Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 2, 2008

Then the comments come in, and a conversation takes place. The admin (Professor Macdonald) / moderator (students teaching the class on a given day) create categories of conversation, which are analogous to deciding on forum names/topics and sticky threads. (In Tamar is also the author of The New Community Rules (July 2009).

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JANUARY 28, 2010

There you have it: seven viral video characteristics that start the conversations and get the wheels turning. Do you mean conversions? Buzz YouTube Tamar Weinberg is a social media enthusiast with a passion for all things tech and productivity. Tamar is also the author of The New Community Rules (July 2009).

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JULY 21, 2009

We have embarassing pictures in Google Maps , videos about the death of an innocent man in the hands of a “competent&# cop , and even Yelp reviews that can damage your personal reputation , never mind your business. Companies are still challenged with whether they *should* get involved in the conversation.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 14, 2009

Epic Change merely starts with Twitter; the conversations are then moved offline and interested parties are sent the phone number to the organization’s headquarters so that they can discuss how to help with one of the staff members in terms of getting involved to make a difference. Yes “Social media is all about making changes&#.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

OCTOBER 22, 2009

If you take a look at any one of their four accounts , you’ll notice one thing: they’re not using Twitter to converse but to broadcast. Buzz YouTube Tamar Weinberg is a social media enthusiast with a passion for all things tech and productivity. Tamar is also the author of The New Community Rules (July 2009).

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JULY 15, 2010

Maybe you’ve set up a blog to advertise your business. They’re designed to be chatty – as if you were having a conversation with a friend. In the long run, you can achieve phenomenal readership and conversion. Buzz YouTube Tamar Weinberg is a social media enthusiast with a passion for all things tech and productivity.

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AUGUST 25, 2010

This is a well known brand, but yet they’re not building up their social media presence despite prominently advertising it on their website. I’ve always loved the expression “it takes a lifetime to build a reputation, and five minutes to lose it.&# I’m shocked (though perhaps I shouldn’t be).

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DECEMBER 8, 2009

Of course, if you know them and can actually have lengthy conversations with the person day after day, that obviously means your relationship has made it to the next level.) Buzz YouTube Tamar Weinberg is a social media enthusiast with a passion for all things tech and productivity. Truth be told, perhaps they do.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 4, 2008

Once funding goes in, it almost always follows that the site creators distance themselves from the “politics&# of the site (especially with a growing community), instead hiring “worker bees&# to partake in conversation (if at all) on their behalf. Tamar is also the author of The New Community Rules (July 2009).

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 4, 2010

Brian explains that “conversations are happening and it is up to me to either be part of them or not.&# Yes it shows the impact that social media can have on a business, but possibly more important, it shows how social media has changed the advertising and marketing game all together. However, things have changed.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

Advertisers aren’t going to pay a content producer if they aren’t getting traffic to their site, and certainly other revenue streams and models will be affected in the same manner. I have NO PROBLEM with conversations happening offsite. Tamar is also the author of The New Community Rules (July 2009).

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 9, 2007

First, some educational takeaways: Social media is the “new&# medium for businesses to communicate with consumers in a way that is interesting to them. Every conversation shifted to Twitter, as folks recognized that they can brand themselves and their businesses through a Twitter identity.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

However, a lot of people making that news have created expectations and beliefs about social media that aren’t true. Social Media is Inexpensive False. As Charlene Li said recently, social media trades media cost for labor cost. Social Media is Fast False. Social media is by definition slow.

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AUGUST 27, 2008

As such, it has been selected as the generic social network of choice. Niche network: Sphinn : In the red corner we have Sphinn – a social news network dedicated purely to online marketing news and discussion. Subsequently, Sphinn is perhaps the most relevant niche social network on the web.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2010

But more than that, Mike’s post explains that social media is really about using social channels appropriately to communicate and converse — and as an extension of that, you might just end up being able to sell something. Conversation Agent): How do you want to use Twitter? It’s really not that hard!

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MARCH 31, 2008

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. Buzz YouTube Tamar Weinberg is a social media enthusiast with a passion for all things tech and productivity.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2010

It’s awesome people can promote knowing trick in the book about facebook and twitter, but do they know how to read the subtext of a situation and really get in someones world in a conversation. Buzz YouTube Tamar Weinberg is a social media enthusiast with a passion for all things tech and productivity. Shaw, 1856-1950 Jose G.

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JUNE 18, 2008

Plurk introduced a comment system which helps create a conversational feel. So marking a conversation or message, to be found easily later, should be one of the first features implemented. Buzz YouTube Tamar Weinberg is a social media enthusiast with a passion for all things tech and productivity.

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APRIL 2, 2008

It will be a conversation starter! Reply mark April 3, 2008 at 5:46 pm Hey Tamar – new site looks great! Buzz YouTube Tamar Weinberg is a social media enthusiast with a passion for all things tech and productivity. She provides consulting in internet marketing and manages Community Support & Advertising at Mashable.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2008

More people were reached using one advert or one advertising channel. Again, this was not new – the British Empire enabled inter-continental trade centuries earlier – but the mechanism was still similar: a product was global by being sold in a series of local markets. Ideas and good products spread faster.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

NOVEMBER 26, 2007

Young people of the new WWW generation snuck in whenever, wherever, and on whatever they like. Everything is multi: multi-screens, multi-channeled, multi-conversations, and multitasking. Buzz YouTube Tamar Weinberg is a social media enthusiast with a passion for all things tech and productivity.

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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. By studying their feed, you can learn a lot more about how important social media is to them.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 9, 2008

In the past few weeks, however, even Digg’s other top users are seeing that Digg is becoming more difficult of a social news site to enjoy, and after stepping away from Digg for awhile, I have some thoughts and reflections on how it was and possibly how it should be. But you still have to build a reputation as a known submitter.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 1, 2008

This is not a regular practice on the social news giant, and unfortunately, that is probably the biggest thing causing its downfall. There was only one occasion when the users were able to make a lasting impression on the social news site. It’s hard to say if that will happen again. Time will only tell.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 28, 2010

That’s why you need to paint a picture that’s more meaningful and encompasses what “social media&# as a label really is. Some of us have been thrust into social media simply because the online landscape showed potential for online conversations. These are conversations, not broadcasts. Be responsive.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

It looked like a great one, and my best intentions of attending were abruptly detoured in the chase for new biz. Anyway, I just got off the phone with a new client out of Canada, and we had nearly the same conversation that this post covers. Social Media 101 Explained by the Best Fishing Analogy EVER =-. Thanks Jason!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 3, 2010

If you’re not following the conversation regularly, your customers might just flock to your competitors instead. Buzz YouTube Tamar Weinberg is a social media enthusiast with a passion for all things tech and productivity. She provides consulting in internet marketing and manages Community Support & Advertising at Mashable.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 17, 2010

So if you’re spending $200 a day on your Social Media campaign, and let’s say your product is $100 worth per item, let’s say you’re bringing 100 people to the website, and your Google Analytics shows a 15% conversion rate to a warm lead, and a 15% conversion rate of warm leads to paying clients purchasing one item.

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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

JANUARY 12, 2010

well……that just seems like a place for kids and even though Facebook seems to be replacing MySpace for youth conversations, it brings out the kid in me while accomplishing the networking part at the same time. Buzz YouTube Tamar Weinberg is a social media enthusiast with a passion for all things tech and productivity.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 12, 2009

Isn’t that what every business wants–great “word of mouth&# advertising. Cruise Critic provided RCCL, a Cruise Critic advertiser and marketing partner, with the contact information of Cruise Critic “members&# to be invited to join the programme and receive such inducements as free cruises. “By

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Social Media U: Take a Class in Social Media. Social media. Branding is a result of many things including your blog, your social network profile, your online resume, and how good you are at reputation management, to name a few. social networking. social media. advertising. social news.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 8, 2008

The scope of marketing needs to be broadened in view of the new dynamics that have employees, customers and prospects engaged in conversations – horizontally, peer to peer, in some cases even in co-opetition situations. Some communities are very open to marketers being there and contributing to the conversation.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 23, 2008

Well, for one, social media users — that is, users on social news sites such as Digg, Mixx, Reddit — are not particularly enthusiastic about the proliferation of marketers in their community. This is a huge challenge for someone who wants to sell their product using social media. Blogs do just that.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2012

Link Building for E-commerce Sites : Anchor text is important when it comes to link building – you want traffic but also conversions. Local SEO Tracking: How to Track Offline Conversions : Whether it’s by custom URLs or custom phone numbers, offline conversions can be tracked thanks to a bit of analytics know-how.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 30, 2008

Plurk: Real Nested Conversations Brought to the Microblogging Platform A few days ago, I noticed via Twitter search tool Summize that Aaron Brazell had been talking about me on his Twitter stream. Therefore, I suppose the nested conversations and time-line layout make complete sense. and social media sphere.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 1, 2010

You should know that using some types of ads like Kontera (contextual advertising) and the likes on your blog will irritate a large percentage of your readers but using AdSense the right way will not affect your blog. Anyway, thanks both of you, for your thoughtful conversation on the issue.

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