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Confessions and Reflections of a [Former] Digg Addict

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

In the past few weeks, however, even Digg’s other top users are seeing that Digg is becoming more difficult of a social news site to enjoy, and after stepping away from Digg for awhile, I have some thoughts and reflections on how it was and possibly how it should be. The community had to react. Completely.

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The Unfortunate Investment of Social Media (and its Consequences)

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Here’s a screenshot of a story that became popular with a whopping 235 Diggs. It was taken the night of January 28, 2008 (approximately 11PM EST): While Digg typically allowed stories to hit the front page within 80-120 votes (the latter being more rare than normal), it’s now requiring almost double the number.

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Creating Passionate Customers: Brand Evangelism and What it Means.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

The only investment in the act of marketing on the social web is time and energy. The easiest way to find these people is to find the communities that your users frequently visit, be it forums, Twitter, or other social networks. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca

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Want to Friend Me on Facebook? Please Use My Public Page or.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Digg is now part of social media and will be explained in the final chart. I may have met these individuals by chance (long-standing relationship) or through the blogosphere or forums. This is different from forums/blogosphere of the previous chart because they are not connected to me in the search marketing or social media capacity.

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Best Internet Marketing Blog Posts of 2007 » Techipedia | Tamar.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

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. I’ll leave you to read the rest.

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Why You Should Have a Secondary Twitter Account

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Then, focus your energy on the main account but don’t neglect the second account either. It can save on a lot of time and energy if you harness it well. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca Tamar is also the author of The New Community Rules (July 2009).

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The Audacity of Free: The Products and Services Edition

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

I offer a lot of free advice and support to my clients (one-on-one conversation, group forums etc), I do this because I love what I do and appreciate those that support what I do. I’ll be sure to forward you to my PayPal account before I spend anymore time and energy (which equals money) on you. No more, I say! Want help?

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