Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 20, 2007

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Social Media > Thoughts on Digg’s Latest Features: Thumbs Up Thoughts on Digg’s Latest Features: Thumbs Up by Tamar Weinberg on December 17, 2007 Share When I was at Pubcon last week, Digg launched its highly anticipated images section.

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Digg Review Web 2.0 Upcoming 100

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 11, 2008

Nearly four months later, the social features appear to be here to stay. As Digg becomes more of a social network and less of a social news network (or a hybrid that incorporates both elements), it has a lot of obstacles it needs to face. But are they secure? Answers Yahoo!

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Digg Privacy MySpace Yahoo 100

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 18, 2008

Twitter has major problems with uptimes, Plurk is missing some major features, and Brightkite is having issues with Verizon. But they all shy away from implementing features that worked, from other services. Threaded Comments – one of the largest feature missing out on Twitter was the ability to actually respond to someone.

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Microblogging API MySpace Yahoo 102

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 10, 2008

For your blog, any URL will do, and if you are writing for a blog with multiple authors, FriendFeed parses through the authors and only features blog posts written by you. I actually think the links are coming from Digg and StumbleUpon. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us

Plaxo 103

Plaxo Picasa StumbleUpon Netvibes 103

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 10, 2010

Gloson Teh is one of my favorite social media kids. I met him on StumbleUpon over a year ago and he is one of those kids who never ceases to amaze me; he totally understands social media and his 22 Reasons for You to Blog was even featured in my annual Best Posts of 2009 roundup. Thank you very much for the feature!

Blogger 241

Blogger StumbleUpon Communities Journal 241

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

OCTOBER 22, 2009

Effectively, they’re porting their press release information to the wide open, and perhaps going a little more granular by featuring content specific to elements of iTunes. First, I’m going to say kudos to Apple for trying involve themselves in the world of social media. I’m going to stop there, though.

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Apple Twitter Forums Policies 154

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 28, 2010

Peace, Jackie Reply Al June 30, 2010 at 12:49 pm This post was also featured on our Education Blog, here is a link to it: [link] Reply Cancel reply Leave a Comment Be sure to wrap all code in <code></code> tags. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us Another great post.

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Video Flash Mob YouTube MySpace 236

Koka Sexton

NOVEMBER 14, 2008

blog with FeedBurner Social Media Release Criticism: Nine Points to Consider Social Media – Digg, MySpace,YouTube – Web 2.0 6 Ways to Make Better Friends on StumbleUpon ¬ Barbara Ling (aka Owlbert) #267 March 22nd, 2008 at 2:27 pm Most impressive post! Excellent social tips I will be using.

List 85

List Social Media StumbleUpon Blogosphere 85

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 12, 2010

They are also the most likely to pass the word along to their circle of friends, family, and acquaintances (a prerequisite to “going viral” within social channels). However, if your website and email messages don’t call attention to these features you’ve lost out on the opportunity to reach these folks and make these things happen.

Smart Phone 218

Smart Phone Mobile Social Media SEO 218

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Social media experts realise that you can’t control what people say about you online, but you can continue to focus on putting out your best work possible, whatever your medium can be. I am absolutely tired of all the profiles with “Social Media Expert&#. Tamar, looking forward to featuring you soon! Answers Yahoo!

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Social Media Influencer MySpace Consultant 229

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

When contrasted with the StumbleUpon model, the FriendFeeds and Diggs of the world seem to have the process backwards. Perhaps this is the fault of FriendFeed’s realtime feature. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us People never see anything. Answers Yahoo!

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Aggregator Content Digg Posterous 151

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 18, 2010

I’m not going to open a window into my personal life (which features hundreds of photos of my *very* minor son) to someone who thinks they know me but who I have no association with. Those featured in the book weren’t exactly strangers. I still have mine). That concept was ported online. Answers Yahoo!

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Activities Social Media Policies Social Networking 216

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 21, 2009

Comcast did it early, and Frank Eliason today (who, by the way, is featured in the book I wrote) is really the role model for excellent customer service using online technologies. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us That’s not to say it should only be done on Twitter though.

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Social Media Strategy Marketing Vimeo 153

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 22, 2008

For example, when someone posted a video parody on YouTube, it was featured in local Philippine television. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us Buzz YouTube Tamar Weinberg is a social media enthusiast with a passion for all things tech and productivity. Answers Yahoo!

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Social Media Marketing Digg MySpace 105

Viper Chill

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

I ran the social news site Reddit through the tool as an example and I’m told that around 55% of visitors are male (though I expect this to be a little lower than reality) and 24% of the audience are over 50 years old. StumbleUpon Buzz. The People of StumbleUpon (Influencers). Google Reader Subscriber Counts.

Analysis 82

Analysis Quantcast Data StumbleUpon 82

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2010

Experts Talk About Social Media Training (Samir Balwani): Samir has a great interview on the background on social media marketing with 5 experts. Normally I don’t self-promote in this roundup, but the quotes are good, and Jason Falls, who was featured, is one of my role models.) Note: I was interviewed.

Marketing 265

Marketing SEO Journal Engineering 265

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 28, 2010

You can do a photo essays or present a gallery of images that you or your graphic designers have Photoshopped–and you can feature tutorials on how to make the best out of your photography/graphic design skills. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us Answers Yahoo!

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Social Media Content SEO Examples 180

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 22, 2009

Tweet Spinner Feature Set Tweet Spinner features four main features. Sadly, this feature has become necessary, and TweetSpinner helps you maintain anti-spam rules to weed out the junk. This is a subscriber-only feature and occurs every four hours. Profile Rotator Here’s another great feature of Tweet Spinner.

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Applications Review Statistics URL 179

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2009

Top 29 Niche Social Media Sites (That Actually Send Traffic) : Andy Hagans consistently updates this list with some great resources that aren’t necessarily being tapped into by many folks, but maybe it’s time for things to change. Reddit Tips from the Top Dog on Reddit (Social News Watch): How do you become a top user on Reddit?

Marketing 144

Marketing StumbleUpon SEO Reputation 144

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Twitter is one of the largest social networking sites, featuring users from various walks of lives. Here is what I found in his bio “ www.BieberFever.com Request my single SOMEBODY TO LOVE featuring USHER!! As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us Answers Yahoo!

Analysis 215

Analysis Twitter MySpace Consultant 215

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 20, 2007

As Tamar pointed out, it’s a social news site, not a network and I could care less about how often profiles are updated. i like digg because its different and i hope that difference doesnt erode with these new features. social networking site. I will say that I enjoy the fan feature. Is there any?

Digg 102

Digg MySpace Upcoming Reddit 102

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 18, 2009

What about benefiting the blog you hope to be featured on? If you genuinely believe that there are specific blogs that you want to involve yourself in or that your company should be featured in, you need to spend more than 5 minutes crafting a pitch as to why you or your company is good enough for the job. Answers Yahoo!

Blogger 132

Blogger Press Release Marketing Instant Messaging 132

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 30, 2008

After using both Plurk and Twitter pretty heavily, I’ve come to the conclusion that Plurk is best at its features for community-building, whereas Twitter succeeds more with its interface that bolsters information-sharing. Both of these features continue to support my argument that Twitter is not Plurk, nor is Plurk a new Twitter.

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Twitter Microblogging MySpace Comparison 199

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 12, 2010

Industry and social media connections are further broken into additional categories, as seen in the charts below. Consider the difference between my friendship circle in 2007 (graph featured below). I also consider bloggers who have forged real-life relationships with me to have connected via social media. Answers Yahoo!

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Facebook LinkedIn Social Networking Microblogging 233

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 21, 2008

It does not list links to her various websites, however from time to time she would post links to recent posts on her StumbleUpon blog, many of which are also featured on her business website, Whispy.com , a portal which offers a wide variety of spiritual and psychic services. it isn’t easy, but it is worth the effort.

Social Media 104

Social Media StumbleUpon Communities MySpace 104

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 17, 2010

And on, and on… Despite the fact that many of these are specific to software development in general, not just gaming, there are many tasks that we all share as community managers no matter who we’re working for, like featuring positive contributors to the community! Disaster management (servers go down, critical bug found, etc.)

Communities 237

Communities Twitter Web 2.0 ROI 237

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 5, 2010

It also reminds you that Facebook is one of their social destinations on the web, but that you might be interested in their YouTube page. Their YouTube page, ironically, only features a playlist of videos that they love but does not show any videos made by themselves, such as the process of making a Peanut Butter Cup. I know I would.)

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Facebook How To Marketing URL 279

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 1, 2010

Additionally, because we feature an exclusive ad inventory from some of the biggest brands in the world including Blackberry, L’Oreal, Dominos Pizza, National Geographical, and Microsoft our ads are actively of interest to site visitors. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us

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Analysis Domain Name Blogger Adsense 226

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 29, 2008

For something with audio as it’s main feature, recording on a noisy street isn’t ideal. See you on stumbleupon! As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us Buzz YouTube Tamar Weinberg is a social media enthusiast with a passion for all things tech and productivity.

Marketing 103

Marketing Film StumbleUpon Project 103

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 8, 2008

A lot is made about being able to “game&# these systems, but more I think a social media marketer should just know how to work with what is in front of them. Knowing the right people to send something to on StumbleUpon or keeping a conversation going on FriendFeed for example. Do they go to BarCamps, PodCamps, etc?

Social Media 163

Social Media Marketing Consultant Communities 163

Webbiquity SMM

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

Social Mention also lets you set up alerts (simiar to Google Alerts) and offers a widget that can be installed on a website or blog to display the real-time buzz about your specified topic. A social media monitoring tool that combines powerful features (e.g., Social Website Analyzer. Share it on StumbleUpon.

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Tools Social Media Radian6 CoTweet 188

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 14, 2010

Reply Jonha April 14, 2010 at 7:25 pm Hi Tamar, Social media is fun as it is interactive but once abused, or if you spend too much time on it, it will really get a little too routine and boring. farmville, who would have thought we’d be farming on social media 5 years ago). Answers Yahoo!

Social Media 267

Social Media SEO Blogger Communities 267

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 19, 2008

I still slap myself on the forehead when I recall tossing out a magazine from the Compuserve days that featured the best websites of that time.) I am only now starting to check these social sites out, just Facebook and StumbleUpon so far. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us

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MySpace Yahoo Ustream StumbleUpon 101

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

My favorite examples of this come from all corners of the Internet, with some blogs always offering original detailed content (which is what I hope to achieve here on Techipedia) and others providing a mix of news bytes in addition to deeper commentary. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us

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Blogosphere Blogger Comments Tips 278

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 16, 2010

You can use Google Alerts or Social Mention’s alert feature. I prefer Social Mention because they are more thorough than Google. What social media site gives me the most traffic? According to your web analytics, what social media site gets you more traffic? Answers Yahoo!

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Questions Social Media How To Postrank 277

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. He also offers high quality tools, many of which are free. Answers Yahoo!

Marketing 240

Marketing How To SEO Training 240

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 8, 2010

If there’s one recurring theme that I feature here on Techipedia, it’s the fact that social media marketing relates to dealings with other individuals. This is so true … heck, my friend even was featured a few years back in the NYTimes because of his social network profiles resulting in job rejections!

Social Media 268

Social Media Marketing Policies Sysomos 268