Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Tweet industry news as well as your company’s current events. President Obama is a great example of this. Using social media as a tool to position yourself or company as an expert is how you are going to gain your followers’ trust. It’s okay to not talk about yourself — your followers will thank you.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

For example, if you have a product for teenagers you would not want to pick a pregnancy blogger. Come to your mom blogger event? You want to start with a list of mom blogs that you like — ones that jive with your brand, are in your target demo, and look like they get medium to high traffic. Here is the list I use.

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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. For example, I like to share links on Twitter from say 8am-9am every 10 minutes, then share a link to my post for that day. Here’s an example query to show the broad reach of IceRocket – a vanity search: [link]. Stephanie Schwab.

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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. Sorry, guys, it’s five years later.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 31, 2009

One great example this year has been Blame Drew’s Cancer. They used Twitter, so that attendees could tweet and discuss the events with their followers. Additionally, crowdsourcing has even help bring awareness to charity causes and collecting money for them. Facebook Create a Facebook Page and tell everyone about it.

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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. However, I did find an interesting example in Dell. It also becomes direct. I’d be interested in reading it.

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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. Some advice I give to my Social Media students is to be careful following the example of some large brands who are relatively new to Social Media but seem to be successful. I guess they see these relationships the same way.

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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. This article is an example of that. This is an great example of a company that gets it and has moved the needle because of it. However, things have changed. You have to gain them by gaining their respect.

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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

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

MAY 5, 2010

Share the 10OFF discount code for everyone, for example. Hootsuite , for example, has multiple tabs that highlight their social involvement elsewhere on the web. 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?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 17, 2010

He also gave a simple example of how to measure Social Media ROI: What you really want to know when measuring Social Media ROI is how much money each incoming warm lead is worth. Here’s a great example: Many Yelp reviews are taken down within a few days of being posted. Put them to good use! Ever wonder why?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Search Engine Roundtable is an excellent example of a successful unique blog in a saturated market. Mommyblogs are a great example of thriving personal blogs; they take you behind the scenes into the life as a parent. Personal accounts of everyday events is what made Dooce and the Bloggess so successful.

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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. If they have too many friends and not many followers, for example, you might not want to follow them. between 40 and 40000).

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 12, 2010

Take my husband’s grandfather as an example. These examples above illustrate a typical usability question faced by Facebook users (well, except for Grandpa). Again I could be wrong but the last Facebook PR event I attended for the 300 million mark they made sure we all knew that was active users. I could not agree more.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 1, 2010

For example, by looking at ProBlogger, we are being told that the owner is not an amateur but a pro blogger. Let’s take Techipedia for example. For example, if I’m blogging to tell you the importance of traffic then I should also tell you how to get traffic in the same post. For example, my blog is three months old.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 18, 2009

Some blogs cover software only by being voted upon by the user , for example, and your press release won’t even fly for that category. Go to trade show events or nighttime meetups. Study those blogs to grasp the blog’s culture and why (or what criteria is used) to cover a specific product or service.

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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

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

As an example, if you’re a business who predominantly focuses on IT infrastructure solutions but recently was involved in a tremendous Thanksgiving initiative through your local food bank, you certainly are within your right (and should) tell people about it. Let me use a good example that’s relevant to me: Facebook.

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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. As such, you deserve to call the shots within reason, and the first illustration you gave is a fine examples of this.

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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

JULY 8, 2008

For example, what plays well on Digg versus what plays well on Propeller. Knowing the right people to send something to on StumbleUpon or keeping a conversation going on FriendFeed for example. I came across a great example earlier today; the form at [link] was probably designed by a regular marketer.

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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. The article has examples of how social media worked too. How to Make Social Media Work for Non-Consumer Brands (Mashable): This is a good B2B social media article which is chock full of examples. Which approach best suits you?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 10, 2010

Keyword stuffing, for example, might have worked 5 years ago, but it’s not a successful tactic anymore. As much as I worry that I’ve offended someone by using her as an example in this post, I do hope she reads it and learns from it. They have a NY event in March, a CA event in August, and a Chicago event in December.

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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. link] fore example uses cliques to collectively create a more selective audience to hold a dialogue with. Thanks for laying out the two sides. Reply Chris June 30, 2008 at 8:43 am I agree 100% with you on this post. might help you with updating both.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 4, 2008

The big language barrier still exists, for example, when you refer to Java (“not coffee, not the island, but the programming language!&# ) Semantic search : webmasters may not spend a ridiculous amount of time trying to describe what things mean since there’s no motivation for them to do so. Maybe that’s a bad example.

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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

JANUARY 5, 2012

This is a post that looks at some of the high performers and gives examples on how you can do the same. Geography, for example, comes into play here. 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. Marketing Automation.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2009

Why Social Media Belongs in Your Internet Marketing Campaign (Bruce Clay): The Lisa goes through three successful examples of good social media applications and illustrates why they grabbed her attention. For example, Rule #1 is “Thou Shalt Be Honest.&# Shimon literally gave away his trade secret with this one.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2011

Here are other examples about how to leverage the popular video sharing site to get a job. Pam’s post has some great examples of how to find those “social media experts&# who just don’t deserve to be hired. 20 LinkedIn Case Studies and Examples for Professionals (Kyle Lacy): How are YOU using LinkedIn?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 1, 2009

Here’s an example of a simple tab I set up: Welcome! 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.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 10, 2008

Considering the above example, I pose a question on Facebook etiquette: Is it appropriate to let these requests sit in pending mode or to reject the friends outright?? I don’t get when people sign comments for example, since they comment itself already comes with the name and link above it. on Twitter. technologies.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 8, 2010

Affiliate marketing, for example, comes to mind. mark Reply Tamar Weinberg April 10, 2010 at 8:45 pm Thanks Mark. You’re right; it’s not much different from other types of marketing.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 24, 2010

For example, I write a lot about AOL, and after the recent layoffs, I wrote how the entire mobile advertising team took a voluntary buyout and quit the company. One example is Mint and the insights they offer via their blog. She was the epitome of this example! (I Previously, Nich wrote for Valleywag and InternetNews.com.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 23, 2010

By removing this account, and I’d imagine dozens of others, Facebook set an example, but four years later, name abuse is running rampant on the service. Sadly enough, most people don’t know that their content is public; a wonderful example is seen below. I had a good reason to base this on a summer camp example.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 14, 2009

Here’s how this works : In the Internet Marketing Best Posts “series,&# I take posts that are typically timeless — they’re not confined to a specific event or news occurrence — they’re valuable for the long haul in terms of Internet Marketing and creative strategy. Is your company on the list?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 1, 2010

For example, Tamar Weinberg is the community manager for Mashable, and she has written for Lifehacker.com and other mega blogs. 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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