Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 14, 2009

Epic Change merely starts with Twitter; the conversations are then moved offline and interested parties are sent the phone number to the organization’s headquarters so that they can discuss how to help with one of the staff members in terms of getting involved to make a difference. © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 19, 2010

I just wish we could cookie users on Facebook and Twitter so I could track their conversions… maybe one day! © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg. Laura Reply Samir Balwani January 19, 2010 at 11:07 am Agreed Laura, the e-commerce side is great because of the measurement. I would add that social media has changed the game for companies.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

OCTOBER 22, 2009

If you take a look at any one of their four accounts , you’ll notice one thing: they’re not using Twitter to converse but to broadcast. © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg. Accelerated by MaxCDN Content Delivery Network. This blog is written and maintained by Tamar Weinberg. All rights reserved.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 4, 2008

Once funding goes in, it almost always follows that the site creators distance themselves from the “politics&# of the site (especially with a growing community), instead hiring “worker bees&# to partake in conversation (if at all) on their behalf. © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg. Accelerated by MaxCDN Content Delivery Network.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2011

By the way the conversation flowed at this year's BlogWorld & New Media Expo in Los Angeles, you would think that Blogging was brand new. More riffing on this from 2006: A Blog Is Like Lemmy From Motorhead ). To be more irreverent and to test the waters of text and audio. Blogging still feels more punk to me. business book.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 28, 2010

There you have it: seven viral video characteristics that start the conversations and get the wheels turning. Do you mean conversions? © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg. It also depends on goals. Ad clicks on videos? These are factors to consider. Accelerated by MaxCDN Content Delivery Network. All rights reserved.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 8, 2009

Of course, if you know them and can actually have lengthy conversations with the person day after day, that obviously means your relationship has made it to the next level.) © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg. Truth be told, perhaps they do. But in general, there is no implicit invitation. Accelerated by MaxCDN Content Delivery Network.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 9, 2007

Every conversation shifted to Twitter, as folks recognized that they can brand themselves and their businesses through a Twitter identity. © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg. First, some educational takeaways: Social media is the “new&# medium for businesses to communicate with consumers in a way that is interesting to them.

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JUNE 27, 2008

The blog, like the conference series, aims to drive and deepen conversation about how todayâ??s December 2006. Microblogging. This site is a companion blog to the FASTforward conference and summit series and is sponsored by FAST. opportunities and challenges. January 2008. December 2007. November 2007. October 2007. August 2007.

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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. © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg. I’ve never even tried friendster. All rights reserved.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 31, 2008

© 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg. Tagged as: 4x4 , 4x4 meme , meme , social media { 7 comments… read them below or add one } Chris Kieff March 31, 2008 at 8:59 am Tamar, Thanks for the link love and the response. Accelerated by MaxCDN Content Delivery Network. This blog is written and maintained by Tamar Weinberg. All rights reserved.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

It’s awesome people can promote knowing trick in the book about facebook and twitter, but do they know how to read the subtext of a situation and really get in someones world in a conversation. © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg. It’s something I promote all the time being in an all around IT support field. Shaw, 1856-1950 Jose G.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

I have NO PROBLEM with conversations happening offsite. I’ve learned to adapt by integrating those conversations on my blog wherever I can (as you can see, Richard Cunningham just posted on Louis’s site and you can read it here. © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg. You can also see FriendFeed posts below).

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 19, 2008

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. © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg. 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.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 2, 2008

It will be a conversation starter! © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg. Reply Jake Matthews April 3, 2008 at 5:42 am very nice Tamar – really like your logo in your post replies. Reply Andy Beal April 3, 2008 at 8:20 am Tamar – totally keep the potty-squatting little dude. When are you coming over to mine to do mine?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 15, 2010

They’re designed to be chatty – as if you were having a conversation with a friend. In the long run, you can achieve phenomenal readership and conversion. That will not only hurt the conversion but also gaming the search engine which will not survive in the long term SEO game. © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 25, 2010

It’s about building relationships, spending time on the networks, and having regular conversations with the people you want to connect with who you will value for more than just helping move the needle and getting to the bottom line. © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg. Accelerated by MaxCDN Content Delivery Network.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

NOVEMBER 26, 2007

Everything is multi: multi-screens, multi-channeled, multi-conversations, and multitasking. © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg. Young people of the new WWW generation snuck in whenever, wherever, and on whatever they like. Crucially, their expectations have changed. Accelerated by MaxCDN Content Delivery Network. All rights reserved.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 21, 2009

Companies are still challenged with whether they *should* get involved in the conversation. © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg. I don’t they had much of a choice though. Reply Tamar Weinberg July 21, 2009 at 9:21 am In a way, Nick, they certainly could have. If they don’t respond to later concerns, are they in trouble?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 27, 2008

Conversely, with a slightly more generic subject matter (and the occasional gag post), Online Marketing Banter seems to be a little more popular with Stumblers. Even with the same amount of friends they don’t see nearly the number of visitor to subscriber conversions. © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg. All rights reserved.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 30, 2008

The only similarity is a 140 character limit for posts — so Plurk is essentially a microblogging platform. Plurk: Real Nested Conversations Brought to the Microblogging Platform A few days ago, I noticed via Twitter search tool Summize that Aaron Brazell had been talking about me on his Twitter stream.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 10, 2008

It’s also a conversation medium. © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg. Chances are if they’re already using FriendFeed and have begun broadcasting events from numerous social networks, they are early adopters and are more savvy than the average social media user. FriendFeed isn’t just an aggregator, though.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 4, 2010

Brian explains that “conversations are happening and it is up to me to either be part of them or not.&# © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg. Part of this, for him, revolves around being approachable and building up relationships privately via direct messages or on the Twitter stream. Accelerated by MaxCDN Content Delivery Network.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 3, 2010

If you’re not following the conversation regularly, your customers might just flock to your competitors instead. © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg. You need to consistently work at building relationships and not let them be. And you need to be consistently monitoring the space. Silence can hurt you. All rights reserved.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 22, 2008

The time has come for companies to be part of the conversation. © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg. I’d like to put in my $0.02 about what happens next. Companies are at the stage that they cannot afford to sit idly by and be passive in social media. Not just being talked about but be an active voice in the community.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 1, 2008

But it makes another thing clear: unless Digg acknowledges that its users are valuable assets to the company’s growth, Digg is not going anywhere , because if it does, there will be new people on staff who will have to control the flow of the conversation in their favor. © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg. All rights reserved.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2010

Here’s 2006. But more than that, Mike’s post explains that social media is really about using social channels appropriately to communicate and converse — and as an extension of that, you might just end up being able to sell something. Here’s my list for 2008. Here’s 2007. Yes, that’s right.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 28, 2010

Some of us have been thrust into social media simply because the online landscape showed potential for online conversations. These are conversations, not broadcasts. Sure, people don’t want to lose control of the conversation. © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg. Others have been there for over a decade. Be responsive.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 1, 2010

Based on my findings, Problogger started in 2004, Copyblogger started in 2006, Daily Blog Tips started in 2006, Steve Pavlina’s Blog started in 2004, and Entrepreneur’s Journey started in 2004. Anyway, thanks both of you, for your thoughtful conversation on the issue. © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 27, 2009

I really try to get to know these people who I converse with online. © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg. .&# Reply Marcy July 30, 2009 at 1:20 am Ah yes, that sounds all too familiar to me! It’s great that you guys met up – and very coincidental too! Meet them, if I may. That was a good post! Thanks for sharing.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 9, 2008

Really, try Propeller, you’ll meet some amazing people there and have actual intelligent conversations. (I © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg. Reply Charbarred May 9, 2008 at 9:20 am It’s all they got Tamar. It’s just getting worse, I doubt Digg can get past it. Accelerated by MaxCDN Content Delivery Network.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 26, 2009

This is especially true as the FTC plans to police sponsored conversations. © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg. Brand evangelism is a word of mouth marketing tactic in which the ardent supporters of your service or product feel so passionately about your offerings that they act as unofficial spokespeople on your company’s behalf.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 12, 2010

Given that LinkedIn and Facebook are “social networks,&# whereas FriendFeed and Twitter are more of microblogging platforms, if I’m going to choose a social network to defer the relationship to, it’s going to be LinkedIn. Reply Chris Herbert January 21, 2010 at 1:14 pm Really good post and conversation.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 12, 2009

© 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg. youtube Portfolio Lateral Action Lifehacker Macgasm Mashable Pistachio: Touchbase Blog Ramblings of a Sysadmin Real Simple Schwag Addict Search Engine Roundtable Professional Bio Spammr from Tumblr Home About Consulting Contact Sitemap Policy Site design by The Other Ben Rudnick. All rights reserved.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 17, 2010

So if you’re spending $200 a day on your Social Media campaign, and let’s say your product is $100 worth per item, let’s say you’re bringing 100 people to the website, and your Google Analytics shows a 15% conversion rate to a warm lead, and a 15% conversion rate of warm leads to paying clients purchasing one item.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

Start conversing with the people you want to have follow you, and do it consistently. I had it for my NY METS buddies as we tend to have conversations that are lengthy which interferes with my twitter stream for biz but it was still me. You only need to use it when you want to have lengthier conversations. I was still me.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 23, 2008

His book has been the topic of conversation just about everywhere , and for good reason. There is a lot of value to be gained from a company who isn’t afraid to converse with the public and let their consumers know they are listening, and perhaps, even caring. © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg. Blogs do just that.

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