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Building Trust: A Relationship is Not a Newsletter Opt-In

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

In the post, I shared my don’ts of social networks, and to that point, I added the following rule for LinkedIn: Gathering all the email addresses of users you are connected to — even locating email addresses of LinkedIn Group managers — and utilizing this mailing list to promote your own company or service off-site.

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Creating Passionate Customers: Brand Evangelism and What it Means.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

The easiest way to find these people is to find the communities that your users frequently visit, be it forums, Twitter, or other social networks. get Twitter mentions of your brand via RSS or email) or use a service like Backtype (backtype.com) to see comments across blogs and other social media sites (such as FriendFeed).

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Social Media Marketing Without Brand Awareness Can Kill You.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

The key here is making the mechanics of the social networks transparent. Fortunately, it also allows the developers to do the same and once a new vulnerability is found, the experts can fix it in a timely fashion. Social networks like Digg are open source???

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Why You Should Fix Your House Before Inviting People Over

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

One of the things I look for nowadays when I visit sites is how well they’re integrating their social network presences. This was something I noticed a few months back Debbie Hemley Reply Michele Corona May 13, 2010 at 11:49 am Excellent article on the holistic, proper approach to implementing social media.

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The Nightmare Public Relations Professional and How to Stop Him

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

A few months ago, Brian Solis talked about an off-topic pitch about a social network for plants. Somehow, I think nature lovers would be more interested in socializing shrubbery.) Writing on social media strategy has still gotten me my share of dance and fashion clothing pitches. That’s the good news.

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23 Reactions to the New Digg, and It's Not Good » Techipedia.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

By trying to make Digg more social, it really became less social. What happened to a simple news site? As Tamar pointed out, it’s a social news site, not a network and I could care less about how often profiles are updated. social networking site. There are already too many. Is there any?

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3 Golden Business Rules for Social Media Engagement

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Neither the tweet or the follow up direct message was responded to in a timely fashion. This is a well known brand, but yet they’re not building up their social media presence despite prominently advertising it on their website. Not long ago, I tweeted praise to a business and followed up with them about something else via email.