Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

Come to your mom blogger event? Sometimes the pitches are so broad, I do not know what they want from us. Ask for something specific. Do you want them to post your link? Review your product? Make your request as specific as possible. Connect with Them Where They Are.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 19, 2012

Community manager Jason Williams, along with other Ipswitch staffers, keeps things interesting by creating monthly contests, maintaining a blog to keep members plugged into news, and adding related events to a rolling calendar. Because WUGspace generates such great content, he plans to leverage it as a marketing tool in the near future.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 31, 2011

Most startups launching products typically adopt one or two mechanisms – at an event such as Demo, etc. I know Klout thinks otherwise, but I got more value from Mashable’s 8 users and the influential bloggers 19 users who wrote blog posts reviewing our product in detail than any of the coverage due to the press release.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 2, 2008

Professor Daniel Jutras’ classes begin with him and/or students covering some current events relating to the seminar’s topic. The blogger (Professor Jutras) posts his ideas, occasionally throws in some editorial and takes some light, widget-fed microblogging (the current events some students share).

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 15, 2010

Sponsor a Twitter meet-up or similar event for customers in your local area. There’s no reason offline efforts can’t also be social, and sometimes offline efforts even tie to better online sharing and promotion. Here are a few ways you can maintain social relationships in your marketing and PR efforts even off the Web.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 12, 2011

I also have calls and emails with external partners or people that work with outside of EA SPORTS as we discuss upcoming conferences, events, how we can partner, etc. One of our biggest goals is to consistently be aligned with our content and messaging so we meet regularly to ensure that we are all on the same page.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 2, 2011

He’s also a founder and moderator of the uber popular #blogchat event on Twitter. The tool allows for comprehensive tracking of any hashtag over any future timeframe – just enter the hashtag and it will start tracking for you immediately, or set it to track for a future chat or event. Mack Collier.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 9, 2007

Thanks much to Brett and the WebmasterWorld team (Neil, Scott, and the rest of that wonderful bunch) for putting together a great event! Keep it up, see you at the next event. And here are some very cool pics including the I CAN HAS CHEEZBURGER clan and David Caruso of CSI: Miami.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 7, 2010

It might be an event. There is a misconception on social networking sites that you are either a conversationalist or a marketer. Sort of like there are two massive compartments and you either fall into one or the other. However, the best schmoozers DO promote at some point. Or a product/service. Instead, it is conversational and fun.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 12, 2011

Here are some good examples, using icons to reinforce tab subjects and visual branding: Also, make sure that your tabs are ordered by importance and that tabs with old or expired content (such as Events, Notes or Discussion tabs that are empty) are hidden.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 25, 2008

StumbleUpon: The Funny, the Informational, but Not So Newsy StumbleUpon is probably the last social site that I’d consider going for “news&# — at least not for “current events.&# For example, just the other day I stumbled upon an Apple press release from 2003. In this way, it is Pull.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 12, 2009

Using market intelligence, Royal Caribbean identified supporters of the cruise line via social networking sites and took the opportunity to give fifty of the most ardent supporters, called Royal Champions, special privileges, including free paid cruises and invitations to special events with company executives.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 31, 2009

They used Twitter, so that attendees could tweet and discuss the events with their followers. One of the ways that Twitter has been used (other than listed above) has been by conferences like South by Southwest (SXSW) and Gnomedex. Facebook Create a Facebook Page and tell everyone about it.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 10, 2008

Chances are if they’re already using FriendFeed and have begun broadcasting events from numerous social networks, they are early adopters and are more savvy than the average social media user. Their commitment to social media : Are they dabblers in social media or serious aficionados?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 18, 2008

Share your experiences, memories and events with your friends and family. Reply ebor September 20, 2009 at 7:36 pm no way in hell google offered plutter kite $6.4 misc/images/timeline.JPG) emote is a microblogging service; which is a platform to – 1. broadcast and share your emotions with your family, friends and with the entire world.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 25, 2010

He’d also have done the outreach personally since I’ve met the guy at social media events. 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).

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

NOVEMBER 28, 2007

Note: You can submit a URL and choose the applicable photo to be displayed in the thumbnail in the event that the web page extension is.html,php,asp, or whatever else.) This takes you to a section that allows you to submit news stories, photos, or videos. I naturally selected the “Photo&# option.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 4, 2010

I’ve learned that Roger Smith Hotel is a boutique hotel with event rooms suitable for parties and workshops. .&# While I haven’t really gone for a night on the town, social media has given me a taste of what I’m missing. It’s located central to Midtown Manhattan (Grand Central Terminal, perfect for out-of-towners!)

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 22, 2008

To take two examples: people complain about an issue to an important newspaper prompting them to push the issue into the mainstream, or if a TV station covers an event, that becomes an important topic. Simply put, the new mass media helped organize, and influence, large numbers of consumers.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 29, 2010

Somehow, individuals forget along the way that costs accrue when considering the venue, food, exhibit hall, and the staff required on hand to run the event smoothly. And featured it in a big presentation I did at an event here, too — so, trying to give back! It’s an excellent book — thank you for writing it.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 18, 2009

Go to trade show events or nighttime meetups. If they actually know you exist and see you’ve made the effort to haul yourself to an event where they’re present, they’ll keep that in mind when composing a piece about your software or startup or whatever other product you have to offer.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

OCTOBER 19, 2009

It’s no surprise that both are asked to speak at events on a very regular basis. If you’ve ever seen Gary speak at an event or even just on his Wine Library TV appearances, you can see the exuberance of gusto in his presentations. The brands of Chris Brogan and Gary Vaynerchuk are extremely well known. They have passion.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 17, 2010

Editorial content (developer diaries, tutorials, etc) -In-game live event support -Real-life event organization and support, e.g. trade shows, player gatherings, etc.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 30, 2008

I think plurk is more for networking and twitter more for tweeting news/events/links. Thanks for laying out the two sides. Reply Chris June 30, 2008 at 8:43 am I agree 100% with you on this post. If you want a more close knit type of social media, plurk, hands down. Reply Tamar Weinberg June 30, 2008 at 8:46 am Wil, tools like ping.fm

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 27, 2009

I don’t necessarily expect to meet with those folks immediately; often, these powerful relationships are formed online, and I then try to learn what I can about the blogger himself/herself and follow up, normally at a conference or industry event. But sometimes there are surprises in every single meeting.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 12, 2010

Many of them (more than half) were individuals I met at search conferences, but other conferences (SXSW, events that Mashable was involved in in the capacity of host or media sponsor, and the first IZEAFest) also represented my Industry connections. Some of these friends have mutual real-life friends (outside typical industry connections).

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 5, 2010

You may find opportunities to host real life events, be them at conferences or whatever else. Why not invite your Facebook fans to a special event at your venue? Growth can be a good thing. This is especially true of businesses who have a brick and mortar location and even better for businesses.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 4, 2008

The Pictures Here are some pictures of the event: Want more photos? And of course, thanks to Barry for the flight and hotel. Check out my Flickr photostream. Also, since I’m such a fan of schwag , Danny Sullivan had me report on the best schwag for SMX West at Search Engine Land.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Personal accounts of everyday events is what made Dooce and the Bloggess so successful. Go to local or national face-to-face events to meet other bloggers. It’s about getting to know who the person is behind the screen. You don’t have to make your blog completely personal, though. How does one do this? So true.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 10, 2010

They have a NY event in March, a CA event in August, and a Chicago event in December. I’ve been to the aforementioned three types of events. PubCon is siimilar to SMX and occurs in Dallas in March and Vegas in November. * SES runs three big shows. There are MANY others, but these are the ones I know firsthand.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 21, 2008

I like to think of this as “Schrodinger’s Blogger&# , referring to the famous thought experiment which explains to us the rather odd concept of the quantum state, in which an event exists only as a waveform of possibilities (1 or 0) until it is observed, and that the act of observation changes the outcome of the experiment.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2012

How to Use Events as Goals in Google Analytics : Here are some tips on how to set up Google Analytics to assess engagement on your site. Tasty Ideas to Maximize Online Marketing for Events : This post explains how to promote an event with a model focused on Audience > Objectives > Tools > Tactics > Measurement.

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JULY 1, 2010

In any event, the blog will be made over soon enough. No one ever tells me though… Just my own take on things. Don’t wish to offend, sorry! Reply Tamar Weinberg July 20, 2010 at 2:33 pm What? That’s just a subset. Reply Joseph Archibald July 20, 2010 at 2:48 pm Yes of course Tamar, pardon my voicing up.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 22, 2009

And while you could keep those messages stored on Twitter’s server, it might be in your best interest to have them stored to a separate account in the event that Twitter goes down or for ease of searching.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 10, 2008

Here we go with the highly-talked-about keynote presentation at South by Southwest… Just like an Apple keynote, they tried to build up some serious momentum for this event. Personally, having sat next to Daniel Terdiman of CNet, I heard (and understand) both perspectives after having liveblogged the entire event.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

In fact, a relationship that starts on the right foot might actually translate to better things down the road, including special event invites and freebies that might as well be equivalent to a really good ad deal. In any event, I get paid to blog on some avenues and I also blog for free on others. Perhaps, real ad sales will follow.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

At business networking events, try to get to know people outside your group of trusted colleagues. another one is more or less for posting networking events and isn’t used much and I have a few others that I just have… to well… have. Sometimes it’s most effective to venture outside your cocoon.

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