Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 11, 2010

Facebook is like MySpace. As I alluded to earlier, MySpace and Friendster were viable Facebook clones, but only one had a smooth and responsive interface that allowed users to interact with each other with ease. This is big market for other developers and they will drive Facebook forward. Facebook is like Classmates.com.

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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.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 20, 2010

Sure, mundane minutiae (like the sort lampooned here) might generate a low level dialog, but in order to achieve something more meaningful, a successful social media marketer needs a conversational hook to generate discussion. She provides consulting in internet marketing and manages Community Support & Advertising at Mashable.

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OCTOBER 7, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Internet , Marketing > 11 Common Mistakes That People Make With Their Personal Brands 11 Common Mistakes That People Make With Their Personal Brands by Tamar Weinberg on October 7, 2010 Share This is a guest post from James Adams. Any advice?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 13, 2008

A few weeks later, a surprising blog post was published that outed the marketing firm and hosting company that sponsored the particular study. And it turned out that the whole thing was a viral marketing sham, too, which was discovered by numerous Digg members. Let the community know who you are.

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JUNE 3, 2010

and after being a full time mom and performing various social media marketing tasks throughout, I’ve learned that there are many parallels that can be taken from parenthood that also apply to social media marketing. Similarly, your social media marketing initiatives might sound great until someone goes out and ruins it for you.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 19, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Social Media > Is Social Media Worth it for You? Because of the nature of the marketing tool, each industry differs to the point that people just aren’t sure. Is Social Media Worth it for You? They’re being disingenuous.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 14, 2009

Epic Change decided to dabble in social media, because as Stacey says, it was “a way to cultivate a community of support for Epic Change.&# More importantly, Epic Change has a mission to empower individuals to tell stories in order to acquire financial resources to make positive change in their communities. Why social media?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 2, 2008

How do you think this knowledge applies to site development and marketing? What functionalities do you think WordPress, vBulletin, and other common platforms need to be able to better develop communities? What tasks are more important to developing a popular community versus developing a popular blog?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 19, 2009

Twitter as a marketing tool. My opinion has not changed much since I wrote about Twitter’s ability to market products in March. However, I believe Twitter’s ability to market easily comes from those who associate usernames with brands. A marketing firm might want to sell a product. I still follow Woot.com.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 31, 2009

Organizations have used it for developing programs, marketing efforts, research, and education. Delicious Social bookmarking is a great way to share interesting links that could aid in the development of an idea, education, and/or marketing efforts. Then again, not everyone is familiar with net marketing except Net Marketers.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 21, 2009

Social media customer service is a form of marketing…marketing the company as a friendly, customer-obsessed organization. There may be individual stories about people getting their phone service back up quicker because of SM but that too is just more marketing dollars at work, not customer service dollars.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 28, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Viral Marketing > 7 Traits of Highly Effective Viral Videos 7 Traits of Highly Effective Viral Videos by Tamar Weinberg on January 28, 2010 Share In the past few years, video has come a long way.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2011

The global economic recovery is on track, with many developing economy hotspots firing around the world, but unfortunately the job market is still bleak for many countries. Here are some creative ways of competing on the job front in today’s tough market. #1 5 – Check the stock market. Share it on StumbleUpon.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 22, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Internet , Marketing > How You Can Benefit from Real Time Search How You Can Benefit from Real Time Search by Tamar Weinberg on April 22, 2010 Share This is a guest post by Evan Britton, founder of Sency. Tiger Woods photo by Shutterstock.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 4, 2008

What amazes me is that Andrew, with no idea of where this was headed, took the initiative to build an extremely successful community. It’s important to me to be an actual member of the Quizlet community, not just some executive looking down at a bunch of growth statistics. They’re Quizlet’s biggest asset.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 25, 2010

Just do it while giving back to the community as well. Influencer outreach may possibly be the most powerful outreach tactic that PR practitioners or marketers are laziest about. When it comes to social media, social should always be carefully weighted before the marketing is put forth. Want to self promote? Engage in dialogue.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

OCTOBER 22, 2009

It makes me wonder if I’m sending my requests to a wall (or for your tech geeks, /dev/null) or if people really work for Apple (outside their marketing and engineering departments). If you’re considering social media marketing for your business, no matter what size your company is, listening and engagement is key.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 3, 2009

I recently wrapped up writing a book on social media marketing for individuals to large businesses entitled The New Community Rules ( Amazon link ) and the book is slated for a late June/early July release. Marketing June 23, 2009 at 6:16 am Sorry, I am late. Tamar is also the author of The New Community Rules (July 2009).

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 8, 2009

The problem that I’m experiencing more often, and one that my colleagues are beginning to see more frequently, is that an opt-in for a relationship or connection online does not actually grant permission to market. In other words, if I connect with you on LinkedIn, I didn’t invite you to send me spam. What do you choose?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 27, 2008

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Search Engine Optimization , Social Media > The Great Social Media Traffic Debate: Niche or General Networks? To help me in this quest for the truth I enlisted the help of a couple of my fellow online marketing and SEO buddies.

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MAY 12, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Social Media > Why You Should Fix Your House Before Inviting People Over Why You Should Fix Your House Before Inviting People Over by Tamar Weinberg on May 12, 2010 Share This is a guest post by Hugo Guzman.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2008

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Social Media > Is Social Media the Final Frontier of Marketing? Is Social Media the Final Frontier of Marketing? This gave rise to regional marketing with the first hints of large scale world-wide marketing.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Glen Allsopp writes about the topic of Viral marketing at ViperChill. It’s so true that communication is key and a huge part of communicating is listening- fantastic point about listening to everybody and deciphering what works from there. Faithful follower of Viral Marketing! I love the transparency. Answers Yahoo!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 31, 2008

You could call me a blogger of many hats or a social media maven or Internet marketing consultant. I dabble in social media sites, particularly Twitter, Facebook, and StumbleUpon. Building my first online community 4. She provides consulting in internet marketing and manages Community Support & Advertising at Mashable.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 10, 2010

Some even boast high rankings and good sized communities. I met him on StumbleUpon over a year ago and he is one of those kids who never ceases to amaze me; he totally understands social media and his 22 Reasons for You to Blog was even featured in my annual Best Posts of 2009 roundup. Glen , too, got an early start.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 25, 2008

Twitter is also a tool to get feedback, to network, to take notes, to market your product, to communicate with customers, to set up meetings, and to find prospects — among other things. StumbleUpon is still a great tool that I use almost equally as often as I use Digg and Twitter. Sorry, guys, it’s five years later.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 4, 2010

Twitter, he says, “became my way of talking with a community of people.&# Targeting an audience of social media heavyweights that frequently visit New York City is a really useful marketing strategy. More importantly, they’ve created a go-to place or space for community. This isn’t by coincidence.&#

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 9, 2007

12484 SUBSCRIBERS FOLLOWERS Lijit Search Read more about The New Community Rules Get Techipedia on your iPhone or iPod touch! Kirtsy Likaholix LinkedIn Mahalo Mento Mixx MyBlogLog MySpace Plurk Pownce Propeller Reddit SEOmoz Sphinn StumbleUpon Technorati Toluu Twitter Wikipedia Yahoo! Answers Yahoo!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 18, 2010

My uncle knows a young girl from his community, a recent college graduate, who is looking for a social media job. Online is a global enabler of friendships, communities and networks acros sthe globe between people that does not necessarily have to be in the same geographic location. Thank you for the pointers. Answers Yahoo!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

When contrasted with the StumbleUpon model, the FriendFeeds and Diggs of the world seem to have the process backwards. In other words, is FriendFeed really stealing your traffic away or is it just another way to market your content with a clickthrough ratio of its own? Tamar is also the author of The New Community Rules (July 2009).

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

NOVEMBER 28, 2007

Earlier this month, I wrote a blog post about how you cannot be a participant of a community without understanding the community members therein. It’s so new that the community is being created right now as we speak. And for that reason, you should join–now. That’s why Mixx has a lot of potential. So why Mixx?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

NOVEMBER 26, 2007

Whether it’s Flickr , StumbleUpon , Digg , del.icio.us , Twitter , Facebook , Sphinn , LinkedIn , blogs , blogs , more blogs , and even more blogs , you can find me looking for the most pertinent content that aligns with my interests. BTW – I’ve really been interacting with the Digg community more and more.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2007

That story hit the front page of Reddit and on Digg , and 67 people voted on my comment : Props to Reddit for visibly interacting with the community it serves. I still use Stumbleupon but I get frustrated with its slowness. We’re a small but growing community, and have a much more open philosophy.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 10, 2008

You can easily determine if your friends are interested in marketing, photography, books, music, web 2.0 Personally, I’m seeking out people who are interested in marketing and social media. I actually think the links are coming from Digg and StumbleUpon. What content are they sharing? startups, and more with FriendFeed.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

So, the hardest job is often counseling clients in competitive markets that good community behavior will be rewarded … eventually. Sometimes, we have to resign an account that doesn’t want to understand communication — which is incredibly hard to do in a recession. Many are not patient enough to wait that long.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 18, 2008

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Blogging , Social Media > Plutter Kite: The Ultimate Micro-Blogging Service Plutter Kite: The Ultimate Micro-Blogging Service by Tamar Weinberg on June 18, 2008 Share This is a guest post from Samir Balwani of Internet Marketing blog Left the Box.com.

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