Proactive Report

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Executives polled in the The Creative Group Hiring Index for Marketing and Advertising Professionals said PR and marketing research top their list of new hires they plan to add in the next year. 98% of U.S. companies say they plan to award base salary pay increases in 2011. How is PR faring? Expertise with the technology.

Social Media 91

Social Media Telecommunications Automotive Microblogging 91

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.

Communities 237

Communities Twitter Web 2.0 ROI 237

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 4, 2010

Twitter, he says, “became my way of talking with a community of people.&# More importantly, they’ve created a go-to place or space for community. Roger Smith Hotel also teaches us another thing: you should take advantage of your market by giving them opportunities exclusive to their communications channel. izmantot soci?los

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Hotels Social Media Communities Discount 245

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 12, 2009

In my upcoming book, The New Community Rules: Marketing on the Social Web ( Amazon link ), which is slated to be released in late Spring, I talk about the importance of brand evangelism as part of an effective community management strategy. I just think that the *active* cruise community is definitely a bit disappointed.

Brands 133

Brands Message Boards Travel Forums 133

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.

MySpace 114

MySpace LinkedIn Facebook Social Networking 114

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

FriendFeed’s activity for me has ebbs and flows. Sometimes I’m incredibly active. The real-time aspect lacks persistence and contributes to items just flowing by when no one is active. 12484 SUBSCRIBERS FOLLOWERS Lijit Search Read more about The New Community Rules Get Techipedia on your iPhone or iPod touch!

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Aggregator Content Digg Posterous 151

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

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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Review Digg StumbleUpon Web 2.0 102

Buffer Social

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Some names may be familiar to you while others are completely new, but a quick search on Google Trends reveals that old or new, people are looking for the next, best microblogging platform. Mastodon is a collection of free, decentralized, and loosely organized group of servers. But that’s not what we’re here for today.

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Microblogging Tumblr Avatar Hashtag 145

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 10, 2008

You may have stumbled upon a site a few hours ago, and now you’re actively Tweeting. The best solution I have for myself is my personal Bloglines subscription to only a core group of people, but with a limitation of 200 stories maximum in queue, that fills up rather quickly.

Plaxo 103

Plaxo Picasa StumbleUpon Netvibes 103

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 1, 2008

As a side point, Google is a bigger beast and it has tens or hundreds of staff members visiting forums and moderating groups to ensure that the user experience is a good one. It’s their community of choice and that’s fine. Why make it difficult for users who love Digg to continue loving it? Mixx is looking rather nice.

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Digg Social Media Upcoming Ustream 100

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 22, 2008

Anyone can visit online meeting places like Digg and Reddit and promote the voices and opinions of others, and anyone can mobilize a group of people around a common cause on Facebook or elsewhere. Not just being talked about but be an active voice in the community. In a sense, they can become part of the community.

Social Media 105

Social Media Marketing Digg MySpace 105

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 27, 2008

Many people found the research interesting, but a number of people commented that the social networks probably shouldn’t be grouped together. So the question arose – was social media traffic misrepresented by grouping traffic from all networks together? Tamar is also the author of The New Community Rules (July 2009).

Social Media 100

Social Media StumbleUpon SEO ROI 100

Hootsuite

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Social media guidelines are also different from community guidelines, which set the rules for public engagement with your account or group. To combat online abuse, the Royal Family shared its own community guidelines last year. Only activate geolocation services on apps when necessary. Want to learn more? Harassment.

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Guidelines Social Media Policies How To 143

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 28, 2010

Blogging helps you build community (especially via comments), establish thought leadership, bring links to your website (both internally, perhaps to products or to other articles on your blog, and externally, when people like what you say and opt to link to you), and get you some nice traffic. Give to your community. Customer Service.

Social Media 278

Social Media Strategy Yahoo Communities 278

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 5, 2010

Don’t use a Facebook Group. 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).

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Facebook How To Marketing URL 279

Hootsuite

APRIL 6, 2023

Tumblr and the age of the microblog (2007) In 2007, the social network described as “Twitter meets YouTube and WordPress” came a-tumblin’ along when 17-year-old David Karp launched Tumblr from his bedroom. As of 2022, Pinterest had 445 million monthly active users , proving just how popular the site remains.

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Social Media MySpace Tumblr Foursquare 145

Later

MARCH 31, 2020

So, whether you’re just starting on your Instagram influencer journey or you’re needing some tips on how to take your Instagram game to the next level, follow the 8 strategies I outline in this post and you’ll be well on your way to… Fostering an engaged community. Landing collaborations left and right. Building your influencer empire.

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Influencer Instagram Tips Microblogging 86

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. So many people use LinkedIn this way; I’d be surprised if less than 90% of LinkedIn’s community didn’t.

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Facebook LinkedIn Social Networking Microblogging 233

Later

MARCH 31, 2020

So, whether you’re just starting on your Instagram influencer journey or you’re needing some tips on how to take your Instagram game to the next level, follow the 8 strategies I outline in this post and you’ll be well on your way to… Fostering an engaged community. Landing collaborations left and right. Building your influencer empire.

Influencer 66

Influencer Instagram Tips Microblogging 66

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2010

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. This post is really poetry, as are all his other writings and blog posts. It’s definitely a worthwhile read.

Marketing 265

Marketing SEO Journal Engineering 265

Webbiquity SMM

OCTOBER 27, 2010

While B2B marketers have been ramping up social media activities over the past 18 months, not all are seeing the outcomes they’d hoped for. As the report notes, “these social pioneers now ponder whether this new social activity will pay off in business results, and when.

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B2B Social Media Marketing Microblogging 175

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 8, 2008

These scenarios come to fruition in spontaneous communities, on social networks, and other self-service tools – all thanks to the availability of low cost technology and access to the world wide web. You can also not use the tools correctly or not behave appropriately within communities around the tools and market poorly.

Social Media 163

Social Media Marketing Consultant Communities 163

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

With Twitter being so incredibly large and vast, there are different types of mini-communities. It’s not enough to be insular and focus on your groups of friends. At business networking events, try to get to know people outside your group of trusted colleagues. I created an additional account for people in that group.

Twitter 205

Twitter Sports Microblogging HootSuite 205

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 26, 2010

But with all other social networks, there are rules of engagement that are determined by the community. More information and tips for usage can be read in The New Community Rules: Marketing on the Social Web. Until then, there will be users who take but can’t give back to the community. Still stuck?

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StumbleUpon Digg Social Networking Review 181

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

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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Blogosphere Blogger Comments Tips 278

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 21, 2008

By May 18 , the MetaFilter community dared to ask the same, very unpopular questions Becky and some of her friends had been asking for months. This happened last week on the tightly knit community on Plurk, which has a unique and friendly atmosphere as Tamar described a few weeks ago. Be observant! Did your room just light up?

Social Media 104

Social Media StumbleUpon Communities MySpace 104

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. What has changed in the last three years for me, is how much more open I am with my online activity.

MySpace 101

MySpace Yahoo Ustream StumbleUpon 101

Josh S Peters

JANUARY 25, 2009

My grandpa was a very successful Realtor, my cousin is a Realtor, one of my good friends is a Realtor, and in Feb I’m presenting to the largest commercial real estate group in Utah. and gain valuable insight from articles and group discussions. It seems like I’m being drawn to this topic.

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Real Estate Resources Social Media Delicious 100

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

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. Users submit timely news articles to Sphinn, and the community votes up the best stories to appear on the front page. I am a leader in my community.

Marketing 240

Marketing How To SEO Training 240

Danny WhatMough

SEPTEMBER 25, 2010

and automated curation are doomed to fail September 5, 2010 // Tweet If you’ve been active on Twitter recently, you will have no doubt come across paper.li. to create an Engine Group daily, which I always take a look at. The Engine Group paper.li adapts its auto-tweet » Why paper.li on my blog [link].

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Paper.li Curation Overview Tweetdeck 81

Hootsuite

OCTOBER 21, 2019

If some or all of your target market speaks a language other than English or resides in a non-English majority speaking country, they might be active on a non-English social network. Sina Weibo is an app for personal microblogging. On VK, users can share their own content, join groups, and message their friends. Source: WeChat.

Social Networking 79

Social Networking HootSuite Forums Microblogging 79

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2009

What are the most popular sites in these age groups? The Sexy Girls of Tech and Politics: The Unbeatable Trio (NxE): Find what the community likes and pander to them for the best kind of traffic exposure on social sites. Engaging the community and building a well-designed website are also important elements.

Marketing 144

Marketing StumbleUpon SEO Reputation 144

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 1, 2010

Create your own marketing system I recommend that people take a portion of their day to learn as much as they can about what people are saying about them, as well as review competitor and partner activities, and peruse industry trends and case studies. Before you get active on social networks, start a blog.

Social Media 240

Social Media Brands How To Social Networking 240

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 23, 2010

A regularly updated Fan Page brings greater awareness Community Page : What if you love something but you have no direct affiliation with the product/service, can’t find the official page, and worse, discover the page doesn’t even exist? Community Pages are the most annoying thing Facebook has given us , but I see their point.

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Facebook SEO Policies Groups 268

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 1, 2009

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? Reply Tamar Weinberg March 12, 2010 at 3:27 pm You have spotted the biggest gripe I have about Facebook Pages (versus Groups). Marketers love Facebook.

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Facebook How To Applications URL 279

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 10, 2008

Abusing group invites. And if they don’t accept, don’t send the group request more than once by asking them to join via email, wall post, or Facebook message. In a specific case, I manage a few LinkedIn groups so my email address is far more visible on the site than I’d like. Many call this spam.

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Handbook Social Media Web 2.0 StumbleUpon 279

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 24, 2010

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. Participate in my site’s community. Louis Gray Louis Gray is a prominent technology blogger and Managing Director of New Media at Paladin Advisors Group.

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Influencer How To Press Release Blogger 278