Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 17, 2010

Every time I tell someone I’m a Community Manager , I get a varied response. So you tweet and facebook for a living! Really, many people trying to describe Online Community Managers, end up sounding like this: Others may know what Community Manager is, but don’t know exactly how much it entails. for a living.

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Almost Savvy

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

We’ve set up our LinkedIn profiles, started blogging, created websites, invited others to be our friends on Facebook and tweeted like crazy on Twitter. That’s the great thing about having a smart community. Additional comments powered by BackType Click ‘Like’ to join us on Facebook! What a concept!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

NOVEMBER 26, 2007

The internet and technology ownership has changed everything: digital TV, mobile phones, iPods, weblogs, instant messaging, [and] social networking. Previously, to have a mobile phone, you needed a large bank account. BTW – I’ve really been interacting with the Digg community more and more. Of course I do.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 18, 2008

Brightkite: Email and SMS – mobile web is definitely the wave of the future. Making sure your site is not only accessible on mobile phones but can interact with them is extremely important. The main thing that seems missing from Plurk is the community and visibility a lot of other sites have attracted.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 22, 2008

Anyone can visit online meeting places like Digg and Reddit and promote the voices and opinions of others, and anyone can mobilize a group of people around a common cause on Facebook or elsewhere. No need for the traditional media to be the conduit of communication. In a sense, they can become part of the community.

Social Media 105

Social Media Marketing Digg MySpace 105

Almost Savvy

MARCH 25, 2010

Brand new laptops, mobile devices, and cameras of every variety. Additional comments powered by BackType Click ‘Like’ to join us on Facebook! Whatever your style, know that there are options and do what feels right. Have a Gadget Plan As you might expect in a tech crowd, the number of shiny objects was overwhelming.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

87% of respondents had heard of Twitter, compared to 88% who had heard of Facebook. Compare that ratio to Facebook, where 88% have heard of it, and 41% have a profile (a conversion rate approaching 50%). Put another way, Twitter users are 3 times more likely to follow brands than Facebook users. 19% seek customer support.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 5, 2010

After all, Facebook could eat the web. In fact, you’re likely spotting the shift; instead of companies posting their URLs on television commercials, they’re asking their followers to join them on Facebook. Don’t use a Facebook Group. Your Facebook Page should be created under your primary Facebook login.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 12, 2010

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Consultant Social CRM MySpace Social Media 121

Convince & Convert

APRIL 28, 2010

Look to Facebook Somewhat surprising (at least to me) was the finding in the Forrester study that 62% of influential impressions from Mass Influencers took place on Facebook, with Twitter just 10%. Consequently, look to your Facebook fans, or use of the new Facebook “like&# feature as a marker for Mass Influence. (It

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Convince & Convert

JULY 26, 2010

The more content, the better which leads me to the next thing… Social Media Optimization Sites like Facebook and Twitter can help you spread your brand’s net even wider. Someone searches for you, they’ll find your Twitter profile or Facebook brand page. This is another example of why you need accounts on these sites.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

MySpace last week declared what amounts to a post-modern armistice, announcing that they will integrate status updates with Facebook (and Twitter). We easily forget that Facebook was one of the first social networks that insisted that we use REAL names, and policed personal profiles accordingly. Haven’t you?

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MySpace Facebook Social CRM Consultant 136

Convince & Convert

JUNE 24, 2010

I just ditched AT&T for T-Mobile. If you can type a sentence, you can relate to people on Twitter and Facebook. That mission, to add value to the communities they reach, is the heart beat of social. You’re thinking that I’m crazy. Next, go onto Twitter and bitch about AT&T. Relationships.

Social Media 121

Social Media Strategy Social CRM MySpace 121

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? link] Adam Q.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 25, 2010

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Marketing Social CRM Conference Social Media 123

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2010

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. This post is really poetry, as are all his other writings and blog posts. It’s definitely a worthwhile read.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 10, 2010

We’ve gone from MySpace and a era of anonymous accounts and comments attributed to “SexyBear1984″ to using our real names on Facebook, Twitter, and elsewhere as we build personal brands. It’s in our DNA. Joe Fernandez : The amont of public-facing data attributed to a person’s name has exploded.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 26, 2010

I don’t believe Twitter and Facebook will always dominate. The metrics available on Facebook are in many ways better than you can get from Google Analytics. Companies are starting to think of Facebook as a natural piece of the conversion funnel, not just as a free-standing silo. Facebook fan pages are email newsletters 2.0

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 11, 2010

But, I’m excited by the possibilities, eager to get our kids set up in what I think will be a terrific situation, fired up about our new home, and eager to get integrated into the Indiana social media community. Fully virtual, fully mobile. Will there be bumps along the way? Definitely. You're going to do great!

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Convince & Convert

JULY 28, 2010

Website surveys, email surveys, Facebook inquiries, focus groups, telephone calls to 25 customers each month. Let me hear about it: View Comments | Subscribe To This Blog | Sign Up For Our Newsletter Share This Post: Similar Posts That You Might Enjoy: Is Starbucks the Most Dangerous Competitor to Facebook? Ask your customers directly.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 30, 2008

On the other hand, Plurk is really new, and thus, Twitter wins on followers (and the fact that mobile access — via SMS — totally owns), so the Plurk discussions (for now) are at a minimum. I am starting to use Plurk more with the mobile interface, though it isn’t 100%. You may have more than one.

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Twitter Microblogging MySpace Comparison 199

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 8, 2008

These scenarios come to fruition in spontaneous communities, on social networks, and other self-service tools – all thanks to the availability of low cost technology and access to the world wide web. You can also not use the tools correctly or not behave appropriately within communities around the tools and market poorly.

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Social Media Marketing Consultant Communities 163

Convince & Convert

APRIL 13, 2010

See my review of the iPad review here) This content would also make a fantastic Facebook application. Tagged as: apps , contests , dale carnegie , how to win friends and influence people , influences , iphone , mobile marketing , social media Did you enjoy this blog post? All of us have influences. Alright, your turn.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 23, 2008

Well, for one, social media users — that is, users on social news sites such as Digg, Mixx, Reddit — are not particularly enthusiastic about the proliferation of marketers in their community. Tim is the author of The Four Hour Workweek , a bestseller about the mobile lifestyle.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 19, 2008

I became a big fan of playing games (bingo especially) at a little hub on AOL called RabbitJack’s Casino , which was considered a unique community within the AOL borders with a close-knit group of people from all walks of life. Today, Facebook or MySpace will help you locate lost family or reunite with old friends.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

I find it to be especially valuable and hassle-free for updating Twitter, Facebook, and LInkedin simultaneously. It doesn’t have the advanced functionality of Tweetdeck (such as cross-posting to Facebook), but it’s so easy-to-use that it’s my favorite Twitter app.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 8, 2010

It’s an almost magical device that can show incredibly crisp HD video, all the audio you can handle, Web pages, books, online magazines ( Zinio is great on the iPad), newspapers, tweets, Facebook, Linkedin, and just about anything else you’d want to digest. I sure am. What is it? I should have written a textbook long ago!

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 25, 2010

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 16, 2010

Growth Is Slowing The true size of the Twitter audience is a bit tricky to pin down because 55% of its users do so via third party and mobile applications. According to these numbers, the audience using Twitter actually declined from August to December, 2009 (during the same period, Facebook went from 250 million to 350 million members).

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 24, 2008

In other words, they don’t give a damn about the community and they seemed to have moved on — perhaps completely. Instead, since they weren’t, we are left to our own devices and seek alternative methods (which are not the right avenues of communication, but what do you do when the proper roads lead you to a dead end?).

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

And in most cases, we’re willing converts, with Facebook’s ease-of-use and Twitter’s immediacy replacing letter writing and meeting up for lunch. I’ve now hit double digits on the number of people I have unfriended due to their apparent round-the-clock playing of pointless mafia, farming, or aquarium games on Facebook.

Social Media 119

Social Media Strategy Survey Social CRM 119

Convince & Convert

APRIL 7, 2010

Now, I’m not suggesting Foursquare will ever approach Twitter’s level of ubiquity, much less Facebook’s. Arm your manager with a mobile device and an email alert system: For the final question of the #socialmedia chat, we talked about tips for businesses looking to take advantage of Foursquare.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 24, 2010

For me, it’s just asking, via email, Twitter, or Facebook. For example, I write a lot about AOL, and after the recent layoffs, I wrote how the entire mobile advertising team took a voluntary buyout and quit the company. They know that I actually care about my community and that they’re not an audience.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 2, 2010

My friends at ExactTarget announced a moment ago that they have acquired CoTweet , the leader in enterprise Twitter management, and will be building a social products lab to add tie-ins for Facebook, YouTube, and other elements of the social communication ecosystem. it’s difficult to get into much detail.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

The ability to make or consume social media from an array of mobile devices increases the convenience factor (and the pressure on my wi-fi router) immensely. Facebook’s gyrations alone are enough to keep you on your toes. Inevitability Sure, we all talk about Facebook and Twitter and YouTube. I love change.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 23, 2010

As the ability to deliver these tasks via mobile meshes with geo-location technologies and intelligent advertising, this ‘C’ of the three C’s will truly blossom and become powerful for the brands that get it right. Next-generation crowdsourcing always recognizes effort via reward, social status, and incentives that are meaningful to the user.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 16, 2010

And exceptional businesses are realizing tangible, meaningful outcomes using social media & mobile marketing. And masses of Facebook fans or Twitter followers aren’t enough either. It simply “ turned up the volume &# with social and mobile tools — allowing customers to take utility to new heights.

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