to news from your friends. The Digg Situation. The new Digg looks, therefore, like a mix of Facebook, Twitter, and RSS. Strangers become friends.

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JULY 14, 2012

It's simple obvious stuff in a way, but the answer is, roughly: Newspaper websites are optimized to publish the stuff newspapers print, onto the web. "When the news broke this week that DIgg would be sold for about $500,000 , it kind of depressed me. Whereas Huffington Post's website is optimized for traffic and comments.

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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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JANUARY 12, 2012

Last week, Mathew Ingram over at GigaOm published a Blog post titled, Yes, blog comments are still worth the effort. The macro theory here is that Blogging is a part of Social Media which inherently means that the spirit of community needs to be present. They can push it out through StumbleUpon , Reddit or Digg. publishing.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 9, 2011

Digg is great for traffic generation, and while not the powerhouse it once was, is still a large community. An article submission site in the Digg vein. But you can use this site to recycle blog posts that you have published elsewhere, and pick up an additional link. Also in the Digg and Reddit category.

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Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 23, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Social Media Visitors More Loyal But Still a Very Small Percentage of Site Traffic by Adam Sherk on October 23, 2009 Yesterday posts from eMarketer and Marketing Pilgrim called my attention to some interesting social media statistics put out by advertising network Chitika.

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Bill Hartzer

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

His research interests lie in studying motivational psychology of consumers and online marketing issues such as virtual communities and online auctions. He has published in a number of marketing and management journals, and consults with firms in financial services, energy, health-care and other industries. Share this on del.icio.us.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

Networks like Digg, FriendFeed, and Facebook are seeing huge growths in value, but the little guys, the ones actually providing the meat and potatoes for those operations, rarely see a nickel. Just like it’s not uncommon for someone to click the “Digg&# button on Digg without ever visiting the site.

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Proactive Report

MARCH 19, 2010

According to an analysis of social sites by online advertising network Chikita published by Mashable, people go to Twitter for news, MySpace for games and entertainment, Facebook for news and community and digg has a mixed bag. Digg came in second place with slightly over 16%.

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Adam Sherk

APRIL 26, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk An Early Look at Facebook Open Graph Protocol Integration on News Sites by Adam Sherk on April 26, 2010 There has been a lot of news and reaction around Facebook’s new additions to the Facebook Platform: Social Plugins, the Open Graph protocol and the Graph API.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

publishing template to create the Meetings site so that the left hand navigation would be â??empty.â?? t care if everyone sees all meetings, even if they are not invited to the meeting. However, they do want to secure meeting content from people who are not invited to the meeting. We used a â??blankâ?? Add new comment. Email this page.

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The Marketing Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2010

45 pm Facebook will surge ahead in India Jump to Comments I was just reading an interesting news-story, published in today’s edition of Economic times. Home About In the Media Preventing Social Media Spam Moving One Step Closer to Dream February 6, 2010.4:45 It compares Facebook & Orkut in India.

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Bill Hartzer

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Since its launch in 2007, Offerpal has issued more than 725 billion virtual points to over 160 million consumers across 2,000 publishers. Luxury Car Brands Not Taking Full Advantage of Social Media Porsche had the highest community rating in the Community Index. The company is headquartered in Fremont, California. Shaw Ventures.

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Webbiquity SMM

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Chemicals. • Kristina Bobrowski – Social Media Manager, Dow Corning. • Alison Buckley – Social Media Manager, Dow Corning. Honigman – Social Media Manager at Sears Holdings Corporation.

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ProBlogger

OCTOBER 28, 2021

They hear about the masses of traffic that a site like Digg or StumbleUpon can send and they write post after post specifically with the hope of getting on the front page of social bookmarking sites. This post was first published on Jun 27, 2008 and updated Oct 28, 2021. The List Could Go On. You’ve got to keep some balance!

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Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 12, 2011

Vocus and Cision ) to the obscure ( Butterfly Publisher ). Matt Mansfield interviews five PR pros including Joe Chernov of Eloqua and Lisa Ann Pinkerton of Technica to get the scoop on their favorite tools for PR management, social media and other functions. The tools, briefly reviewed, range from the obvious (e.g., Pitching on Twitter?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 28, 2010

Fede Alvarez published a small film to YouTube a few weeks ago, and it landed him a $30 million movie deal. To be sure, though, solicit feedback from a group of trusted peers not directly involved in your company or marketing objectives before going ahead with publishing the video, since you need an unbiased opinion.

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ProBlogger

OCTOBER 28, 2021

They hear about the masses of traffic that a site like Digg or StumbleUpon can send and they write post after post specifically with the hope of getting on the front page of social bookmarking sites. This post was first published on Jun 27, 2008 and updated Oct 28, 2021. The List Could Go On. You’ve got to keep some balance!

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ProBlogger

OCTOBER 28, 2021

They hear about the masses of traffic that a site like Digg or StumbleUpon can send and they write post after post specifically with the hope of getting on the front page of social bookmarking sites. This post was first published on Jun 27, 2008 and updated Oct 28, 2021. The List Could Go On. You’ve got to keep some balance!

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

DECEMBER 15, 2009

BtoB Marketers should try it out for recruiting or even brand advertising – also don’t forget my book Facebook Marketing for Dummies comes with a credit for $50 Free Facebook ads (thanks to the good folks at Facebook and Wiley for agreeing to publish the book with that credit in it). Mark it down people. Tweet This! Share this on Facebook.

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The Marketing Blog

AUGUST 3, 2010

If you are still evaluating the platform and are trying to estimate the possible returns, here are a few tips which you would want to consider: It doesn’t work for all – Business & Stakeholder Introspection Creating a campaign on Facebook & nurturing an online community requires a lot of time and effort. its nice information.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 12, 2010

Anyways, if I have to add something about fixing your house/website, some may be using automated tools to publish their latest updates and in this case I would say you need to concentrate on every publishing data because it would show negative impact as it goes viral with these tools!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 22, 2010

As time goes on, as more data becomes published on the real time web and the technology and archiving improves, real time search engines and tools will continue to offer more functionality and information for all internet users to benefit from. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca

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Bill Hartzer

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

In addition, the Community Oversight Committee has elected several new board members including Steve Burge, Javier Gomez, Marko Milenovic, Jacques Rentzke, Robert Deutz and Akarawuth Tamrareang. In 2010 we look forward to helping the community tackle some major agenda items, such as a new release of Joomla! Share this on del.icio.us.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Brian Solis and Deirdre Breakenridge just published an excellent book, Putting the Public Back in Public Relations. So, the hardest job is often counseling clients in competitive markets that good community behavior will be rewarded … eventually. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca

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Bill Hartzer

JULY 13, 2009

AMA Handbook of Public Relations Published Before the invasion of YouTube, Facebook, and bloggers, the Internet. Long Beach City College, Monterey Peninsula College, Sacramento City College and Taft College. And if you’re looking for a course, then take a look and see what you can fine. Subscribe to the comments for this post?

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ProBlogger

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

The spikes in traffic were usually the result of being featured on other large blogs (usually the result of me networking and pitching other bloggers with links that their readers might find useful) or getting lucky with getting to the front page of sites like Digg or Reddit. We started a forum in time, too, to build this community further.

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 12, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk The Most Popular NBA Teams on Twitter and Facebook by Adam Sherk on January 12, 2010 NBA players, like many professional athletes, have taken social media by storm, but what about their teams?

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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

DECEMBER 8, 2009

I have long taken the Robert Scoble approach and published my email and phone number. 12484 SUBSCRIBERS FOLLOWERS Lijit Search Read more about The New Community Rules Get Techipedia on your iPhone or iPod touch! Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca

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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 Not just being talked about but be an active voice in the community. If so, how?

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Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 20, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk A Look at Muck Rack’s Twitter Press Release Service, 51 Releases Later by Adam Sherk on October 20, 2009 I’m definitely a fan of Muck Rack – it offers an easy way to track major media journalists on Twitter and pick up on trending topics.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 10, 2008

Not all blog posts are published immediately after they’re written, but FriendFeed really does set the record straight in terms of the when of user engagement.) This way if I go to digg/reddit/SU before Friend Feed, I don’t see duplicates. I actually think the links are coming from Digg and StumbleUpon.

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Bill Hartzer

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Company Web sites could use the newest blog publishing platforms, such as WordPress, TypePad, or BlogSmith, to publish content towards the Internet website. An additional technique bloggers can teach corporate marketers is to make technology your friend. Subscribe to the comments for this post? Share this on del.icio.us.

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Laurel Papworth

MARCH 15, 2010

When we’re ready to launch, initial participating sites will include Amazon, AdAge, Bing, Citysearch, Digg, eBay, The Huffington Post, Meebo, MSNBC.com, The New York Times, Salesforce.com, Yahoo!, publishes them on Twitter with a hashtag #video or #nameofvid. Social Media: Social TV and building audience communities online (21).

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ProBlogger

JULY 16, 2020

Some of you may remember a site called Digg, where you could post links and people would vote on them. It pretty much destroyed the community I’d created. But I think community is just as important as content, particularly if you’re trying to monetize your blog. Build community. I’m going to become well-known.

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