Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

OCTOBER 22, 2009

If it was a Comcast product, you’d get a near immediate response from Frank Eliason , the company’s Director of Digital Care. It can instill faith that your customers have in your company. If you’re going to dive in the social media world, you need to understand what it means to be “social.&#

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 18, 2010

After all, spending time, money, and other precious resources on social media marketing before you have an understanding of what it can do for you is kind of like putting the cart before the horse (not advisable). It finds your customers Companies using traditional marketing methods (e.g. It introduces your brand Is your company new?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 28, 2010

Kirtsy and Other Niche Social Networks. Did you know there’s a social news website catered to women called Kirtsy ? Kirtsy is a social news network; there are also forums and even Yahoo! That’s one of the biggest reasons for companies not to engage in social media at all.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 26, 2009

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.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 15, 2009

That’s why social media is important. 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.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2011

Basically it lets you see which websites use the same hosting company, have the same IP addresses and use the same Google Analytics and Google Adsense tracking codes. Google Reader Subscriber Counts. In Google Reader you can see how many people are subscribing just via Google.

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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

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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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 18, 2009

Marketing type folk, especially those representing a company’s service or product offerings, turn to blogs and ask to be mentioned in the blog. Instead of emailing a blogger to include your company’s service in a specific blog post that has already been in the public arena for three years, comment on the post. Great stuff!

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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. 12484 SUBSCRIBERS FOLLOWERS Lijit Search Read more about The New Community Rules Get Techipedia on your iPhone or iPod touch!

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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).

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

OCTOBER 19, 2009

He is extremely devoted to empowering individuals and companies about marketing, networking, reciprocity, and social media. 12484 SUBSCRIBERS FOLLOWERS Lijit Search Read more about The New Community Rules Get Techipedia on your iPhone or iPod touch! He gets up when it’s dark. They care about their followers.

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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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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 21, 2009

Only when the landscaping company mowed down the guy’s vegetable garden and did not rectify the situation seven weeks later did the guy decide to make a public spectacle of the situation. Sure, there are probably a few things you can point out that should work in the company’s favor. How many people really want that?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

There was a hostage situation at the parent company, Discovery Communications, on the first of the month. By this point, it was evident that it was going to be difficult to reach a representative on behalf of a company about an issue that actually has some legitimacy. Today, we’re in a many-to-many relationship.

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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. 12484 SUBSCRIBERS FOLLOWERS Lijit Search Read more about The New Community Rules Get Techipedia on your iPhone or iPod touch! Building relationships takes time, energy and effort.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 12, 2010

Reply Lauren Kates May 12, 2010 at 1:50 pm OH MY GOD I have come across this EXACT situation with my company and was looking for an article just like this. One of the things I look for nowadays when I visit sites is how well they’re integrating their social network presences. It’s much appreciated.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 28, 2010

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. 12484 SUBSCRIBERS FOLLOWERS Lijit Search Read more about The New Community Rules Get Techipedia on your iPhone or iPod touch!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 19, 2008

Here are three cases that were blown way out of proportion but could have been handled a lot better if the companies thought of the consequences before acting. There’s a bottom line: it’s a lot harder to sweep your mistakes under the rug, especially as a company in a world of conversing markets.

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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. 12484 SUBSCRIBERS FOLLOWERS Lijit Search Read more about The New Community Rules Get Techipedia on your iPhone or iPod touch!

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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

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. I know I would.)

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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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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 22, 2009

For a big company account, it’s difficult to actually engage all day long (and all week long, especially if you’re a 9-5 shop). Even if you’re a small company, the keyword following options are superior, and it’s a lot of fun to actually get statistical data to see how well you’re doing.

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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. I turned off the posts on Buzz mostly for the issue that Google doesn’t truncate the posts.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 16, 2010

People are following AT&T because they care about AT&T, not about some no-name behind the company. Reply Katie Frothingham July 26, 2010 at 5:32 pm Sometimes social networking and PPC ad campaigns just aren’t enough, no? Most retargeting companies utilize ANONYMOUS pixeling. Yes, I did just say that.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 24, 2008

Quite frankly, I don’t think there’s really a good person running the company. A good company leader would actually recognize that a social news network implies that there are participants involved and that the users are the most important part of the service. reddit used to be cool.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 10, 2008

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. Social news is about reciprocal relationships. The key to success is moderation.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 7, 2010

Meanwhile, I’ve been working on building out a social media strategic plan for a really interesting company. Their social media efforts were spearheaded by a guy who looks like a nice dude, but after studying his personal Twitter feed, it was almost the same kind of thing: the process was almost wholly automated.

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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. 12484 SUBSCRIBERS FOLLOWERS Lijit Search Read more about The New Community Rules Get Techipedia on your iPhone or iPod touch!

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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. As a side point, Google is a bigger beast and it has tens or hundreds of staff members visiting forums and moderating groups to ensure that the user experience is a good one. Time will only tell.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 8, 2010

A few months ago, I worked on a campaign for a rather large company who did some video promotion to get individuals to spread the word. As representatives of companies, your personal brand should align at least professionally with your company brand. Companies need to leverage different social media channels if they want buyers.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 10, 2010

. “I am a relatively new internet marketer trying to break into the industry,&# he wrote. “What are good companies to target? Some of the sites I recommend for educational materials include: Free Sphinn : Sphinn is an Internet Marketing social news site. Should I learn a specific skillset?&# Word travels.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 2, 2010

This gave the the company the opportunity to test design, load times, and focus on optimization techniques as well as considering hardware upgrades as the user base increased. 12484 SUBSCRIBERS FOLLOWERS Lijit Search Read more about The New Community Rules Get Techipedia on your iPhone or iPod touch! Facebook is clean and usable.

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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

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. I’m sure you can relate.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 29, 2008

I was able to interview Dave, one of the brilliant minds behind the company and the game, and he has given some really great information about the viral marketing piece, including the costs and the execution. Tamar : What does your company do? Tamar : What does your company do? Tamar : What inspired you to do the accent game?

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