Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

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When to Thank Your Social Media Fans

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

The articles either end there or conclude with a self-congratulatory remark by a company rep. These stories – and the campaigns and companies they showcase – are missing an important element: the human element. Now, it’s more than just at award time when companies when should express gratitude – although I’ll speak about that later.

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How to Hire Your Social Media Marketing Partner

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

After taking the social media plunge, companies quickly discover that it is vastly more complicated and time-consuming than they thought. But companies must avoid a panicky response, because hiring a social media marketing (SMM) partner requires careful study. Possible downsides are cost and lack of flexibility.

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How More Calls and Conversations Will Provide You with Strategic Business Intelligence

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

And when you place a number like this in all of your advertisements, business materials, marketing materials, and promotional items it is going the extra mile – doing the leg-work of identifying your company and maintaining a consistent image in your market. Analyze Call Metrics to Measure Campaign Effectiveness.

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Best Internet Marketing Posts of 2009

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Creating Your Social Media Plan (Outspoken Media): This good primer talks about securing your brand, setting metrics, knowing who you are, setting a presence, engaging, and assessing success. Social Media Metrics: What We Need to Track Sales (Samir Balwani): Samir Balwani writes a great post on some of the ways you get ROI from social media.

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10 Community Manager Responsibilities that Don't Involve Twitter.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

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? An audience just sits and listens.

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Creating Passionate Customers: Brand Evangelism and What it Means.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Brand evangelism is a word of mouth marketing tactic in which the ardent supporters of your service or product feel so passionately about your offerings that they act as unofficial spokespeople on your company’s behalf. They are cheerleaders on the sidelines and they’re rooting for your team. What do you have to lose?

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Best Internet Marketing Posts of 2011

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Sign up right now at a totally reduced cost for 2012 for a limited time. The answer is no, but it’s still a metric that is close to Larry Page’s heart. 10 Metrics to Check When Your Traffic Crashes : With Google consistently trying to provide the best search experience, your rankings may fall at any time.

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