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

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

It makes me wonder if I’m sending my requests to a wall (or for your tech geeks, /dev/null) or if people really work for Apple (outside their marketing and engineering departments). Social media is exactly that: “social.&# Look at their policy about servicing you from the get go. © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg.

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How You Can Benefit from Real Time Search » Techipedia | Tamar.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

A real time search engine allows you to scour all of this data to see what’s being said right now about any given topic. This is a new type of search, one which gives you a window into the public’s thoughts – in real time. A real time search engine should not be used for the majority of your searches.

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7 Deadly Blog Writing Sins

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Maybe you’ve set up a blog to run AdSense and earn money from the search engines. That doesn’t mean they can’t be search engine friendly too. A peppering of keywords here and there will help your blog be more visible to search engines. My mentor taught me to write the blog post for human first then to the search engine.

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3 Golden Business Rules for Social Media Engagement

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

They don’t follow guidelines on contact form policies on what will be covered and what won’t be. If this rockstar knew better, he’d have used my contact form and read my coverage policy (short answer: I won’t cover anything you send to me). I also really like your blog policy. Good, clear communication!

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Internet Marketers of New York Charity Party: March 18, 2008

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Where : Black Finn NY, 218 East 53rd Street Who : Yours truly and a bunch of awesome people who are flying in to NY to attend the Search Engine Strategies conference Why : Because you know you want to support a charity and hang out with some of the biggest search industry leaders Will I see you there?? I hope so!? © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg.

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Is Social Media Worth it for You?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

4: Online Driven Companies – Social media can be used to drive traffic to online websites. Communities, social news sites, and online sharing can be leveraged to build a site following. Low Return Industries These types of businesses tend to take a long time to create return in social media. It’s rubbish traffic.

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I Invented Facebook » Techipedia | Tamar Weinberg

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

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