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Is Social Media the Final Frontier of Marketing?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Anyone can visit online meeting places like Digg and Reddit and promote the voices and opinions of others, and anyone can mobilize a group of people around a common cause on Facebook or elsewhere. A great example, one that recently affected me: A mobile phone manufacturer, called HTC, released a phone that had sub-par video performance.

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

Convince & Convert

I just ditched AT&T for T-Mobile. Bob sells insurance. Do you ever see him talking about insurance on Twitter? Do you ever see him talking about insurance on Twitter? About $10 cheaper, a free phone that plays FM radio, and unlimited everything, including internet access. The radio is a nice little bonus feature.

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Crowdsourcing Our Health – Using Social Media to Educate and Unite.

Social Media Strategery

– 80% of adults in the US have mobile phones, and some countries are already piloting government-provided phones for health reasons. Before we can truly realize Health 2.0 (can’t can’t we think of term that doesn’t use the “2.0″ ″ moniker?), What about people who don’t have the internet?

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How to Use Facebook for Business and Marketing

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

The EA Mobile Human Tetris project takes you to a Facebook application where everyone participates in a game of Tetris. For example, let’s say you’re an insurance agency or a bank. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca You’re always allowed!

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

Convince & Convert

Even getting this far has been a carnival ride of mortgage, insurance, real estate, movers and utilities drama. Fully virtual, fully mobile. blog comments powered by Disqus Subscribe to Convince & Convert Jay Baer Greetings. Will there be bumps along the way? Definitely. But ultimately, it’s going to be worth it.

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What Traits Define a Social Media Marketer?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

social conversation tools (FriendFeed, and maybe you could even lump in Disqus and the like with it). For example an article with “10 Reasons You Should Buy Travel Insurance&# is almost never going to go viral, it’s not surprising, shocking, interesting or in any way sticky. Be genuine in all your communications 5.