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. Answers Yahoo!

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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. There have also been doctors that have used social networking tools, like Twitter, during surgery. GetSatisfaction provides a way for companies to do that. Answers Yahoo!

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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

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Social Media Advertising Building your personal brand is about interacting with others and establishing your credentials. Logging onto social networks only to propagate self aggrandizing propaganda will turn off potential clients. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 19, 2010

Social media can help you create a long-term relationship with your consumer that ensures they continue to visit you, and not a competitor. 3: Large Brands – Bigger brands have two things that smaller companies don’t: an already built community, and money. I would add that social media has changed the game for companies.

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The Marketing Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2008

In addition, I’ve started using the microblogging utility ‘ Twitter ‘ a little bit more. Entrepreneurship graph will rise in 2009 This one is from my friend Nimesh on Windchimes corporate blog – ‘Social Media Predictions for 2009′ More entrepreneurs in the coming year? Fresh grads, corp.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 22, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Internet , Marketing > How You Can Benefit from Real Time Search How You Can Benefit from Real Time Search by Tamar Weinberg on April 22, 2010 Share This is a guest post by Evan Britton, founder of Sency. Answers Yahoo!

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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 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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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. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us Answers Yahoo!

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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. Answers Yahoo!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 12, 2010

by Tamar Weinberg on December 19, 2007 Share How do you leverage different social networks? I am fascinated by the amount of social networks that I’m part of, but better yet, I’m intrigued to find that I assume different “personas,&# at least in terms of choosing friends (and using the networks), on each social site.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 18, 2010

Here are five steps you can take: Review In a committed relationship, if there is any hint of disagreement in the social space, it’s time to sit down and look at one another’s social networks. Most of my social network profiles are business-related, however I have reserved a couple for friends and family only.

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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

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 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

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. Answers Yahoo!

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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

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. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us Buzz YouTube Tamar Weinberg is a social media enthusiast with a passion for all things tech and productivity.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

A few months ago, Brian Solis talked about an off-topic pitch about a social network for plants. Somehow, I think nature lovers would be more interested in socializing shrubbery.) Some have gone as far as outing the companies who have trodden down this path. I’m sure you can relate. Answers Yahoo!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

NOVEMBER 26, 2007

The internet and technology ownership has changed everything: digital TV, mobile phones, iPods, weblogs, instant messaging, [and] social networking. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised though, misery loves company right? As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us

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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. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us Answers Yahoo!

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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

JUNE 3, 2010

This is especially true of other social networks, especially ones where you were originally untrusted. 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.

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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

JULY 15, 2010

As my company builds out our first blog- there are great tips in here, thank you. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us Kirtsy Likaholix LinkedIn Mahalo Mento Mixx MyBlogLog MySpace Plurk Pownce Propeller Reddit SEOmoz Sphinn StumbleUpon Technorati Toluu Twitter Wikipedia Yahoo!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 1, 2008

There was only one occasion when the users were able to make a lasting impression on the social news site. If you also ask me, Digg has had a lot of vocal supporters and those voices are going to be preaching about other social networks now. It’s hard to say if that will happen again.

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Hootsuite

APRIL 6, 2023

Unfortunately, the site’s spike in popularity in 2003 caught the company by surprise. This moment essentially marked the beginning of social media influencers. Along with WeChat and Douyin, Weibo remains one of the most popular social networks in China. and really set the tone for future tweets.

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SocMed Sean

APRIL 5, 2012

Okay…I have to admit that I find these types of tweets mildly humorous: or It’s not that I find the pain of employees funny, but the shortsightedness of companies in their efforts to ignore new technologies always makes me wonder what they are thinking.

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Hootsuite

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Every business should have social media guidelines. That’s true even if your company is not on social media (psst: here’s how to get started ). Your employees are on social media. Social media guidelines lay down some rules. Think of them as an employee manual for social media best practices.

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Webbiquity SMM

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Because virtually 100% of companies are now involved in social media—whether they acknowledge it or not. Even without any formal plan to use social media, every organization with more than a handful of employees (and many under that benchmark) is present in social media because people are talking about them.

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Buffer Social

OCTOBER 25, 2018

It seems that while QQ, a desktop-native platform, used to be the top social media platform in China, WeChat, a messaging app from the same parent company, has taken over its place. Tumblr is a microblogging and social networking site for sharing text, photos, links, videos, audios, and more.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 9, 2008

Reddit and Mixx , on the other hand, live on a karma system. I can’t compare this kind of competitiveness to that on Reddit or Mixx, because the metrics available are only the karma points (and associated awards) but no real rankings. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

MAY 19, 2010

In a recent poll by the TSIA o f firms using social media – 68% of companies don’t know or can’t measure the ROI of social media. Which is a real shame and if that’s the case for you I would argue that you are focusing your social media efforts in the wrong place! Share this on Reddit. Tweet This!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 6, 2008

In the past few months, I’ve dealt with companies who are unfortunate victims of bad links in Google, but those links refer to incidents that are years old (and are even resolved). Public safety comes first but reputation management is something the company may want to engage in. Hope you get better.

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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? Social Media isn’t only Social Networks.

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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 ? I think that where we are will continue to evolve, but we’re seeing that face-to-face connections have a role in social media marketing as well. You need to keep your current customers happy.

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