Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 31, 2008

I went to the West Coast for the first time to attend search engine conferences, with trips to Seattle, San Jose (twice!), The idea of this meme is somewhat like previous memes , but it’s four times full of fun. You’re given four questions and you need to provide four answers. I’ve traveled more than ever before.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 31, 2009

One of the ways that Twitter has been used (other than listed above) has been by conferences like South by Southwest (SXSW) and Gnomedex. The best way to use it is create a hashtag, explain what you are trying to accomplish, and have your followers tweet away. Facebook Create a Facebook Page and tell everyone about it.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 4, 2010

When you go to a conference in Manhattan, you probably seek out hotels that you’ve also heard of. I personally learned about Roger Smith Hotel at a social media conference and was told that it’s the place to be. I first really learned about RSH at the conference we were at together, Betsy. We think so!

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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. Spam engineer guy Matt Cutts has his own blog where he talks about his personal life and all things Google. It’s hard to say if that will happen again. Time will only tell.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Of course, it doesn’t hurt to have sat next to you, Tamar, at enough search industry conferences to know you don’t blog about plants. One of the ways we try to keep from winning such a mythical award is the read blogs several times before we ever contact them. Let’s do it!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 12, 2010

Industry colleagues are those I have met in person (typically in a casual atmosphere or at conferences). Social media connections are those I know through a variety of online forums, the blogosphere, Twitter, and the like (but I generally don’t befriend someone immediately; I still give it time).

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 12, 2009

RCCL’s own words at that conference tells the tale: Hannock noted, “The key to success in viral marketing is to subtly influence the influencers without them overtly realizing they are being influenced.” I could not say what the timing was without researching the dates of the conference.

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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

Many of them (more than half) were individuals I met at search conferences, but other conferences (SXSW, events that Mashable was involved in in the capacity of host or media sponsor, and the first IZEAFest) also represented my Industry connections.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 27, 2009

I don’t necessarily expect to meet with those folks immediately; often, these powerful relationships are formed online, and I then try to learn what I can about the blogger himself/herself and follow up, normally at a conference or industry event. But sometimes there are surprises in every single meeting.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 4, 2008

As all conferences I’ve attended, it was a great one, and by far the best part was the smallness of the conference overall which really helped the networking efforts. As for the sessions I liveblogged, there were eleven in total (see the Search Engine Roundtable’s SMX West coverage for details).

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

As mentioned at the beginning of this article, one blog post cant possibly cover all that is social media. Extra Credit: OPML for Social Media U. Social Media is being discussed as a platform for teaching in one Education department I know; would you like to teach your online students in an environment like Second Life?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 22, 2009

I’d love to see a mute – particularly for “twilight&# , “biggest loser&# “football&# or the latest hashtag of a conference I couldn’t attend. Reply manolo blahnik shoes January 22, 2010 at 7:55 am great post Tamar, I agree that social media like Facebook and Twitter greatly help me.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 29, 2010

I actually had a client call me out on stage once, in front of like 800 people at a conference, in an attempt to pay me a compliment. Reply Jim "Genuine" Turner July 30, 2010 at 12:50 pm Yemi, That reminds me of the “Boiler Room&# when Ben Affleck has everyone in the conference room. I could have strangled the guy. Great post!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

OCTOBER 19, 2009

Both are incredibly popular public facing success stories with very strong brands, traveling often to make public appearances at a variety of conferences and venues. But while that’s a common trait about both marketers, that’s only the end result. It’s in the way that both Chris and Gary got there that is important.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

But, again, it’s worth it, and it doesn’t cost as much as attending a conference on the West coast, paying for a magazine ad, or a TV ad, etc… so, when comparing options, I believe social media is inexpensive. link] Yvonne DiVita I disagree, a little bit, with #1 – social media is inexpensive.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 10, 2008

Search and sharing semi-private information is a big trend and will play a big part in the next few years, but [us sharing information with search engines] is really not us. But we should understand the trends in the world and this is a conference to do that at because the attendees are engineers, artists, designers, and developers.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 8, 2010

Social Media is Often Permanent Everything you do and say online can be used against you. Those mistakes you make when blogging could harm your reputation because search engines do not easily forget, and negative messages can be spread like wildfire thanks to the potential of the Internet. It’s not cheap in your time investment.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 5, 2010

Be on your best behavior — after all, good customer service is good social media marketing. You may find opportunities to host real life events, be them at conferences or whatever else. Growth can be a good thing. This is especially true of businesses who have a brick and mortar location and even better for businesses.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2011

How to: Calculate the ROI of Your Social Media Campaign (Mashable): Jamie Turner offers suggestions on understanding qualitative, quantitative, and ROI metrics. The Perfect Social Media Measurement Plan (Search Engine Land): Brian Massey illustrates a system that gives reliable conversion data to a spreadsheet automatically.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 14, 2010

Market saturation brings lots and lots of experts , many of whom think Twitter is a shiny new object and are ready to write books, charge $2000 for conferences where they promise TWITTER TIPS AND TRICKS THAT NOBODY HAS SEEN BEFORE (in caps!), However, expecting freebies all the time is audacious.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 14, 2009

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) : The SEO Success Pyramid : Matt McGee talks about the process of making great websites. Online SEO Tools: The Ultimate Collection : At Search Engine Journal, Ann Smarty has compiled a list of the most valuable tools to perform SEO analysis. Every post is a winner! What is the Definition of SEO?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 24, 2010

Matt Cutts Matt Cutts is a blogger and Principal Engineer at Google, where he heads Google’s Webspam team. Danny Sullivan Danny Sullivan is the Editor-in-Chief of Search Engine Land. He also founded Search Engine Watch. He also co-founded Weblogs Inc. and the Silicon Alley Reporter. Do something epic. And do it often.

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JUNE 6, 2011

Marty’s an international speaker at Search Engine Strategies (SES), Search Marketing Expo, SEMpdx and PubCon conferences. He is an industry expert in the areas of SEO, interactive and digital technologies and author of Search Engine Marketing and several more books. His popular “home&# publication is aimClear Blog.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 10, 2008

Social News (Digg, Sphinn, Mixx, Reddit, Tip’d, and a whole load of related sites) Submitting only your own articles and posts to social media sites. Social news is about reciprocal relationships. Submitting a story to a social news site that is completely off-topic. Excess converts to spam.

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Viper Chill

APRIL 25, 2012

As Ruud Hein points out over at Search Engine People, their homepage is also huge. That’s more than five times the length of the New York Times homepage at 3,900 pixels. ” News sites like this – besides doing things like conferences and sponsored posts – have to largely rely on advertising to generate revenue.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 28, 2010

Just recently our CEO was appearing at a conference and I wanted to leave a message on the conference’s wall saying “stop by and say hi,&# but didn’t want to leave it as from me, personally. My biggest grievance is not being able to comment on other pages as a representative of our Page, but as an individual.

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