Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 27, 2008

Many people found the research interesting, but a number of people commented that the social networks probably shouldn’t be grouped together. So the question arose – was social media traffic misrepresented by grouping traffic from all networks together? Three cheers for them! page views SEO ROI — 1.2

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MARCH 25, 2010

Advanced social media analytics and ROI calculations often require tying together disparate systems, and looking for causation (or at least correlation) between social media success and business outcome. Or, you could just use Swix, the super slick new social media scoreboard that just works.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 8, 2008

Reem Abeidoh , Social Media Strategist : A social media marketer provides strategic online recommendations based on the client’s business goals and intensive research. Rebecca Kelley , Search Marketing and Social Media Consultant : A social media marketer needs to be an active participant in the social media sphere.

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AUGUST 2, 2010

I’ll be talking about brand community strategy and how to activate your audience. Each of these strategies requires different tactics, resources and success metrics. If you’re looking to bring some clarity to your Facebook efforts, be sure not to miss this illuminating presentation from social media strategist Jay Baer.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 10, 2008

Then, you use that number as a success metric for influence. Submitting a story to a social news site that is completely off-topic. It’s important to understand the communities you contribute to and to understand the rules of the sites that you target. FriendFeed is a service but it’s also a community.

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MAY 20, 2010

Skip to content Skip to navigation Skip to footer Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media Consulting Social Media Strategy Blog Social Media Consulting Blog Social Media Consulting Speaking Newsletter Free Social Media Tools Twitter Interviews About Lijit Search Are You Suffering From Premature Calculation?

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MAY 27, 2010

Swix Adds Facebook Tracking Speaking of Facebook, our friends at Swix , the incredibly nifty Canadian social media tracking and reporting service, have managed to wade through the ever-shifting tides and add Facebook fan page metrics. The way Donovan McNabb hates T.O. I see it as a nice play for CC, but not sure I fully get it.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 15, 2009

Being social online doesn’t make you an adept social media marketer. What happened to defining goals, setting a strategy, executing the campaign, and actually calculating metrics? Just because I’m an online social butterfly doesn’t make me competent in social media marketing.

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JULY 14, 2010

His ramblings can be found at www.membershipjedi.com This post is a compilation of ideas born out of Jay’s post “ Why You’re the Key to Social Media Success ” in which he succinctly describes one of the biggest obstacles facing organization’s pursuit of social media effectiveness – corporate culture.

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JULY 26, 2010

Then came social networks that were great places to deliver and share messages – but not really that great for telling your story. Unlike your blog, which is on an island, the Pitch is mobile and travels around to all the places you need it to – email, social networks, search engines, etc.,

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APRIL 15, 2010

Content without community, without approachability, without humanization and kinship is ineffective. I think your point about being involved in the community is the toughest for companies to put their arms around. And guess what? Of course, content alone is not the answer. link] Joe Pulizzi Really enjoyed this read Jay.

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AUGUST 10, 2010

Raj Kadam is CEO of Viralheat , a social media listening platform (disclosure: I am a paid customer of Viralheat). McCann is CEO of Gist , a provider of real-time intelligence on your network of online contacts. JB : How are companies incorporating influence metrics into their marketing? It’s in our DNA.

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MAY 4, 2010

There is of course relentless chatter about social media ROI and success metrics. Measuring social media is viable, but not obvious. This is in stark contrast to the top-down approach of almost all Enterprise 1.0 IT projects. In short, collaboration and adoption need to go up and down, not just side to side. Great question.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

But marketers have always reached out to communities in many forms, and each new medium has taken its turn as Holy Grail for customer influence.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 9, 2008

As a top Digg submitter, it worked like this: at first, people noticed my heavy community involvement and my participation , and consequently, my submitted stories easily front-paged. The community had to react. There’s no real community in Digg. Most other sites you belong to probably have a bigger sense of community.

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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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AUGUST 19, 2010

Un #CaseStudy de una empresa de aventuras [link] [link] Elena RoBe Artículo interesante: El malentendido de las redes sociales [link] [link] robertwheatley And therein lies the great lesson: being helpful and human. Allowing for and creating communities. Engaging people in their passions all helps make the business more meaningful.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2009

Social Media Sites: General The Big Boys of Social Bookmarking: The Top 20 Sites (10e20): Chris Winfield ranks the top 20 social bookmarking sites by their Alexa rankings and gives a short description of what each does — in case you haven’t ventured beyond Digg. What are the most popular sites in these age groups?

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JUNE 2, 2010

Skip to content Skip to navigation Skip to footer Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media Consulting Social Media Strategy Blog Social Media Consulting Blog Social Media Consulting Speaking Newsletter Free Social Media Tools Twitter Interviews About Lijit Search Do You “Like&# How I Look In These Jeans?

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APRIL 28, 2010

Because our behaviors on the social Web leave a noticeable fingerprint, smart companies can modify the way they engage and interact with us, based on our social graph, purchase history, etc. What an awesome way to make some sense out of the often amazingly confusing behemoth of social media and particularly social networking sites.

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MARCH 3, 2010

Agencies should also be working with clients on using social media as a market research tool, by surveying fans or creating dedicated, invite-only brand communities that serve as a living focus group. Keep Score Social media metrics are widely available, but require effort and integration to be gathered and analyzed successfully.

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AUGUST 18, 2010

Angela Connor Author, “18 Rules of Community Engagement&# [link] jaybaer I agree Angela. The contrast in social media is stark: to build a community, we shouldn't ask who we can reach with what message, but rather, who are our fans right now and how do they talk about us. Does that make sense?

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Tired of chasing shiny objects, and setting up Twitter and Facebook accounts with clear direction, or success metrics? I presented today at Social Media AZ , a new conference for Arizonans interested in, and practicing social media. I recommend picking three solid metrics to track. Then this is the blog post for you.

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MARCH 23, 2010

As mentioned in my post about blog success metrics , if you cover a very wide topical area, subscriptions are less likely). And many of us in the social media space are guilty of that particular sin. That would be a fun discussion, right? link] Adine Jay, This was timely and a great help for me. Thanks for the help.

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JUNE 11, 2010

Amber is Director of Community for Radian6 , co-proprietor of the influential Brass Tack Thinking blog (formerly Altitude Branding), a cool mom, a motivating force, and a hell of a flautist). DJ Waldow Director of Community, Blue Sky Factory @djwaldow [link] DJ Waldow As I wrote on Brass Tack Thinking, I have the chills. is my vote.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

We easily forget that Facebook was one of the first social networks that insisted that we use REAL names, and policed personal profiles accordingly. Recall that MySpace was the logical heir to the online profile/social network world pioneered by Geocities, Tripod, and Angelfire. Facebook is the Model T of social networks.

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APRIL 6, 2010

Coming from a communications background, content calendaring (and then on the flip side, tracking metrics back to that content and program calendar) is something I've encountered a lot. Thanks for the Radian6 mention.

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JULY 22, 2010

Let’s look at a few examples of companies that have done this successfully: Yelp’s Elite Squad: Yelp operates a social networking, user review, and local search website for members to post reviews and get user feedback on local businesses and restaurants.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Like you say, it depends on what your metrics and goals are. Like you say, it depends on what your metrics and goals are. Social Media Monitoring Tools – How to Pick The Right One [link] #Tools #SocialMedia [link] martin s. Historical data seemed more robust as well. link] Danny Brown Great write-up, Katie. link] martin s.

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MAY 26, 2010

The metrics available on Facebook are in many ways better than you can get from Google Analytics. The reviews business will be transformed by geo-location. YouTube is the second largest search engine in the world, and yet video content continues to be under-leveraged. Your grasp of the entire landscape (including email) is refreshing.

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AUGUST 31, 2010

Skip to content Skip to navigation Skip to footer Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media Consulting Social Media Strategy Blog Social Media Consulting Blog Social Media Consulting Speaking Newsletter Free Social Media Tools Twitter Interviews About Lijit Search Is Social Conversation a Myth?

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AUGUST 26, 2010

Social Media Listening and Analysis for the DIY Inclined (Jay Baer): [link] via @SocialMedia411 [link] Eric RT @jaybaer: If Excel doesn't frighten you, this may be a social listening tool you love. link] [link] Suzanne Nasco #metrics for SM class!

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

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: Would You Try It With a Fox?

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Virality & Search Topsy One part virality tool, one part tracking mechanism, one part social listening post, Topsy is becoming one of new favorites. I’ve moved from Tweetmeme to Topsy on my embedded tweeting, due to improved metrics, and Topsy’s competitive intelligence capabilities are impressive.

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AUGUST 3, 2010

I have actually heard this exact sentiment from several companies and agencies recently, wondering whether they should increase their Facebook efforts because the size of the member community is just so overwhelming. If your community is there, then you should be too, and the question is really rhetorical, isn’t it?

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AUGUST 3, 2010

I have actually heard this exact sentiment from several companies and agencies recently, wondering whether they should increase their Facebook efforts because the size of the member community is just so overwhelming. If your community is there, then you should be too, and the question is really rhetorical, isn’t it?

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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 Better You Are at Twitter, The Worse You Are at Twitter Being a new user on Twitter is as lonely as Michael Boublé at a Green Day concert. What’s Happening?

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