Firebelly

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

On Tuesday of this week, Google launched Google Buzz that allows people to share updates, photos/videos and start conversations from within Gmail. Yahoo responded at its SearchSpeak event on Wednesday, saying they had incorporated social features into there email system over a year ago. What do you think?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 9, 2007

Every conversation shifted to Twitter, as folks recognized that they can brand themselves and their businesses through a Twitter identity. Thanks much to Brett and the WebmasterWorld team (Neil, Scott, and the rest of that wonderful bunch) for putting together a great event! Keep it up, see you at the next event. Answers Yahoo!

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Firebelly

OCTOBER 26, 2009

But at the same time the same rules that apply to real life conversations also apply to Twitter. However, Tweets like "I'm enjoying the best steak I've ever had at Fogo de Chao" results in conversation. #1, It is really cool to see that my friends are so dedicated and it's actually a great conversation piece.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JULY 7, 2008

Upcoming Events. 8) “Participating in the conversation&# is hollow advice for a large corporation: Too many give the advice of “join the conversation&# without enough guidance behind the surface. On June 29th, 2008, Jumping into the conversation? I spent a long time in a very large brand. Go join that!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 10, 2008

Chances are if they’re already using FriendFeed and have begun broadcasting events from numerous social networks, they are early adopters and are more savvy than the average social media user. It’s also a conversation medium. This way if I go to digg/reddit/SU before Friend Feed, I don’t see duplicates.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 25, 2010

He’d also have done the outreach personally since I’ve met the guy at social media events. It’s about building relationships, spending time on the networks, and having regular conversations with the people you want to connect with who you will value for more than just helping move the needle and getting to the bottom line.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 18, 2008

Plurk introduced a comment system which helps create a conversational feel. So marking a conversation or message, to be found easily later, should be one of the first features implemented. Share your experiences, memories and events with your friends and family. Make yourself heard, comment on news, stories and current affair.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 22, 2008

by Tamar Weinberg on February 22, 2008 Share This is a guest post from Pierre Far, who recently launched a very cool program called Social Alerter which notifies you as soon as your website has a solid chance of hitting the Digg or del.icio.us The time has come for companies to be part of the conversation. If so, how?

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ProBlogger

MAY 19, 2022

In fact, a blog is just a tool for publishing and conversing online. While people may visit Facebook or MySpace once a week, they regularly use Twitter several times a day. Industry events and seminars are great places to meet people besides getting cutting edge information, of course. Meet bloggers in person.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Unbelievable turnout (more than 260) for a first-time event, and tremendous kudos to Fred Von Graf , who organized it practically solo. Myspace also. includes slides & worksheet) [link to post] (RT @jaybaer) #smaz – Posted using Chat Catcher [link] Park Howell Sorry I missed you at today’s event. They always do.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 28, 2008

Increasingly, co-workers seem to figure theres no point in walking 10 feet to a colleagues desk and having a brief conversation when a 300-word e-mail mini-essay will do. For example, MySpace grew by 609% in one year, from just under 3.5 Digg this Post to del.icio.us Intranet Blog. About Us / Contact Us. Applications.

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ProBlogger

MAY 19, 2022

In fact, a blog is just a tool for publishing and conversing online. While people may visit Facebook or MySpace once a week, they regularly use Twitter several times a day. Industry events and seminars are great places to meet people besides getting cutting edge information, of course. Meet bloggers in person.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 4, 2010

Brian explains that “conversations are happening and it is up to me to either be part of them or not.&# I’ve learned that Roger Smith Hotel is a boutique hotel with event rooms suitable for parties and workshops. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca Answers Yahoo!

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 4, 2010

Blogging for Commerce Related to the first, but commerce-oriented blogs are more interested in conversion events than in traffic generation. Funneling traffic from the blog to some other Web destination (typically a corporate site or lead form) is the prime objective.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 30, 2008

Plurk: Real Nested Conversations Brought to the Microblogging Platform A few days ago, I noticed via Twitter search tool Summize that Aaron Brazell had been talking about me on his Twitter stream. Therefore, I suppose the nested conversations and time-line layout make complete sense. Even Quotably didn’t prove to be much help.

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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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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Your company needs to be part of that conversation. Social media is not about Facebook or MySpace or Flickr or Twitter or blogs or YouTube. But, fortunately there are some pretty sweet tools out there to help me find the right people to engage in conversation. It doesn’t matter what industry you’re in.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Be it MySpace or Facebook or whatever network works for your target demographic, companies and individuals interested in maintaining their personal brand need to establish and maintain a presence on social networks - especially if youre looking to connect with the younger crowd. No jumping through hoops to keep your information private.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 23, 2010

Also, while I think it’s somewhat less likely that a first-time visitor will tweet or Digg or Stumble your work (I’d love to see a study on that), you should make that process as easy as possible as well. Pay attention to your statistics with regard to calls to actions.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 8, 2008

The scope of marketing needs to be broadened in view of the new dynamics that have employees, customers and prospects engaged in conversations – horizontally, peer to peer, in some cases even in co-opetition situations. Also, one story on the Digg home page does not an expert make. Others aren’t.

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Firebelly

AUGUST 13, 2010

Facebook says that, in addition to special celebrity-oriented videos, the live video channel will also be used for official Facebook announcements, press events, live chats with Facebook engineers and live streaming of its developer conference, f8. Is Twitter for Business Even Worth the Trouble? By Jay Baer We built our own Frankenstein.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2010

These posts are not in response to newsworthy events, nor are they displayed in any particular order. The Poetry of Social Networking to Court Customers and Invest in Relationships (Brian Solis): Brian Solis shares his foreword to Sean Percival’s book, MySpace Marketing. Every year, I can only read so many articles.

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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. I really try to get to know these people who I converse with online. Answers Yahoo!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 5, 2010

This method is smart because it helps build interest on another platform and drives conversions directly on their home base. You may find opportunities to host real life events, be them at conferences or whatever else. Why not invite your Facebook fans to a special event at your venue? Growth can be a good thing.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 17, 2010

So if you’re spending $200 a day on your Social Media campaign, and let’s say your product is $100 worth per item, let’s say you’re bringing 100 people to the website, and your Google Analytics shows a 15% conversion rate to a warm lead, and a 15% conversion rate of warm leads to paying clients purchasing one item.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 12, 2010

Digg is now part of social media and will be explained in the final chart. 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 1, 2010

Anyway, thanks both of you, for your thoughtful conversation on the issue. In any event, the blog will be made over soon enough. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca I don’t know what to say. No one ever tells me though… Just my own take on things. Answers Yahoo!

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 15, 2010

Have you added the ability for email recipients to share content on Twitter, Facebook, Digg and elsewhere? A major component of answering those questions effectively is understanding in which social outposts your customers are concentrated. Add data collection fields for Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin (at a minimum).

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 10, 2008

Here we go with the highly-talked-about keynote presentation at South by Southwest… Just like an Apple keynote, they tried to build up some serious momentum for this event. Personally, having sat next to Daniel Terdiman of CNet, I heard (and understand) both perspectives after having liveblogged the entire event.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 29, 2010

Somehow, individuals forget along the way that costs accrue when considering the venue, food, exhibit hall, and the staff required on hand to run the event smoothly. And featured it in a big presentation I did at an event here, too — so, trying to give back! It usually ends the conversation right there. Guilty as charged!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2009

Social Media Sites: General The Big Boys of Social Bookmarking: The Top 20 Sites (10e20): Chris Winfield ranks the top 20 social bookmarking sites by their Alexa rankings and gives a short description of what each does — in case you haven’t ventured beyond Digg.

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Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 10, 2011

Having long ago passed MySpace as the most popular social network, Facebook recently replaced Google as the most-visited website in the U.S. If you know that and have an upcoming event in that region, you could send separate wall posts in French and English to your Quebec fans based on the language they prefer. Related Posts.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

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). Personal accounts of everyday events is what made Dooce and the Bloggess so successful. How does one do this?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 21, 2008

The final, successful inquiry started with Kristin at online conversation site Threewayaction.com, then moved to Becky-Says’ blog. Gabrielle then (claiming someone helped her) set up a ChipIn account, which was promoted on Digg and StumbleUpon by Lilly’s very close friend, DaveJazzHound.

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Webbiquity SMM

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

The Social Media Marketing List: 45 things you should be doing but probably aren’t by Conversation Marketing. Chris Tompkins suggests tailoring the style of your profiles in the big 3 social networks much as you’d dress differently for various types of business events. by Served Fresh Media. by {grow}.

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ProBlogger

MAY 7, 2018

A blog, podcast, event, job board, series of ebooks, and courses, all designed to help you to start an amazing blog to grow the audience on their blog, to create great content, and to build some profit around that blog as well. A great event run by Mike Stelzner and his team from Social Media Examiner.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

At business networking events, try to get to know people outside your group of trusted colleagues. Start conversing with the people you want to have follow you, and do it consistently. I had it for my NY METS buddies as we tend to have conversations that are lengthy which interferes with my twitter stream for biz but it was still me.

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