Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

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Does Social Media Impact Sales at Tobacco and Adult Themed Stores?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

What is the value of social media as it relates to retail ROI? Everyone is doing things with respect to social, but in e-commerce, what is the point? Can I even truly attribute social data to return on investment? Among the more interesting findings: Users coming from a social network spent $126.12

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Think Like Zuck: 5 Secrets of Success of Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Facebook isn’t just a social networking site; it is a way of staying on touch with people around the world, a place to bring people together and building communities, and a tool for sharing information. Whether it is investors, a management team, suppliers, distributors or retail partnerships, partnering with the right people is vital.

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Social Media in the Industry: Customization is the Key to Success

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

&# Without a clear methodology of measuring ROI, many businesses are still cautious to spend their marketing budget on social media and web 2.0. On top of that, let’s add all of the other social networks out there including Linkedin, Foursquare, Myspace, Friendster, Tumblr, YouTube and the list goes on. Foursquare!

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Connection: Social Media’s Special Gift

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

I miss the days when social media was more personalized. To this well-known retailer, social media has become just one channel of many where they need to offer customer service without any care in the world for the people they’re engaging with. Of course, shared links on social networks also drive traffic.

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How a Small New York City Hotel Put Itself on the Map through.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Today, it appears every retail or business concern says ‘follow us on Twitter’ or ‘be our friend on Facebook.’ I was very motivated to tweet about the hotel when I was staying there, which can only help spur business from my followers.&# Selling should not even be a big part of the picture.

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Why Customer Service Should Be in Your Social Media Marketing Strategy

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Social media is a fantastic way to bring that neighborhood business charm back to a increasingly dispassionate world. Lewis July 20, 2010 at 1:29 pm Customer Service is often the last thing considered in any strategy when it should be the first.

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Creating Passionate Customers: Brand Evangelism and What it Means.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

The easiest way to find these people is to find the communities that your users frequently visit, be it forums, Twitter, or other social networks. get Twitter mentions of your brand via RSS or email) or use a service like Backtype (backtype.com) to see comments across blogs and other social media sites (such as FriendFeed).

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