Almost Savvy

OCTOBER 6, 2009

Related articles which may interest you: Social Networking Friends vs. Real Life Friends Dear Ex-Facebook Friend… Ready for Yet Another Social Platform? Take a look at a few seconds of one of my earlier, and ill-fated, attempts. ). If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed !

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Almost Savvy

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

The primary networking platforms which many of us use – Twitter , Facebook and LinkedIn – have all undergone huge changes, seemingly at a breakneck pace. Your Thoughts How does this sound to you? If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed !

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Almost Savvy

AUGUST 3, 2010

I’m kind of into social networking (you may have heard). I’ve built a wide network of people that spans countries, industries, and areas of expertise and interests. Like many of us, I get emails and invitations to connect from people I may know on one platform, but not another.

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Almost Savvy

NOVEMBER 23, 2009

Related articles which may interest you: Social Networking Friends vs. Real Life Friends Ready for Yet Another Social Platform? Workshop: Using Blogging and Social Networking to Support your job search Reply Irene Koehler says: December 31, 2009 at 11:11 am Gotta love tech folks, especially at tech events.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Its time to elevate the conversation beyond features (wiki, blog, RSS, social networking, etc.), Lijit Search. Socialtext Turns Wiki into a Killer Web Platform. But of more interest, the use cases have evolved and practices are enabling new solutions that offer competitive advantage. Luke Closs on Enterprise 2.008.

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Almost Savvy

JULY 24, 2009

For those of you not currently using Twitter, some brief context: Twitter is a fabulous platform which allows one to easily connect with other like-minded people and businesses of interest. Social Networking Friends vs. Real Life Friends Shopping Cart Your shopping cart is empty Visit the shop ? Does it Work? Does it Work?&#

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Almost Savvy

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

Blogging Between Hot Flashes New Tool Makes My Email Work Harder and Smarter Social Media Stats – It’s Raining Content! Social Networking Friends vs. Real Life Friends Shopping Cart Your shopping cart is empty Visit the shop ? Related articles which may interest you: What is Your Favorite “Real-time&# Tool?

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Josh S Peters

FEBRUARY 15, 2010

that it’s represented right across your platforms. There’s nothing more frustrating to a potential buyer than seeing different prices on the site, social platforms, fliers, etc. Get all your ducks in a row so that the pieces you’ve already identified as working together will so so seamlessly.

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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. They’re always heralded as the next big social media hit , the best on the web, or something killer. Most of these platforms are too young to be killing anything, and are generally unfinished. thank you for sharing!

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Almost Savvy

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

4 Tales of Accidental Twitter Friends) Posted by Irene Koehler in Business , Networking , Social Media , Tips , Twitter on November 17, 2009 | 16 responses It’s true, I’m engaged. (4 As with other networking platforms, I use Twitter primarily for business purposes. No, not that kind of engaged.

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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. as a Platform f.

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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 enjoy getting to know you better through our connection.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 20, 2010

If you’re skilled in the art of social media “Flow”, switching gears between being a conversational leader to a contributor (and back) should be natural and easy as you engage others across various platforms. 12484 SUBSCRIBERS FOLLOWERS Lijit Search Read more about The New Community Rules Get Techipedia on your iPhone or iPod touch!

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Josh S Peters

JULY 22, 2009

I had a chance to sit down and talk to their marketing coordinator David Schott and it was an all around phenomenal conversation and what prompted it was the way they were promoting their social network for active people and fans of Keen. I looks like a sweet platform for companies to showcase thier products.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 12, 2010

by Tamar Weinberg on December 19, 2007 Share How do you leverage different social networks? I am fascinated by the amount of social networks that I’m part of, but better yet, I’m intrigued to find that I assume different “personas,&# at least in terms of choosing friends (and using the networks), on each social site.

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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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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 2, 2008

What functionalities do you think WordPress, vBulletin, and other common platforms need to be able to better develop communities? What annoys you about WordPress, vBulletin, and these platforms? As social media moves into the common marketing vernacular, more people will start drawing these comparisons.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

Skip to content Skip to navigation Skip to footer Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media Consulting Social Media Strategy Blog Social Media Consulting Blog Social Media Consulting Speaking Newsletter Free Social Media Tools Twitter Interviews About Lijit Search Is It Curtains for the App Store?

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Almost Savvy

JANUARY 12, 2009

One of the many ingredients in a successful networking strategy is to facilitate introductions among and between people? in your network.? You know that Joe, one of your LinkedIn connections, is very interested in learning how his company might be able to use Second Life as an innovative platform for training its employees worldwide.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 18, 2010

The best thing about social media is that the conversations are natural occurring real time so the methods like survey lag far behind in providing the right information, bet we don’t need more to understand a consumer as we can measure sentiments now. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 12, 2010

The site does not resolve on smart-phone browsers, and if they sell products online, their e-commerce platform has no social functionality (no review functionality, no commenting functionality, etc). In general, there are no visible calls to action to engage with social channels and little if any interactive assets.

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Almost Savvy

MARCH 25, 2010

Related articles which may interest you: Social Networking Friends vs. Real Life Friends New Tool Makes My Email Work Harder and Smarter Who Influences You? Ready for Yet Another Social Platform? If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed ! Plus, get a free book) Coming Soon: An Interview with YOU!

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 15, 2010

Social network connectivity is becoming the post-modern email newsletter. I certainly do not support the Draconian position that somehow social networks threaten email’s existence as a marketing channel. Those two areas are a lot more interesting than the devolution of Social Media into direct marketing.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 26, 2010

Which brings up the whole “viral&# aspect of the platform. PitchEngine provided a platform for people to get their word out. Then came social networks that were great places to deliver and share messages – but not really that great for telling your story. Transparency is a brand currency on the social web.

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Almost Savvy

FEBRUARY 2, 2009

My mind wandered back to those days after some recent social networking encounters on Twitter, although this could have taken place on any other networking platform or with people I’ve met face-to-face. Didn’t they know, after all, that if they asked, the answer would be “yes?&#

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 4, 2010

Social media affords you a platform to reach out to people who, by virtue of being “connected online,&# can help spread your message virally. As it stands, though, that platform is saturated. 12484 SUBSCRIBERS FOLLOWERS Lijit Search Read more about The New Community Rules Get Techipedia on your iPhone or iPod touch!

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

You still need to know how you are going to use these platforms. Note to Flowtown if you are reading this: If you added another level of insight as to how people are using these platforms, that would be a real benefit. To know how an audience is using a platform woudl allow us to know how to direct our clients to engage their audience.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

His “Pull and Stay&# advice; segmenting customers into barrels; platforming; social currency, and other concepts are instantly applicable to real world marketing challenges fitting a wide variety of circumstances.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 3, 2010

This is especially true of other social networks, especially ones where you were originally untrusted. I would’ve never compared social media to parenting but now I’m thinking “how could I not?&# As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us

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Convince & Convert

JULY 6, 2010

The taboo of never tooting your own horn with a press release about your good deeds clearly has crumbled in corporate America, and companies today are not only promoting philanthropy through social networks, they’re building unique Facebook pages and Twitter profiles for these important programs.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 2, 2010

Skip to content Skip to navigation Skip to footer Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media Consulting Social Media Strategy Blog Social Media Consulting Blog Social Media Consulting Speaking Newsletter Free Social Media Tools Twitter Interviews About Lijit Search Do You “Like&# How I Look In These Jeans?

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

You can’t sell ideas, and unless companies of all sizes can figure out how to assign real or at least believable revenue or cost reductions to social media, this entire movement is going to flame out in 18 months. link] Mark Tamis Not at all Jay – I fully support the use of CRM platforms & datamining and analysis.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 19, 2010

Compendium is a uniquely powerful blogging platform because it creates separate, “compended&# blogs for each keyword. Social Media in a silo can be a business driver, as can eMail. Thus, Western River doesn’t really have one blog, it has hundreds of keyword-focused blogs.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 20, 2010

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? We're starting to drill down on targeted terms for the work blog, but I'm pretty much using my personal blog as a test platform right now.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 1, 2010

I totally agree that repurposing content across social networking platforms is a necessity, and that saying what you mean and meaning what you say across every channel is very important. The chronically bad Minnesota Timberwolves NBA franchise has this sign in the Twin Cities airport: Bravo.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 12, 2010

Despite the fact that Facebook has the most customizable privacy settings of all social networks (though we could argue with their effectiveness in a whole other post), people don’t like maintaining a “business&# identity on the same profile as their “personal&# (fun?) People use both networks as a free-for-all.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 17, 2010

Look at Boring Stats — and Make Them Interesting This has a little to do with the Social Media platforms, but mostly with analytics. A Community Manager who does use social platforms needs to be able to track its effectiveness in… um… getting people through the door. It makes your client feel special.

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