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Choice of Form: Two Legal Seminars As Social Media

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Then the comments come in, and a conversation takes place. The admin (Professor Macdonald) / moderator (students teaching the class on a given day) create categories of conversation, which are analogous to deciding on forum names/topics and sticky threads. (In Non-sticky threads can be pushed down by threads with newer comments.)

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With 4 Days Before Blogger Social, I Bring You the 4×4 Meme

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

I’ve traveled more than ever before. Tagged as: 4x4 , 4x4 meme , meme , social media { 7 comments… read them below or add one } Chris Kieff March 31, 2008 at 8:59 am Tamar, Thanks for the link love and the response. The idea of this meme is somewhat like previous memes , but it’s four times full of fun.

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When is Brand Evangelism a Crime? Exploring the Royal Caribbean.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Perhaps this is a “take heed&# call to community participants who engage on the social web, but while ExpertCruiser warns its readers that this is a scummy practice, in reality, scouring social sites for mentions of your product, service, and even your competitors is nothing new. My one and only cruise was free, I won it.

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7 Traits of Highly Effective Viral Videos

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Videos that have a completely unplanned “wow&# element to them definitely travel far in social circles. There you have it: seven viral video characteristics that start the conversations and get the wheels turning. Do you mean conversions? Let’s take it a step further, though, with a “shocking&# element.

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

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Brian explains that “conversations are happening and it is up to me to either be part of them or not.&# I personally learned about Roger Smith Hotel at a social media conference and was told that it’s the place to be. The word of mouth has traveled, because Pamela Slim learned about the hotel from Jonathan.

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Is Social Media the Final Frontier of Marketing?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Then and Now In the good old days, say from the 1850s onwards, marketing was mostly a one way “communication&# : companies advertized their wares via local media like newspapers, magazines, and traveling salespeople. Companies are at the stage that they cannot afford to sit idly by and be passive in social media.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

Social Media is optional It doesn’t matter what the demographics of your customers are. 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. It doesn’t matter what industry you’re in.