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3 Golden Business Rules for Social Media Engagement

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

A response came from a business owner who had the perfect answer on her website and directed the original poster to the website for a detailed reply. When I reviewed the poster’s account, I understood why. Just do it while giving back to the community as well. Have you read The New Community Rules ?

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Content Aggregators are Killing Content Creators

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

12484 SUBSCRIBERS FOLLOWERS Lijit Search Read more about The New Community Rules Get Techipedia on your iPhone or iPod touch! As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us Buzz YouTube Tamar Weinberg is a social media enthusiast with a passion for all things tech and productivity.

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Digg vs. Reddit: Reddit's Staff is Better » Techipedia | Tamar.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

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. Beyond the cool factor, Reddit is easily getting new users by paying attention to its user base and even creating surprises when not even necessary.

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Is Social Media the Final Frontier of Marketing?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

The point is that consumers now have a more potent aggregate power: someone with a problem can now reach others with the same problem faster, build a community around this shared problem easily, and mobilize lots of people behind the common cause more efficiently. That’s what’s new: a significant leap in efficiency.

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When is Brand Evangelism a Crime? Exploring the Royal Caribbean.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Using market intelligence, Royal Caribbean identified supporters of the cruise line via social networking sites and took the opportunity to give fifty of the most ardent supporters, called Royal Champions, special privileges, including free paid cruises and invitations to special events with company executives. mentality there.

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Best Internet Marketing Posts of 2009

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

The article has examples of how social media worked too. The Poetry of Social Networking to Court Customers and Invest in Relationships (Brian Solis): Brian Solis shares his foreword to Sean Percival’s book, MySpace Marketing. Marketing on the Social Web: A Few Key Ingredients (Michael Fruchter): I love the graphic.

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Quantum Entanglements: The Social Media Scandals

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

By May 18 , the MetaFilter community dared to ask the same, very unpopular questions Becky and some of her friends had been asking for months. This happened last week on the tightly knit community on Plurk, which has a unique and friendly atmosphere as Tamar described a few weeks ago. Be observant! Did your room just light up?