Firebelly

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

This represents a six percent increase over the 2008 study. 86% of these blogs (93) link directly to a corporate twitter account, a 300% increase over the 2008 study. 35% (173) of the Fortune 500 have active Twitter accounts (a post within the past thirty days); and nearly 50% of the top 100 companies (47) have a Twitter account.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 14, 2009

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. Answers Yahoo!

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Firebelly

MAY 27, 2010

At least that’s what one of Comcast’s many Twitter accounts will tell you if you happen to mention their name in one of your tweets.Businesses everywhere are jumping on to the ever-expanding social networking bandwagon, and with very good reason.    Is it worth it?

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JULY 7, 2008

Nuggets from Social Media workshops as of late… posted in Uncategorized |. That said, if you are a large company, it could take you 3-4 months just to coordinate calendars to get all the right people gathered! I think the same is true for the bevy of social tools. On June 24th, 2008, Josh Ledgard said: I agree completely.

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The Marketing Blog

MAY 27, 2008

July 18-19 2008 Social Technographics Ladder May 28, 2008.1:37 37 am Social Media and Blog Camp – Courtesy Delhi Bloggers Bloc Jump to Comments Come June 7th and we’d witness another one-day unconference on social media and blogging. Its the social media and blog camp by Delhi Bloggers Bloc.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

RSS feeds, blogs, wikis, podcasts, social networking sites, mash up technology, etcâ??but June 10th, 2008 at 1:17 pm. June 10th, 2008 at 1:31 pm. June 10th, 2008 at 3:41 pm. Google, YouTube, MySpace, Facebook are all incredibly young organisations. June 11th, 2008 at 10:02 am. Bmj.com has its Web 2.0

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 18, 2008

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Blogging , Social Media > Plutter Kite: The Ultimate Micro-Blogging Service Plutter Kite: The Ultimate Micro-Blogging Service by Tamar Weinberg on June 18, 2008 Share This is a guest post from Samir Balwani of Internet Marketing blog Left the Box.com.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 18, 2010

After all, spending time, money, and other precious resources on social media marketing before you have an understanding of what it can do for you is kind of like putting the cart before the horse (not advisable). It finds your customers Companies using traditional marketing methods (e.g. It introduces your brand Is your company new?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 31, 2009

Crowdsourcing has become more and more popular with private companies, non-profit organizations, and even government agencies. There have also been doctors that have used social networking tools, like Twitter, during surgery. GetSatisfaction provides a way for companies to do that. Answers Yahoo!

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 25, 2008

From building business to getting a straight answer, social networking sites offer up a wide-ranging community. So he turned to LinkedIn, an online social-networking service that ? Social networking sites have other features businesses can use. Where to network. Marketplace. Classifieds. Real Estate.

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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). May 21, 2008 at 2:51 pm Why on Earth Would Anyone Twitter?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 22, 2008

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Social Media > Is Social Media the Final Frontier of Marketing? Is Social Media the Final Frontier of Marketing? Why do consumers now have great and collective power to, well, dictate what companies do?

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Social Media Marketing Digg MySpace 105

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. 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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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 15, 2009

That’s why social media is important. It’s incredibly easy for someone to put up a web page and show how much they like or dislike a company. You’ll get exposure to case studies of companies that do this well and review cases of companies where listening severe impacted the effectiveness of marketing campaigns.

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Communities Marketing MySpace Yahoo 170

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. If you’re going to dive in the social media world, you need to understand what it means to be “social.&#

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

MySpace last week declared what amounts to a post-modern armistice, announcing that they will integrate status updates with Facebook (and Twitter). MySpace used to be Janet, and now it’s LaToya – at best. MySpace used to be Janet, and now it’s LaToya – at best. But back to MySpace.

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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. This might be via power players on social networks (eg, this story is moving on Sphinn) or even national TV (Susan Boyle’s video was a recording of a popular TV show).

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Social Media Advertising Building your personal brand is about interacting with others and establishing your credentials. Logging onto social networks only to propagate self aggrandizing propaganda will turn off potential clients. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 19, 2010

Social media can help you create a long-term relationship with your consumer that ensures they continue to visit you, and not a competitor. 3: Large Brands – Bigger brands have two things that smaller companies don’t: an already built community, and money. I would add that social media has changed the game for companies.

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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. 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.

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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

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 22, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Internet , Marketing > How You Can Benefit from Real Time Search How You Can Benefit from Real Time Search by Tamar Weinberg on April 22, 2010 Share This is a guest post by Evan Britton, founder of Sency. Answers Yahoo!

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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. One of the things I look for nowadays when I visit sites is how well they’re integrating their social network presences. It’s much appreciated. Answers Yahoo!

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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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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 28, 2008

3rd party services are usually owned by the individual not the company. a companys success in content management is inversely proportional to the amount of information that is exchanged over email.â?? If managed properly, the use of social media tools such as blogs and wikis can reduce e-mail volumes by as much as 30%.

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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. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised though, misery loves company right? Reply Australian Web Directory August 13, 2008 at 8:33 am Even TV and radio listeners are media snackers.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Social media marketing is all about potential audience. If someone signs up to follow your company on Twitter, when you tweet will that person see it? Social Supports Email in the Interactive Marketing Hub Indeed, email marketing and social media marketing are spiritually and procedurally similar. Great post!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 18, 2010

Here are five steps you can take: Review In a committed relationship, if there is any hint of disagreement in the social space, it’s time to sit down and look at one another’s social networks. Most of my social network profiles are business-related, however I have reserved a couple for friends and family only.

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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. 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. A lot of big companies I try to engage with don’t want to talk back.

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Social Media Engagement Forums Policies 272

Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Or will they overthrow the computational and communicational status quo with MySpace, MyBlog, and MyWiki?â?? s companies can use technology to place users in control of information, and is home to ongoing discussion about the user revolution and Enterprise 2.0 Supernova 2008 - Interview with Umair Haque. April 2008.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 1, 2008

It was taken the night of January 28, 2008 (approximately 11PM EST): While Digg typically allowed stories to hit the front page within 80-120 votes (the latter being more rare than normal), it’s now requiring almost double the number. After seeing how it panned out, I have to say that I’m not impressed.

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Digg Social Media Upcoming Ustream 100

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 6, 2008

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Personal > Zicam and the Reputation Management Fiasco Zicam and the Reputation Management Fiasco by Tamar Weinberg on February 6, 2008 Share Awhile ago, I used Twitter to talk about one of my favorite cold remedy vitamins, Airborne.

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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. To me, it seems most companys focus on monopolies and then forced purchase of ad-ons without which the product wont work.

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Hotels Social Media Communities Discount 245

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 9, 2008

I know many are already in the process of trying out other social networks, so the phenomenon of social news won’t die down anytime soon. Reply Tamar Weinberg May 9, 2008 at 8:43 am You can still do that with karma points and not rankings. Hey, this is a confessional blog post, and I totally hear you.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 15, 2010

Social network connectivity is becoming the post-modern email newsletter. I certainly do not support the Draconian position that somehow social networks threaten email’s existence as a marketing channel. That's what I mean when I say uni-directional social media. But, it's not all conversational.

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Social Media Strategy Social CRM Newsletter 114

Convince & Convert

AUGUST 16, 2010

Im a tequila-loving, hype-free social media strategy consultant, speaker, and author that works with major corporations and PR firms to harness the awesome power of the social Web. Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies. All rights reserved.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 21, 2009

Only when the landscaping company mowed down the guy’s vegetable garden and did not rectify the situation seven weeks later did the guy decide to make a public spectacle of the situation. Sure, there are probably a few things you can point out that should work in the company’s favor. How many people really want that?

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