Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 31, 2009

GetSatisfaction The best way to offer your clients the best customer service is by also allowing them the ability to resolve the issues themselves and share their questions and answers with anyone, even if that person is not a client. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 18, 2010

What are their issues? A social media strategy will allow you to get in on these conversations so that you can offer solutions, push buttons, and get people talking. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us What motivates them? Answers Yahoo!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 8, 2009

And then it’s not an issue of apologizing to me; you’ll publicly have to apologize to everyone who I’ve shared my dismay with. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us I have the ability, if I so choose, to call you out on this behavior. Answers Yahoo!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 13, 2008

The issue at hand is not the fact that the company was virtually unknown. There were far more important issues that needed to be dealt with first. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us You can’t throw a kitten in a cage full of tigers without getting hurt.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 11, 2008

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. Besides major usability issues , duplicate stories submissions , and ads that literally scream at you , Digg has yet another issue to deal with: privacy.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 20, 2007

I’m pretty sure Digg knows about those issues (since I’m sure I mentioned it at least once). 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. Thanks guys.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 18, 2010

When that starts to impact the “social&# peers online who do not mean any harm, nothing can be expressed except disappointment. Sadly, sometimes an online “friend&# becomes embroiled completely unnecessarily in the middle of what seems like serious marital issues. Have you ever encountered this type of issue?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 19, 2008

After all, not all of the 1,200 customers had scammed the company (and if that tip to Consumerist wasn’t anonymous, I think Sprint would have had some legal issues to deal with). Do you want to focus on reputation management issues to no end because of something that could have been dealt with in better ways? Answers Yahoo!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 1, 2008

It’s been a long running ‘issue of education’ with Facebook etc. In one case because of privacy issues. 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.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 12, 2010

So not only must you fix the website, you really have to address any issues that might become potential fires before you know it. 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.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 25, 2008

If you use Twitter regularly, you’d see that it wins as a social news site that provides instantaneous news — at least of that caliber. As Chris Garrett explains in his post, if you follow numerous feed bots, you can get the news all the time. The issue, of course, is engagement.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

By this point, it was evident that it was going to be difficult to reach a representative on behalf of a company about an issue that actually has some legitimacy. There’s a clear error in their promotion and they aren’t acknowledging the issue. The FourSquare/Facebook issue is at best a confusing promotion.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 28, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Opinion , Social Media > An Open Letter to Facebook An Open Letter to Facebook by Tamar Weinberg on April 28, 2010 Share I started this letter before f8, so for the record, it’s not about anything new. Wait, that’s it?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 20, 2007

What happened to a simple news site? All of the usability issues and obvious screw ups are killing me. As Tamar pointed out, it’s a social news site, not a network and I could care less about how often profiles are updated. If they wanted social networking, they had their options: Facebook, Myspace, Friendster, etc.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 2, 2008

Michael Reply Michael Brito April 2, 2008 at 11:22 am I’m getting mine redone as well but I am having MySQL issues at the moment. As far as Custom search concern, you have to create new page with page title “Search Results&# and paste the code from Googles Search results code text box. Soon though. Answers Yahoo!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

I think the big issue here is more about sites with snippets of text. HOWEVER, my problem is more of a behavioral issue. 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.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

The issue of time. I’m totally authentic on these other accounts, but the difference is that I’ve set up the expectations on my @tamar account to deliver social media and small business news, whereas on my other accounts, I can talk about other interests (e.g. The language issue is a confusing one.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 21, 2009

Customer service as we all know is not just about putting issues right, it’s about ‘before, during and after’ the sale and I think this client is a prime example of many companies out there who do not openly demonstrate the value of the customer. Answers Yahoo!

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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. Reply gusma June 15, 2008 at 10:34 pm You looked quite pissed on the no-embed issue today. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 1, 2010

If you factor in the “banner blindness” issue I mentioned earlier, Kontera’s performance is even more impressive, as people aren’t bothered by banner ads because they flat out don’t see them. Anyway, thanks both of you, for your thoughtful conversation on the issue. I don’t know what to say. First, you replied 3 weeks later.

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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. Subsequently, Sphinn is perhaps the most relevant niche social network on the web. Answers Yahoo!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 24, 2008

A good company leader would actually recognize that a social news network implies that there are participants involved and that the users are the most important part of the service. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us Answers Yahoo!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 15, 2010

This style can also be quite time consuming and can get quite complex especially when dealing with complex issues. 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.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 3, 2010

And if you do go on a real vacation, when you get back from that trip, you’ll need to tend to your child yet again and most likely address issues that arose when you were gone. I turned off the posts on Buzz mostly for the issue that Google doesn’t truncate the posts. Keep up the good work on both the home front and here.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 1, 2008

However, it’s been a long-standing issue that Digg has not acknowledged its users to satisfaction. This is not a regular practice on the social news giant, and unfortunately, that is probably the biggest thing causing its downfall. It’s hard to say if that will happen again. Time will only tell.

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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. Just to be sure I am debating the correct issue.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 26, 2010

If people would use common courtesy, this wouldn’t be an issue to me. Do you know of any tools for businesses, or even individuals who experience the same issue? As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us I plan on mass-purging the offenders soon. Answers Yahoo!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 24, 2008

They don’t intend to ignore these issues. A specific issue was brought up about my concern about a banned user who seemed to be a pure Digg submitter and contributor with a strong history on the site. Lately, however, there are different types of issues that have arisen. Thanks, guys! Answers Yahoo!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2010

These 50 Lessons Will Help You Succeed (The Future Buzz): Using data gathered from the Technorati State of the Blogosphere 2009, Adam Singer gives solid actionable tips on how you can start a blog and why it’s important that you do. He offers great tips here. Starting a Blog? How should you do it? Smashing Magazine has your answer.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 10, 2008

Social News (Digg, Sphinn, Mixx, Reddit, Tip’d, and a whole load of related sites) Submitting only your own articles and posts to social media sites. Social news is about reciprocal relationships. Submitting a story to a social news site that is completely off-topic. Excess converts to spam.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 22, 2008

Simply put, the new mass media helped organize, and influence, large numbers of consumers. To take two examples: people complain about an issue to an important newspaper prompting them to push the issue into the mainstream, or if a TV station covers an event, that becomes an important topic. Answers Yahoo!

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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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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 6, 2008

If a business resolved an issue but still ranks for the original mister meaner then assistance should be provided. What if a new formula is developed that does not have the same side effects? If the issue is resolved they should move forward to clean things up. On your second instance of reputation management I quite agree.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 30, 2010

I don’t think so… and I’d have left this small issue alone too, but then today came along. This morning, Facebook came out with “new product pages&# and Digg jumped at the opportunity to make a difference. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

The most popular blogs, according to Technorati , maintain that consistency by posting more than once a day. And bravo for bringing up the issue of eloquence. Reply Rosemary ONeill February 24, 2010 at 1:32 pm This article should be issued with every new blog username. Great for new bloggers and old-hand bloggers alike.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 1, 2009

Reply Jesse Stay December 2, 2009 at 12:18 am Analisa, I wonder if Facebook is having issues right now. If you don’t I’m not sure what the issue is. I have no idea why that is happening on your end but the issue sounds more specific to a Facebook error versus a FBML coding problem which is what this article is about.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 23, 2010

Reply Susan Blood June 24, 2010 at 7:06 am My biggest issue with businesses using personal pages is that if you friend them, they have access to your information. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us My well-known philosophy is that I’m all about business empowerment.

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