Digg, Policies, Sites and Social Media

Employees Are A Critical Element To Your Social Media Success – Are You Leveraging Yours? Apple Isn’t!

SocMed Sean

DECEMBER 6, 2011

Social media and social networking are both about connecting people. Without people and their personal relationship information, social media sites like Facebook and Twitter would be reduced to…well…MySpace. Apple employees are not allowed to help their customers on any of the Apple or Mac sites.

Apple

Apple Social Media iPad Policies

Book Review: Social Media Marketing

Webbiquity SMM

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

With Social Media Marketing: Strategies for Engaging in Facebook, Twitter & Other Social Media , the inimitable Liana “Li&# Evans has provided the definitive handbook for social media marketers. Explain your goals and establish clear guidelines for any mention of the company on social media sites.

Review

Review Social Media Marketing Handbook

100+ Blog Directories and RSS Sites for Promoting Your Blog

Webbiquity SMM

OCTOBER 25, 2010

social networking profiles, social bookmarking sites, other bloggers). But two great sources are blog directories and RSS syndication sites. So, having recently completed a submission campaign for a client, here is an updated list of blog directories and RSS syndication sites that remain active and free.

Old Spice: Successful Social Media Campaign

Mindjumpers

JULY 15, 2010

This is due to a very successful social media campaign driven by the “Old Spice Guy” aka “the man your man could smell like” performed by Isaiah Mustafah First back in February, Old Spice launched a video running both on television and web, which quickly quickly went viral.

Campaign

Campaign Social Media Reddit Disqus

3 Golden Business Rules for Social Media Engagement

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 25, 2010

With social media, an abundance of resources are at your fingertips. However, without a successful plan and any adequate preparation, your social media efforts will fail. Don’t make your social media efforts half-assed. If you’re going to engage in social media, do it!

Social Media

Social Media Engagement Forums Policies

Confessions and Reflections of a [Former] Digg Addict

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 9, 2008

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. In fact, most of them had already left.

Digg

Digg Sites News API

Digg: Your Privacy is an Illusion

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 11, 2008

Nearly four months later, the social features appear to be here to stay. As Digg becomes more of a social network and less of a social news network (or a hybrid that incorporates both elements), it has a lot of obstacles it needs to face. My current Digg settings prohibit anyone from seeing my Digg shouts.

Digg

Digg Privacy MySpace Yahoo

10 Reasons Why Your Business Needs a Killer Social Media Strategy

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 18, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Social Media > 10 Reasons Why Your Business Needs a Killer Social Media Strategy 10 Reasons Why Your Business Needs a Killer Social Media Strategy by Tamar Weinberg on May 18, 2010 Share This is a guest post by Beth Hrusch.

Social Media

Social Media Strategy StumbleUpon Digg

Firebelly at Brainstorming & Social Media Optimization Summits

Firebelly

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « 5 Helpful Facebook Places for Business Articles | Main | 5 Helpful Social Search Articles » September 02, 2010 Firebelly at Brainstorming & Social Media Optimization Summits Brainstorming and Social Media Optimization Summits run simultaneously in Dallas, TX from September 15-17.

Social Media

Social Media Paid Search Reputation SMS

Diversified Twitter Strategies for News Sites

Adam Sherk

AUGUST 7, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Diversified Twitter Strategies for News Sites by Adam Sherk on August 7, 2009 This week’s Sysomos study of the 5% most active users on Twitter includes a list of the top 25 users (with more than 50,000 followers) ranked by average tweets per day.

Sites

Sites News Strategy Twitter

Digg vs. Reddit: Reddit's Staff is Better ¬ª Techipedia | Tamar.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

NOVEMBER 28, 2007

The story did quite well on Digg and on Reddit, with Reddit users noticing that one of the fish forms actually looked very much like the Reddit logo. That story hit the front page of Reddit and on Digg , and 67 people voted on my comment : Props to Reddit for visibly interacting with the community it serves.

Digg

Digg Reddit Web 2.0 StumbleUpon

A Review of the New Digg Images and Universal Taxonomy.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 20, 2007

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Social Media > Thoughts on Digg’s Latest Features: Thumbs Up Thoughts on Digg’s Latest Features: Thumbs Up by Tamar Weinberg on December 17, 2007 Share When I was at Pubcon last week, Digg launched its highly anticipated images section.

Digg

Digg Review Web 2.0 Upcoming

Why Social Media Is Like Getting Stoned

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 20, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Social Media > Why Social Media Is Like Getting Stoned Why Social Media Is Like Getting Stoned by Tamar Weinberg on April 20, 2010 Share This is a guest post by Todd Mintz.

Social Media

Social Media Chemicals Wikipedia MySpace

Is Social Media Worth it for You?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 19, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Social Media > Is Social Media Worth it for You? Is Social Media Worth it for You? One of the most common questions in social media is – “is it worth it?”.

Social Media

Social Media Yahoo Discount Training

How One Unhappy Customer Multiplies Across Social Media

Firebelly

JULY 22, 2010

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « What the F**k is Social Media NOW? Chad Richards is the Social Program Manager at Firebelly Marketing. Posted by: Tonytellez | July 23, 2010 at 10:15 AM This reminds me of my Firestone story posted on Get Social PR. The service was questionable.

Social Media

Social Media Paid Search SMS Syndication

10 Social Media Tools To Help With Your Crowdsourcing Efforts

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 31, 2009

Here are ten social media tools that can aid you with crowdsourcing: Twitter It is already being used for many crowdsourcing efforts. web sites, images, videos, etc.) When I was having some issues adding the commenting system to my web site, I was able to quickly get a response from the JS-Kit team and their users.

Crowdsourcing

Crowdsourcing scribd Ustream Social Media

Social Media Insecurity: What to do When Online Activity Affects.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 18, 2010

My uncle knows a young girl from his community, a recent college graduate, who is looking for a social media job. Social media is about helping one another and building real strong friendships, usually around a certain interest or activity. Understand Your Role I use social media both personally and professionally.

Activities

Activities Social Media Policies Social Networking

5 Things True Social Media Experts Do Online

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

There are a few jokes going around the blogosphere right now regarding what it means to be a social media expert. Despite the title of the post, having worked as the social media manager for Fortune 500 companies, and a lot of knowledge here being totally personal, I do not think of myself as an expert.

Social Media

Social Media Influencer MySpace Consultant

Choice of Form: Two Legal Seminars As Social Media

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 2, 2008

I’m taking two seminar courses at school this term, and they each resemble a particular form of social media. How do you think this knowledge applies to site development and marketing? is to web 1.0. In any case, I can’t see any obvious lessons. What annoys you about WordPress, vBulletin, and these platforms?

Social Media

Social Media Class Forums Microblogging

Social Media Marketing Without Brand Awareness Can Kill You.

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.

Social Media

Social Media Digg Brands Marketing

The Unfortunate Investment of Social Media (and its Consequences)

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.

Digg

Digg Social Media Upcoming Ustream

Social Media for Non-Profits: How One Small Charity Makes it Work

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 14, 2009

Are you a company or do you know a company that has immersed itself in the social media waters and succeeded? As small companies with limited budgets, nonprofits may feel that they are unable to dive into the wide world of social media. Thanks to social media, anyone can make waves. Why social media?

Social Media

Social Media Case Study MySpace Yahoo

Announcing the Newest Social Media Prince

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 3, 2009

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Personal > Announcing the Newest Social Media Prince Announcing the Newest Social Media Prince by Tamar Weinberg on June 3, 2009 Share Many of you have asked where I’ve been over the past few months.

Social Media

Social Media Web 2.0 Digg MySpace

6 Things Parenthood Taught Me About Social Media Marketing

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 3, 2010

and after being a full time mom and performing various social media marketing tasks throughout, I’ve learned that there are many parallels that can be taken from parenthood that also apply to social media marketing. MrBabyMan , Digg’s top user, was an unknown once. Silence can hurt you.

Social Media

Social Media Marketing Digg Consultant

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

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

I presented today at Social Media AZ , a new conference for Arizonans interested in, and practicing social media. This presentation: “Why Before How: The Keys to Developing a Social Media Strategy in 7 Steps&# also formed the basis for my recent MarketingProfs Webinar. Because tools will change.

Social Media

Social Media Strategy Consultant Conference

Why Customer Service Should Be in Your Social Media Marketing Strategy

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 21, 2009

With social media — or quite frankly, the existence of the Internet, any misstep you make in your personal dealings with others can become public. Social media is social. We’re starting to use search — and social media — as our recommendation engines.

Social Media

Social Media Strategy Marketing Vimeo

Is Social Media the Final Frontier of Marketing?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 22, 2008

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Social Media > Is Social Media the Final Frontier of Marketing? Is Social Media the Final Frontier of Marketing? Yes, it’s all to do with social media. frontpage.

Social Media

Social Media Marketing Digg MySpace

Firebelly VP Co-Authors Corporate Blogging for Dummies (Out Now!)

Firebelly

AUGUST 11, 2010

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « Fridays 5 Fun Social Media Finds | Main | 5 Helpful Social Media Must Reads » August 11, 2010 Firebelly VP Co-Authors Corporate Blogging for Dummies (Out Now!) Chad Richards is the Social Program Manager at Firebelly Marketing.

Paid Search

Paid Search SMS Syndication Social Bookmarking

The Great Social Media Traffic Debate: Niche or General Networks?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 27, 2008

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Search Engine Optimization , Social Media > The Great Social Media Traffic Debate: Niche or General Networks? The Great Social Media Traffic Debate: Niche or General Networks?

Social Media

Social Media StumbleUpon SEO ROI

Content Aggregators are Killing Content Creators

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Opinion , Social Media > Content Aggregators are Killing Content Creators Content Aggregators are Killing Content Creators by Tamar Weinberg on September 23, 2009 Share This is a guest post from Josh Schnell, founder of Macgasm.net and web developer.

Aggregator

Aggregator Content Digg Posterous

Tool Tuesday: PostRank Analytics

Akamai Marketing

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Because if you are creating content, you are likely distributing and promoting that content in variety of ways, including social media. It also breaks down where engagement events are occurring for the time period (comments, Digg, Twitter). Enter: PostRank.

Postrank

Postrank Analytics Tools Klout

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

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

However, a lot of people making that news have created expectations and beliefs about social media that aren’t true. Social Media is Inexpensive False. As Charlene Li said recently, social media trades media cost for labor cost. Social Media is Fast False. Absolutely.

Social Media

Social Media Strategy Consultant Web 2.0

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Tetherless World Constellation Launch Event - June 11, 2008

Buzz Marketing for Technology

JULY 24, 2008

On June 11, 2008, leading authorities on the World Wide Web will gather at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute for an old-fashioned debate with a social media twist. We aim to make the next generation Web natural to use while responsive to a growing variety of policy and social needs. Tetherless World Constellation Web Site.

Eventful

Eventful Policies Collaboration Wikipedia

Why You Should Fix Your House Before Inviting People Over

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 12, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Social Media > Why You Should Fix Your House Before Inviting People Over Why You Should Fix Your House Before Inviting People Over by Tamar Weinberg on May 12, 2010 Share This is a guest post by Hugo Guzman.

Smart Phone

Smart Phone Mobile Social Media SEO

Social Pros 25 – Alison Carlman, globalgiving

Convince & Convert

JULY 20, 2012

This is Episode 25 of the Social Pros Podcast : Real People Doing Real Work in Social Media. Read on for insights from Eric Boss & DJ Waldow’s Social Media Stat of the Week ( This week : The Wall Street Journal reports more people are turning to YouTube as their news source). Listen Now. Why did it fail?

Digg

Digg Communities MySpace YouTube

Apple Gets More Serious About Using Twitter, but Why it Doesn't Matter

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

OCTOBER 22, 2009

First, I’m going to say kudos to Apple for trying involve themselves in the world of social media. Social media is exactly that: “social.&# If you’re going to dive in the social media world, you need to understand what it means to be “social.&# Empower them.

Apple

Apple Twitter Forums Policies

25 Important Search Engine Optimization Mistakes to Fix Right Now

Bill Hartzer

JANUARY 12, 2011

When it comes to optimizing your web site for the search engines , search engine optimization, there are a lot of things that you can do that will hurt your search engine rankings. And add in new technologies and web sites such as social media web sites and there are even more search engine optimization factors.

Engineering

Engineering Press Release URL Domain Name

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

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

Newsletter Handbook Virtual World LinkedIn

Mixxing In, and Why Early Adoption is Important: A Review of the.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

NOVEMBER 28, 2007

It’s about time that I bring the dialogue here since it’s evident that I’m already starting to grow fond of the brand new social network. The Early Adopter Appeal Mixx is a new social news site that went into private beta a mere two months ago. Social media involves people who work together, not alone.

Review

Review Digg StumbleUpon Web 2.0

Nuggets from Social Media workshops as of late. : Community Group Therapy

Buzz Marketing for Technology

JULY 7, 2008

Nuggets from Social Media workshops as of late… posted in Uncategorized |. The answer is NOT always social media/community - that would be another warning sign if it was. 6) Social Media is not new…just digitizing the norm: Reminded of this all the time. let us know what you think. at Kevin P.

Communities

Communities Groups Groups Social Media

Every Social Network is Different: Here's What You Need to Know

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 25, 2008

and obviously more recently sites such as Digg. If you use Twitter regularly, you’d see that it wins as a social news site that provides instantaneous news — at least of that caliber. Digg: Newsworthy, Informational, and Funny Chris also mentions that he has used Digg as a news source.

Social Networking

Social Networking Digg StumbleUpon Social Bookmarking

11 Common Mistakes That People Make With Their Personal Brands.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Internet , Marketing > 11 Common Mistakes That People Make With Their Personal Brands 11 Common Mistakes That People Make With Their Personal Brands by Tamar Weinberg on October 7, 2010 Share This is a guest post from James Adams.

Brands

Brands Handbook MySpace Construction

7 Deadly Blog Writing Sins

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 15, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Blogging , Marketing > 7 Deadly Blog Writing Sins 7 Deadly Blog Writing Sins by Tamar Weinberg on July 15, 2010 Share This is a guest post by Frank Lee. And some of the images just don’t do other sites justice.

Blogger

Blogger Engineering Flickr SEO

How I Network on Friendster, Facebook, MySpace, and LinkedIn Â?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 12, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Personal , Social Media > How Do You Network on Different Social Sites? How Do You Network on Different Social Sites? It comes with my social media maturity , I suppose.

MySpace

MySpace LinkedIn Facebook Social Networking

Employees Are A Critical Element To Your Social Media Success – Are You Leveraging Yours? Apple Isn’t!

Book Review: Social Media Marketing

Trending Sources

100+ Blog Directories and RSS Sites for Promoting Your Blog

Old Spice: Successful Social Media Campaign

3 Golden Business Rules for Social Media Engagement

Confessions and Reflections of a [Former] Digg Addict

Digg: Your Privacy is an Illusion

10 Reasons Why Your Business Needs a Killer Social Media Strategy

Firebelly at Brainstorming & Social Media Optimization Summits

Diversified Twitter Strategies for News Sites

Digg vs. Reddit: Reddit's Staff is Better ¬ª Techipedia | Tamar.

A Review of the New Digg Images and Universal Taxonomy.

Why Social Media Is Like Getting Stoned

Is Social Media Worth it for You?

How One Unhappy Customer Multiplies Across Social Media

10 Social Media Tools To Help With Your Crowdsourcing Efforts

Social Media Insecurity: What to do When Online Activity Affects.

5 Things True Social Media Experts Do Online

Choice of Form: Two Legal Seminars As Social Media

Social Media Marketing Without Brand Awareness Can Kill You.

The Unfortunate Investment of Social Media (and its Consequences)

Social Media for Non-Profits: How One Small Charity Makes it Work

Announcing the Newest Social Media Prince

6 Things Parenthood Taught Me About Social Media Marketing

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

Why Customer Service Should Be in Your Social Media Marketing Strategy

Is Social Media the Final Frontier of Marketing?

Firebelly VP Co-Authors Corporate Blogging for Dummies (Out Now!)

The Great Social Media Traffic Debate: Niche or General Networks?

Content Aggregators are Killing Content Creators

Tool Tuesday: PostRank Analytics

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

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Tetherless World Constellation Launch Event - June 11, 2008

Why You Should Fix Your House Before Inviting People Over

Social Pros 25 – Alison Carlman, globalgiving

Apple Gets More Serious About Using Twitter, but Why it Doesn't Matter

25 Important Search Engine Optimization Mistakes to Fix Right Now

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

Mixxing In, and Why Early Adoption is Important: A Review of the.

Nuggets from Social Media workshops as of late. : Community Group Therapy

Every Social Network is Different: Here's What You Need to Know

11 Common Mistakes That People Make With Their Personal Brands.

7 Deadly Blog Writing Sins

How I Network on Friendster, Facebook, MySpace, and LinkedIn Â?

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