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FEBRUARY 6, 2010

If you trackback to 2005-2006, you hadn’t even heard about Facebook. Subscribe to Blog Updates Feedburners Stats Email Subscription My Company About Hi, I am Daksh author of themarketingblog & co-founder of Iffort, a web-strategy & digital marketing consulting firm. Reply Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply.

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Web 2.0 Facebook Startup Comparison 145

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

OCTOBER 22, 2009

If it was a Comcast product, you’d get a near immediate response from Frank Eliason , the company’s Director of Digital Care. It can instill faith that your customers have in your company. It can make all the difference in nurturing a positive perception of your company. Empower them.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Many people stay to themselves, failing to participate in the community and to build rapport with others in the same field. Reply Eddie Gear October 7, 2010 at 9:43 pm I can come across so many companies that do not even brand them selves in the fear of being considered as SPAM. © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg. That is not realistic.

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Brands Handbook MySpace Construction 236

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 25, 2010

Many companies partake in this “shiny toy syndrome&# and do it all without a plan or strategy in place. Just do it while giving back to the community as well. This may be nothing more than a refresher course in the Captain Obvious department but even the savviest of companies is still missing the boat. Engage in dialogue.

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Social Media Engagement Forums Policies 272

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 31, 2009

Crowdsourcing has become more and more popular with private companies, non-profit organizations, and even government agencies. GetSatisfaction provides a way for companies to do that. 12484 SUBSCRIBERS FOLLOWERS Lijit Search Read more about The New Community Rules Get Techipedia on your iPhone or iPod touch!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 19, 2009

Smaller companies could succeed with this method by marketing — verbally or through their website — to groups of devout followers and keeping their Twitter streams current (offering a daily deal or frequent deals that encourage customers to seek out discounts and sales). © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg. All rights reserved.

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Twitter Microblogging MySpace Yahoo 131

Bare Feet Studios

JULY 16, 2010

Use the podsafe music communities to share your music with podcasters. And visit the East Honolulu Clothing Company. You can follow and connect with Shane on Twitter , LinkedIn , Flickr , The Reef , Viddler , Facebook , Upcoming , and at his neglected blog. Make a really good demo ! You will instantly stand out from the crowd.

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Social Media Upcoming Conference Viddler 88

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 13, 2008

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. A few weeks later, a surprising blog post was published that outed the marketing firm and hosting company that sponsored the particular study.

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Social Media Digg Brands Marketing 100

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 12, 2010

Reply Lauren Kates May 12, 2010 at 1:50 pm OH MY GOD I have come across this EXACT situation with my company and was looking for an article just like this. Some companies are doing a good job but there seems to be a huge disconnect when it comes to some of the really big players, too. It’s much appreciated.

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Smart Phone Mobile Social Media SEO 218

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 21, 2009

Social media, quite simply, relates to the usage of content created by easily accessible publishing technologies (social media sites such as Facebook or Twitter, photo publishing sites such as Flickr, video sites like YouTube and Vimeo) that is generated by the hundreds of millions of consumers utilizing these technologies.

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Social Media Strategy Marketing Vimeo 153

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. Twitter, he says, “became my way of talking with a community of people.&# It is an open community of creative and passionate people.

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Hotels Social Media Communities Discount 245

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 28, 2010

To be sure, though, solicit feedback from a group of trusted peers not directly involved in your company or marketing objectives before going ahead with publishing the video, since you need an unbiased opinion. 12484 SUBSCRIBERS FOLLOWERS Lijit Search Read more about The New Community Rules Get Techipedia on your iPhone or iPod touch!

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Video Flash Mob YouTube MySpace 236

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 22, 2010

If you work for a company that just had a Super Bowl ad, a real time search will give you a window into how people interpreted the advertisement. 12484 SUBSCRIBERS FOLLOWERS Lijit Search Read more about The New Community Rules Get Techipedia on your iPhone or iPod touch! Tamar is also the author of The New Community Rules (July 2009).

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Engineering Wikipedia MySpace Yahoo 142

Bare Feet Studios

JULY 8, 2009

She didn’t last long, as the community questioned her extreme statements and Jeremiah Owyang (a Forrester Analyst) contacted Exxon directly for comment. (I Sock Puppets are the paid marketers who pose as community members to create content on behalf of a client or their own company. There’s an example here.

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Social Media Astroturfing Wikipedia Upcoming 80

Bare Feet Studios

AUGUST 5, 2010

It is simply another trending practice that all marketers would be wise to note: Interruption of any kind is increasingly irritating and unnecessary in today’s world of technology and community. Photo Credit: Mute by woodlywonderworks on Flickr. Consider this yet another free tip from your early adopter, Rox.

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Upcoming Project Instant Messaging Sentiment 101

Bare Feet Studios

JUNE 9, 2010

As far as I know Ze Frank coined this term on one of his daily videos from 2006 when he discussed the notion that having a bunch of brilliant ideas was nothing really, if you don’t act on them. There is no senior person who has run a large company or built and sold globally a new innovative product. What is Brain Crack?

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Upcoming Conference Social Graph Flickr 57

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 8, 2009

In the post, I shared my don’ts of social networks, and to that point, I added the following rule for LinkedIn: Gathering all the email addresses of users you are connected to — even locating email addresses of LinkedIn Group managers — and utilizing this mailing list to promote your own company or service off-site.

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Newsletter Handbook Virtual World LinkedIn 144

Buzz Marketing for Technology

JULY 24, 2008

< £ Salon Bloggers & > June 15, 2006. -->. It should say that your visit is to find out what your company can do to serve them better, to make their jobs easier, and not to evaluate or report on their performance. © Copyright 2006 Dave Pollard. Last update: 01/07/2006; 1:41:30 PM. MADE IN CANADA.

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Technorati Aggregator Resources Report 100

Bare Feet Studios

OCTOBER 1, 2008

We will have three guest speakers from the mainland, sharing case studies from companies like Dell, Southwest Airlines, and Cisco who are using social communities online for internal and external customers. We in Hawaii have unique challenges and opportunities for using tools such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, etc.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 17, 2010

Every time I tell someone I’m a Community Manager , I get a varied response. &# That last one might be the most honest of the three, since asking a Community Manager whether they tweet for a living is like asking a construction worker if they cat-call for a living, or a doctor if he asks people to say “ah!&# for a living.

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Communities Twitter Web 2.0 ROI 237

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 19, 2008

Here are three cases that were blown way out of proportion but could have been handled a lot better if the companies thought of the consequences before acting. There’s a bottom line: it’s a lot harder to sweep your mistakes under the rug, especially as a company in a world of conversing markets.

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Reputation Airlines Digg MySpace 100

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Despite the title of the post, having worked as the social media manager for Fortune 500 companies, and a lot of knowledge here being totally personal, I do not think of myself as an expert. Social media is about building relationships and so many “experts&# are not great communicators. I take it everywhere I go!

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Bare Feet Studios

MARCH 3, 2009

I find the company story very interesting. If you take pictures please tag them with “socialmediaclubhawaii&# and join the Social Media Club photo pool on Flickr. You can follow and connect with Shane on Twitter , LinkedIn , Flickr , The Reef , Viddler , Facebook , Upcoming , and at his neglected blog. Can’t come?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 31, 2008

4 Jobs I’ve Had Right after college, I worked for a few months in tech support at a forex company in the Empire State Building. Building my first online community 4. 12484 SUBSCRIBERS FOLLOWERS Lijit Search Read more about The New Community Rules Get Techipedia on your iPhone or iPod touch! © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

NOVEMBER 26, 2007

Whether it’s Flickr , StumbleUpon , Digg , del.icio.us , Twitter , Facebook , Sphinn , LinkedIn , blogs , blogs , more blogs , and even more blogs , you can find me looking for the most pertinent content that aligns with my interests. BTW – I’ve really been interacting with the Digg community more and more.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

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. I’m sure you can relate. Self-employed site owner.

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Press Release How To Radian6 Blogger 129

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 15, 2010

As my company builds out our first blog- there are great tips in here, thank you. Reply Tamar Weinberg July 19, 2010 at 1:41 pm FWIW I link to Shutterstock on all the posts where I use their images (which happened in this case) I also use Flickr. I’ve been using Flickr but always curious what others do.

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Blogger Engineering Flickr SEO 250

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. Reply Claire Chapman August 19, 2010 at 9:21 am And I also just referenced you on my company blog as I was writing inspired by this and the discussions about Facebook Places (which isn’t even live in the UK yet!)

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Activities Social Media Policies Social Networking 216

Bare Feet Studios

MARCH 19, 2010

It is your most opportune time to influence opinion, to change internal processes that will make you a better company. A company’s ethical behavior was cited as an important factor in deciding where to work by 97% of the 7,000 surveyed by Kelly Services. In theory a company has the right to set its own rules on its own properties.

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Social Media Upcoming Conference Comments 40

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 12, 2010

I’ll admit (a little secret of mine) that I initially befriended a few folks I admired on TV (specifically, 2006-2007′s Beauty and the Geek) but since I have no personal connection to the guys, I deleted the non-genuine contacts. Extracurricular programs combine summer programs, vacations, and related activities. (And

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MySpace LinkedIn Facebook Social Networking 114

Bare Feet Studios

MAY 14, 2008

Dan’s company gets it: the most recent blog post is featured on the home page. We hope the local business and tourism community will collaborate with us to showcase our beautiful state and akamai kama’aina. So that means we have a long ways to go together to compete effectively. What more can I say?

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Tourism Tools Conference Upcoming 40

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 18, 2008

Be the first to have all of these features , or just take over companies that already have them and make Plutter Kite. The main thing that seems missing from Plurk is the community and visibility a lot of other sites have attracted. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca

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Microblogging API MySpace Yahoo 102

Bare Feet Studios

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Social Media Agencies: Crayon : A different kind of company that specializes in new marketing – new marketing for a new consumer. Tatu Digital Media : Web design, product demos, WordPress mods and community management Share/Bookmark Thanks for reading! Recipe 31 : Recipe 31 creates customers through conversations.

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Social Media Construction Consultant Upcoming 40

Bare Feet Studios

AUGUST 20, 2008

If a company was successful at one podcamp, they will be very likely to want to sponsor the next event in the series. We are actually getting calls from companies who want to sponsor – without having approached them first! in their community. The company where we set up our t-shirt shop chose to blog about us!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 3, 2010

Then, when you’re joining a community for the first time, you’ll need to study the users and slowly build relationships with them. Many companies that have not embraced social media marketing often do so because of the fear of an uncontrolled message. Your Facebook Fan page will have 0 fans.

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Social Media Marketing Digg Consultant 221

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 22, 2008

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. Companies have to engage with their buyers, especially the early adopters, and make sure they’re happy.

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Social Media Marketing Digg MySpace 105

Bare Feet Studios

APRIL 14, 2009

Invest in an external mic & supported camera 8 #smgps about 1 hour ago from twhirl Online video: When it is nearly free to produce and host, why don’t you or your company have its own internet TV show yet? ;-p p 9 #smgps about 1 hour ago from twhirl Online video: Do you have something to say?

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Video Upcoming Conference Viddler 40