Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 31, 2009

When you have a group of people submitting their work, there is an awareness that it isn’t just one idea that will work, so the result is a higher quality of work. Crowdsourcing is an useful model because it can be used by any group for any reason. It seems the activity level has fallen off. Answers Yahoo!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 2, 2008

A seminar is different from a regular course in that it necessarily involves interaction with the students — a seminar is to a regular lecture course as web 2.0 is to web 1.0. I’m taking two seminar courses at school this term, and they each resemble a particular form of social media. I see this seminar as a forum.

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Laurel Papworth

AUGUST 3, 2010

Also, Featured Posts are a nice read. :) Technorati Tags: Australia , election , getup , Politics , social media , social networks , tony abbott , women , youtube Related posts Web 2.0

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 10, 2008

You may have stumbled upon a site a few hours ago, and now you’re actively Tweeting. You can easily determine if your friends are interested in marketing, photography, books, music, web 2.0 Google, Wikipedia and FriendFeed. Or you could be busy at work and avoiding social media altogether. Answers Yahoo!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

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. Let’s be honest for a second here.

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The Way of the Web

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

It’s a generation which contains a large proportion of people who grew up alongside gaming, and are now reaching the stages of their lives and careers where they’re adapting those values and outlooks to their business, much as the elements of Web 2.0, flexible working practices, and hacker/geek culture have all contributed.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Comments on this article can be sent to the author at chris_dede@harvard.edu and/or can be posted to the web via the link at the bottom of this page. For example, in Wikipedia, “knowledge&# is constructed by negotiating compromises among various points of view. The term Web 2.0 In contrast, the Web 2.0

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Of course, as you can see in the second map above, “there are obvious biases in the data, with 15- to 30-year-olds being by far the biggest groups of users. “We present a study of anonymized data capturing a month of high-level communication activities within the whole of the Microsoft Messenger instant-messaging system.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

NOVEMBER 28, 2007

Finally, you can preview your image (or select the desired image if multiple images are on the page), add a title, description, and tags, choose a category, and submit the story to private groups (if you’re a member of any). Interestingly enough, you can see recent voting activity, including who buried your stories.

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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 12, 2010

Extracurricular programs combine summer programs, vacations, and related activities. And this all relates to how many times I visit each social network as broken down below: Facebook : once a day (or more, depending on activity) LinkedIn : once a week or once every two weeks MySpace : once every six months Friendster : once a year?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 4, 2010

At the end of the day, we know most people are active on social networks because they have some reason for being there (be it to make a sale or to establish authority, for example), but through your regular interactions, you need to recognize that these are byproducts of your genuine and authentic involvement. Answers Yahoo!

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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 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.

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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? Professional content probably isn’t a priority. Answers Yahoo!

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

This is a lightly edited transcription of a speech I gave at the Web 2.0 I started telling her about the Wikipedia article on Pluto. You may remember that Pluto got kicked out of the planet club a couple of years ago, so all of a sudden there was all of this activity on Wikipedia. Comments (0). TrackBacks (0).

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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. The time has come for companies to be part of the conversation.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 17, 2010

Meaning, the more active you are, and the more active friends you have, the more clout your post has in the pool of other posts for that venue. You may not be able to spot the active Yelp users as they walk into your shop, and you sure as heck can’t write fake reviews for yourself all day long! Once the web 2.0

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 23, 2008

as Blackboard and Web CT have become the norm for. Keywords : Wiki, Course Management, Collaboration, Web 2.0, tools for teams to perform group authoring and. curriculum makes use of wikis to capture group. activities and store them in a centrally available. promotes an active. As Internet.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 5, 2010

Don’t use a Facebook Group. 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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Bare Feet Studios

MARCH 1, 2009

However, may I politely suggest that the way to attract them is NOT with a last century web site built on a 100% flash interface that loads s-l-o-w-l-y and is very controlling in its navigation schema, restricting how the user can (not) truly explore where s/he wants to go? It turns a blind eye to Web 2.0 Having a Contest v1.0

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 28, 2010

Lead generation and client acquisition can be had on LinkedIn, especially in the B2B space, just as long as you’re active and engaging. Linkedin lead generation requires commitment to answering and asking questions on Groups/Answers, taking advantage of the deep searches, and connecting directly with those around you in your network.

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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. Curious people are driven to push into new group and solve problems in new ways. They have an interest in the world around them, and being active in it.

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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. Reply Ray January 13, 2010 at 2:06 am I could be wrong but the Facebook user claim is based on active users only.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2010

101 Tweets on How to Use Twitter (SEO 2.0): Tad offers 101 ways to use Twitter in retweetable format. Tips include being active and tweeting daily, limiting using Twitter for broadcasting, focusing on company-wide social media policies, and more. For some, it’s just not that simple. Have you even heard of these yet?

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

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

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. We may be slightly different versions of ourself when with each of these different groups. I created an additional account for people in that group.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 26, 2010

The more active you are on StumbleUpon, the more opportunity there is for you to grow your network and expose your own content to more and more StumbleUpon users. When members repeatedly submit content from a single site or a small group of sites, it undermines StumbleUpon’s mission of discovering and sharing Web sites with others.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2009

What are the most popular sites in these age groups? Social Media Marketing Tactics (SEOmoz): Jane Copand, the Web 2.0 guru, shows how to leverage Web 2.0 25 Headline Formulas that Have Plagued and Blessed Web 2.0 PR Disasters Lurk in Web 2.0 Bookmarklets for the Web 2.0

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 21, 2008

We may never know why someone who (by her own claims on Google Groups) was pulling in $5,000/month via counseling fees, affiliate marketing programs, and essays posted to paying websites such as Squidoo, would risk it all in a scheme that only raised a few hundred dollars. There is a fine line in all of this. Anyway, be vigilant out there!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

This is the kind of content that spreads beyond the typical blog reader to an entirely different group of people. Blogging is an online activity, and one you may think should stay there, but the bottom line is the most successful bloggers are known outside their blogs. Comment on other bloggers’ posts consistently. Answers Yahoo!

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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. SEOmoz PRO : SEOmoz PRO features a rich library of informative guides, a myriad of tools, and a strong active and close-knit community. Answers Yahoo!

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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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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

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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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 14, 2009

Like last year, I’ve grouped them into different categories and written short descriptions on each post. Jill Whalen has been active on forums and online communities for 10 years now. How to Overthrow a Wikipedia Result : This is a good tactic but you should use it in moderation! What is the ROI for Social Media?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 23, 2010

Groups : Facebook Groups still exist, but I wouldn’t encourage using them unless you’re looking to maintain a fully closed and private community in the confines of the service. Normally, Groups exist to let people congregate around a common interest. And if it does still exist, a Facebook Page may make sense.)

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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. Answers Yahoo!

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