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?

Social Media 114

Social Media Strategy Apple iPhone 114

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

However, a lot of people making that news have created expectations and beliefs about social media that aren’t true. Social Media is Inexpensive False. As Charlene Li said recently, social media trades media cost for labor cost. Social Media is Fast False. Absolutely.

Social Media 152

Social Media Strategy Consultant Web 2.0 152

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 3, 2010

and after being a full time mom and performing various social media marketing tasks throughout, I’ve learned that there are many parallels that can be taken from parenthood that also apply to social media marketing. As a social media marketer, you might be ill-prepared for these unpleasant experiences.

Social Media 221

Social Media Marketing Digg Consultant 221

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 18, 2010

My uncle knows a young girl from his community, a recent college graduate, who is looking for a social media job. Social media is about helping one another and building real strong friendships, usually around a certain interest or activity. Understand Your Role I use social media both personally and professionally.

Activities 216

Activities Social Media Policies Social Networking 216

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 28, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Internet , Marketing , Social Media > Top 6 Ideas for Incredible Viral Content Top 6 Ideas for Incredible Viral Content by Tamar Weinberg on October 29, 2007 Share As many of us alluded to earlier this month at SMX Social Media , viral content is king.

Social Media 180

Social Media Content SEO Examples 180

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.

SEO 178

SEO Social Media Marketing Digg 178

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 ?) Social media is social.

Social Media 153

Social Media Strategy Marketing Vimeo 153

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 8, 2008

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Interviews , Marketing , Opinion , Social Media , Websites > What Traits Define a Social Media Marketer? What Traits Define a Social Media Marketer?

Social Media 163

Social Media Marketing Consultant Communities 163

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 26, 2009

Today, marketing your business for free may seem to be an unattainable process. But with social media marketing, it doesn’t have to be. The only investment in the act of marketing on the social web is time and energy. Thankfully, you don’t have to go at social media marketing alone.

Brands 139

Brands MySpace Yahoo StumbleUpon 139

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 27, 2008

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Search Engine Optimization , Social Media > The Great Social Media Traffic Debate: Niche or General Networks? The Great Social Media Traffic Debate: Niche or General Networks?

Social Media 100

Social Media StumbleUpon SEO ROI 100

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 27, 2009

I once said that social media mimics real life relationships. In the end, the bond between those immersed in the social media sphere is a bond that exists nowhere else. I love that social media really is just another way to create, inspire or sustain real relationships. In a city of 8.3

Yahoo 154

Yahoo StumbleUpon MySpace Meeting 154

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 20, 2007

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Social Media > Thoughts on Digg’s Latest Features: Thumbs Up Thoughts on Digg’s Latest Features: Thumbs Up by Tamar Weinberg on December 17, 2007 Share When I was at Pubcon last week, Digg launched its highly anticipated images section.

Digg 100

Digg Review Web 2.0 Upcoming 100

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.

Video 236

Video Flash Mob YouTube MySpace 236

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 4, 2008

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Business , Websites > You Can Learn a Great Deal from a 17-Year-Old You Can Learn a Great Deal from a 17-Year-Old by Tamar Weinberg on March 12, 2007 Share I must have first heard of Quizlet through Lifehacker.

Digg 103

Digg MySpace Reddit Yahoo 103

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 21, 2008

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Internet , Opinion , Social Media > Quantum Entanglements: The Social Media Scandals Quantum Entanglements: The Social Media Scandals by Tamar Weinberg on July 21, 2008 Share This is a guest post from kd kelly.

Social Media 104

Social Media StumbleUpon Communities MySpace 104

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

It is very clear that you can’t automate social media. I’ve seen internet marketers who sell products designed to help accounts gain hundreds of followers, which defeats the process of engaging an audience with outstanding content. Also, get his free traffic eBook called the ultimate traffic formula.

Analysis 215

Analysis Twitter MySpace Consultant 215

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 18, 2009

If you haven’t yet swam in the social media waters, it’s about time that you start. Social media is all about community, and that community exists whether you need them or not. Reply Stephanie Mrus (@smrus) August 18, 2009 at 11:58 am A great reminder about the “relationship&# part of social media.

Blogger 132

Blogger Press Release Marketing Instant Messaging 132

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Opinion , Social Media > Content Aggregators are Killing Content Creators Content Aggregators are Killing Content Creators by Tamar Weinberg on September 23, 2009 Share This is a guest post from Josh Schnell, founder of Macgasm.net and web developer.

Aggregator 151

Aggregator Content Digg Posterous 151

Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Im sure there are very precise definitions of these terms somewhere, but -- as a working proxy -- Id describe a "knowledge worker" as someone who primarily thinks, interacts, communicates, creates and organizes for a living -- and a "transactional worker" as one who primarily deals with predictable and routine workflows and processes. -

Wiki 140

Wiki Project Meeting Organization 140

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 4, 2010

Now known as the “social media hotel&# of NYC, Roger Smith is attracting a really incredible bunch of people who have raved about the ambiance and the company’s approachability online. He explains that “Twitter allowed me to be social without having to be IRL.&# Joseph Jaffe , Chief Interrupter of Powered, Inc.,

Hotels 245

Hotels Social Media Communities Discount 245

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

NOVEMBER 28, 2007

Social media involves people who work together, not alone. I’ve said before that social media requires a time investment, but right now, you can be one of the first influencers and the investment will not be as substantial as it would be if you were trying to break into an already-established (and well-formed) community.

Review 102

Review Digg StumbleUpon Web 2.0 102

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

The process of doing outreach does not have to be so difficult and can be easily managed. Writing on social media strategy has still gotten me my share of dance and fashion clothing pitches. I just wrote several posts on Brian’s PPBPR as well as moderating a Social Media Book Discussion on it.

Press Release 129

Press Release How To Blogger Radian6 129

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 10, 2008

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Interviews , Social Media , Websites > SXSW: Mark Zuckerberg Keynote (the edited liveblogged version) SXSW: Mark Zuckerberg Keynote (the edited liveblogged version) by Tamar Weinberg on March 10, 2008 Share Greetings all from SXSW!

Web 2.0 104

Web 2.0 MySpace Applications Microsoft 104

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 23, 2010

It’s how social networks are intended to be used. I’ve briefly touched upon a huge pet peeve of mine in my social media etiquette handbook , saying that you should use your real name and not represent anyone (or anything) else. Even social media “purists&# aren’t really that pure.

Facebook 268

Facebook SEO Policies Groups 268

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 12, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Personal , Social Media > How Do You Network on Different Social Sites? How Do You Network on Different Social Sites? by Tamar Weinberg on December 19, 2007 Share How do you leverage different social networks?

MySpace 114

MySpace LinkedIn Facebook Social Networking 114

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. The article has examples of how social media worked too. In it, he offers some thought-provoking insights into what must be understood before going into social media marketing.

Marketing 265

Marketing SEO Journal Engineering 265

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 4, 2008

Natural language processing : search engines should begin to understand documents stored online. 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

Conference 100

Conference StumbleUpon Engineering Flickr 100

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 1, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Blogging , Industry News > Analysis of Five Top Blogs and What You Can Learn from Them Analysis of Five Top Blogs and What You Can Learn from Them by Tamar Weinberg on July 1, 2010 Share Inspired by my recent post on How Young is Too Young? ,

Analysis 226

Analysis Domain Name Blogger Adsense 226

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 5, 2010

It also reminds you that Facebook is one of their social destinations on the web, but that you might be interested in their YouTube page. Their YouTube page, ironically, only features a playlist of videos that they love but does not show any videos made by themselves, such as the process of making a Peanut Butter Cup.

Facebook 279

Facebook How To Marketing URL 279

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. Maybe next year, folks! Become a del.icio.us

Marketing 144

Marketing StumbleUpon SEO Reputation 144

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 24, 2008

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Opinion , Social Media > Why Nobody Should Buy Digg Why Nobody Should Buy Digg by Tamar Weinberg on December 20, 2007 Share It hasn’t even been a week and my once positive outlook of Digg has come to a sour end.

Digg 104

Digg Buy StumbleUpon Social News 104

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

By putting effort into the writing process, you reap the benefits of a community that supports you because you lift them through your words. Social media? It’s why we can find social media blogs in the thousands. It’s surprising to see how few people actually do it! Read a lot. Tips on self-improvement?

Blogosphere 278

Blogosphere Blogger Comments Tips 278

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? This is exactly the process of the Royal Caribbean marketing team, a move that in 2007 was seen as virtually unheard of.

Brands 133

Brands Message Boards Travel Forums 133

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 24, 2008

Tagged as: digg , jay adelson , kevin rose , social media , social news { 24 trackbacks } Communications Downtime: Another Digg Revolt? It’s also fairly contrary to natural thought processes. 12484 SUBSCRIBERS FOLLOWERS Lijit Search Read more about The New Community Rules Get Techipedia on your iPhone or iPod touch!

Digg 100

Digg StumbleUpon Communities Upcoming 100

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. He also gave a simple example of how to measure Social Media ROI: What you really want to know when measuring Social Media ROI is how much money each incoming warm lead is worth.

Communities 237

Communities Twitter Web 2.0 ROI 237

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 10, 2010

With Internet Marketing, there are many ways to go, from affiliate marketing to SEO to social media to email marketing. All social media etiquette rules were not heeded to. A few weeks ago, another person connected with me on Facebook who was referred to me by a social media buddy I never actually met.

Marketing 240

Marketing How To SEO Training 240

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 24, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Blogging , Marketing , Opinion , Social Media > How to Get an Influencer’s Attention How to Get an Influencer’s Attention by Tamar Weinberg on March 24, 2010 Share Influence is everywhere, but it’s up to you to spot it.

Influencer 278

Influencer How To Press Release Blogger 278