Buzz Marketing for Technology

MARCH 11, 2010

One of the biggest challenges for organizations today is managing the flow of information about their brands, products, and services that occurs in social media channels, including microblogs (such as Twitter), social networking sites (such as Facebook), blogs, and online forums.

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Direct Marketing Observations

JANUARY 10, 2011

Networks, apps, aggregators, blogs, microblogs-copy what works, tweak it a little, or not, and see what market share you can pull. It might just be an issue of WOM, Buzz or SEO and search. How many times can we read the 10 ways to use Twitter for your business? Facebook has an argument, but that’s about it.

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Social Media Microblogging Aggregator Blogger 159

Webbiquity SMM

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

With Social Media Marketing: Strategies for Engaging in Facebook, Twitter & Other Social Media , the inimitable Liana “Li&# Evans has provided the definitive handbook for social media marketers. Chapter 19 addresses the “personal branding&# issue that many companies struggle with in social media. Social Events (e.g.,

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Review Social Media Marketing Handbook 152

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 18, 2008

It feels like every day there’s a new post about Plurk, Twitter, or some new micro-blogging platform. Twitter has major problems with uptimes, Plurk is missing some major features, and Brightkite is having issues with Verizon. Twitter: API – an open API is so important. The truth is, they’re not.

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Microblogging API MySpace Yahoo 102

Devumi

JANUARY 28, 2015

Our follower service can bump your numbers up, but you may just want to record audio and have it ready to share on other platforms, or embed it in your blog like this: Look at Instagram as micro-blogging Everyone always thinks of Twitter when they think of microblogging, and see Instagram as a photo sharing platform only.

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Platform Social Media Marketing YouTube 60

Social Media Strategery

JANUARY 30, 2011

implementation – be it a wiki, a blogging platform, discussion forums, microblogging, or Sharepoint – fail miserably because they forgot to focus on the fundamentals. vendor out there offers a similar set of features – blogging, microblogging, wiki functionality, profiles, tagging, search, etc. Everything looks great.

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Wiki Platform Microblogging Sharepoint 116

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 31, 2009

There have also been doctors that have used social networking tools, like Twitter, during surgery. He used Twitter to raise money for charity if people tweeted and blamed his cancer. Here are ten social media tools that can aid you with crowdsourcing: Twitter It is already being used for many crowdsourcing efforts.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Learn what the current issues and trends are in your field and share your thoughts and opinions with others. Michael Reply Alex October 10, 2010 at 3:52 am James, Really fantastic post mate – touching on some definite issues that i see are rife in the blogosphere, and everywhere online for that matter. Answers Yahoo!

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Brands Handbook MySpace Construction 236

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 19, 2010

Don’t forget to follow Samir on Twitter. I just wish we could cookie users on Facebook and Twitter so I could track their conversions… maybe one day! Kirtsy Likaholix LinkedIn Mahalo Mento Mixx MyBlogLog MySpace Plurk Pownce Propeller Reddit SEOmoz Sphinn StumbleUpon Technorati Toluu Twitter Wikipedia Yahoo!

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Social Media Yahoo Discount Training 164

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 20, 2010

I’m also glad your bringing enlightment to people who are still ignorant about the whole cannibus issue!! Kirtsy Likaholix LinkedIn Mahalo Mento Mixx MyBlogLog MySpace Plurk Pownce Propeller Reddit SEOmoz Sphinn StumbleUpon Technorati Toluu Twitter Wikipedia Yahoo! Thankyou!! And lost all the weight from those bad drugs!!

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Social Media Chemicals Wikipedia MySpace 208

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 18, 2010

What are their issues? Starting a fan page on Facebook and a business account with Twitter is sort of like moving into a new neighborhood. Twitter is a fantastic tool to use. Google Maps is very handy, and Twitter is very good, especially for Social Media! What motivates them? It introduces your brand Is your company new?

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Social Media Strategy StumbleUpon Digg 269

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 8, 2009

Just because I choose to reach out to you, comment on your blog post, follow you on Twitter, become your Facebook friend, or join your LinkedIn group, it was a desire for me to possibly get to know you in the future. Although, I suppose people could do the same on Twitter where I am more visible. What do you choose? Answers Yahoo!

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Newsletter Handbook Virtual World LinkedIn 144

Twist Image

OCTOBER 23, 2012

But, in the world of the real-time Web, mobile devices, Twitter , Facebook updates, YouTube videos and the like, what once was a brand's most powerful tool to communicate directly with consumers, suddenly becomes its worst nightmare. Suddenly, Armstrong's Twitter feed is nothing but digital crickets and virtual tumbleweeds.

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Jeff Esposito

JUNE 17, 2011

Twitter Users Want Businesses to Answer Them – Would you believe that eight out of 10 Twitter users want brands to answer their questions that they place on the 140-character microblogging service? Bonus video – Can we Be Friends ( click here if you can’t view).

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Microblogging Education Communities Engineering 37

Social Media Strategery

JANUARY 23, 2012

As CIOs and Chief Knowledge Officers bring tools that have been used on the Internet – blogs, wikis, microblogs, profiles – behind the firewall, they tend to expect the same results. "We'll " Or Facebook…or Twitter – you name it. "We'll have our own Wikipedia!" Total Silence. "Call

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Communities Wiki Microblogging Press Release 121

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 18, 2010

Sadly, sometimes an online “friend&# becomes embroiled completely unnecessarily in the middle of what seems like serious marital issues. Perhaps you can confide in the help of a licensed therapist who can give you more guidance and work out what may amount to be serious trust issues. Have you ever encountered this type of issue?

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Activities Social Media Policies Social Networking 216

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. 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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Social Media Digg Brands Marketing 100

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 It’s another good example of the misconception that social media is “super cheap and all you need is a Twitter account!&# Subscribed. Answers Yahoo!

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Smart Phone Mobile Social Media SEO 218

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 11, 2008

Besides major usability issues , duplicate stories submissions , and ads that literally scream at you , Digg has yet another issue to deal with: privacy. Hopefully Digg will start addressing the aforementioned issue in addition to the other usability issues that plague the system. Indeed it is. Answers Yahoo!

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Digg Privacy MySpace Yahoo 100

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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Twitter Microblogging MySpace Comparison 199

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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Social Media Strategy Marketing Vimeo 153

SocMed Sean

APRIL 5, 2012

This same company issues laptops, email, and wireless access to all of their employees. Every time I hear of companies blocking Blogging Sites, Facebook, Twitter, and other Social Media sites, it makes me wonder what curmudgeon or poorly informed leader is calling the shots and what experience drove them to make the decision.

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Social Media Twitter Facebook Social Networking 279

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

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Aggregator Content Digg Posterous 151

The Way of the Web

JULY 28, 2011

Yesterday I wrote about how great journalism should be impartial rather than neutral , and today it’s the related subject of distribution mediums – in this case, what should and shouldn’t be reported on via Twitter. Does Twitter differ to reporting on the same event for print or TV? Is reporting on Twitter different?

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News Journal Eventful Microblogging 32

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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Reputation Airlines Digg MySpace 100

Social Media Network Marketing

MAY 29, 2010

Saturday, May 29, 2010 The Social Media Strategist Develop comprehensive social media strategy, leveraging the major social networks (LinkedIn, FaceBook, Twitter, YouTube, MySpace), blogs, video, stand-alone social newtorks, social commerce and more. Provide strategic counsel to clients and account team members on day-to-day issues.

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Social Media Widget Reputation Disqus 50

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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Twitter Sports Microblogging HootSuite 205

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 2, 2008

Reply Michael Brito April 2, 2008 at 11:21 am per Twitter… Very nice design; and I love the logo. 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. One thing I did notice is that your logo and header image don’t link back to the home page.

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MySpace RSS Yahoo StumbleUpon 100

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 25, 2008

Now it seems I get most of my news from Twitter. Twitter: The Upside and the Downside Three days ago, Heath Ledger passed away. As more and more people discovered the news of the actor’s passing, Twitter was inundated with news links and statements of surprise. The issue, of course, is engagement.

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Social Networking Digg StumbleUpon Social Bookmarking 101

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). 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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Digg Review Web 2.0 Upcoming 100

Social Media Strategery

JULY 12, 2009

In collaboration with Chris and a few other team members, we pitched the idea to our leadership as a low-cost, low-resource opportunity to network, collaborate on some of the tough issues facing our team, learn from other members of the team, and have an opportunity to get involved with the rest of the team beyond their individual project teams.

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Gov 2.0 Meeting Yammer Wiki 85

The Way of the Web

DECEMBER 22, 2009

theme and plug-in issues… Barack Obama pushes the button on his first tweet… → Major problems upgrading to WordPress 2.9 And it would solve the major issue with WordPress updates – the compatibility with 100s of themes, 100s of plugins, 10s of hosts etc. Web Strategy Wikinomics Rankings ← Minor WordPress 2.9

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WordPress FeedBurner Microblogging Posterous 31

Social Media Strategery

NOVEMBER 30, 2008

Use an open source microblogging service like Yammer or QikCom. If your organization already uses Instant Messaging, microblogging offers the potential to turn those one-on-one conversations into group collaboration. Set up searches on Twitter and Friendfeed for your organization’s name. Powered by Wordpress.

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Gov 2.0 Web 2.0 Social Media Wiki 56

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 3, 2010

Maybe it’s on Twitter. 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. You’ll be creating that Twitter account for the first time, and you’ll have to grow followers.

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Social Media Marketing Digg Consultant 221

Social Media Strategery

NOVEMBER 2, 2008

They issued memos to their users telling them that this collaborative tool that they’ve all been clamoring for is now available. Before rolling out ANY type of social media application, whether it’s blogs, or a wiki, or microblogging, make sure that you do an assessment of your user culture first. Then they waited.

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Gov 2.0 Wiki Social Media Yammer 63

Hootsuite

APRIL 6, 2023

It’s bursting with pivotal moments like the launch of Instagram Stories, to that one time Zuck was on trial for Facebook privacy issues, to…honestly, let’s just look at the entire social media history timeline. The hashtag arrives (2007) The strict 140-character limit for tweets set Twitter apart from rivals, including Facebook and Tumblr.

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Social Media MySpace Tumblr Foursquare 145

Webbiquity SMM

OCTOBER 5, 2010

While a dwindling number of business executives still dismiss Twitter as a waste of time, recent research suggests it is one of the most valuable social networks for business. Awareness of Twitter has exploded; 87% of Americans said they were “familiar with” Twitter in a poll taken earlier this year, versus just 5% in 2008 and 26% in 2009.

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Tools Twitter Tips Statistics 207