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What You Can Learn About Social Media Marketing from TLC

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

However, the lack of follow-through was unsettling enough that I am publishing this post. The first week of September was difficult for American cable network TLC. TLC made many missteps when it came to their social media marketing efforts. Every time I publish a post, I proofread it at least a dozen times.

Social Media

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7 Truths About Social Media Marketing

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 8, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Social Media > 7 Truths About Social Media Marketing 7 Truths About Social Media Marketing by Tamar Weinberg on April 8, 2010 Share Even though social media isn’t new to many of us, the world is waking up to this new shiny toy.

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Best Internet Marketing Posts of 2009

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2010

of articles on the topic of Internet Marketing, from SEO to social media to web usability and then some. They are strategic guides that hopefully will enhance your internet marketing experiences in the future. Without further ado, I now present to you the best internet marketing posts of 2009. Here’s 2007.

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Social Media Marketing Without Brand Awareness Can Kill You.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 13, 2008

Digg is the social media network of tech geeks, and the Digg statistics should not be too surprising: 39% of Diggers publish their own blog. A few weeks later, a surprising blog post was published that outed the marketing firm and hosting company that sponsored the particular study.

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How to Use Social Media for Personal Branding

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 1, 2010

Here are ten tips that will help you on your journey: Discover your brand A lot of people are rushing to get on social networks, and are forgetting to fill out their profiles, or what their purpose of participation is. You won’t be able to scale your brand on fifty social networks.

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Social Media Brands How To Social Networking

I Don't Care Where. You. Are. Right. Now. | Almost Savvy

Almost Savvy

MARCH 31, 2010

Posted by Irene Koehler in Facebook , Social Media , Tips , Twitter on March 31, 2010 | 16 responses Hey, you! The great thing about using technology and social networking platforms is that we can easily connect, no matter where we happen to be. I rarely, though, publish those updates to my other networks.

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Creating Passionate Customers: Brand Evangelism and What it Means.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 26, 2009

With permission, I am publishing the unedited version here. With permission, I am publishing the unedited version here. Today, marketing your business for free may seem to be an unattainable process. But with social media marketing, it doesn’t have to be. As such, it would be foolish not to embrace them.

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Why Customer Service Should Be in Your Social Media Marketing Strategy

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 21, 2009

Social media, quite simply, relates to the usage of content created by easily accessible publishing technologies (social media sites such as Facebook or Twitter, photo publishing sites such as Flickr, video sites like YouTube and Vimeo) that is generated by the hundreds of millions of consumers utilizing these technologies.

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7 Traits of Highly Effective Viral Videos

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 28, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Viral Marketing > 7 Traits of Highly Effective Viral Videos 7 Traits of Highly Effective Viral Videos by Tamar Weinberg on January 28, 2010 Share In the past few years, video has come a long way.

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Best Internet Marketing Blog Posts of 2007 Â» Techipedia | Tamar.

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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Why SEO is Easier than Social Media Marketing

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 15, 2009

However, the number of SEOs I’ve come across are much fewer and farther between than social media marketers. In fact, I hear the same SEO names every day; I learn of a new “social media expert&# twice a day. Despite this, social media marketing is much more difficult than search engine optimization.

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How You Can Benefit from Real Time Search » Techipedia | Tamar.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 22, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Internet , Marketing > How You Can Benefit from Real Time Search How You Can Benefit from Real Time Search by Tamar Weinberg on April 22, 2010 Share This is a guest post by Evan Britton, founder of Sency. Tiger Woods photo by Shutterstock.

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Why You Should Fix Your House Before Inviting People Over

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 12, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Social Media > Why You Should Fix Your House Before Inviting People Over Why You Should Fix Your House Before Inviting People Over by Tamar Weinberg on May 12, 2010 Share This is a guest post by Hugo Guzman.

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13 Reasons Why I Am an Obsessive Compulsive Facebook User Â?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 2, 2010

Facebook is not just a social network anymore; it is a society. Having a simple, yet totally functional design, is a reason why I have could say that Facebook is my winner among all social networks of its kind. Facebook understands its demographics and practices smart marketing. Why the sudden appeal? Thoughtful.

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Analysis of The Top 10 Twitter Users and What We Can Learn From Them

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Twitter is one of the largest social networking sites, featuring users from various walks of lives. Your Status Matters Twitter is not just any kind of social networking site. That’s the model that works best for bloggers, and it works the same for social media too.

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Content Aggregators are Killing Content Creators

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

This is no less true for the world of social networks. Networks like Digg, FriendFeed, and Facebook are seeing huge growths in value, but the little guys, the ones actually providing the meat and potatoes for those operations, rarely see a nickel. Let’s be honest for a second here. The major “Web 2.0″

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Building Trust: A Relationship is Not a Newsletter Opt-In

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 8, 2009

In the post, I shared my don’ts of social networks, and to that point, I added the following rule for LinkedIn: Gathering all the email addresses of users you are connected to — even locating email addresses of LinkedIn Group managers — and utilizing this mailing list to promote your own company or service off-site.

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Newsletter Handbook Virtual World LinkedIn

What Chris Brogan and Gary Vaynerchuk Have in Common, and What You.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

OCTOBER 19, 2009

But while that’s a common trait about both marketers, that’s only the end result. He is extremely devoted to empowering individuals and companies about marketing, networking, reciprocity, and social media. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us

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Co-op SEO and the Future of Websites | Guest Posts | Social Media.

Convince & Convert

JULY 26, 2010

Way back in the early days of PitchEngine (like 2009), people thought we were crazy to offer our social media news release service for free. “I can publish search engine optimized pitches for free, really?&# It’s not just distribution, it’s self publishing. Transparency is a brand currency on the social web.

SEO

SEO Social Media Consultant Social CRM

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

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Turning your customers into advocates and marketers on behalf of your brand pays off a lot more when you’re selling $10,000 pieces of manufacturing equipment, than it does when you’re selling $3 cans of Pringles. What this means is that in reality, B2C and B2B marketers are largely using the same social tactics.

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Why Content Marketing Matters To Me And Should To You

Convince & Convert

APRIL 15, 2010

Sure, I pay attention to where I’m ranked in the AdAge Power 150 (a broader ranking of all marketing blogs), and I look at my search rankings, etc. But I am incredibly delighted to top the list of content marketing blogs, because for me content marketing is becoming fundamental to business success at every level.

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The Nightmare Public Relations Professional and How to Stop Him

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Brian Solis and Deirdre Breakenridge just published an excellent book, Putting the Public Back in Public Relations. A few months ago, Brian Solis talked about an off-topic pitch about a social network for plants. Somehow, I think nature lovers would be more interested in socializing shrubbery.)

Press Release

Press Release How To Radian6 Blogger

Make Your LinkedIn Profile Work for You | chrisbrogan.com

Buzz Marketing for Technology

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

I actually launched my copywriting business using LinkedIn & recently wrote a couple of blog posts about how independent consultants can use it to market ourselves. hey Chris, great post I wrote a post called 15 ways to market yourself on linkedin that you might enjoy. LinkedIn remains my favorite social networking tool.

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Is Social Media the Final Frontier of Marketing?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 22, 2008

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Social Media > Is Social Media the Final Frontier of Marketing? Is Social Media the Final Frontier of Marketing? There is no re-invention of marketing or public relations.

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How Spying On Your Friends Causes Reevaluation of Endorsed Content

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 1, 2008

At this point, beyond your deepest darkest secrets that you don’t publish online, there may be nothing necessarily left (or at least required) for people to create a whole profile about you. As more and more social interaction gets pulled together on the Web, I think people will lose a little bit of freedom and privacy.

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eLearning 2.0 Technologies and Concepts: Start Pages as Environments for Self-Organized Learners

Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

I experimented with start pages for PLE but opted to go to the learning landscape option with elgg.net; with elgg I have the lifelong space I need for the students with social networking, collaboration tools and theopen architecture to add functionality as required. Bulgarian Social Networks. Lijit Search.

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Blogging: Social Media is Not Only About Social Media Sites

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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First Steps Toward Becoming a 21st Century Educator | always learning

Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Here are a few tips and tricks to get started developing your own personal learning network: Join a Social Network. ve all heard of MySpace and Facebook , and while those are great ways to connect with friends and colleagues, an even better place to start is a social network with a focus, like Ning. Lijit Search.

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How friendfeed Can Teach You About Your Friends

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 10, 2008

Founded by four ex-Googlers, FriendFeed allows you to subscribe to your friends’ updates across 35 social networks and to stay up to date with the content they’re discovering and sharing across the web. In social media spheres, it’s almost unavoidable to not engage online with content in some way.

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Dear Facebook Friends, You're Doing it Wrong

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 23, 2010

and its restricted access, people had no need to use any other names on the Mark Zuckerberg-created social network. It’s how social networks are intended to be used. Facebook is a great tool for marketing your business , but only if you use it correctly. Because of its original simple use (communication!)

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

Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 15, 2010

Social network connectivity is becoming the post-modern email newsletter. This puts significant pressure on email to be more relevant, because most of what would be contained in an email newsletter or special offer now happens faster and more personally within Facebook, Twitter or other social outposts. It’s no contest.

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Social Media Strategy Social CRM Newsletter

UNcanny Insights From UnMarketing | Book Reviews | Social Media.

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

Here’s what makes UnMarketing an unusual, yet worthy use of your marketing education time: UNpretentious Unlike so many marketing books, Stratten doesn’t overcomplicate the subject matter. There are a few sections devoted to the mechanics of Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, and other social media operational specifics.

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Blastoff for My New Social Media Newsletter

Convince & Convert

AUGUST 16, 2010

3 must-read articles about social media (plus a bonus from the Convince & Convert vault) Sent twice per week (usually Monday and Friday) Sent at 1pm pacific time 3-2-1: it’s the greatest newsletter in the history of social media newsletters. I’ll continue publishing the Social Media Messenger after a short hiatus.

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Newsletter Social Media Alltop Social CRM

Analysis of Five Top Blogs and What You Can Learn from Them

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 1, 2010

All of these blogs also make use of affiliate marketing and it works for them since they have a large audience. If either you or any of your readers are interested in becoming part of the Kontera Network, we’re currently offering new publishers a 70% revenue share, which is the best rate in the industry.

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With 4 Days Before Blogger Social, I Bring You the 4×4 Meme

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 31, 2008

You could call me a blogger of many hats or a social media maven or Internet marketing consultant. Publishing a book (or at least an e-book, we’ll see) Four Music Artists I’m Listening To Now 1. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us Hiring some help 3.

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7 Deadly Blog Writing Sins

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 15, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Blogging , Marketing > 7 Deadly Blog Writing Sins 7 Deadly Blog Writing Sins by Tamar Weinberg on July 15, 2010 Share This is a guest post by Frank Lee. Next step you need to market your blog to reach your target audience.

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Techipedia Redesign is Finally Live

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 2, 2008

2) Publish that page. 12484 SUBSCRIBERS FOLLOWERS Lijit Search Read more about The New Community Rules Get Techipedia on your iPhone or iPod touch! As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us

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When is Brand Evangelism a Crime? Exploring the Royal Caribbean.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 12, 2009

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Opinion , Social Media , Viral Marketing > When is Brand Evangelism a Crime? Exploring the Royal Caribbean Promotional Marketing Strategy When is Brand Evangelism a Crime?

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

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

A comprehensive survey (1,753 respondents) released today by Edison Research, paints a fascinating picture of Twitter and its role in America’s social media ecosystem. And while substantially smaller than the Facebook brigade, the Twitter crew is tuned in to brands like nowhere else on the social Web. 19% seek customer support.

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The Ultimate Social Media Etiquette Handbook

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 10, 2008

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Opinion , Social Media > The Ultimate Social Media Etiquette Handbook The Ultimate Social Media Etiquette Handbook by Tamar Weinberg on December 10, 2008 Share Social media mimics real relationships — in many cases.

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Does Your Blog Have a Long Tail | Blogging and Content Creation.

Convince & Convert

APRIL 20, 2010

Last week, I co-published a white paper with Chris Baggott , the CEO of Compendium Blogware (I’m on their advisory board). More from Convince and Convert 5 Ways to be a Social Networking Smash How to Create a Share of Voice Report Does Your Facebook Page Have a Pulse?

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Fifteen Years of Online Social Interactions

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 19, 2008

but I was an early adopter of social networks from when I first opened my 3.5″ On the other hand, my first ever interaction on AOL was with someone who was separated from my social network by only one degree. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us

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SMX West '08 Recap: Takeaways, Shout Outs, and Pictures

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 4, 2008

Additional panel speakers were affiliate marketer Harrison Gevirtz of CPA Share , Chloe Spencer of the Neopets Cheat site , and Rand Fishkin’s little brother, Evan. Some of my favorite quotes (as liveblogged ) were quite memorable and include (with emphasis being mine): Q: Where ads are published, what would you trust more?

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The Audacity of Free: The Products and Services Edition

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 29, 2010

Whether or not it’s my choice — and in book publishing, there are other parties involved beyond just the writer — it’s just the wrong question to ask. Re: your post, this is something I’ve been waiting for someone to write — it’s what drives me crazy about social media. The dog ate the CD.

Products

Products Consultant Price Social Media

What You Can Learn About Social Media Marketing from TLC

7 Truths About Social Media Marketing

Best Internet Marketing Posts of 2009

Social Media Marketing Without Brand Awareness Can Kill You.

How to Use Social Media for Personal Branding

I Don't Care Where. You. Are. Right. Now. | Almost Savvy

Creating Passionate Customers: Brand Evangelism and What it Means.

Why Customer Service Should Be in Your Social Media Marketing Strategy

7 Traits of Highly Effective Viral Videos

Best Internet Marketing Blog Posts of 2007 Â» Techipedia | Tamar.

Why SEO is Easier than Social Media Marketing

How You Can Benefit from Real Time Search » Techipedia | Tamar.

Why You Should Fix Your House Before Inviting People Over

13 Reasons Why I Am an Obsessive Compulsive Facebook User Â?

Analysis of The Top 10 Twitter Users and What We Can Learn From Them

Content Aggregators are Killing Content Creators

Building Trust: A Relationship is Not a Newsletter Opt-In

What Chris Brogan and Gary Vaynerchuk Have in Common, and What You.

Co-op SEO and the Future of Websites | Guest Posts | Social Media.

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

Why Content Marketing Matters To Me And Should To You

The Nightmare Public Relations Professional and How to Stop Him

Make Your LinkedIn Profile Work for You | chrisbrogan.com

Is Social Media the Final Frontier of Marketing?

How Spying On Your Friends Causes Reevaluation of Endorsed Content

eLearning 2.0 Technologies and Concepts: Start Pages as Environments for Self-Organized Learners

Blogging: Social Media is Not Only About Social Media Sites

First Steps Toward Becoming a 21st Century Educator | always learning

How friendfeed Can Teach You About Your Friends

Dear Facebook Friends, You're Doing it Wrong

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

UNcanny Insights From UnMarketing | Book Reviews | Social Media.

Blastoff for My New Social Media Newsletter

Analysis of Five Top Blogs and What You Can Learn from Them

With 4 Days Before Blogger Social, I Bring You the 4×4 Meme

7 Deadly Blog Writing Sins

Techipedia Redesign is Finally Live

When is Brand Evangelism a Crime? Exploring the Royal Caribbean.

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

The Ultimate Social Media Etiquette Handbook

Does Your Blog Have a Long Tail | Blogging and Content Creation.

Fifteen Years of Online Social Interactions

SMX West '08 Recap: Takeaways, Shout Outs, and Pictures

The Audacity of Free: The Products and Services Edition

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