Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 12, 2010

So here’s a simple rule of thumb to live by: if you’re going to launch an external social media initiative – even something as simple as an official Twitter handle – make sure it’s properly supported on your primary website and via your email communications. Calling attention to mobile apps? Social and mobile profile calls to action?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 23, 2008

Well, for one, social media users — that is, users on social news sites such as Digg, Mixx, Reddit — are not particularly enthusiastic about the proliferation of marketers in their community. Tim is the author of The Four Hour Workweek , a bestseller about the mobile lifestyle. You market, by not marketing.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

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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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

NOVEMBER 26, 2007

The internet and technology ownership has changed everything: digital TV, mobile phones, iPods, weblogs, instant messaging, [and] social networking. Previously, to have a mobile phone, you needed a large bank account. BTW – I’ve really been interacting with the Digg community more and more. Consider billboards.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 19, 2008

I became a big fan of playing games (bingo especially) at a little hub on AOL called RabbitJack’s Casino , which was considered a unique community within the AOL borders with a close-knit group of people from all walks of life. I’m a little younger than that (finally, I can say that!)

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 28, 2010

When Weezer came out with Pork and Beans in 2008, the band’s music video introduced a completely different concept with characters that were incredibly familiar. It’s why T-Mobile succeeded with a flash mob. She provides consulting in internet marketing and manages Community Support & Advertising at Mashable.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 24, 2008

In other words, they don’t give a damn about the community and they seemed to have moved on — perhaps completely. Instead, since they weren’t, we are left to our own devices and seek alternative methods (which are not the right avenues of communication, but what do you do when the proper roads lead you to a dead end?).

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JULY 8, 2009

One of the better known cases was “Janet&# who created a Twitter profile for Exxon Mobile. She didn’t last long, as the community questioned her extreme statements and Jeremiah Owyang (a Forrester Analyst) contacted Exxon directly for comment. (I I hope you have set up Google Alerts for your brand!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 5, 2010

Don’t shy away from giving your community the information needed to find you elsewhere both online and offline. Let it be posted on every social platform of choice and then watch as it seeds through other communities (which is likely to happen and shows that your marketing is viral). Give them a reason to want to communicate.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2010

Here’s my list for 2008. 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. Here’s 2007. Here’s 2006. Yes, that’s right.

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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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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 24, 2010

For example, I write a lot about AOL, and after the recent layoffs, I wrote how the entire mobile advertising team took a voluntary buyout and quit the company. They know that I actually care about my community and that they’re not an audience. He currently serves as the community guy at Building 43.

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