Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

The major “Web 2.0″ ″ and social networking technologies that have been created in the last several years have been a major boon for consumers and web users. For me, FriendFeed is the #2 driver of traffic to my Web site, behind only Google. Let’s be honest for a second here.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 12, 2010

They want a blog, an iPhone app, viral videos, a Twitter handle, a Facebook fan page complete with custom applications, blogger and influencer engagement initiatives, an ad.ly 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.

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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 Seth Godin says, “you can’t out Amazon, Amazon&#. Once it is authentically your truth, people will respond.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 11, 2008

Nearly four months later, the social features appear to be here to stay. I suppose that brings me to a feature request (since it doesn’t seem to exist right now): is there any way to hide the shouts that people send? But are they secure? Sorry about the confusion with regards to my previous statement. Answers Yahoo!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

NOVEMBER 28, 2007

Mixx has a lot of potential, and as new features are added to the service based on user feedback, it’s a viable social news network that can certainly deliver. Besides all for the hype to Mixx, which has lots of less features than even earthfrisk.com seems dumb. I know where I will spend more time in the feature.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 17, 2010

Follow him on Twitter. So I challenged myself to create a list of 10 responsibilities of the Community Manager that extend beyond the realm of Facebook and Twitter (and yes, even blogging). Work With Web Developers to Update Your Site for Web 2.0 The difference is updating your website to Web 2.0.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 18, 2010

It’s hard to explain passion for Twitter or a love of a blog. 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. Mafia Wars?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 21, 2009

In today’s day and age, it is incredibly easy for a person to set up his personal web space to start sharing whatever is on his mind (and you begin to wonder why Twitter’s growth is so huge and popular among celebrities ?) That’s not to say it should only be done on Twitter though. It’s like THE CLUB.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 10, 2010

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! Reply Sean June 10, 2010 at 8:29 pm Hey thanks for featuring me!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 30, 2008

After using both closely, the comparison to Twitter shouldn’t even be the case. After using both closely, the comparison to Twitter shouldn’t even be the case. Plurk and Twitter are two entirely different beasts. But Plurk is a lot more, and Twitter still has its place.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

who has previously written a great analysis on the top 5 blogs and now is taking his evaluation to Twitter. Twitter is one of the largest social networking sites, featuring users from various walks of lives. Twitter has a wide range of benefits from communicating with friends and families to building a brand for your business.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 27, 2008

If I recall, I sent that request to StumbleUpon to include months ago, and they said no such feature is available. Kirtsy Likaholix LinkedIn Mahalo Mento Mixx MyBlogLog MySpace Plurk Pownce Propeller Reddit SEOmoz Sphinn StumbleUpon Technorati Toluu Twitter Wikipedia Yahoo! Answers Yahoo!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 22, 2008

For example, when someone posted a video parody on YouTube, it was featured in local Philippine television. Kirtsy Likaholix LinkedIn Mahalo Mento Mixx MyBlogLog MySpace Plurk Pownce Propeller Reddit SEOmoz Sphinn StumbleUpon Technorati Toluu Twitter Wikipedia Yahoo! This then drove even more traffic to YouTube. Answers Yahoo!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

I, too, find that Twitter has been incredibly powerful for me to connect with real life colleagues, readers of Techipedia, family, and everyone in between. I’m also something of a Twitter purist. Enter a second Twitter account. With Twitter being so incredibly large and vast, there are different types of mini-communities.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 22, 2009

Tweet Spinner is a powerful application that manages the more high level management Twitter tasks for you, from managing followers/friends to changing your profile design and then some. Tweet Spinner Feature Set Tweet Spinner features four main features. Consider spam protection for your email inbox ported over Twitter.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2010

Like last year, I enlisted in help from my followers on Twitter, many of whom gave me some great posts to add to this list. Marketing on the Social Web: A Few Key Ingredients (Michael Fruchter): I love the graphic. David Armano suggests to study out the candidate first; they shouldn’t just be focused on Twitter, for example.

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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. It is not a broadcast.

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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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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 20, 2007

Michael via Twitter ) [Today is] the day that Digg died. i like digg because its different and i hope that difference doesnt erode with these new features. I will say that I enjoy the fan feature. By trying to make Digg more social, it really became less social. social networking site. This was a rushed redesign job.

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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. Images Images work in all shapes and sizes. The possibilities are endless, but the creative images take the cake.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 12, 2010

Consider the difference between my friendship circle in 2007 (graph featured below). There were other typical social networks in this grouping as well, including Flickr, FriendFeed, Kirtsy, Mixx, Plurk, StumbleUpon, Tip’d, and Twitter. The profiles will both feature different stories — and they won’t be about me.

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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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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 14, 2010

Links are just one currency of the web. Yup, you can’t just chat with people on Twitter and broadcast on Facebook. As many people say, the “public face&# of the company on either Twitter of Facebook or wherever else is expected to do it all — support, etc. What about the creativity that is now required of you?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 16, 2010

Follow him on Twitter. If you look around the social web a lot like me, you will agree that most social media campaigns suck. If you have your brand name as your Twitter handle and a portrait photo of you on your profile, you are getting it all wrong. Can you please share your Twitter feeds on LinkedIn?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2009

To Shout or Not to Shout: The Digg Dilemma (Brent Csutoras): Brent asked many top Digg users what their thoughts were on using Digg’s new shout feature. Maybe you should get started, but if you’re inundated with all the hype about Twitter, sit down, relax, and read this beginner’s guide. Are You a Social Media Idiot?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 8, 2010

Social Media is More than Just Twitter and Facebook Hopefully, if you’re participating in social media marketing, you’re using more than just the tools everyone else is using. However, you need to articulate to your client or marketing teams that social media is not just about participating on Twitter and Facebook.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 8, 2008

So, in order to be a good social media marketer, in my opinion, you should understand the tools you’re using and the communities to which you are marketing, be they ones that surround the tool itself (Twitter users) or subject matters within a certain tool (FriendFeed room about, say, cell phones.).

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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.) Twitter is the new chat room, but IRC still remains a popular choice behind services like Ustream and Y! For me, it was all about keywords and about navigating to content on AOL. (It

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 29, 2008

For something with audio as it’s main feature, recording on a noisy street isn’t ideal. Kirtsy Likaholix LinkedIn Mahalo Mento Mixx MyBlogLog MySpace Plurk Pownce Propeller Reddit SEOmoz Sphinn StumbleUpon Technorati Toluu Twitter Wikipedia Yahoo! At least I thought so. I know I’m not alone. Answers Yahoo!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 26, 2010

Brief Overview of StumbleUpon Since everyone is mostly raving about Twitter and Facebook as of late, I’m going to briefly define StumbleUpon and explain how it works. More information and tips for usage can be read in The New Community Rules: Marketing on the Social Web. Answers Yahoo!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

A good example of this is Search Engine Land , which features search-related news briefs to keep the public informed of the industry, but also offers two separate categories contributed to by members of the search engine industry that offer great detail: the how-to category and the features and analysis category. thank you darling.

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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. Reply steaprok July 21, 2008 at 10:03 am This is so damn sad!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 29, 2010

Books Take Time to Write Last week, a Twitter user asked a really blunt but surprising question about how to download my book (legally) for free. Consequently, I got chewed out both on Twitter and following that on her own blog, telling me that I should have responded nicely and recommended the library.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 10, 2010

SEOmoz PRO : SEOmoz PRO features a rich library of informative guides, a myriad of tools, and a strong active and close-knit community. I found your article via Lisa Barone on Twitter.) So many “marketing&# gurus have like 10,000 followers on Twitter after 150 tweets which reeks of some kind of scam instead of genuine quality.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 1, 2009

Facebook Pages do not allow background images like Twitter, Myspace, and other services. Jesse Stay is a consultant who specializes in the integration of social APIs such as Twitter and Facebook. I just made a test fan page to try out this FBML feature. This applies to Pages as well. You have until December 10th to enter.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 10, 2008

Twitter Following a user and then unfollowing them before they have a chance to follow back. Consistently using your Twitter stream for nothing but self-promotion and ego. This is much more bothersome when the request comes via IM or email and not on Twitter itself. Twitter is also about real relationships.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 2, 2010

Facebook started out small, allowing developers to test and roll out features slowly. While this feature was met initially with a lot of dissent , I feel comfortable sharing this information with my friends — otherwise, I would not have established that connection with them. Thanks for your thoughts on this! Answers Yahoo!

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