Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 2, 2008

Typically, a fair portion of the class involves group work and some interactive elements — we’ve had discussions, card games, Jeopardy, chart-making, a range of Montessori activities, videos, song-writing and much more. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 12, 2010

They are interested in this new “social media” thing but haven’t actually dipped their proverbial toes in the social waters yet. However, the CEO read an article in Adage, and as a result, he wants to hit social ground running. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us

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NOVEMBER 28, 2007

Reply Tamar Weinberg September 26, 2007 at 12:17 am My primary complaint with Reddit is that while it’s not slow at all compared to other social news sites, the interface is very primitive. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us Maybe I should start using Reddit more.

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AUGUST 18, 2010

Reply Deb Ng August 19, 2010 at 8:55 am Jenn Fowler (@jennfowler) and I joked the other day about starting a support group for our spouses and other social media widows and widowers. It’s hard to explain passion for Twitter or a love of a blog. Getting both partners on the same page is really important! Thanks Deb!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 28, 2010

To be sure, though, solicit feedback from a group of trusted peers not directly involved in your company or marketing objectives before going ahead with publishing the video, since you need an unbiased opinion. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us Answers Yahoo!

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MARCH 4, 2010

I spoke with Brian Simpson, Director of Social Hospitality, for more insights into how social media became an asset for Roger Smith, and I learned some great things. Brian Simpson is a cancer survivor and discovered Twitter in the spring of 2008 when he endured the grueling process of chemotherapy for a period of 7 months.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

The more I participate on social networks like Twitter, Socialmedian, Facebook, and Google Reader, the more my content is being shared and distributed and discussed. After I had expressed my thoughts in my blog post, I had an exchange with Louis on Twitter about comment fragmentation. This is a win-win approach. Answers Yahoo!

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NOVEMBER 26, 2007

Young people of the new WWW generation snuck in whenever, wherever, and on whatever they like. Totally connected groups are average sharers, creating as much as they can consume and using free sites to display it all. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us Of course I do.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 27, 2008

Many people found the research interesting, but a number of people commented that the social networks probably shouldn’t be grouped together. So the question arose – was social media traffic misrepresented by grouping traffic from all networks together? Reply Justin December 6, 2008 at 6:34 pm Well said!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 9, 2008

In the past few weeks, however, even Digg’s other top users are seeing that Digg is becoming more difficult of a social news site to enjoy, and after stepping away from Digg for awhile, I have some thoughts and reflections on how it was and possibly how it should be. In fact, most of them had already left.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 12, 2010

Social media connections are those I know through a variety of online forums, the blogosphere, Twitter, and the like (but I generally don’t befriend someone immediately; I still give it time). However- these social sites are soo much easier than organizing and attending reunions and it is always possible to look your best!!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 1, 2008

This is not a regular practice on the social news giant, and unfortunately, that is probably the biggest thing causing its downfall. As a side point, Google is a bigger beast and it has tens or hundreds of staff members visiting forums and moderating groups to ensure that the user experience is a good one. Time will only tell.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 12, 2009

Because this critical post of Royal Caribbean disappointed me, I polled my Twitter followers for feedback. On a few occasions, they also have served as focus groups providing us with valuable feedback on a number of topics. This is Cruise Critic’s sole involvement in this program.

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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). Do the same thing for your social networks, and your other interactions. Although, of course, I found this post through Twitter.

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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

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

FEBRUARY 22, 2008

Anyone can visit online meeting places like Digg and Reddit and promote the voices and opinions of others, and anyone can mobilize a group of people around a common cause on Facebook or elsewhere. And that’s the key differentiator of social media: we, the consumers, can have one loud voice, that companies and other people listen to.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 6, 2008

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Personal > Zicam and the Reputation Management Fiasco Zicam and the Reputation Management Fiasco by Tamar Weinberg on February 6, 2008 Share Awhile ago, I used Twitter to talk about one of my favorite cold remedy vitamins, Airborne.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 28, 2010

Linkedin lead generation requires commitment to answering and asking questions on Groups/Answers, taking advantage of the deep searches, and connecting directly with those around you in your network. Kirtsy and Other Niche Social Networks. Did you know there’s a social news website catered to women called Kirtsy ?

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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

MAY 5, 2010

Don’t use a Facebook Group. Don’t cross promote to Twitter (offer a different incentive on Twitter). Hootsuite , for example, has multiple tabs that highlight their social involvement elsewhere on the web. Don’t just broadcast the same messages to your Twitter and Facebook followers.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 12, 2010

Digg is by far the largest; as a former “top user&# of the service , I built strong relationships with employees and users of the social news site. There were other typical social networks in this grouping as well, including Flickr, FriendFeed, Kirtsy, Mixx, Plurk, StumbleUpon, Tip’d, and Twitter.

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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

JANUARY 5, 2009

Social Media Sites: General The Big Boys of Social Bookmarking: The Top 20 Sites (10e20): Chris Winfield ranks the top 20 social bookmarking sites by their Alexa rankings and gives a short description of what each does — in case you haven’t ventured beyond Digg. What are the most popular sites in these age groups?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 26, 2010

But with all other social networks, there are rules of engagement that are determined by the community. 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. Answers Yahoo!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 10, 2010

Over the next few months, I received multiple invites to various groups on Facebook and messages imploring me to participate in activities in which I had no interest. All social media etiquette rules were not heeded to. Training Social : Samir Balwani has worked tirelessly to provide one of the most (the most?)

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 29, 2008

We organise language courses worldwide for businesses, one-to-one students, and small groups. 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. Tamar : What does your company do?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

A great example is how he provided a deep matrix into Google Buzz, Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter just a few days after Buzz was launched. I actually also found out that PayPal was being accepted via Facebook through Jeremiah and not through the regular blogs I read that cover the social space/tech industry. thank you darling.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 21, 2008

No one suspected any of this until Lilly Ann, aka Barbara Calandrello, made a desperate appeal to her social media friends for financial assistance with life-threatening medical conditions for which she was uninsured and being denied treatment until she could pay. People hustling others on social media for a couple of dollars.

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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

MAY 19, 2008

I became a big fan of playing games (bingo especially) at a little hub on AOL called RabbitJack’s Casino , which was considered a unique community within the AOL borders with a close-knit group of people from all walks of life. Twitter is the new chat room, but IRC still remains a popular choice behind services like Ustream and Y!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 10, 2008

He talks of a group on Facebook that has a goal to build an organization that has enough political clout to achieve ends to end poverty. Zuckerberg : It was a group decision, really. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us The company is growing really quickly. Answers Yahoo!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 3, 2009

She was a member of the Red Hat Society , and was very proud for her group getting kicked out of Denny’s for “disrupting&# the restaurant – this when she was 85. Reply Pearl January 20, 2008 at 10:42 am Hi Tamar – I guess I never saw this entry before and just read about it on twitter today. Answers Yahoo!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 10, 2008

Abusing group invites. And if they don’t accept, don’t send the group request more than once by asking them to join via email, wall post, or Facebook message. Twitter Following a user and then unfollowing them before they have a chance to follow back. Twitter is also about real relationships.

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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. This applies to Pages as well. This will make sure, regardless of what part of your Page they are on your brand is front and center.

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APRIL 1, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Social Media > How to Use Social Media for Personal Branding How to Use Social Media for Personal Branding by Tamar Weinberg on April 1, 2010 Share This is a guest post by Dan Schawbe l. Follow him on Twitter.

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JUNE 23, 2010

Groups : Facebook Groups still exist, but I wouldn’t encourage using them unless you’re looking to maintain a fully closed and private community in the confines of the service. Normally, Groups exist to let people congregate around a common interest. And if it does still exist, a Facebook Page may make sense.)

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