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Social Media for Non-Profits: How One Small Charity Makes it Work

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Are you a company or do you know a company that has immersed itself in the social media waters and succeeded? As small companies with limited budgets, nonprofits may feel that they are unable to dive into the wide world of social media. The big catch: Epic Change is not a large company at all.

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Social Media Marketing Without Brand Awareness Can Kill You.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Such was the case for this Digg story , which compared multiple web hosting companies and watched as these hosts handled the traffic spikes that resulted from the Digg effect. Digg is the social media network of tech geeks, and the Digg statistics should not be too surprising: 39% of Diggers publish their own blog.

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7 Traits of Highly Effective Viral Videos

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Randy Pausch , a former lecturer at Carnegie Mellon, inspired not only students in his class but the world in his last ever speech before he passed away from pancreatic cancer. © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg. Inspiring Want to watch a video that’s nothing like the above but motivates you to do your best? All rights reserved.

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

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

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. Reply Mrunal March 5, 2010 at 1:27 am Its so true, be social, be real and dont try to sell. Hotels in NYC are costly.

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The Nightmare Public Relations Professional and How to Stop Him

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

With others who address me as Jennifer or Dakash, I wonder if these individuals representing both small and large companies really realize that their lack of research reflects poorly on their clients. Some have gone as far as outing the companies who have trodden down this path. © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg. I’m learning.

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Is Social Media the Final Frontier of Marketing?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Even a recent thread on Cre8asite Forums discussed this, kicking off by someone stating they find social media very intimidating. The reason is that people didn’t have aggregate power: they were individual voices that a news channel or a company can choose to ignore. Yes, it’s all to do with social media.

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Zicam: Loss of Taste and Smell - The Reputation Management Fiasco.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

It was a link to a class action suit that impacts Zicam users who have lost their taste (and/or smell) by using the spray. In the past few months, I’ve dealt with companies who are unfortunate victims of bad links in Google, but those links refer to incidents that are years old (and are even resolved). Now, I’m a victim.