Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 19, 2010

One of the most common questions in social media is – “is it worth it?”. Because of the nature of the marketing tool, each industry differs to the point that people just aren’t sure. Every industry can benefit from social media. To determine returns, we’re forced to think in industries.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

OCTOBER 28, 2014

With the rise of Facebook’s popularity, the launch of Twitter, and the surge of influence from social news sites like Digg, social media looked to be a great breeding ground for marketers to make their mark. Digg was an incredibly powerful platform to drive traffic and pageviews to reasonably good content.

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Webbiquity SMM

OCTOBER 13, 2010

Other than your company’s website, most mentions were likely in well-known online news sites or trade industry publication sites. I’ve used this tool on behalf of small clients for finding hundreds of key influencers on Twitter, blogs and various other social networking sites and forums.

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Proactive Report

MAY 24, 2012

But in most cases a brand ambassador is likely to be someone with a decent following online, either on their blog, Facebook, Twitter or other social news sites like Digg , Reddit or StumbleUpon. Do a social audit and locate everyone who speaks positively about your brand. Give them access to content no one else has.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2011

Based on specific criteria, normally actionable takeaways and evergreen content, I review the content and post it here to share with Techipedia readers and new visitors. The content is typically introductory but occasionally more intermediate/advanced, so there’s a mix that should work for everyone. SEO: Strategy.

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Freelance Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2008

Industry CSS Globe DesignRelated DevelopersNiche Hacker News Slashdot Tweako SWiK Teens eCRUSH eSpintheBottle Profile Heaven Student.com Stardoll Teenwag Travel/Vaction TravBuddy Travellerspoint Trip Advisor Woophy Video Broadcaster Friction.tv

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Social Media Marketing

APRIL 3, 2013

A roundup of relevant links affecting our industry. Take a look at the star-studded (okay, Internet stars) video they produced to announce it: Industry More small business owners say they find LinkedIn, Twitter and YouTube more effective than previously. More on content marketing: Writing sucks, and it’s hard.

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ProBlogger

MAY 19, 2022

If you want them to find information or read content, a web site is still the most ideal place for this. Among those, audio and video content consumptions have shifted from computer to portable devices and TV screens. A blog is no longer used to merely publish blog type content. Email newsletter. Blog RSS feeds. Podcast feed.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 16, 2008

Where : Black Finn NY, 218 East 53rd Street Who : Yours truly and a bunch of awesome people who are flying in to NY to attend the Search Engine Strategies conference Why : Because you know you want to support a charity and hang out with some of the biggest search industry leaders Will I see you there?? I hope so!?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 1, 2010

Are you looking to become an industry expert, or are you focused on establishing your company’s name, or both? Here are ten tips that will help you on your journey: Discover your brand A lot of people are rushing to get on social networks, and are forgetting to fill out their profiles, or what their purpose of participation is.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 12, 2010

Now consider your industry. I’m sure the internet marketing industry isn’t alone in this regard. In due time, that started to change as I built face-to-face relationships with co-workers and then started building friendships in the industry. My industry (internet marketing/blogging) connections (who are 99.7%

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ProBlogger

MAY 19, 2022

If you want them to find information or read content, a web site is still the most ideal place for this. Among those, audio and video content consumptions have shifted from computer to portable devices and TV screens. A blog is no longer used to merely publish blog type content. Email newsletter. Blog RSS feeds. Podcast feed.

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Razor Social

MARCH 30, 2016

Track your social media analytics in relation to what you monitor and produce reports. Check out our social media analytics compass. Your reputation is so important online because both bad and good news spread quite quickly. The influencer report is cool – you can view the top influencers who are sharing your content.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 18, 2010

Social media gives businesses on small budgets the ability to find out what people are saying about them (and others) in their industry, without paying large sums on market research. With your ear to the ground on social media, you’ll be the first to know if your product is working or if changes need to be made.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2012

Think instead about social media traffic, good content, a cleanly coded website, slow progressive growth, and your site’s authority. This post is a somewhat technical approach toward dealing with duplicate content issues. How many of these new tactics have you adopted? Does Google PageRank Really Matter? :

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Keyhole.co

OCTOBER 7, 2020

It automatically tracks sentiment across social, news, blogs, videos, forums, and reviews, with the option to manually change the sentiment score. MonkeyLearn is a text analysis and data visualization suite that provides sentiment analysis templates customized to different platforms, whether it’s social media, reviews, or surveys.

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Saying It Social

MARCH 11, 2010

Saying It Social Your Social Media Marketing Resource Home About Polls Our Services Testimonials Free Tools for Social SEO Plenty of bloggers are talking about the inevitable intersection of social media marketing and search engine optimization.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 10, 2010

A few weeks ago, another person connected with me on Facebook who was referred to me by a social media buddy I never actually met. “I am a relatively new internet marketer trying to break into the industry,&# he wrote. “What are good companies to target? Should I learn a specific skillset?&#

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

There are a few jokes going around the blogosphere right now regarding what it means to be a social media expert. Because of this, I believe the influencers in any niche should be the people who are the most passionate about their industry doing well. Deliver smart, innovative, to the point content that provides genuine value.

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Viper Chill

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

In my post on how to become a niche rockstar I said that in order to be at the top of your industry (in a lot of cases online) it’s important to know as much about it as possible. In that particular post I looked at the green industry from the perspective of a blogger and shared some of my findings.

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Viper Chill

APRIL 25, 2012

Not only will you learn why I think most blogging advice is dated and ineffective, but I’ll also reveal where I believe this entire industry is heading, so you can stay ahead of the competition. The number one reason Leo Babauta dominated the personal development industry in two months. The magazine industry is crumbling.

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Buffer Social

JUNE 16, 2016

I have the amazing privilege of speaking with social media managers from a variety of brands and industries around the world on a daily basis. More than 25% of social media managers said their #1 project was content creation. Scheduling content. I consider myself a pretty lucky guy. Growing an audience.

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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. Does social media convert?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 20, 2007

As Tamar pointed out, it’s a social news site, not a network and I could care less about how often profiles are updated. Folks that spent considerable time on Digg prior to the update, by and large, were looking for a social news site. It’s a social site with news secondary. Is there any?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 15, 2008

rants, and funny posts about the search marketing industry in general. Accelerated by MaxCDN Content Delivery Network. In addition to a bit over overlap from my previous post, Matt covers other categories pertinent to search marketing, including local search, search technology (e.g. robots.txt, IP questions for hosting, etc.),

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 27, 2008

While some argue that StumbleUpon traffic is targeted, the broad nature of content categories and misclassification of content means this is rarely the case. As such, it has been selected as the generic social network of choice. All three sites at the centerr of this analysis sit within the online marketing and search industry.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 15, 2009

There are two things that act as an extension to social media: #1: great customer service, especially since everything is now public, and #2: great content, so that you can do something that is clearly remarkable that people would want to talk about. Great content, #2, works across the board for social media.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Consistency If you want your blog to be recognized as a household name, you better be consistent at providing quality content on a regular basis. Bloggers like Valeria Maltoni of Conversation Agent , who don’t have a team of bloggers at arm’s length, offer content on a very regular basis (in Valeria’s case, 6 days a week).

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

OCTOBER 7, 2010

He also posts on their blog where he focusses on covering new hardware releases in the print industry. Accelerated by MaxCDN Content Delivery Network. When he isn’t writing guest posts, James analyses and reviews printer hardware and accessories. Photos by Shutterstock. © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 14, 2009

It’s emotional content in whatever media you express yourself best in.&# Earlier this year, Epic Change also utilized business/entrepreneur social media site Ideablob to help raise money to build a technology lab at a Tanzanian school. He calls this “social media human resources.&# © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg.

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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. Accelerated by MaxCDN Content Delivery Network. © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

OCTOBER 22, 2009

Effectively, they’re porting their press release information to the wide open, and perhaps going a little more granular by featuring content specific to elements of iTunes. First, I’m going to say kudos to Apple for trying involve themselves in the world of social media. Accelerated by MaxCDN Content Delivery Network.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

OCTOBER 19, 2009

I started poring through the “list&# of people I’ve met over the past 3 years at industry trade shows and events in my mind to see if anyone else really came close to the level of caring that Chris and Gary exhibited when they met with people face-to-face. Accelerated by MaxCDN Content Delivery Network.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 12, 2010

It comes with my social media maturity , I suppose. To answer some questions, Industry connections are those I know through the search industry (primarily) but I have not yet met in person. Industry colleagues are those I have met in person (typically in a casual atmosphere or at conferences). LinkedIn is a industry tool.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 22, 2010

If you’re in this industry in some capacity, please participate — it doesn’t take too long. Accelerated by MaxCDN Content Delivery Network. . * Disclosure: This guest post was written by Evan Britton, founder of Sency. Tiger Woods photo by Shutterstock. This blog is written and maintained by Tamar Weinberg.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 12, 2010

Here are three examples of brands that appear to be taking this message to heart: Fandango.com Best-known as a portal for buying movie tickets online, the site is actually quite diverse in terms of its content offerings. That’s good stuff, but what makes the website truly great is the inordinate amount of social and mobile integration.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2010

How to Build a Social Media Cheat Sheet in Any Topic (ReadWriteWeb): Marshall Kirkpatrick writes an amazing guide on how you can find thought leaders in any industry. 10 Creative Contests Powered by Social Media (Mashable): You can use social media to do many things: build community, make business decisions, and more. (The

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