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JANUARY 12, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Personal , Social Media > Want to Friend Me on Facebook? Please Use My Public Page or LinkedIn Instead Want to Friend Me on Facebook? There really aren’t 350 million members on Facebook. You’re likely not alone.

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JUNE 23, 2010

Facebook, originally known as thefacebook.com, was a service that connected college students to their classmates and to friends in other universities. Because of its original simple use (communication!) If you do so on Facebook, your account will likely be terminated especially if Facebook receives reports of misrepresentation.

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JANUARY 12, 2010

by Tamar Weinberg on December 19, 2007 Share How do you leverage different social networks? That doesn’t typically fly elsewhere (Facebook will kill the account), but Times Square on Friendster required 2 accounts at the time because I maxed out on the initial 500 person limit. How Do You Network on Different Social Sites?

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AUGUST 25, 2010

On a particular forum I am active on (yes, I still use them!), Just do it while giving back to the community as well. Don’t check in on Twitter and Facebook once or twice a week and only for 10 minutes. Many companies partake in this “shiny toy syndrome&# and do it all without a plan or strategy in place.

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DECEMBER 1, 2009

Marketers love Facebook. 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? Facebook Pages do not allow background images like Twitter, Myspace, and other services. This applies to Pages as well.

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APRIL 20, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Social Media > Why Social Media Is Like Getting Stoned Why Social Media Is Like Getting Stoned by Tamar Weinberg on April 20, 2010 Share This is a guest post by Todd Mintz. Tamar is also the author of The New Community Rules (July 2009).

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JUNE 16, 2010

You may want to create a custom Twitter background, custom Facebook fan page landing tab (with FBML) and custom YouTube channel backgrounds. I have seen people mix up colors on their YouTube Channels, Twitter profiles, and Facebook fan pages. How about telling your Twitter followers what is up on your Facebook fan page?

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MARCH 4, 2010

Twitter, he says, “became my way of talking with a community of people.&# Today, it appears every retail or business concern says ‘follow us on Twitter’ or ‘be our friend on Facebook.’ More importantly, they’ve created a go-to place or space for community. This isn’t by coincidence.&#

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JULY 7, 2010

by Tamar Weinberg on July 7, 2010 Share Over the past two years or so, social media’s increased popularity has really done something for those assuming that it’s all a “get rich quick&# opportunity. So I hopped on Twitter for a sneak into his daily activities. No, You Can’t Automate Social Media!

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JULY 1, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Blogging , Industry News > Analysis of Five Top Blogs and What You Can Learn from Them Analysis of Five Top Blogs and What You Can Learn from Them by Tamar Weinberg on July 1, 2010 Share Inspired by my recent post on How Young is Too Young? ,

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JUNE 10, 2010

by Tamar Weinberg on June 10, 2010 Share I started blogging at age 20. Some even boast high rankings and good sized communities. It took me 6 months to acquire a good amount of traffic and cultivate a community on my blog and the same goes for any new blogger. Thank you very much Tamar for introducing them to the blogosphere!

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APRIL 1, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Social Media > How to Use Social Media for Personal Branding How to Use Social Media for Personal Branding by Tamar Weinberg on April 1, 2010 Share This is a guest post by Dan Schawbe l. Follow him on Twitter.

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APRIL 8, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Social Media > 7 Truths About Social Media Marketing 7 Truths About Social Media Marketing by Tamar Weinberg on April 8, 2010 Share Even though social media isn’t new to many of us, the world is waking up to this new shiny toy.

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JANUARY 19, 2010

by Tamar Weinberg on January 19, 2010 Share This is a guest post by Samir Balwani , the founder of Training Social , a resource for those interested in social media training. Techipedia readers can use code Tamar for a 15% limited time discount when registering. They also often require large investments to create an initial community.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2010

By putting effort into the writing process, you reap the benefits of a community that supports you because you lift them through your words. Bloggers who focus on a niche and tackle it are highly respected among their peers and within their communities. Want another tip on how to write well? Read a lot. Tips on self-improvement?

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MARCH 24, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Blogging , Marketing , Opinion , Social Media > How to Get an Influencer’s Attention How to Get an Influencer’s Attention by Tamar Weinberg on March 24, 2010 Share Influence is everywhere, but it’s up to you to spot it.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Right now, you’ll find the likes of Tamar , Jonathan , Lisa and Rebecca in my feed reader, and consequently, in that box. He’s also a huge fan of Tamar and very thankful to have her offer him this opportunity. Reply Robert February 2, 2010 at 6:27 pm You had me when you put more focus on communicating than the tools.

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DECEMBER 10, 2008

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Opinion , Social Media > The Ultimate Social Media Etiquette Handbook The Ultimate Social Media Etiquette Handbook by Tamar Weinberg on December 10, 2008 Share Social media mimics real relationships — in many cases.

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DECEMBER 20, 2007

Since the Digg submission of my story was already buried , I sincerely hope that Digg listens to what their community members have to say. As Tamar pointed out, it’s a social news site, not a network and I could care less about how often profiles are updated. By trying to make Digg more social, it really became less social.

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DECEMBER 31, 2009

Facebook Create a Facebook Page and tell everyone about it. You can use the many applications that Facebook offers, so that others can answer questions on a survey, have discussions on the forums, and/or have notes to bring awareness to a topic. It seems the activity level has fallen off.

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DECEMBER 2, 2008

Typically, a fair portion of the class involves group work and some interactive elements — we’ve had discussions, card games, Jeopardy, chart-making, a range of Montessori activities, videos, song-writing and much more. Tamar Weinberg December 2, 2008 at 2:50 pm Seriously? I see this seminar as a forum.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2010

I consider my current @tamar network, though, either quite knowledgeable or clueless and inactive (as in the case of my family — I still love them but they’re not the target audience for my Twitter account , which is rather social-media focused). Enter a second Twitter account. Call them cliques if you will.

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JULY 15, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Blogging , Marketing > 7 Deadly Blog Writing Sins 7 Deadly Blog Writing Sins by Tamar Weinberg on July 15, 2010 Share This is a guest post by Frank Lee. Schedule those important activities in your weekly calendar. That is good to know.

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MARCH 10, 2010

Over the next few months, I received multiple invites to various groups on Facebook and messages imploring me to participate in activities in which I had no interest. A few weeks ago, another person connected with me on Facebook who was referred to me by a social media buddy I never actually met.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2007

Earlier this month, I wrote a blog post about how you cannot be a participant of a community without understanding the community members therein. It’s so new that the community is being created right now as we speak. Interestingly enough, you can see recent voting activity, including who buried your stories.

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AUGUST 14, 2009

Epic Change decided to dabble in social media, because as Stacey says, it was “a way to cultivate a community of support for Epic Change.&# More importantly, Epic Change has a mission to empower individuals to tell stories in order to acquire financial resources to make positive change in their communities. Why social media?

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DECEMBER 22, 2009

You might also want to see that they are future upstanding members of the community. You might choose to only follow active users (who tweet between 1 and 100 times a month, for example) and not users who are either way too inactive or are too excessive. Tweet activity. This is the section where that magic is made.

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AUGUST 24, 2011

That’s why I am a student of Tamar! You can actively market a freebie giveaway on Facebook and Twitter, providing readers an incentive to either “Like” or “Tweet” your website or message. Social media is free and readily available platforms like Twitter and Facebook make it relatively easy for anyone to join and utilize.

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JANUARY 26, 2010

But with all other social networks, there are rules of engagement that are determined by the community. Brief Overview of StumbleUpon Since everyone is mostly raving about Twitter and Facebook as of late, I’m going to briefly define StumbleUpon and explain how it works. Great, now we have that out of the way.

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MARCH 12, 2009

Exploring the Royal Caribbean Promotional Marketing Strategy by Tamar Weinberg on March 12, 2009 Share My husband Brian , who knows firsthand how much I eat, drink, and sleep social media, pointed me to an interesting critique by ExpertCruiser on a 2007 social media marketing campaign by Royal Caribbean.

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JANUARY 5, 2010

Here’s 2007. 40 Key Elements to Getting Started in Social Media (Louis Gray): Mike Fruchter writes an awesome blog post on Louis Gray’s blog about how to get involved in social media, from branding to blogging to Twitter to community. And like last year, I have a gift for you. Every year, I read hundreds (thousands?)

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Opinion , Social Media > Content Aggregators are Killing Content Creators Content Aggregators are Killing Content Creators by Tamar Weinberg on September 23, 2009 Share This is a guest post from Josh Schnell, founder of Macgasm.net and web developer.

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AUGUST 18, 2009

The problem: he was not at all active on the high profile blog and hadn’t written a single comment. You actually need to involve yourself in the blog’s community, commenting and showing that at the minimum, you have a long term invested interest in the blog’s success, and not only when it’s beneficial for you.

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MAY 1, 2008

In other words, I can check someone’s Friendfeed page and get any information I want about them, including when they are actively engaged in social media activities and how much of a priority social media is to them in their online habits and information consumption. If you use Facebook aps for StumbleUpon, etc.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

It’s a must read for any PR professional moving into or active in this space. Of course, it doesn’t hurt to have sat next to you, Tamar, at enough search industry conferences to know you don’t blog about plants. Reply Tamar Weinberg September 30, 2009 at 4:52 pm Hey Greg, I’m game with that.

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DECEMBER 15, 2009

I was a Digg power user twice over…and know you were one as well Tamar. Reply Tamar Weinberg December 15, 2009 at 11:32 am Kevin, very good point, and one that’s not to be ignored — for the most part. Reply Tamar Weinberg December 15, 2009 at 11:58 am I totally understand it. I blame MTV.

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JULY 8, 2008

by Tamar Weinberg on July 8, 2008 Share With many individuals finding great success with social media (and as an aside, a basic understanding of search engine optimization ), they immediately consider themselves social media marketers and consultants (as well as seasoned SEOs) and offer to sell their promotional services. Others aren’t.

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