Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 20, 2010

In a long-ago interview with Wired , Professor & Author Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi defined a person being in the “Flow” as Being completely involved in an activity for its own sake. If you want to get better at using social media, try to channel how you behave at your “social peak” into your social media activities. Time flies.

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Laurel Papworth

APRIL 13, 2010

Whenever I present or give classes on monetizing social networks and online communities people usually have two questions. One, should we monetize other people’s activity? The first question is ethical – if money and currency is about a show of worth, a menu of value, then yes, we can monetize conversations and activities.

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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.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2010

The Poetry of Social Networking to Court Customers and Invest in Relationships (Brian Solis): Brian Solis shares his foreword to Sean Percival’s book, MySpace Marketing. 10 Creative Contests Powered by Social Media (Mashable): You can use social media to do many things: build community, make business decisions, and more.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

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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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 19, 2010

Consumers are actively looking for and want to engage with most businesses that fall into the following categories. 3: Large Brands – Bigger brands have two things that smaller companies don’t: an already built community, and money. Communities, social news sites, and online sharing can be leveraged to build a site following.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

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. Have you read The New Community Rules ? I’ve always loved the expression “it takes a lifetime to build a reputation, and five minutes to lose it.&# Don’t self promote. Engage in dialogue.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

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. What tasks are more important to developing a popular community versus developing a popular blog?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 31, 2009

It seems the activity level has fallen off. 12484 SUBSCRIBERS FOLLOWERS Lijit Search Read more about The New Community Rules Get Techipedia on your iPhone or iPod touch! Kirtsy Likaholix LinkedIn Mahalo Mento Mixx MyBlogLog MySpace Plurk Pownce Propeller Reddit SEOmoz Sphinn StumbleUpon Technorati Toluu Twitter Wikipedia Yahoo!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 16, 2010

Measurement Audit What part of my social activities do I measure? If you haven’t already, get measurement tools to measure all your social activities. What activities bring you more positive results? I especially like your point about integrating social media with your offline activities. What is working for me?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

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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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 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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Social Media Network Marketing

AUGUST 23, 2010

Sections To Read Home Main Page Community - Social Media Network Online Who will benefit from this blog? You will automatically know if you should be on MySpace, Flicker, or restrain yourself to Facebook. Online Reputation Management comprises of various elements. Hi Folks, do you work as an Online Community Manager?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

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.

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Social Media Network Marketing

MAY 29, 2010

Sections To Read Home Main Page Community - Social Media Network Online Who will benefit from this blog? Online Reputation Management comprises of various elements. Hi Folks, do you work as an Online Community Manager? Social Media Community Managers Management Monitoring Social Media can be overwhelming. Social Media Ne.

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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

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. canwediggit ) The internet doesn’t need another MySpace, Facebook, Hi5, Orkut, Multiply, etc. By trying to make Digg more social, it really became less social. social networking site.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 28, 2010

With the initiative for Facebook to be open and to empower businesses to host pages that celebrate their business, offering deals and giving the community the ability to converse directly with the business or entity these pages represent, you forgot about accountability. And now there are Community Pages! Who the heck needs it?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 1, 2010

Patience is required in building a community, seeing real results with monetization and building traffic. Some people are able to build a community but fail at monetizing their blogs. Some also build traffic but fail to build a community. Patience really is important in every aspect of building a blog.

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Laurel Papworth

FEBRUARY 13, 2010

By the way, Facebook measures ACTIVE monthly users , not inactive members. 14 As a result, more than 14,000 became Telstra Active Supporters, campaigning to put regulatory issues on the national agenda. Twitter: Reputation Management in Social Networks (18). Related posts. Video 3.0 – Social Video (2). Speaking 2009 (1).

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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

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Social media is about building relationships and so many “experts&# are not great communicators. Love your book “The New Community Rules&# girl! It would appear then that those who profess to expertise in social activities, by default, are not. Tamar is also the author of The New Community Rules (July 2009).

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 23, 2010

Still, it puts Facebook ahead of MySpace. 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? Heck, most of you get it.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 15, 2010

Schedule those important activities in your weekly calendar. Someone made a comment to me that this blogger writes simply to look smarter than others but doesn’t have anything valuable to say — that’s the kind of reputation this type of complex writing actually gives off! Your consistent effort will payoff quickly.

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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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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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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

It’s a must read for any PR professional moving into or active in this space. So, the hardest job is often counseling clients in competitive markets that good community behavior will be rewarded … eventually. She provides consulting in internet marketing and manages Community Support & Advertising at Mashable.

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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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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 8, 2010

Thanks to books like The New Community Rules , written by yours truly, Engage , Social Media 101 , and others, social media marketing is, for the time being, going to still be on people’s minds as they discover this bright and sunny marketing opportunity. And get your account started and active immediately.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

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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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 10, 2010

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. As long as there’s a healthy balance in their activities, I don’t see a problem. Glen , too, got an early start.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 2, 2010

I’ll be talking about brand community strategy and how to activate your audience. Danny Brown) Tagged as: brand communities , facebook , facebook strategy , facebook success summit , Speaking Engagements Did you enjoy this blog post?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 14, 2009

Jill Whalen has been active on forums and online communities for 10 years now. Online Communities and Their Impact on Business : The key to success is engagement, but Michael Mace says that there are some concepts you need to understand first. Scared of Social Media? You May Already be Pro! She didn’t think she was one.

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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.

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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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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 7, 2010

So I hopped on Twitter for a sneak into his daily activities. But that was a few months ago, and I’m naive enough to think that others won’t be so silly in their online engagement activities. Twitter is a community and you’re a member of the congregation. Where was the eBook author during all of this?

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