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Apple Gets More Serious About Using Twitter, but Why it Doesn't Matter

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

First, I’m going to say kudos to Apple for trying involve themselves in the world of social media. Let’s envision this scenario: a user has a support issue about an Apple product. If it was a Comcast product, you’d get a near immediate response from Frank Eliason , the company’s Director of Digital Care.

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This Week in Social Media – 6/19/2013

Social Media Marketing

A roundup of relevant links affecting our industry. Industry Employee behavior - good and bad - has the ability to reach millions like never before. The lesson: if you represent a company, the content you create - even if ranting about another business - reflects on your company. It''s a long-term play.

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Data Mining: The Ultimate Guide to Niche Analysis

Viper Chill

In my post on how to become a niche rockstar I said that in order to be at the top of your industry (in a lot of cases online) it’s important to know as much about it as possible. In that particular post I looked at the green industry from the perspective of a blogger and shared some of my findings.

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Blogging: Social Media is Not Only About Social Media Sites

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

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.

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Advice for a New Internet Marketer (or How to Spot Internet.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

A few weeks ago, another person connected with me on Facebook who was referred to me by a social media buddy I never actually met. “I am a relatively new internet marketer trying to break into the industry,&# he wrote. “What are good companies to target? Should I learn a specific skillset?&#

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Social Search at LinkedIn Beats Google - ReadWriteWeb

Buzz Marketing for Technology

So even if I pay to upgrade to LinkedIn Business for $20 per month for the privilege of spamming (sorry, sending InMail) 3 people I dont know every month, it wont be much more useful than renting a list from a good old-fashioned arms dealer to the spam industry (aka the list rental industry, sometimes called Database Marketing).

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The Audacity of Free: The Products and Services Edition

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Reply Todd Mintz July 29, 2010 at 1:40 pm If I think the person is just after free information, I give off a “skunk smell&# sorta vibe…it usually scares them away : ) Though I’m a bit of a sucker for a free meal (if I like the company I’m with)… Reply Tamar Weinberg July 29, 2010 at 1:45 pm LOL, I do hear you.

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