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

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Using market intelligence, Royal Caribbean identified supporters of the cruise line via social networking sites and took the opportunity to give fifty of the most ardent supporters, called Royal Champions, special privileges, including free paid cruises and invitations to special events with company executives.

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Announcing the Newest Social Media Prince

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Hopefully we’ll see little David on social media sites in the upcoming months. I’d be happy to send you a copy of my book if you plan on traveling with him (decreases stress and prevents nightmares!). Thanks Sam — and thanks to those who have contributed! Enjoy each stage- they change SO fast.

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Is Social Media the Final Frontier of Marketing?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Then and Now In the good old days, say from the 1850s onwards, marketing was mostly a one way “communication&# : companies advertized their wares via local media like newspapers, magazines, and traveling salespeople. I love how social media is helping companies become more accountable, transparent and even ethical.

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The Audacity of Free: The Products and Services Edition

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

After all, hourly consulting fees are typically much more costly than a “free lunch&# plus the travel time it took to meet up. Almost everything everyone does in the business world, be it a regular transaction, tourism, or travel, has some financial element to it. Money makes the world go round.

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Advice for a New Internet Marketer (or How to Spot Internet.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Some of the sites I recommend for educational materials include: Free Sphinn : Sphinn is an Internet Marketing social news site. Users submit timely news articles to Sphinn, and the community votes up the best stories to appear on the front page. Word travels. Meanwhile I’ll study the sources you suggest.

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

Convince & Convert

link] Travel Trends – Social Fallacies, Smaller DMOs, Leading Hotels, Benchmarking, Disneyland Gets twitterjacked « Travel 2.0 [.] link] Social Media Myths and Reality » The Buzz Bin [.] The 6 Dangerous Fallacies of Social Media | Social Media Marketing | Social Media Consulting – Convi… [.]

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

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Top 29 Niche Social Media Sites (That Actually Send Traffic) : Andy Hagans consistently updates this list with some great resources that aren’t necessarily being tapped into by many folks, but maybe it’s time for things to change. Reddit Tips from the Top Dog on Reddit (Social News Watch): How do you become a top user on Reddit?

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