Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 13, 2008

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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Social Media Digg Brands Marketing 100

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

OCTOBER 22, 2009

They have discussion forums that are visited by moderators who merely police the content itself, but change never comes from suggestions offered in the forum itself or in the posts, even if hundreds of users contribute the same identical observations. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca

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Apple Twitter Forums Policies 154

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 25, 2010

On a particular forum I am active on (yes, I still use them!), Sadly, this person’s post was pulled by the strict moderators on that forum; the post was purely self-promotional and nothing but. If you’re only on the forum to tell other people to visit your website or to use your product, you won’t go far.

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Social Media Engagement Forums Policies 272

ProBlogger

MAY 19, 2022

A free promotion in one forum may bring hundreds or even thousands of downloads, which distribute your message to more audience. Visit forums regularly. By being a forum regular, and by contributing back, you will be able to establish your expertise and drive traffic back to your site. Some forums also accept on-topic articles.

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Marketing Blogger Forums Syndication 35

ProBlogger

MAY 19, 2022

A free promotion in one forum may bring hundreds or even thousands of downloads, which distribute your message to more audience. Visit forums regularly. By being a forum regular, and by contributing back, you will be able to establish your expertise and drive traffic back to your site. Some forums also accept on-topic articles.

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How To Marketing Blogger Forums 26

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 31, 2009

You can use the many applications that Facebook offers, so that others can answer questions on a survey, have discussions on the forums, and/or have notes to bring awareness to a topic. 12484 SUBSCRIBERS FOLLOWERS Lijit Search Read more about The New Community Rules Get Techipedia on your iPhone or iPod touch!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 27, 2008

As such, it has been selected as the generic social network of choice. Niche network: Sphinn : In the red corner we have Sphinn – a social news network dedicated purely to online marketing news and discussion. Subsequently, Sphinn is perhaps the most relevant niche social network on the web.

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Social Media StumbleUpon SEO ROI 100

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

JULY 15, 2010

Social media marketing, SEO, and forum marketing are the great ways to expand your market coverage. Check out the forum and amazon.com to see the customer’s feedback are the great ways to learn what language they speak. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 12, 2010

Social media connections are those I know through a variety of online forums, the blogosphere, Twitter, and the like (but I generally don’t befriend someone immediately; I still give it time). Digg I blindly accept friend requests and rarely if ever pay attention to “shouts&#. I don’t pretend to be interesting.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 12, 2009

If a forum exists for your industry, you should very well be active: you should participate and follow the discussion closely to know exactly what is being said and what kind of feedback you can take back to your executive and development team to enhance your product and to make it better than your competition.

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Brands Message Boards Travel Forums 133

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 3, 2010

Maybe it’s on a forum. This is especially true of other social networks, especially ones where you were originally untrusted. MrBabyMan , Digg’s top user, was an unknown once. 12484 SUBSCRIBERS FOLLOWERS Lijit Search Read more about The New Community Rules Get Techipedia on your iPhone or iPod touch!

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Social Media Marketing Digg Consultant 221

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 28, 2010

Kirtsy and Other Niche Social Networks. Did you know there’s a social news website catered to women called Kirtsy ? Kirtsy is a social news network; there are also forums and even Yahoo! Your target market might be hiding in a niche forum somewhere out there. You just need to look.

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Social Media Strategy Yahoo Communities 278

Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

From its humble beginnings as an area on the web development discussion forums at SitePoint , to being spun off from the SitePoint Marketplace a few months ago, 99designs has experienced astonishing growth to become a leader in its market. The site is forum-based and relies on a "design team" (pre-approved designers) to fill out its crowd.

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Crowdsourcing Software Project Forums 245

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 17, 2010

I have a team of several community managers who work for me and we try to balance this several ways: News can be posted on our forums by individual community team members, but is posted from “Turbine Community&# if it’s a blog post on our bespoke social networks (my.ddo.com and my.lotro.com).

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Communities Twitter Web 2.0 ROI 237

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 12, 2010

Digg is now part of social media and will be explained in the final chart. Let’s look at the industry and social media subcategories. I may have met these individuals by chance (long-standing relationship) or through the blogosphere or forums. My industry (internet marketing/blogging) connections (who are 99.7%

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Facebook LinkedIn Social Networking Microblogging 233

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 26, 2009

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. get Twitter mentions of your brand via RSS or email) or use a service like Backtype (backtype.com) to see comments across blogs and other social media sites (such as FriendFeed).

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Brands MySpace Yahoo StumbleUpon 139

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. This kid is awesome.) Become a del.icio.us

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Marketing StumbleUpon SEO Reputation 144

Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

I did not need to perform lengthy searches on Google for a specialist directory or forum. That means my Question only went to people who claim expertise in Staffing and Recruiting, which is like an uber-forum capability. I dont need to find a forum to find an expert, I just send a Question and the expert finds me. social media.

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LinkedIn Google Directory API 109

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 10, 2010

Some of the sites I recommend for educational materials include: Free Sphinn : Sphinn is an Internet Marketing social news site. Users submit timely news articles to Sphinn, and the community votes up the best stories to appear on the front page. Find those who influence you , and then find out who they are engaging with.

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Marketing How To SEO Training 240

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2010

5 Important Web Video Lessons for Small Business Owners (Mashable/OPEN Forum): How are you going to make your video stick? How to Write Effective Press Releases in the Age of Twitter (OPEN Forum): It’s not really just the “age of Twitter&# – it’s the “age of social.&# Is it in your pitch?

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Marketing SEO Journal Engineering 265

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

This blog covers specific topics if and only if there’s discussion in a variety of internet marketing forums. 12484 SUBSCRIBERS FOLLOWERS Lijit Search Read more about The New Community Rules Get Techipedia on your iPhone or iPod touch! As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us

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Blogosphere Blogger Comments Tips 278

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 19, 2008

Social media was always social , just not with that funny name. Forums existed well before I was born, after all. I spent hours on forums and at news sites, reading people’s thoughts about her and posting my own. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us

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MySpace Yahoo Ustream StumbleUpon 101

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 14, 2010

You can’t only write comments on forums. Social media needs to be coupled with a creative strategy for maximum effectiveness, especially as everyone and their mothers join these sites and services to market themselves, their services, or their products. You can’t just IM your friends begging for votes via the backchannel.

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Social Media SEO Blogger Communities 267

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 8, 2010

Yes, Twitter and Facebook and Digg and other niche sites cost nothing to join, making social media a relatively free marketing option. That’s to say that if you use a public forum to insult, attack, or demean others on your personal time, you may find that impacting your company by association.

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Social Media Marketing Policies Sysomos 268

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Thanks, Eliana Gilad, Founder, Voices of Eden Ancient Healing and Transformational Music [link] BLog: [link] [link] Chuck at Burns Eng’g I have been working with some brilliant folks at FRANK, (areyoufrank.com) and they have move Burns Engineering, a technical, instrument design and manufacturing organization into the realm of Social media.

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Social Media Strategy Consultant Web 2.0 151

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

I like Seesmic for Windows, but coming from Seesmic Desktop, there are some kinks (which I expressed months ago on the Seesmic Forum powered by UserVoice) that need to be worked out, such as the ability to copy and paste and the fact that Seesmic for Windows doesn’t have sounds.

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Twitter Sports Microblogging HootSuite 205

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 24, 2008

An emergency Drill Down episode was held where numerous Digg users, including regular hosts Andy ( MrBabyman ), Reg ( zaibatsu ), and Muhammad ( msaleem ) spoke with other Digg users, including David Cohn ( DigiDave ), Karim ( supernova17 ), JD Rucker ( oboy ), and Jay Fowler ( SilentJay74 ). This was not addressed in the chat.)

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Digg StumbleUpon Communities Upcoming 100

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 29, 2010

While many of these people may be naive to the world of Social Media they are not naive to the world of business and the cost of time. 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.

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Products Consultant Price Social Media 267

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 10, 2008

Social News (Digg, Sphinn, Mixx, Reddit, Tip’d, and a whole load of related sites) Submitting only your own articles and posts to social media sites. Social news is about reciprocal relationships. Submitting a story to a social news site that is completely off-topic. Can we say spam?

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Handbook Social Media Web 2.0 StumbleUpon 279

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 14, 2009

: Jason Falls explores the commonly-discussed (but not easily answered) question about social media. Scared of Social Media? Jill Whalen has been active on forums and online communities for 10 years now. But “social media marketing expert?&# You May Already be Pro! She didn’t think she was one. Not excess.

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SEO Social Media Marketing Reputation 162

Viper Chill

APRIL 25, 2012

A lot has changed from the days when Digg was the only share button people used on their posts and – besides going directly to a website – RSS was the most common way to consume blog content. Digg was the biggest social news site on the web and everyone wanted to be on their homepage.

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Sites Industry Blogger News 96

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 23, 2010

In an effort to make Facebook data more public, Community Pages let people share ideas, thoughts, and their interests in a fully open forum. 12484 SUBSCRIBERS FOLLOWERS Lijit Search Read more about The New Community Rules Get Techipedia on your iPhone or iPod touch! Did anyone know that this was going to be made public? Of course not.

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Facebook SEO Policies Groups 268

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 15, 2009

No, building your personal brand in social media does not count. In social media marketing, the assets are missing. Just because your wonderful piece of linkbait that drove 30,000 visitors to via Digg succeeded once (or maybe twice) doesn’t mean that you’re ready to go at having those clients alone.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 28, 2010

I wonder if the new traffic from outside Facebook will clog up the news streams and I am unconvinced that Community Pages offer value (am I missing something here?). Thanks for taking the time to spell out the needed changes in a public forum–maybe this will get Facebook’s attention. We can hope!

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Facebook Issues MySpace Privacy 277