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Nuggets from Social Media workshops as of late. : Community Group Therapy

Buzz Marketing for Technology

I’ve done a number of workshops the past few months with clients designed to do two primary things: Land a common understanding across the teams involved around what social media, communities and influencer programs really are and more importantly why it matters to a business. Influencers. Influencer Marketing: An Oxymoron?

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

Especially in comparison to many other communication programs like traditional PR, TV advertising, outdoor advertising and others, social media actually offers pretty solid metrics. That is the value to me of Web 2.0 That is the value to me of Web 2.0 My book (and my work) grows far richer for this dialogue.

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10 Community Manager Responsibilities that Don't Involve Twitter.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Who are the influencers? Mark Thompson of Search Engine Journal has a great article entitled How To Find Industry Influencers. Work With Web Developers to Update Your Site for Web 2.0 The difference is updating your website to Web 2.0. Once the web 2.0 Once the web 2.0

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Best Internet Marketing Posts of 2009

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Creating Your Social Media Plan (Outspoken Media): This good primer talks about securing your brand, setting metrics, knowing who you are, setting a presence, engaging, and assessing success. Social Media Metrics: What We Need to Track Sales (Samir Balwani): Samir Balwani writes a great post on some of the ways you get ROI from social media.

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PIN’s: The Future of Private Link Building

Viper Chill

Here are the search results for the query, ‘Future of blogging’ My site is usually either in 10th or 11th for that term, yet by every SEO standard metric I should be number one. It’s not building better connections with influencers. PIN, stands for Private Influencer Network. It’s not getting more links.

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What Traits Define a Social Media Marketer?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Maki , Internet Marketing and Social Media Blogger: The main characteristic [social media marketers] need to have is a genuine curiosity/interest in social media, particularly on how it influences human relationships and business practices. Real life has a way of influencing online behavior. I think as web 2.0

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Creating Passionate Customers: Brand Evangelism and What it Means.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Give your customers a voice in the communities where they already have influence. Seems to me that in order to gain the benefits of Social Media Marketing tactics, traditional marketers must give up their need for control, especially of the metrics. There’s not much to lose and a whole lot to gain.

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