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Content Aggregators are Killing Content Creators

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

This new world is an evolution of the Web and it cannot be undone. The examples you gave of people copying full text of a story somewhere else is in the very slim minority from my experience. Josh’s examples relate to sites like Digg, which allows a short description, and FriendFeed, which is similar in that respect.

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3 Golden Business Rules for Social Media Engagement

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

A response came from a business owner who had the perfect answer on her website and directed the original poster to the website for a detailed reply. When I reviewed the poster’s account, I understood why. Small businesses can’t always follow by example, unfortunately. They might have to spend time doing instead.

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Is Social Media the Final Frontier of Marketing?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

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. It also becomes direct.

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When is Brand Evangelism a Crime? Exploring the Royal Caribbean.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

I have seen these programs work but I sometimes wonder if it’s worth all the effort considering the possible fall-out, as seen in your example. For me, social media is the loooong haul and not a brief campaign. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us

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Best Internet Marketing Posts of 2009

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Social Media: Getting Started Why You Have to Engage in Social Media, Even if You Don’t Want to (A Smart Bear): Jason Cohen (@asmartbear) makes a compelling argument into why social media must be considered, even if you have no interest in it. The article has examples of how social media worked too.

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7 Truths About Social Media Marketing

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Affiliate marketing, for example, comes to mind. Second, I don’t know – I thought blogging was all about providing value to your readers ( [link] ) , or maybe I mistook your (or your guest poster’s) vague generalities for substance. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca

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Kevin Rose is Digg's Biggest Hypocrite » Techipedia | Tamar Weinberg

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Tagged as: digg , Internet , kevin rose , social media , social news { 10 trackbacks } links for 2007-11-08 « Trials and Tribulations November 8, 2007 at 5:27 pm Nuudelisoppa » Blog Archive » Kevin Rose: Diggs Biggest Hypocrite November 9, 2007 at 12:07 pm AllSux.com » I Sux, You Sux, All Sux dot Com!

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