Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 25, 2008

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. As Chris Garrett explains in his post, if you follow numerous feed bots, you can get the news all the time. The right news will hit the front page of Digg quickly.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 23, 2010

Contributions on a Facebook event wall that come from a social media aficionado whose name clearly isn’t on his (her?) Even social media “purists&# aren’t really that pure. Reply MacSmiley June 23, 2010 at 11:22 pm See item 12 in the Social Network Users’ Bill of Rights: 1. It’s overkill.

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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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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

I presented today at Social Media AZ , a new conference for Arizonans interested in, and practicing social media. Unbelievable turnout (more than 260) for a first-time event, and tremendous kudos to Fred Von Graf , who organized it practically solo. Social Media 101 Explained by the Best Fishing Analogy EVER =-.

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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

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

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

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

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

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. I naturally selected the “Photo&# option.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 28, 2010

Why not work with small businesses and those affected most by this policy change to find something that would work better for them that does not complicate the process or require a substantial financial investment? If you cancel it, here’s what it says: “We will email everyone who was invited that this event has been canceled.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 8, 2010

If you blog or post comments, you should make sure it adheres to your company’s social media policy. The Golden Truths Social media marketing requires dedicated, devoted individuals who can aggressively seek opportunities in highly populated communities. It’s actually my blog policy, which is why I ask for it.

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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. If you want a more close knit type of social media, plurk, hands down. However, as stated in my blog policy , I have asked you to use your real name. Thanks for laying out the two sides. might help you with updating both.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 10, 2008

Founded by four ex-Googlers, FriendFeed allows you to subscribe to your friends’ updates across 35 social networks and to stay up to date with the content they’re discovering and sharing across the web. Their commitment to social media : Are they dabblers in social media or serious aficionados?

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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. Excess converts to spam.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 1, 2010

The more you can offer a fresh perspective or a brand new concept, the more people will gravitate to you. No one wants to subscribe to another tech blog or meet someone at a networking event that does the same thing as someone else.

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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? Again, please do not violate my blog policy. The details are outlined in my blog policy. Growth can be a good thing. Thanks for this informative post!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 18, 2008

Make yourself heard, comment on news, stories and current affair. 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.

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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. In fact, this policy has been in place for awhile. SES runs three big shows.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 24, 2010

Danny is currently Chief Content Officer of Third Door Media which operates the Sphinn social news site and organizes the popular Search Marketing Expo conference series. Andy has submitted nearly 15,000 stories to Digg and over 4200 of his submissions have hit the front page of the impossible-to-game social news site.

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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. Yet with social media, there’s a perception that it’s easy to score freebies. Figure out what your policy is, and stick with it. Yet people always ask!)

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 30, 2010

Kevin, I’m afraid that you’re not aware of the ongoing events at Digg, or you clearly don’t have time to realize that you’re just the founder of Digg; you’re not really a user like the rest of us. And if you were, these things should not have happened. Reply m2 November 7, 2007 at 11:14 pm Great post, Tamar.

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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

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

JANUARY 5, 2010

These posts are not in response to newsworthy events, nor are they displayed in any particular order. Tips include being active and tweeting daily, limiting using Twitter for broadcasting, focusing on company-wide social media policies, and more. Every year, I can only read so many articles. It’s really that simple.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 4, 2010

.&# While I haven’t really gone for a night on the town, social media has given me a taste of what I’m missing. I’ve learned that Roger Smith Hotel is a boutique hotel with event rooms suitable for parties and workshops. and is a “homey and cutesy&# hotel with “lots of character,&# according to Jaffe.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 1, 2010

In any event, the blog will be made over soon enough. youtube Portfolio Lateral Action Lifehacker Macgasm Mashable Pistachio: Touchbase Blog Ramblings of a Sysadmin Real Simple Schwag Addict Search Engine Roundtable Professional Bio Spammr from Tumblr Home About Consulting Contact Sitemap Policy Site design by The Other Ben Rudnick.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

In the social media world, it’s also imperative to have an emergency preparedness plan in place. In the event of emergencies, someone should be designated to run the public relations and oversee all inbound and outbound communications.

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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 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?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 1, 2009

Reply Christine Taylor December 1, 2009 at 10:22 pm I wasn’t able to get to the ( [link] ) Reply Tamar Weinberg December 1, 2009 at 10:25 pm Christine, it works here – did you go to [link] It will immediately capitalize itself and show you an upcoming event. p.s. As per my blog policy, please use your real name.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2011

What to Do if You Are Attacked Online: Setting a Social Media Policy for Your Business (Small Business Trends): What types of things can you do when you’re faced with an online attack? Sadly, there are some downsides of social media that we’re going to need to address. Works for me. Multiple scenarios exist.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 22, 2008

Simply put, the new mass media helped organize, and influence, large numbers of consumers. 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.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 15, 2009

I agree with your assessment of the differences between SEO and Social Media Marketing. I also appreciate your characterization of both as ongoing processes (social media is not an event). Please read my blog policy. I think there are plenty of people who do both. You guys are closed and biased to your own views.

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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

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

You may find people who are surfing outside your social circle who might be potentially interested in your products. At business networking events, try to get to know people outside your group of trusted colleagues. Sometimes it’s most effective to venture outside your cocoon. You never know who you might meet.

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