Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 12, 2010

That doesn’t typically fly elsewhere (Facebook will kill the account), but Times Square on Friendster required 2 accounts at the time because I maxed out on the initial 500 person limit. The High Point: Facebook In 2004, I joined Facebook and my behavior changed drastically. I had many friends just like that.

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Proactive Report

MAY 24, 2012

You need to find people or groups who already love and support your brand and would be delighted to forward your message. 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.

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Brands Klout StumbleUpon Digg 101

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 18, 2010

surveys, focus groups, test marketing) often spend millions to locate their target markets. Establishing a social media strategy will help you see where potential customers are hanging out. A social media strategy will allow you to get in on these conversations so that you can offer solutions, push buttons, and get people talking.

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Social Media Strategy StumbleUpon Digg 269

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 1, 2008

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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Digg Social Media Upcoming Ustream 100

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 31, 2009

When you have a group of people submitting their work, there is an awareness that it isn’t just one idea that will work, so the result is a higher quality of work. Crowdsourcing is an useful model because it can be used by any group for any reason. Facebook Create a Facebook Page and tell everyone about it.

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Crowdsourcing scribd Ustream Social Media 192

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

This is no less true for the world of social networks. Networks like Digg, FriendFeed, and Facebook are seeing huge growths in value, but the little guys, the ones actually providing the meat and potatoes for those operations, rarely see a nickel. This new world is an evolution of the Web and it cannot be undone.

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Aggregator Content Digg Posterous 151

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 19, 2009

Smaller companies could succeed with this method by marketing — verbally or through their website — to groups of devout followers and keeping their Twitter streams current (offering a daily deal or frequent deals that encourage customers to seek out discounts and sales). So while I love Facebook , Twitter fulfills many needs.

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Twitter Microblogging MySpace Yahoo 131

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 8, 2009

In the post, I shared my don’ts of social networks, and to that point, I added the following rule for LinkedIn: Gathering all the email addresses of users you are connected to — even locating email addresses of LinkedIn Group managers — and utilizing this mailing list to promote your own company or service off-site.

Newsletter 144

Newsletter Handbook Virtual World LinkedIn 144

Social Media Network Marketing

JULY 17, 2009

These are three popular examples of social sharing sites. Social networking sites. If you've ever heard of a little site called Facebook, you are familiar with a social networking site. Today's other popular social networking sites include LinkedIn and MySpace. Social news sites.

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Delicious Social Bookmarking Vimeo Instant Messaging 50

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 18, 2010

Those of you who read Techipedia regularly know that I won’t add you as a Facebook friend if I don’t know you. I guess it’s assumed in social spaces that when s/he initiates the friend request, you can comment on anything on their Facebook wall or tweet back at them about something personal or even comment on a photo.

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Activities Social Media Policies Social Networking 216

ProBlogger

MAY 19, 2022

The good news is, all blog software automatically provide this feature out of the box. Social media. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, YouTube, LinkedIn, TikTok… Create a publishing strategy to get people into consuming content and engage with you repeatedly. Use social media as micro-blogging platforms.

Marketing 35

Marketing Blogger Forums Syndication 35

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 2, 2008

Typically, a fair portion of the class involves group work and some interactive elements — we’ve had discussions, card games, Jeopardy, chart-making, a range of Montessori activities, videos, song-writing and much more. (Gab, The professors’ styles feel like a comparison of LinkedIn and Facebook.

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Social Media Class Forums Microblogging 189

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 10, 2008

Founded by four ex-Googlers, FriendFeed allows you to subscribe to your friends’ updates across 35 social networks and to stay up to date with the content they’re discovering and sharing across the web. This way if I go to digg/reddit/SU before Friend Feed, I don’t see duplicates.

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Plaxo Picasa StumbleUpon Netvibes 103

ProBlogger

MAY 19, 2022

The good news is, all blog software automatically provide this feature out of the box. Social media. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, YouTube, LinkedIn, TikTok… Create a publishing strategy to get people into consuming content and engage with you repeatedly. Use social media as micro-blogging platforms.

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How To Marketing Blogger Forums 26

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 28, 2010

To be sure, though, solicit feedback from a group of trusted peers not directly involved in your company or marketing objectives before going ahead with publishing the video, since you need an unbiased opinion. 12484 SUBSCRIBERS FOLLOWERS Lijit Search Read more about The New Community Rules Get Techipedia on your iPhone or iPod touch!

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Video Flash Mob YouTube MySpace 236

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 12, 2010

They are interested in this new “social media” thing but haven’t actually dipped their proverbial toes in the social waters yet. However, the CEO read an article in Adage, and as a result, he wants to hit social ground running. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us

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Smart Phone Mobile Social Media SEO 218

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

NOVEMBER 26, 2007

Young people of the new WWW generation snuck in whenever, wherever, and on whatever they like. Totally connected groups are average sharers, creating as much as they can consume and using free sites to display it all. BTW – I’ve really been interacting with the Digg community more and more. Of course I do.

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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 We have all engaged in debates over the past few years about social media. If so, how?

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Social Media Marketing Digg MySpace 105

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 27, 2008

Many people found the research interesting, but a number of people commented that the social networks probably shouldn’t be grouped together. So the question arose – was social media traffic misrepresented by grouping traffic from all networks together? Reply Justin December 6, 2008 at 6:34 pm Well said!

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Social Media StumbleUpon SEO ROI 100

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 5, 2010

After all, Facebook could eat the web. In fact, you’re likely spotting the shift; instead of companies posting their URLs on television commercials, they’re asking their followers to join them on Facebook. Don’t use a Facebook Group. Therefore, it’s a force to be reckoned with.

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Facebook How To Marketing URL 279

Koka Sexton

NOVEMBER 14, 2008

blog with FeedBurner Social Media Release Criticism: Nine Points to Consider Social Media – Digg, MySpace,YouTube – Web 2.0 You could also group them. 50 social media links. [.] I would love it if you considered adding a little more. I know more work. Not a lot though. Food for thought with gratitude.

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List Social Media StumbleUpon Blogosphere 85

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 4, 2010

Today, it appears every retail or business concern says ‘follow us on Twitter’ or ‘be our friend on Facebook.’ They go out of their way to welcome any social media-initiated guests in person. For the most part, you can’t buy Twitter followers or Facebook fans. This article is an example of that.

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Hotels Social Media Communities Discount 245

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 12, 2009

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.

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Brands Message Boards Travel Forums 133

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 12, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Personal , Social Media > Want to Friend Me on Facebook? Please Use My Public Page or LinkedIn Instead Want to Friend Me on Facebook? There really aren’t 350 million members on Facebook. identity.

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Facebook LinkedIn Social Networking Microblogging 233

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 6, 2008

Reply Linda February 14, 2008 at 11:36 pm I posted this on Digg. The latter group is pretty hard to help and I’m not inclined to try. I have started a group on Facebook called Warning! Reply KJR December 13, 2008 at 9:52 am Sorry that Facebook Group should be: Warning! It’s well worth the read.

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Reputation Chemicals Issues Consultant 125

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 28, 2010

Linkedin lead generation requires commitment to answering and asking questions on Groups/Answers, taking advantage of the deep searches, and connecting directly with those around you in your network. Thought I was going to say “Facebook?&# Kirtsy and Other Niche Social Networks. Effective use means more business.

Social Media 278

Social Media Strategy Yahoo Communities 278

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Tired of chasing shiny objects, and setting up Twitter and Facebook accounts with clear direction, or success metrics? Develop a Social Media Strategy in 7 Steps | Social Media Marketing | Social Media Consulting – Conv…convinceandconvert.com [.] link] Jason Baer in Fargo « Flint Group Blog [.]

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Social Media Strategy Consultant Conference 167

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 1, 2009

Marketers love Facebook. The best place you can place your brand on Facebook is through a Facebook Page (that’s with a capital “P&# , not to be confused with your personal Profile). Facebook Pages do not allow background images like Twitter, Myspace, and other services. This applies to Pages as well.

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Facebook How To Applications URL 279

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2010

Facebook How to Create Rich HTML Tabs on Your Facebook Page (10e20): I know Jesse just contributed an awesome article on this blog but Victor’s guide here is also pretty good. Are Your Facebook Fans Truly Engaged? It’s good to know that there are ways to bring Facebook community closer together. Think again!

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Marketing SEO Journal Engineering 265

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 8, 2008

Because social media is so interactive, it can constantly shift and change; therefore, a savvy marketer needs to be extremely familiar with the community and know how each social media website audience is different from the next. Also, one story on the Digg home page does not an expert make.

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Social Media Marketing Consultant Communities 163

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

And that’s only because of the alphabet soup of social networks, lifestreams, sharing sites, etc. Social media is not about Facebook or MySpace or Flickr or Twitter or blogs or YouTube. What other social media fallacies do you have? It’s not hard, it’s complicated. Leave a comment please.

Social Media 149

Social Media Strategy Consultant Web 2.0 149

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. Facebook Ads: Will They Work for You? (SEO

Marketing 144

Marketing StumbleUpon SEO Reputation 144

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 30, 2008

Reply TheJennie July 1, 2008 at 10:24 am Well, I’ve more or less abandoned Twitter for Jaiku, but I (literally) Digg your anti comparison =) Reply Internet Marketing Joy July 1, 2008 at 1:55 pm I agree with you Tamar.^^ I am not going to cancel my twitter account by no means, but plurk will get the most attention. But PLURK? But PLURK?

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Twitter Microblogging MySpace Comparison 199

Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Crowdsourcing takes tasks traditionally done by a single person or small groups of people, and farms them out to a global workforce. IdeaScale ( our coverage ) does for research and development what Get Satisfaction does for customer service by providing Digg-style feature request boards. social networking. social media.

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Crowdsourcing Software Project Forums 245

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 26, 2010

But with all other social networks, there are rules of engagement that are determined by the community. Brief Overview of StumbleUpon Since everyone is mostly raving about Twitter and Facebook as of late, I’m going to briefly define StumbleUpon and explain how it works. Seriously?! I mean it really baffles me. Excellent tips.

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StumbleUpon Digg Social Networking Review 181

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 17, 2010

So you tweet and facebook for a living! So I challenged myself to create a list of 10 responsibilities of the Community Manager that extend beyond the realm of Facebook and Twitter (and yes, even blogging). Your sales people are on Facebook half the day, and your receptionist tweets way too much during work.

Communities 237

Communities Twitter Web 2.0 ROI 237

Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Social Search at LinkedIn Beats Google. So it is not a surprise to me that LinkedIn is seeing easily the highest growth rate among social networking sites. Somebody who has probably had a great time at college using Facebook and finds the features on LinkedIn to be relatively primitive and well, kind of boring. ReadWriteTalk.

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