Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

NOVEMBER 28, 2007

The Early Adopter Appeal Mixx is a new social news site that went into private beta a mere two months ago. Already, however, it’s gaining momentum among “Digg refugees&# and folks who don’t feel comfortable on other social networks. And for that reason, you should join–now. It’s instant.

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AUGUST 25, 2010

On a particular forum I am active on (yes, I still use them!), They don’t read 20 blog posts and comments. In a recent campaign, I was reached by a social media agency about a topic that was totally irrelevant to my audience and would never be something I’d blog about. I blog and comment too, however; 1.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

The major “Web 2.0″ ″ and social networking technologies that have been created in the last several years have been a major boon for consumers and web users. FriendFeed’s activity for me has ebbs and flows. Sometimes I’m incredibly active. Sometimes I’m not (like now).

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DECEMBER 31, 2009

Ustream and YouTube Video blogging is becoming increasingly popular, especially now that smartphones have better video cameras, and there are apps to upload them to video services, such as Ustream and YouTube. Google Wave can also be used for customer service, web site/blog creation, an idea repository, etc.

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AUGUST 14, 2009

As small companies with limited budgets, nonprofits may feel that they are unable to dive into the wide world of social media. 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.&# But Twitter is the tip of the iceberg.

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JANUARY 25, 2008

If you use Twitter regularly, you’d see that it wins as a social news site that provides instantaneous news — at least of that caliber. As Chris Garrett explains in his post, if you follow numerous feed bots, you can get the news all the time. It’s like any other news medium.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 10, 2008

Founded by four ex-Googlers, FriendFeed allows you to subscribe to your friends’ updates across 35 social networks and to stay up to date with the content they’re discovering and sharing across the web. In social media spheres, it’s almost unavoidable to not engage online with content in some way.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 1, 2008

Unfortunately for Digg, the savviest users of the bunch have also been the most vocal about Digg thus far (save for the few blogs that cover everything web 2.0 Blog posts have been written and buried once a user submitted it to Digg. If nobody talks, nobody remembers, and nobody sticks around.

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JUNE 10, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Blogging > How Young is Too Young? by Tamar Weinberg on June 10, 2010 Share I started blogging at age 20. Today, there are young bloggers who have their own websites and blogs. How Young is Too Young? Adora Svitak is amazing.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2010

I’ve personally taken this concept so far that I now have a pretty new box at the end of most blog posts which highlights other bloggers that I enjoy. Plus, if you know anything about how blogging works, you should know that no blog is a competitor. The first is personal. Take my own situation as an example.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

It’s a must read for any PR professional moving into or active in this space. After pouring blood, sweat, and tears into our blog that clearly is known for addressing a specific subject matter, we get an email from a public relations agency that takes us for someone completely different. I’ve yet to blog about either.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 12, 2010

I needed to differentiate Digg from social media because they actually are part of a distinctive community (and as you know, I’m very passionate about Digg so it really did deserve its own category). Extracurricular programs combine summer programs, vacations, and related activities. I couldn’t help it. (By Thanks to you.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 4, 2010

Once connected, he looked at their friends and followers to see if there was an opportunity to branch out and make new friends. He says, “The use of Twitter was mainly for the brevity and ability to drive traffic to our blog and booking site rogersmith.com. Two days ago, they launched a new campaign to replace the old one.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 27, 2008

I was fortunate to have the help of James Duthie, a serial guest blogger from Online Marketing Banter , a blog on social media, marketing, and more.? A few weeks ago I wrote a post over at SEO Scoop comparing the quality of search engine traffic against social media traffic. I have a few different blogs, one being a humor blog.

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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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FEBRUARY 22, 2008

Yes, it’s all to do with social media. Anyone can set up a website for their personal voice; we call that a blog. What will the new innovation, the new leap, the Web 3.0 (I Pierre recently launched Social Alerter. March 24, 2008 at 3:39 am What is Social Alerter? Love the graphics.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 17, 2010

or “So do you blog on the interwebs all day, or sumthin?&# So I challenged myself to create a list of 10 responsibilities of the Community Manager that extend beyond the realm of Facebook and Twitter (and yes, even blogging). You can get your co-workers and friends to be active on Yelp. Once the web 2.0

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 12, 2009

If a forum exists for your industry, you should very well be active: you should participate and follow the discussion closely to know exactly what is being said and what kind of feedback you can take back to your executive and development team to enhance your product and to make it better than your competition. .&# It’s a brave (???)

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2009

Top 29 Niche Social Media Sites (That Actually Send Traffic) : Andy Hagans consistently updates this list with some great resources that aren’t necessarily being tapped into by many folks, but maybe it’s time for things to change. Reddit Tips from the Top Dog on Reddit (Social News Watch): How do you become a top user on Reddit?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

There are at least ten characteristics off the top of my head that make blogs and bloggers successful. These characteristics give the blogs mentioned below fame, fortune, and loyal followings. Want to build your blog and following? Blogs like Mashable and Gizmodo offer a consistent stream of stories every single day.

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MAY 28, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Blogging , Business , Marketing , Social Media > Social Media Strategy from A to Z Social Media Strategy from A to Z by Tamar Weinberg on May 28, 2010 Share Social media might be old. Customer Service.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2010

These are the people who really make a solid effort — they review the blog content and realize that their pitch might be a further extension of content that they had already seen on the blogs they are targeting. Let’s say you worked with a client to give away a freebie to readers of specific blogs. Yes, seriously.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 5, 2010

Don’t post it on your blog. Better yet, to show that the page is active, give the users control by letting their Fan posts show up on the front page. As a result, engagement goes up as the page appears very active. The page should appear active but it should also appear like you’re not neglecting your community.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2010

This post is really poetry, as are all his other writings and blog posts. 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.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 8, 2008

Rebecca Kelley , Search Marketing and Social Media Consultant : A social media marketer needs to be an active participant in the social media sphere. I also think it’s extremely important for such a person to stay up to date on the most current trends within the social sphere. Browsers obviously mostly lurk.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 12, 2010

Today, my 1,508 Facebook connections are broken into the following categories: Extra-curricular Programs refer to friends I met on vacation, through summer programs, or though other related activities. Industry and social media connections are further broken into additional categories, as seen in the charts below.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 18, 2009

I don’t expect marketers or bloggers to have been reading specific blogs forever, but they should know about the blog’s culture before promoting themselves. In a nutshell, they should show that they know what the blog is about, and if they’re really looking for coverage or acknowledgments, they should be visible.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 20, 2007

As Tamar pointed out, it’s a social news site, not a network and I could care less about how often profiles are updated. Kelly via Pownce ) It’s not a positive change to remove story descriptions from your friends activity list. Did Pownce do so badly that Kevin and crew had to merge Digg and Pownce into Digg?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 22, 2009

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 blog is written and maintained by Tamar Weinberg. You might also want to see that they are future upstanding members of the community.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 16, 2010

Do I have social media integration on my business blog? If you have a business blog, you have to integrate your social media profiles on it. Ask your blog’s readers to follow you on Twitter, subscribe to your YouTube channel, add you on LinkedIn, or “Like” you on Facebook. Do you do any guest posting at all?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 19, 2008

At the same time, the concept of “free&# is empowering individuals to become publishers, as any individual can now harness free software online to create his/her little on place on the web. When and how did you make it into the lovely World Wide Web? Feel free to add your story to the comments or in your own blog post.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 10, 2010

Perhaps this is a fact that her agency overlooked, so as a good friend, I told her that it would be in her best interest to learn about approved tactics through the many free blogs , to engage in acceptable and informative (though not free) SEO training , and to read the best SEO book/training program (aff).

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 8, 2010

Every so often, a potential client comes to me and asks me to promote a blog post or article, mostly because they don’t have an audience for the blog post to spread on its own. For blogs, the answer is simple : your blog should be treated as more than just a platform to self-promote. Be proactive, not reactive.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 26, 2010

Once it gathers personalized information from you (hobbies and interests), you can start surfing with StumbleUpon to find brand new sites that are related to your interests as suggested by other users on the service. And you there with the SEO/tech blog, that goes for you too. Great, now we have that out of the way.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

Create multiple blogs based on multiple personal professional interests 2. Create a unique twitter account for each blog 3. My #1 mistake was not creating a business blog and using THAT to connect with all the ORM, SEO, PPC, and SMM folks out there. I DO own one for ORM, but I’ve left it as a news feed.

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JULY 21, 2008

Kaycee was a chat host at the now-defunct CollegeClub.com, she spoke at length by phone with many of her internet friends, she emailed, she sent gifts, and she blogged vividly and poignantly through the horrors of her chemotherapy, often closing with her trademark, “Smile, I’m sending you some sunshine.

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MARCH 4, 2008

Personalization : presenting results based on past activity. How did they motivate themselves to continue (while still focusing on school and other “full time&# activities)? Up Next… As mentioned earlier, I’m off to SXSW and will hopefully be trying something new: taking the sessions to my blog.

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