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7 Traits of Highly Effective Viral Videos

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

This might be via power players on social networks (eg, this story is moving on Sphinn) or even national TV (Susan Boyle’s video was a recording of a popular TV show). Once it is authentically your truth, people will respond. Reply Andrew@BloggingGuide February 2, 2010 at 3:31 am All of these are great videos!

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10 Reasons Why Your Business Needs a Killer Social Media Strategy

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

As long as you’re being authentic, honest and open people will forgive the little missteps that are bound to happen. Reply cuci kiloan May 23, 2010 at 5:22 am Social Media Networking Strategyc will buzz traffic to your company website. The most important thing though is to just do something.

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Social Media for Non-Profits: How One Small Charity Makes it Work

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

. “With the advent of social media, we have the capacity to re-connect those who give directly to those to whom they’re giving in some way — to restore that sacred, authentic transaction of one human helping another human and the joy, gratitude and sense of connectedness it engenders.&#

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How a Small New York City Hotel Put Itself on the Map through.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

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.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

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Social media is hard False. And that’s only because of the alphabet soup of social networks, lifestreams, sharing sites, etc. Social media is not about Facebook or MySpace or Flickr or Twitter or blogs or YouTube. “Social media is not about Facebook or MySpace or Flickr or Twitter or blogs or YouTube.&#

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When is Brand Evangelism a Crime? Exploring the Royal Caribbean.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Exploring the Royal Caribbean Promotional Marketing Strategy by Tamar Weinberg on March 12, 2009 Share My husband Brian , who knows firsthand how much I eat, drink, and sleep social media, pointed me to an interesting critique by ExpertCruiser on a 2007 social media marketing campaign by Royal Caribbean.

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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. Does social media convert?

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