Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2010

Social Media: Getting Started Why You Have to Engage in Social Media, Even if You Don’t Want to (A Smart Bear): Jason Cohen (@asmartbear) makes a compelling argument into why social media must be considered, even if you have no interest in it. The article has examples of how social media worked too.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 2, 2008

What functionalities do you think WordPress, vBulletin, and other common platforms need to be able to better develop communities? Beyond the core of people who want to demonstrate their expertise in a niche by blogging, will blogging continue to grow, or will community-oriented sites become more popular? Again, super post!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 16, 2010

Are you reaping great benefits from your social efforts? Are you getting ROI on your investments on the social web? Social Media marketing is about building relationships and conversations. Building relationships takes time so you have to give it enough time before you will see good ROI. What is working for me?

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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). MySpace used to be Janet, and now it’s LaToya – at best. MySpace used to be Janet, and now it’s LaToya – at best. But back to MySpace.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 5, 2010

Don’t shy away from giving your community the information needed to find you elsewhere both online and offline. How do I know if there’s ROI in Facebook? Encourage Community Interaction In the simplest form, have a Facebook wall and ask your fans questions or share cool company or even personal insights with them.

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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? page views SEO ROI — 1.2

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Social Media Strategery

MARCH 3, 2011

the Schools App allows you to create a private, branded social network for your students within Facebook that will engage them in ways that Pages and Groups can’t. Groups are great for small groups of people to share and communicate. Created by Inigral Inc. , Pages are great for brands to push out information.

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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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Josh S Peters

JANUARY 25, 2009

Social Networks Active Rain – A social network for real estate professionals to gather and tell their war stories, start conversations, get advice, and connect with each other. RealTown – Network with agents, buyers, sellers, investors, etc. Think about buildings.

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Social Media Network Marketing

MAY 29, 2010

Sections To Read Home Main Page Community - Social Media Network Online Who will benefit from this blog? Social Media Ne. About Me - Social Media Network Online Contact Me - Social Media Network Online Your Contribution To This Blog - Social Media Netw. Unported License.

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JULY 5, 2010

Wonderful community-building strategy! Wonderful community-building strategy! Wonderful community-building strategy! Wonderful community-building strategy! Wonderful community-building strategy! Wonderful community-building strategy! Wonderful community-building strategy! Thomas for five days.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 4, 2010

There is of course relentless chatter about social media ROI and success metrics. Measuring social media is viable, but not obvious. The ROI of many Enterprise 2.0 For other technologies, the ROI is a bit tougher to quantify. In short, collaboration and adoption need to go up and down, not just side to side.

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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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Convince & Convert

MAY 5, 2010

This 40-something Florida Mom found herself undergoing several simultaneous life shifts, and realized that products and the communication about them didn’t resonate with her any longer. With free membership open to all women, JaneNation combines social networking with opinion collection. It’s on JaneNation.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

DJ Waldow Director of Community, Blue Sky Factory @djwaldow [link] Jered I think you hit the nail on the head, here. I especially like your comparison of social media to digital bumper stickers and an expression of passion for something, as opposed to permission to market to them. Warm fuzzies.

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Jeff Esposito

JANUARY 8, 2014

The change triggered a lot of negative blog posts in the social media and community management communities. As someone who manages social media internally for a brand, my initial thought was, “Hey, this sucks.” What we were all victim of is that we built communities on Mark Zuckerberg’s platform for two reasons.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 2, 2010

I’ll be talking about brand community strategy and how to activate your audience. Danny Brown) Tagged as: brand communities , facebook , facebook strategy , facebook success summit , Speaking Engagements Did you enjoy this blog post?

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 16, 2010

August 12, 2010 (766) Why Social Supports Email in the Interactive Marketing Hub September 22nd, 2010 Content Lessons Learned From 25 Popular Blog Posts September 21st, 2010 Why Are Companies Not Valuing Judgment As A Critical Element September 20th, 2010 5 Step Process for Social Media Success September 15th, 2010 Why Social CRM Needs to Be Less About (..)

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Convince & Convert

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. You’ll be able to easier understand how these events drive social success using Swix.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 4, 2010

Blogging for Community These blogs seek to guild a consistent readership that interact with the blogger(s) and advocate on behalf of the content on other social outposts. We see blogging both as community building and as a function of being a web based business.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 15, 2010

Social network connectivity is becoming the post-modern email newsletter. I certainly do not support the Draconian position that somehow social networks threaten email’s existence as a marketing channel. DJ Waldow Director of Community, Blue Sky Factory @djwaldow [link] Graeme White interesting! Thanks dude.

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JUNE 17, 2010

I love the Twitter culture and community, and I spend quite a bit of time using Twitter. link] EllisTweet Given the volume of yammering about how to measure social networking success, I must say that this post, Jay, stands out. It also continues to be a reliable conduit for new visitors here at Convince & Convert.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2010

February 11th, 2010 |Written By: Jay Baer | View Comments Tweet Guest post by Bob Dennis , freelance Web designer with experience in everything from audio production to social networking. After two-and-a-half years, iPhone app developers are getting fed up with Apple’s lengthy and often inconsistent approval process. Also, $0.30

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

And More… Although I’m not using it presently, you can also configure your NutshellMail to include Linkedin and MySpace content, as well as updates from the Ning groups of which you are a member. Stelzner This free tool may become your your new favorite social media companion (you really should check this out!)

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 21, 2009

If you have many customers, it is a cost you should be willing to invest in for what I believe is to be a positive ROI. 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

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Convince & Convert

MAY 12, 2010

I feel like the other guy in the story- will you try social media if I give you some great case studies? Will you embrace Twitter if I can show you ROI? Yet they blindly support tactics like blanketing local zip codes with direct mail pieces (argh). Why are you being soooo stubborn?

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

DJ Waldow Director of Community, Blue Sky Factory @djwaldow [link] unmarketing Thanks a lot Jay. I guess I better read the book before Scott arrives next month for #UnBookTourSLC, right? Who is going to post a blog review of YOUR new book (raising hand now). As you know, you’re my living example of how to write a blog.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 30, 2010

Both wanted to create a Facebook community to connect users to each other. Colleges have Resident Assistants who adhere to the same rules as the students, and they live among their students so they’re very much part of that community. Your loyalties are to your community, and mine are to mine. Sometimes mods make mistakes.

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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

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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Convince & Convert

JUNE 29, 2010

More from Convince and Convert 7 Ways to Use Social Media to Build Stunning Brands The Wisdom of Social Media X-Rays Marketing Sideways to Win at Social Media Convince and Convert Recommends How to Introduce Social Media to Your Business (Danny Brown) Alexandra Kirsch and the Perfect Blogger Pitch (Danny Brown) How Not To Use Social Media (The Arkayne (..)

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 24, 2010

One other thing that I would toss out there…in our community of Social Media, marketing, etc., .&# But I think if everyone banded together and told SXSW that this forces really good people to negotiate their need to have a panel with what they teach the rest of the year, it could make a difference.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 27, 2010

August 12, 2010 (766) Why Social Supports Email in the Interactive Marketing Hub September 22nd, 2010 Content Lessons Learned From 25 Popular Blog Posts September 21st, 2010 Why Are Companies Not Valuing Judgment As A Critical Element September 20th, 2010 5 Step Process for Social Media Success September 15th, 2010 Why Social CRM Needs to Be Less About (..)

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Convince & Convert

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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Convince & Convert

JULY 6, 2010

The taboo of never tooting your own horn with a press release about your good deeds clearly has crumbled in corporate America, and companies today are not only promoting philanthropy through social networks, they’re building unique Facebook pages and Twitter profiles for these important programs.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

And while substantially smaller than the Facebook brigade, the Twitter crew is tuned in to brands like nowhere else on the social Web. 49% of monthly Twitter users follow brands or companies, compared to just 16% of social network users overall. It's like any other social network, right? population).

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Convince & Convert

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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