Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 16, 2010

What you should do is to be insightful, insightful, insightful… and then “New price reduction on our favorite product, “X”. If you are AT&T and your avatar was the face of your CEO, you’re doing it wrong. If you are building your *personal* brand, by all means, use your avatar (and face!). Answers Yahoo!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 22, 2009

You can save your profile (bio, URL avatar, background color scheme, and background graphic) to the server and upload a custom one at will. If, for example, you want your followers to know that you have a special deal on a product, you can send a regular tweet every few hours to make sure it gets the most coverage. Answers Yahoo!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 1, 2008

Can also be extremely productive if used properly … and FUN! Some people have avoided making that call on the Internet thus far through avatars, but that won’t fly with FriendFeed. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 12, 2010

I became a lot more conservative in choosing my friends in Facebook (as broken down in the chart below) with a few exceptions because Facebook is starting to blend in with my social media enthusiasm. The Irony: MySpace Okay, so in my previous paragraph, I mention that you should be an early adopter of social networks. Answers Yahoo!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 1, 2009

With 350 million+ users, a self-promoting and natural way to have people promote your product, and a very active audience full of close friends and family, what’s not to like? You probably don’t want to keep that name, so I recommend changing it to something productive, like “Welcome&# , or “Introduction&#.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 10, 2008

Add an avatar and a bio at the minimum. Social News (Digg, Sphinn, Mixx, Reddit, Tip’d, and a whole load of related sites) Submitting only your own articles and posts to social media sites. Social news is about reciprocal relationships. There is no reason to make a personal request.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 8, 2010

Sure, most social media marketing plans often start with the obvious contenders, such as Facebook and Twitter, mostly because the audiences there are so vast and diversified that you’re bound to find people interested in your product offerings. (Of Tamar is also the author of The New Community Rules (July 2009).

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