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How a Small New York City Hotel Put Itself on the Map through.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

I think you can learn something from aggressively working at relationship building – doing it often, connecting with people who sync with you rather than your company. Maybe there’s some luck involved, but I think that “community building&# is more about really working at it with the right “hook.&#

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The Blogger and Marketer's Cheat Sheet to Getting High Profile.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Reply John Exley August 26, 2009 at 2:16 am Tamar, I came across your article on Forbes.com tonight titled “Brand Building, Tweet by Tweet&# and really loved what you had to say about community building so I decided to check out your blog. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca

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Twitter versus Plurk: Not Even in the Same League

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

After using both Plurk and Twitter pretty heavily, I’ve come to the conclusion that Plurk is best at its features for community-building, whereas Twitter succeeds more with its interface that bolsters information-sharing. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca

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What Traits Define a Social Media Marketer?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Because social media is so interactive, it can constantly shift and change; therefore, a savvy marketer needs to be extremely familiar with the community and know how each social media website audience is different from the next. Also, one story on the Digg home page does not an expert make. Do they go to BarCamps, PodCamps, etc?

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SXSW: Mark Zuckerberg Keynote (the edited liveblogged version)

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Do they feel they’re getting their money’s worth (especially because sites like Digg and MySpace may not be)? I think we want to do well and build a good business. The core of it is community building and without that, nothing wouldn’t be happening. Kevin Rose, for example, is not CEO of Digg.

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Best Internet Marketing Posts of 2008: Social Media, SEO, and More " techipedia | tamar weinberg

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

7 Social Media Websites and their Impact on SEO explores Mixx, Sphinn, Twitter, Digg, delicious, StumbleUpon, and Reddit and shows the positive and negative impact of using each. 10 of the Best Alternative Social Media Sites because not everything social media is Digg, Mixx, and Reddit. I’d argue “rarely&# nowadays.)

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