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Social Media Marketing Without Brand Awareness Can Kill You.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Such was the case for this Digg story , which compared multiple web hosting companies and watched as these hosts handled the traffic spikes that resulted from the Digg effect. Digg is the social media network of tech geeks, and the Digg statistics should not be too surprising: 39% of Diggers publish their own blog.

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Hook A Facebook Fan Up: They're Looking For Discounts

Firebelly

Sometimes, it seems, the greatest value you can add is a good old-fashioned discount or promotion. Chad Richards is the Social Program Manager at Firebelly Marketing. Have you experimented with discounts and promotions on your Facebook page?

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Building Trust: A Relationship is Not a Newsletter Opt-In

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

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.

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Why You Should Fix Your House Before Inviting People Over

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

One of the things I look for nowadays when I visit sites is how well they’re integrating their social network presences. This was something I noticed a few months back Debbie Hemley Reply Michele Corona May 13, 2010 at 11:49 am Excellent article on the holistic, proper approach to implementing social media.

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The Nightmare Public Relations Professional and How to Stop Him

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

A few months ago, Brian Solis talked about an off-topic pitch about a social network for plants. Somehow, I think nature lovers would be more interested in socializing shrubbery.) Writing on social media strategy has still gotten me my share of dance and fashion clothing pitches. Where do they come off doing that?

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3 Golden Business Rules for Social Media Engagement

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Neither the tweet or the follow up direct message was responded to in a timely fashion. This is a well known brand, but yet they’re not building up their social media presence despite prominently advertising it on their website. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us

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Is Social Media the Final Frontier of Marketing?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

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?