Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Social Media is optional It doesn’t matter what the demographics of your customers are. It doesn’t matter what industry you’re in. Your company needs to be part of that conversation. Working on campaigns for several clients and its been a slow haul, especially for a new brand. Bravo, man. Keep at it.

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Social Media Strategy Consultant Web 2.0 149

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.

Brands 133

Brands Message Boards Travel Forums 133

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.&# While I haven’t really gone for a night on the town, social media has given me a taste of what I’m missing. They set the trends for the industry. However, things have changed.

Hotels 245

Hotels Social Media Communities Discount 245

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. No matter what industry you’re in – get to know the people in your industry. Who are the heavy hitters? Who are the influencers?

Communities 237

Communities Twitter Web 2.0 ROI 237

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2010

These posts are not in response to newsworthy events, nor are they displayed in any particular order. But more than that, Mike’s post explains that social media is really about using social channels appropriately to communicate and converse — and as an extension of that, you might just end up being able to sell something.

Marketing 265

Marketing SEO Journal Engineering 265

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%

Facebook 233

Facebook LinkedIn Social Networking Microblogging 233

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. Yet with social media, there’s a perception that it’s easy to score freebies. It’s an excellent book — thank you for writing it.

Products 267

Products Consultant Price Social Media 267

Keyhole.co

OCTOBER 7, 2020

On top of sentiment analysis, Keyhole also offers influencer tracking, event monitoring, and market research capabilities. Con: Keyhole is a focused social and brand monitoring tool, so it doesn’t offer some of the deep text mining features of enterprise-level solutions—which aren’t needed by the majority of marketers.

Sentiment 59

Sentiment Analysis Tools Price 59

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. Some communities are very open to marketers being there and contributing to the conversation.

Social Media 163

Social Media Marketing Consultant Communities 163

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. Being able to work alongside the brightest minds in the industry can be extremely empowering.

Marketing 240

Marketing How To SEO Training 240

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.

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Yahoo StumbleUpon MySpace Meeting 154

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2012

Link Building for E-commerce Sites : Anchor text is important when it comes to link building – you want traffic but also conversions. Local SEO Tracking: How to Track Offline Conversions : Whether it’s by custom URLs or custom phone numbers, offline conversions can be tracked thanks to a bit of analytics know-how.

Marketing 264

Marketing SEO Case Study Small Business 264

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?

Blogosphere 278

Blogosphere Blogger Comments Tips 278

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 1, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Blogging , Industry News > Analysis of Five Top Blogs and What You Can Learn from Them Analysis of Five Top Blogs and What You Can Learn from Them by Tamar Weinberg on July 1, 2010 Share Inspired by my recent post on How Young is Too Young? ,

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Analysis Domain Name Blogger Adsense 226

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

You may find people who are surfing outside your social circle who might be potentially interested in your products. At business networking events, try to get to know people outside your group of trusted colleagues. To know people in my industry, but to talk about real life, humorous stuff 2. You never know who you might meet.

Twitter 205

Twitter Sports Microblogging HootSuite 205

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2011

I’m sure you’ll have a year (or more) of reading to do, but I know it’s worth it to empower you with all this great content that has been written by our industry peers. Quick Jump: Social Media: Getting Started, Implementation, and Execution. Social Media (and Beyond): Small Business. Let us count 34 ways.

Marketing 279

Marketing Affiliate marketing Small Business SEO 279

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?

Marketing 144

Marketing StumbleUpon SEO Reputation 144

Buffer Social

DECEMBER 13, 2022

And that’s the very reason why Twitter is an ideal site for marketing – it's the perfect place for brands and content creators to engage and converse with their consumers. In fact, RivalIQ looked at various industries on Twitter and found that the median rate of posting was five times a week.

Twitter 85

Twitter Small Business Hashtag Communities 85

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

PR people aren’t in the ad sales industry. If a blogger outreach consultant or social media agency emails you a story pitch, read their signature. In any event, I get paid to blog on some avenues and I also blog for free on others. In most cases, you’re not as important as you think you are.

Blogger 177

Blogger Press Release Advertising Review 177

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.

Sites 96

Sites Industry Blogger News 96

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 24, 2010

Don’t try impress me with your funding or whatever industry related things you think you do really well. My eyes glaze over at the site of industry jargon. Danny is currently Chief Content Officer of Third Door Media which operates the Sphinn social news site and organizes the popular Search Marketing Expo conference series.

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Influencer How To Press Release Blogger 278

Webbiquity SMM

JUNE 6, 2011

|Dan is not always able to tweet b/c of responsibilities or out on missions…but here are a couple more of my favorite tweets from Dan sent on 5/21 @AdScientist : ‘What is beautiful about social media are the relationships that can be built/started, conversations shared.’ Andreas Ramos – @Andreas_Ramos.

Twitter 196

Twitter B2B Crowdsourcing Hubspot 196

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 14, 2009

Here’s how this works : In the Internet Marketing Best Posts “series,&# I take posts that are typically timeless — they’re not confined to a specific event or news occurrence — they’re valuable for the long haul in terms of Internet Marketing and creative strategy. Not excess.

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SEO Social Media Marketing Reputation 162

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 23, 2010

Contributions on a Facebook event wall that come from a social media aficionado whose name clearly isn’t on his (her?) Even social media “purists&# aren’t really that pure. On Tuesday, I was having a chat with a colleague of mine who I’ve known since I was 10 who is in a similar industry.

Facebook 268

Facebook SEO Policies Groups 268

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 15, 2009

I agree with your assessment of the differences between SEO and Social Media Marketing. I also appreciate your characterization of both as ongoing processes (social media is not an event). You might have started with social to build your brand, but that’s not enough to consider yourself an expert.

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SEO Social Media Marketing Digg 178

Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

There are many ways to filter news feeds from your favorite sources, including passively by relying on meme trackers like Techmeme or social news services such as Google Readers shared items. This is a codepage/Unicode conversion-problem. social networking. social media. social news.

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RSS Feed Feedly FeedBurner 270