Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 8, 2009

In the post, I shared my don’ts of social networks, and to that point, I added the following rule for LinkedIn: Gathering all the email addresses of users you are connected to — even locating email addresses of LinkedIn Group managers — and utilizing this mailing list to promote your own company or service off-site.

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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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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 28, 2010

Fede Alvarez published a small film to YouTube a few weeks ago, and it landed him a $30 million movie deal. To be sure, though, solicit feedback from a group of trusted peers not directly involved in your company or marketing objectives before going ahead with publishing the video, since you need an unbiased opinion.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Brian Solis and Deirdre Breakenridge just published an excellent book, Putting the Public Back in Public Relations. I just wrote several posts on Brian’s PPBPR as well as moderating a Social Media Book Discussion on it. Not only that, but I have started a Squidoo lens where I am writing about social media books. .&#

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 13, 2008

Digg is the social media network of tech geeks, and the Digg statistics should not be too surprising: 39% of Diggers publish their own blog. A few weeks later, a surprising blog post was published that outed the marketing firm and hosting company that sponsored the particular study. Let the community know who you are.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

Just like it’s not uncommon for someone to click the “Digg&# button on Digg without ever visiting the site. Some of those tactics may seem more vile than others, but a dangerous reality exists that no one is talking about — with social networks comes theft, and very little pay off for content creators.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 22, 2010

When you search “Tiger Woods” on a traditional search engine, you will get results which include news stories from major media outlets, links to Wikipedia and espn.com, and Tiger’s official site which happens to be TigerWoods.com. This is a new type of search, one which gives you a window into the public’s thoughts – in real time.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 15, 2010

This is especially useful when your blog links to a site, or when you are using AdSense or another service to earn off your blog. And some of the images just don’t do other sites justice. concept I find so easy to forget to test for when I get enthusiastic to publish each week. Your consistent effort will payoff quickly.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 10, 2008

Founded by four ex-Googlers, FriendFeed allows you to subscribe to your friends’ updates across 35 social networks and to stay up to date with the content they’re discovering and sharing across the web. In social media spheres, it’s almost unavoidable to not engage online with content in some way.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 31, 2008

I consume my news via Bloglines. I dabble in social media sites, particularly Twitter, Facebook, and StumbleUpon. The other site? Building my first online community 4. Publishing a book (or at least an e-book, we’ll see) Four Music Artists I’m Listening To Now 1. Not so much. Hiring some help 3.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 21, 2009

Social media, quite simply, relates to the usage of content created by easily accessible publishing technologies (social media sites such as Facebook or Twitter, photo publishing sites such as Flickr, video sites like YouTube and Vimeo) that is generated by the hundreds of millions of consumers utilizing these technologies.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 2, 2008

Do following things: 1) Create new page via WordPRess control panel with page title “Search Results&# and paste the code of Googles Search result code text box. 2) Publish that page. ‘ABC’ is the page id of NEW Search result page, which you have created in WordPress) 5)Save the file. simple navigation.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 12, 2009

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.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 22, 2008

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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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 23, 2008

Well, for one, social media users — that is, users on social news sites such as Digg, Mixx, Reddit — are not particularly enthusiastic about the proliferation of marketers in their community. This is a huge challenge for someone who wants to sell their product using social media.

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Laurel Papworth

OCTOBER 22, 2011

As tomorrow is an historic day – The Australian and other news.com sites move behind the paywall – what WILL we pay for, what SHOULD we pay for and what OTHER revenues streams are being missed by News.com refusal to build online communities around their content? a week for a digital-only pass to the site and apps.

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Koka Sexton

NOVEMBER 14, 2008

blog with FeedBurner Social Media Release Criticism: Nine Points to Consider Social Media – Digg, MySpace,YouTube – Web 2.0 blog with FeedBurner Social Media Release Criticism: Nine Points to Consider Social Media – Digg, MySpace,YouTube – Web 2.0 Javo’s last blog post. Thank you.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2010

Like last year, if your article is highlighted in this comprehensive post, there’s a badge for you to proudly celebrate this achievement on your site. Scroll down to the bottom of the post to grab the code you need for your post or site. Marketing on the Social Web: A Few Key Ingredients (Michael Fruchter): I love the graphic.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 1, 2010

Patience is required in building a community, seeing real results with monetization and building traffic. Some people are able to build a community but fail at monetizing their blogs. Some also build traffic but fail to build a community. We’re also offering new publishers a $50 bonus if they get at least 25,000 U.S.

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Likeable

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Social media is an important marketing tool, but for many people—including the disabled community—it can also offer access to a unique support system and accessible information and resources. Speaking of VoiceOver, get in the habit of adding alt text to photos shared across social media platforms. What do you write, exactly?

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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. Maybe next year, folks!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 26, 2009

With permission, I am publishing the unedited version here. But with social media marketing, it doesn’t have to be. The only investment in the act of marketing on the social web is time and energy. Give your customers a voice in the communities where they already have influence.

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Diva Marketing Blog

MARCH 11, 2009

The long tail concept comes to life in the hundreds of thousands of niche communities that are exploding on to the social media scene. A soon-to-be-talked about new venture sent me on quest to explore what was happening with women and social networks. More.ca - Canadian community celebrating women over 40.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Twitter is one of the largest social networking sites, featuring users from various walks of lives. Twitter has a wide range of benefits from communicating with friends and families to building a brand for your business. Your Status Matters Twitter is not just any kind of social networking site.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 8, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Social Media > 7 Truths About Social Media Marketing 7 Truths About Social Media Marketing by Tamar Weinberg on April 8, 2010 Share Even though social media isn’t new to many of us, the world is waking up to this new shiny toy.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2012

Consider focusing your link building tactics internally — that is, on your site. Think instead about social media traffic, good content, a cleanly coded website, slow progressive growth, and your site’s authority. SEO Checklist: 60 Essential Checks Before Launching a Website : Is your site ready to be launched?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 29, 2010

(If you want great beginner social media content behind a pay wall, check out Exploring Social Media , a project I am working on with Jason Falls and some other great minds.) This comes despite people asking for more under the assumption that I “must&# be making money on this site and therefore owe my readers more. (Do

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 21, 2008

The final, successful inquiry started with Kristin at online conversation site Threewayaction.com, then moved to Becky-Says’ blog. 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. Be observant! Did your room just light up?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

By putting effort into the writing process, you reap the benefits of a community that supports you because you lift them through your words. Bloggers who focus on a niche and tackle it are highly respected among their peers and within their communities. Social media? Want another tip on how to write well? Read a lot.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

Sometimes they might respond with a “thanks but no thanks&# response that shows that they at least put effort into considering a fit on their site. Their goal is to send press pitches, not to buy ads on your site. If a blogger outreach consultant or social media agency emails you a story pitch, read their signature.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 19, 2008

My first social “network&# was also on AOL. I became a big fan of playing games (bingo especially) at a little hub on AOL called RabbitJack’s Casino , which was considered a unique community within the AOL borders with a close-knit group of people from all walks of life. They evolved into sites with graphical interfaces.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2011

As many of you know, I have an annual tradition of giving back to the community on my birthday, which is why this year is no different. Here’s how I do it : I read and review hundreds — thousands — of articles yearly, on all Internet Marketing topics from SEO to social media to general entrepreneurship (new for 2010!),

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

OCTOBER 19, 2009

Publishing, consulting and regular life all kind of merge on the web and it is sometimes hard to know which hat you have on. 12484 SUBSCRIBERS FOLLOWERS Lijit Search Read more about The New Community Rules Get Techipedia on your iPhone or iPod touch! Tamar is also the author of The New Community Rules (July 2009).

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 4, 2008

I, like Loren Baker , feel that Mahalo is one of those sites that had its skeptics in the beginning but is growing to become a valuable research tool. Social search is here to stay. If I click on the play button it takes me to web sites I’m interested in. Embrace it and take advantage of it.

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Buffer Social

DECEMBER 13, 2022

And that’s the very reason why Twitter is an ideal site for marketing – it's the perfect place for brands and content creators to engage and converse with their consumers. Twitter is unlike other social media sites because, at its very core, the site is made up of exchanges of information in real-time.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 1, 2009

Reply Donna Ryan December 1, 2009 at 1:09 pm I would have to say that my favorite Facebook fanpage that uses Static FBML is The Social Blade Fanpage. It gives me easy access to their other sites. I have a couple set up for books that I work for the publishing company. Looking forward win! I’m going to be busy this a.m.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 10, 2008

&# If you answered yes to any of these questions, you may need a refresher course on social media etiquette — and perhaps real-life etiquette also. Here are some egregious sins that you must not perform on social media sites. Social news is about reciprocal relationships.

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