Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

There are a few jokes going around the blogosphere right now regarding what it means to be a social media expert. Because of this, I believe the influencers in any niche should be the people who are the most passionate about their industry doing well. Follow him on Twitter.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 15, 2009

very useful article about social marketing boom in internet maketing industry. Reply daniel July 29, 2009 at 2:46 am Hey Tamar, I found your book in a downloadable PDF format. Did you make a free e-book version or is this stolen?? Reply Ramesh July 29, 2009 at 3:36 am Thanks! If you know the source, please contact me.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

OCTOBER 22, 2009

youtube Portfolio Lateral Action Lifehacker Macgasm Mashable Pistachio: Touchbase Blog Ramblings of a Sysadmin Real Simple Schwag Addict Search Engine Roundtable Professional Bio Spammr from Tumblr Home About Consulting Contact Sitemap Policy Site design by The Other Ben Rudnick.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

NOVEMBER 26, 2007

Tagged as: media snackers , social media , web 2.0 { 6 trackbacks } Media, Mm Mm Good! I’m actually going to deviate from the norm and tag people for this one, since I’d love to hear from Barry , Maki , Ben , Lyndon , Andy , and Eric. My friends, do you respect media snackers?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 9, 2007

youtube Portfolio Lateral Action Lifehacker Macgasm Mashable Pistachio: Touchbase Blog Ramblings of a Sysadmin Real Simple Schwag Addict Search Engine Roundtable Professional Bio Spammr from Tumblr Home About Consulting Contact Sitemap Policy Site design by The Other Ben Rudnick.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 31, 2008

I started writing for some of my favorite blogs in the industries and topics I’m most passionate about. I went to the West Coast for the first time to attend search engine conferences, with trips to Seattle, San Jose (twice!), and Las Vegas.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 12, 2010

It comes with my social media maturity , I suppose. To answer some questions, Industry connections are those I know through the search industry (primarily) but I have not yet met in person. Industry colleagues are those I have met in person (typically in a casual atmosphere or at conferences). LinkedIn is a industry tool.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 12, 2010

You can check show times, read mainstream media reviews, watch official trailers, and get data on individual movies as well as the movie industry in general. That’s good stuff, but what makes the website truly great is the inordinate amount of social and mobile integration. Calling attention to social profiles?

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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?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 17, 2010

In no particular order, here they are: Make Friends In the Industry Community Managing is super easy when you’re working for a well-known tech company in the middle of Silicon Valley. No matter what industry you’re in – get to know the people in your industry. Who are the heavy hitters? Who are the influencers?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 27, 2008

As such, it has been selected as the generic social network of choice. Niche network: Sphinn : In the red corner we have Sphinn – a social news network dedicated purely to online marketing news and discussion. All three sites at the centerr of this analysis sit within the online marketing and search industry.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Of course, it doesn’t hurt to have sat next to you, Tamar, at enough search industry conferences to know you don’t blog about plants. One of the ways we try to keep from winning such a mythical award is the read blogs several times before we ever contact them. Let’s do it!

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

However, a lot of people making that news have created expectations and beliefs about social media that aren’t true. Social Media is Inexpensive False. As Charlene Li said recently, social media trades media cost for labor cost. Social Media is Fast False. Social media is by definition slow.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 4, 2010

They set the trends for the industry. In the past 5-10 years, social media has come along and changed advertising and marketing from a dollars and quantity game to a quality game. For more than 50 years marketing and advertising has been ran by the big guns on Madison Avenue. However, things have changed.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 3, 2010

But good point… I guess if I wanted to poke fun at some of the folks in the industry, I’d have considered including that. Cutright June 3, 2010 at 1:34 pm I love the parallel you’ve outlined between parenthood and social media. This was more of a personal story for me. Reply Cynthia C.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2010

How to Build a Social Media Cheat Sheet in Any Topic (ReadWriteWeb): Marshall Kirkpatrick writes an amazing guide on how you can find thought leaders in any industry. 10 Creative Contests Powered by Social Media (Mashable): You can use social media to do many things: build community, make business decisions, and more.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 12, 2009

If you are not tapping into the online message boards for your own industry or niche, you’re not doing a thorough job at monitoring the successes or failures of your product. For once, however, it’s not the Norovirus but that new-fangled byproduct of Web 2.0, the viral marketing infiltration.

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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?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 12, 2010

Now consider your industry. I’m sure the internet marketing industry isn’t alone in this regard. In due time, that started to change as I built face-to-face relationships with co-workers and then started building friendships in the industry. My industry (internet marketing/blogging) connections (who are 99.7%

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 27, 2009

I don’t necessarily expect to meet with those folks immediately; often, these powerful relationships are formed online, and I then try to learn what I can about the blogger himself/herself and follow up, normally at a conference or industry event. But sometimes there are surprises in every single meeting.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 23, 2008

Well, for one, social media users — that is, users on social news sites such as Digg, Mixx, Reddit — are not particularly enthusiastic about the proliferation of marketers in their community. This is a huge challenge for someone who wants to sell their product using social media.

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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. Folks that spent considerable time on Digg prior to the update, by and large, were looking for a social news site. It’s a social site with news secondary. Is there any?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 1, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Blogging , Industry News > Analysis of Five Top Blogs and What You Can Learn from Them Analysis of Five Top Blogs and What You Can Learn from Them by Tamar Weinberg on July 1, 2010 Share Inspired by my recent post on How Young is Too Young? ,

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 10, 2010

A few weeks ago, another person connected with me on Facebook who was referred to me by a social media buddy I never actually met. “I am a relatively new internet marketer trying to break into the industry,&# he wrote. Being able to work alongside the brightest minds in the industry can be extremely empowering.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 8, 2008

You hire a marketer because they understand the people, products and culture surrounding the industry you are trying to enter. Good Social Media marketers are heavy users of Social Media. To paint my answer in broader strokes, Social Media marketers “get&# the web. I think as web 2.0

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

OCTOBER 19, 2009

I started poring through the “list&# of people I’ve met over the past 3 years at industry trade shows and events in my mind to see if anyone else really came close to the level of caring that Chris and Gary exhibited when they met with people face-to-face. They care about their followers.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 28, 2008

In other words, this video wasn’t a marketing campaign, but it worked well as one after social media aficionados and marketers viewed this as such. Never mind them, the music industry always tries to go a step further into selling less cd’s. Reply Tamar Weinberg June 15, 2008 at 11:41 pm It’s disappointing, Gusma.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

A good example of this is a recent post on blog lengths in certain industries by Glen Allsopp, who recently guest posted here. By looking at the standard lengths of blogs in certain industries, new bloggers can get a feel for blog word counts that are successful and that which may not be as helpful to grow a new blog.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 29, 2010

Better yet, let’s just chat at an upcoming industry event instead of scheduling a dedicated meeting. Reply Jim "Genuine" Turner July 29, 2010 at 9:53 pm Been running this through in my own mind and a have been talking about it a little that we in this industry are in the trust business. Yet people always ask!)

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 4, 2008

And of course, I love this industry because conferences unite all of us from different parts of the world. I will forever remember when you kicked my ass in Guitar Hero 3 (and this was his first time ever playing, whereas I own it).

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

PR people aren’t in the ad sales industry. If a blogger outreach consultant or social media agency emails you a story pitch, read their signature. You might be great and receive a lot of accolades, but it doesn’t make you any better than the people you deal with. Rule #3: Remember who you are dealing with.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

To know people in my industry, but to talk about real life, humorous stuff 2. To know other interesting people outside of my industry who share interesting details about themselves 3. All the tech and search news I could possibly want through other people’s tweets 4. Here’s what I really want out of Twitter: 1.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 14, 2009

Top 10 Reasons Why Great Content Fails on Social Media : In case you’re still emphasizing submissions on social sites, here’s why your content … uh, appears to suck. How to Commit Social Media Suicide : Some people don’t get social media. You need to handle your reputation issue appropriately.

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JUNE 6, 2011

His company provides traditional & social pay-per-click (PPC) management, natural search optimization (SEO), social media/feed marketing (SMO) and online reputation management (ORM) services to national clients. Contributor to the Social Media Marketing Magazine – B2B Column. Michael Brenner is a Sr.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 1, 2010

Are you looking to become an industry expert, or are you focused on establishing your company’s name, or both? The more you read, the better and more prepared you will be to communicate through various social media channels. I have to especially agree on your comment not to join every social network out there.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 23, 2010

On Tuesday, I was having a chat with a colleague of mine who I’ve known since I was 10 who is in a similar industry. He has a pretty strong identity in the industry. If I find someone that I have friended is less than reputable, I unfriend them. Reply Tamar Weinberg June 24, 2010 at 9:16 am Interesting comment, Susan.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 24, 2010

Don’t try impress me with your funding or whatever industry related things you think you do really well. My eyes glaze over at the site of industry jargon. Danny is currently Chief Content Officer of Third Door Media which operates the Sphinn social news site and organizes the popular Search Marketing Expo conference series.

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