Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 14, 2009

Are you a company or do you know a company that has immersed itself in the social media waters and succeeded? As small companies with limited budgets, nonprofits may feel that they are unable to dive into the wide world of social media. The big catch: Epic Change is not a large company at all.

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Razor Social

MARCH 30, 2016

They could be saying something positive or negative about your company. You’ll also want to measure the growth of your social circles and the level of social amplification from content shared, however, you’re drifting into the functionality of the analytics tools so you only want high level information here.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 25, 2010

Many companies partake in this “shiny toy syndrome&# and do it all without a plan or strategy in place. This may be nothing more than a refresher course in the Captain Obvious department but even the savviest of companies is still missing the boat. A lot of big companies I try to engage with don’t want to talk back.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 15, 2009

It’s incredibly easy for someone to put up a web page and show how much they like or dislike a company. You’ll get exposure to case studies of companies that do this well and review cases of companies where listening severe impacted the effectiveness of marketing campaigns. What content works best on StumbleUpon ?

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Communities Marketing MySpace Yahoo 170

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 13, 2008

Such was the case for this Digg story , which compared multiple web hosting companies and watched as these hosts handled the traffic spikes that resulted from the Digg effect. 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.

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Social Media Digg Brands Marketing 100

Buffer Social

JUNE 16, 2016

More than 25% of social media managers said their #1 project was content creation. Scheduling content. While there was a lot of focus on content, very little of it seemed to be video content. Only 6 out of 150 social media managers mentioned video among their biggest projects. Growing an audience.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 28, 2010

Humans can relate to emotional content, and laughable content is always golden. If you’re in need of viral content , you don’t have to look much farther than videos that teach users how to do something. It goes without saying that funny videos are highly shareable and can yield that desired result.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 12, 2010

Here are three examples of brands that appear to be taking this message to heart: Fandango.com Best-known as a portal for buying movie tickets online, the site is actually quite diverse in terms of its content offerings. That’s good stuff, but what makes the website truly great is the inordinate amount of social and mobile integration.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 31, 2009

Crowdsourcing has become more and more popular with private companies, non-profit organizations, and even government agencies. GetSatisfaction provides a way for companies to do that. Accelerated by MaxCDN Content Delivery Network. JS-Kit Echo uses GetSatisfaction for their customer support. © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 19, 2009

Smaller companies could succeed with this method by marketing — verbally or through their website — to groups of devout followers and keeping their Twitter streams current (offering a daily deal or frequent deals that encourage customers to seek out discounts and sales). Accelerated by MaxCDN Content Delivery Network.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Reply Eddie Gear October 7, 2010 at 9:43 pm I can come across so many companies that do not even brand them selves in the fear of being considered as SPAM. Accelerated by MaxCDN Content Delivery Network. Building relationships takes time, energy and effort. Most business owners want quick success. That is not realistic.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 15, 2010

Whatever your motivation, your blog needs traffic to achieve those goals, and to do that, you need great content. Get Your Blog Read and Followed When it comes to the internet, there’s one golden rule that stands head and shoulders above the others: content is king. It is vital to master writing great content on your blog.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 22, 2010

If you work for a company that just had a Super Bowl ad, a real time search will give you a window into how people interpreted the advertisement. Accelerated by MaxCDN Content Delivery Network. As for the business purpose of real time searches, all of this information can certainly be used to benefit a marketing or research project.

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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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Newsletter Handbook Virtual World LinkedIn 144

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 4, 2010

Now known as the “social media hotel&# of NYC, Roger Smith is attracting a really incredible bunch of people who have raved about the ambiance and the company’s approachability online. To me, it seems most companys focus on monopolies and then forced purchase of ad-ons without which the product wont work.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 1, 2008

This is not a regular practice on the social news giant, and unfortunately, that is probably the biggest thing causing its downfall. There was only one occasion when the users were able to make a lasting impression on the social news site. It’s hard to say if that will happen again. Time will only tell.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 22, 2008

Even a recent thread on Cre8asite Forums discussed this, kicking off by someone stating they find social media very intimidating. The reason is that people didn’t have aggregate power: they were individual voices that a news channel or a company can choose to ignore. Yes, it’s all to do with social media.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 9, 2008

In the past few weeks, however, even Digg’s other top users are seeing that Digg is becoming more difficult of a social news site to enjoy, and after stepping away from Digg for awhile, I have some thoughts and reflections on how it was and possibly how it should be. In fact, most of them had already left.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2010

(The Future Buzz): Adam Singer writes an excellent piece on the qualities that make up the most popular “power users&# of the social web — that is, those individuals whose content people want to consume always. What Makes People Share Content? Here are 10 reasons why you as a company entity should avoid it.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 31, 2008

4 Jobs I’ve Had Right after college, I worked for a few months in tech support at a forex company in the Empire State Building. Accelerated by MaxCDN Content Delivery Network. I started a blog about my schwag addiction (okay, this was just a fun tidbit I couldn’t pass up!) © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

NOVEMBER 26, 2007

Whether it’s Flickr , StumbleUpon , Digg , del.icio.us , Twitter , Facebook , Sphinn , LinkedIn , blogs , blogs , more blogs , and even more blogs , you can find me looking for the most pertinent content that aligns with my interests. As the landscape changes, so does the content. Accelerated by MaxCDN Content Delivery Network.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Despite the title of the post, having worked as the social media manager for Fortune 500 companies, and a lot of knowledge here being totally personal, I do not think of myself as an expert. Deliver smart, innovative, to the point content that provides genuine value. Accelerated by MaxCDN Content Delivery Network.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

However, a lot of people making that news have created expectations and beliefs about social media that aren’t true. Social Media is Inexpensive False. As Charlene Li said recently, social media trades media cost for labor cost. Social Media is Fast False. Social media is by definition slow.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

With others who address me as Jennifer or Dakash, I wonder if these individuals representing both small and large companies really realize that their lack of research reflects poorly on their clients. Some have gone as far as outing the companies who have trodden down this path. Accelerated by MaxCDN Content Delivery Network.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 18, 2008

Be the first to have all of these features , or just take over companies that already have them and make Plutter Kite. Accelerated by MaxCDN Content Delivery Network. It lets you visualize where people are, as well as know what they’re doing via notes. So there you go. Want to really be the best micro-blogging service?

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Sprout Social

JULY 20, 2022

Here’s what to outline to set your company up for social success: 1. Why does your business need a new enterprise social media management tool? Enterprise social network: Slack. Companies use this enterprise social network to promote internal communication through direct messaging and group channels.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 3, 2010

Many companies that have not embraced social media marketing often do so because of the fear of an uncontrolled message. I am just working on a social media strategy for my thesis in a German company. Accelerated by MaxCDN Content Delivery Network. I’m so glad his account is back up and running!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 18, 2010

Reply Claire Chapman August 19, 2010 at 9:21 am And I also just referenced you on my company blog as I was writing inspired by this and the discussions about Facebook Places (which isn’t even live in the UK yet!) Accelerated by MaxCDN Content Delivery Network. Thanks Deb! This blog is written and maintained by Tamar Weinberg.

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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

MARCH 17, 2010

In no particular order, here they are: Make Friends In the Industry Community Managing is super easy when you’re working for a well-known tech company in the middle of Silicon Valley. But what if you’re Community Managing for a company that makes matchbooks? Who are the heavy hitters? So put keywords in your titles.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 28, 2010

The letter “C&# could be a lot of things, like “content,&# “consistency,&# and “community,&# but customer service is a big part of the evolution of social media. The role of customer service online is becoming equivalent to social media marketing. Kirtsy and Other Niche Social Networks.

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Social Media Strategy Yahoo Communities 278

Keyhole.co

OCTOBER 7, 2020

While the average person may not want to know everything that’s said about them online, that information is invaluable for any company. In this blog, we’ll cover the basics of sentiment analysis tools, and why every company should use them. That’s what sentiment analysis tools are for. We hope you feel positively about that!

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Can you describe what your company does in 120 characters or less? Social media is about people, not logos. If you’re a small company, congratulations, this should be pretty easy. If you’re a big company, how can you act small again? Social media strategy consulting details here. What’s the Point?

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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?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 12, 2010

Granted, some companies use MySpace quite efficiently , but I feel that it targets a different demographic. Reply FreeMarket Media Group March 2, 2008 at 4:15 pm I am pretty liberal when accepting friends on the Social Networking sites. Accelerated by MaxCDN Content Delivery Network. If you are doing business, cast a wider net!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 5, 2010

In fact, you’re likely spotting the shift; instead of companies posting their URLs on television commercials, they’re asking their followers to join them on Facebook. If you are officially representing your company, you’d want to create an Official Page. After all, Facebook could eat the web. Need some inspiration?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2012

Think instead about social media traffic, good content, a cleanly coded website, slow progressive growth, and your site’s authority. This post is a somewhat technical approach toward dealing with duplicate content issues. How many of these new tactics have you adopted? Does Google PageRank Really Matter? :

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