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.

Communities 237

Communities Twitter Web 2.0 ROI 237

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

NOVEMBER 26, 2007

And you have completely turned me around in terms of the social media news sites, so it’s great to hear your opinion. BTW – I’ve really been interacting with the Digg community more and more. It really is about being a part of the community. Answers Yahoo! Even wasting time is useful.&#

Meme 100

Meme Digg Web 2.0 StumbleUpon 100

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 1, 2008

Like organizing your contacts in something better than “groups&#. 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 Answers Yahoo!

Content 100

Content Privacy StumbleUpon Digg 100

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 12, 2010

Neighbor typically refers to those living nearby but may also be affiliated through religious organizations. Industry and social media connections are further broken into additional categories, as seen in the charts below. I also consider bloggers who have forged real-life relationships with me to have connected via social media.

Facebook 233

Facebook LinkedIn Social Networking Microblogging 233

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 10, 2008

Social News (Digg, Sphinn, Mixx, Reddit, Tip’d, and a whole load of related sites) Submitting only your own articles and posts to social media sites. Social news is about reciprocal relationships. Submitting a story to a social news site that is completely off-topic. Excess converts to spam.

Handbook 279

Handbook Social Media Web 2.0 StumbleUpon 279

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. Marketing on the Social Web: A Few Key Ingredients (Michael Fruchter): I love the graphic.

Marketing 265

Marketing SEO Journal Engineering 265

Social Media Network Marketing

AUGUST 19, 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. Social networks like Facebook and others.

Reputation 87

Reputation Social Media Xanga Microblogging 87

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 10, 2008

We’re not the only ones [enabling such communication] but a lot of people are using our tools, especially in places like Colombia. We’re not trying to build new communities; we’re allowing people to communicate with people they already know. If your friends communicate it, you trust it.

Web 2.0 104

Web 2.0 MySpace Applications Microsoft 104

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 30, 2008

I think this may be partially in part due to the time-line layout (it’s not very organized, though the design is entirely understandable). July 3, 2008 at 9:17 am Insight Into the World of Plurk | Collective Thoughts July 3, 2008 at 3:49 pm Does Plurk’s Karma guage Social Capital? You may have more than one. Great post!

Twitter 199

Twitter Microblogging MySpace Comparison 199

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. Let it be posted on every social platform of choice and then watch as it seeds through other communities (which is likely to happen and shows that your marketing is viral). What if you want to offer 10% off?

Facebook 279

Facebook How To Marketing URL 279

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 21, 2009

I think social media customer service doesn’t scale and people who think that they will be helped quicker in the future because they can Twitter a company are not going to be happier 5 years from now. Social media customer service is a form of marketing…marketing the company as a friendly, customer-obsessed organization.

Social Media 153

Social Media Strategy Marketing Vimeo 153

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 3, 2010

That’s not really convincing social proof. Then, when you’re joining a community for the first time, you’ll need to study the users and slowly build relationships with them. But, like good Social Media community members, I’m thrilled to be able to help my parents out and give back as well!

Social Media 221

Social Media Marketing Digg Consultant 221

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 7, 2010

Here are some rules of thumb to consider when considering a social media marketing strategy: Engagement is Everything I can’t stress it enough: social media marketing is a social activity! The success of a social media marketing campaign strongly revolves around engagement. Great post.

Social Media 251

Social Media Klout Influencer Feed 251

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 14, 2010

When dealing with emotions, psychology, anthropology, sociology, among other disciplines, you’re bound to make “mistakes&# as you attempt to understand demographics and communities and learn about who will be receptive to what. But … well, he’s done with social media, essentially. He’s not alone.

Social Media 267

Social Media SEO Blogger Communities 267

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 22, 2008

Again, this was not new – the British Empire enabled inter-continental trade centuries earlier – but the mechanism was still similar: a product was global by being sold in a series of local markets. Simply put, the new mass media helped organize, and influence, large numbers of consumers. That’s not the point.

Social Media 105

Social Media Marketing Digg MySpace 105

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 24, 2008

The initial sentiment was highly negative , and most concluded that the algorithm will penalize users who care much about the community and use it regularly. Both Kevin and Jay say that we should give the community the benefit of the doubt. Then the community “won.&# I think they know how valuable the community is.

Digg 100

Digg StumbleUpon Communities Upcoming 100

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 28, 2010

With the initiative for Facebook to be open and to empower businesses to host pages that celebrate their business, offering deals and giving the community the ability to converse directly with the business or entity these pages represent, you forgot about accountability. And now there are Community Pages! Who the heck needs it?

Facebook 277

Facebook Issues MySpace Privacy 277

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 10, 2010

Some of the sites I recommend for educational materials include: Free Sphinn : Sphinn is an Internet Marketing social news site. Users submit timely news articles to Sphinn, and the community votes up the best stories to appear on the front page. comprehensive social media marketing training there is.

Marketing 240

Marketing How To SEO Training 240

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 8, 2008

The scope of marketing needs to be broadened in view of the new dynamics that have employees, customers and prospects engaged in conversations – horizontally, peer to peer, in some cases even in co-opetition situations. That said, such a broad determination means you can be a social media marketer and not know it.

Social Media 163

Social Media Marketing Consultant Communities 163

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 12, 2010

Social media connections are those I know through a variety of online forums, the blogosphere, Twitter, and the like (but I generally don’t befriend someone immediately; I still give it time). I get fixated on one community and ditch the last, yet I still have my profiles on them and they usually get outdated within minutes.

MySpace 114

MySpace LinkedIn Facebook Social Networking 114

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 24, 2010

They know that I actually care about my community and that they’re not an audience. He currently serves as the community guy at Building 43. Danny is currently Chief Content Officer of Third Door Media which operates the Sphinn social news site and organizes the popular Search Marketing Expo conference series.

Influencer 278

Influencer How To Press Release Blogger 278

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

With Twitter being so incredibly large and vast, there are different types of mini-communities. Let new prospects find you organically based on your messages and reap the rewards. I started following people who wrote or commented on the SEO blogs to develop my own Twitter community. Call them cliques if you will.

Twitter 205

Twitter Sports Microblogging HootSuite 205

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 29, 2010

Very grateful to have wonderful people to work with – an animal advocacy organization. This post didn’t seem to fit with your ethos, but it did prompt me to buy “the new community rules&# on kindle. I’m really happy to hear that you’re rocking in your Community Manager shoes! You usually do.

Products 267

Products Consultant Price Social Media 267

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 14, 2009

: Jason Falls explores the commonly-discussed (but not easily answered) question about social media. Scared of Social Media? Jill Whalen has been active on forums and online communities for 10 years now. But “social media marketing expert?&# You May Already be Pro! She didn’t think she was one. Not excess.

SEO 162

SEO Social Media Marketing Reputation 162

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 21, 2008

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?

Social Media 104

Social Media StumbleUpon Communities MySpace 104

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2009

Top 29 Niche Social Media Sites (That Actually Send Traffic) : Andy Hagans consistently updates this list with some great resources that aren’t necessarily being tapped into by many folks, but maybe it’s time for things to change. Reddit Tips from the Top Dog on Reddit (Social News Watch): How do you become a top user on Reddit?

Marketing 144

Marketing StumbleUpon SEO Reputation 144

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

Now let’s assume one of the bloggers responds with, “I have read your email carefully and it would appear that you have omitted the part where you request my advertising rate card.&# (Yes, forget about organic promotion. If an organic story pitch is not of interest to you, that’s fine. Answers Yahoo!

Blogger 177

Blogger Press Release Advertising Review 177

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 15, 2009

And hopefully you know the communities that you’re pitching to, because what works on Reddit might not work on Digg. People hire social media marketing firms for the sole purposes of getting their content, good or bad, spread in the right places. They might want to build community. Answers Yahoo!

SEO 178

SEO Social Media Marketing Digg 178

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 1, 2009

This number should be no surprise — when people “fan&# your Page, their friends see it, and your brand spreads organically. 12484 SUBSCRIBERS FOLLOWERS Lijit Search Read more about The New Community Rules Get Techipedia on your iPhone or iPod touch! Answers Yahoo!

Facebook 279

Facebook How To Applications URL 279

Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

A number of large web development discussion communities host contest areas, including NamePros , v7 Network , and Webmaster Talk. The software development community -- especially the open source community -- has long used "bounties" to help lure developers to certain tasks. Think of it as Yahoo! social networking.

Crowdsourcing 245

Crowdsourcing Software Project Forums 245

Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

He recently told me that every week they have a mini-presentation on one aspect of social media (past topics included ethics, social networks, and social bookmarking). Since then, the students have formed their own vibrant community on Twitter. Extra extra credit would be the use of Yahoo! social networking.

Class 274

Class Social Media Web 2.0 Wiki 274

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

I presented today at Social Media AZ , a new conference for Arizonans interested in, and practicing social media. Unbelievable turnout (more than 260) for a first-time event, and tremendous kudos to Fred Von Graf , who organized it practically solo. Yahoo, too. Yahoo, too. Because tools will change.

Social Media 168

Social Media Strategy Consultant Conference 168

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 15, 2008

orchestratenoise0726[at]yahoo[dot]com Vicky Molina December 15, 2008 at 2:21 pm I love the pampering package. More than likely we would personally deliver the package to a family that we chose through an organization, or we would donate different items to different families in need in the name of Sears, and the others involved.

Blogger 103

Blogger Yahoo Buy Twitter 103