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11 Common Mistakes That People Make With Their Personal Brands.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

To have credibility, you need to have other people in your field willing and able to testify to your competence. People will expect you to back up your brand with the truth, so when you fail to perform, they immediately begin to question your competence. Rather than stay in your own zone all the time, get out there and meet people.

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Content Aggregators are Killing Content Creators

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MBA 101: you can only compete on price or product differentiation. A lot of the major content producers like publishing groups have too much overhead to compete on price with bloggers etc and there’s too many places to get the same content so they can’t differentiate. Answers Yahoo!

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Why Customer Service Should Be in Your Social Media Marketing Strategy

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

We have embarassing pictures in Google Maps , videos about the death of an innocent man in the hands of a “competent&# cop , and even Yelp reviews that can damage your personal reputation , never mind your business. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us Answers Yahoo!

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7 Deadly Blog Writing Sins

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

In fact, not only does your blog need to stand out from the average ones that are popping up every day, but you also need to compete with established blogs, with their loyal fan bases, that have been around for years. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us Answers Yahoo!

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

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

How does one small hotel possibly compete with these hotel franchises? 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. Is it even possible? We can say that it is. Answers Yahoo!

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How Young is Too Young?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Reply Nicole Dominguez June 10, 2010 at 10:05 am As a young blogger myself, I find it hard to compete with those adults that are older than me. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us I just checked out your blog and it’s great. Answers Yahoo!

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Your Guide to the Crowdsourced Workforce - ReadWriteWeb

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Generally, these sites exist in the form of graphic design contest web sites where clients put up a call for submissions for a piece of graphic design work, and designers compete for a cash prize by submitting designs. For developers competing for business - take a look at the online demo of the Bitrix Virtual Lab: [link]. social news.