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. As they saying goes, competition breeds excellence.

Crowdsourcing 192

Crowdsourcing scribd Ustream Social Media 192

Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Favorites & Groups. Add to groups/events. Groups/Events. Not added to any group/event. Embed in your blog. Embed in your blog. Blogs and Wikis for Beginners. Using blog and wiki for your portfolio. 10 Ways to a Killer Blog. Blogs Eye View. A Framework for Measuring Blog Success.

Wiki 100

Wiki Syndication Social Bookmarking RSS 100

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 18, 2010

surveys, focus groups, test marketing) often spend millions to locate their target markets. You can search for related groups and Fan Pages through Facebook, start accounts on social bookmarking sites such as Digg or StumbleUpon, and check on who is linking to your site to find out who’s interested.

Social Media 269

Social Media Strategy StumbleUpon Digg 269

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 12, 2010

They want a blog, an iPhone app, viral videos, a Twitter handle, a Facebook fan page complete with custom applications, blogger and influencer engagement initiatives, an ad.ly For large, Fortune 1000 brands, this is typically a very large group, ranging from a few thousand to a few million individuals. Fan ratings & reviews?

Smart Phone 218

Smart Phone Mobile Social Media SEO 218

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 8, 2009

In the post, I shared my don’ts of social networks, and to that point, I added the following rule for LinkedIn: Gathering all the email addresses of users you are connected to — even locating email addresses of LinkedIn Group managers — and utilizing this mailing list to promote your own company or service off-site.

Newsletter 144

Newsletter Handbook Virtual World LinkedIn 144

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 28, 2010

To be sure, though, solicit feedback from a group of trusted peers not directly involved in your company or marketing objectives before going ahead with publishing the video, since you need an unbiased opinion. Ideally, if you cover ground on at least two of these traits, your video might have a good chance of success. Another great post.

Video 236

Video Flash Mob YouTube MySpace 236

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 18, 2010

If you’re blogging in a personal capacity, ask permission before going forth with it. Reply Deb Ng August 19, 2010 at 8:55 am Jenn Fowler (@jennfowler) and I joked the other day about starting a support group for our spouses and other social media widows and widowers. Thanks Deb! I’ve elected to have a closed network.

Activities 216

Activities Social Media Policies Social Networking 216

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 27, 2008

I was fortunate to have the help of James Duthie, a serial guest blogger from Online Marketing Banter , a blog on social media, marketing, and more.? Many people found the research interesting, but a number of people commented that the social networks probably shouldn’t be grouped together.

Social Media 100

Social Media StumbleUpon SEO ROI 100

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

After I had expressed my thoughts in my blog post, I had an exchange with Louis on Twitter about comment fragmentation. I’ve learned to adapt by integrating those conversations on my blog wherever I can (as you can see, Richard Cunningham just posted on Louis’s site and you can read it here. This is a win-win approach.

Aggregator 151

Aggregator Content Digg Posterous 151

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

NOVEMBER 28, 2007

Reply Mark Dykeman September 26, 2007 at 7:38 am Hi Tamar, great blog! There are a small group of users who are affected by the same problem, but we’re too small a group for Rose or his cronies to pay atrention to. I mean the digg comment system is broke. I recognize your handle from Digg.

Digg 100

Digg Reddit Web 2.0 StumbleUpon 100

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 4, 2010

He says, “The use of Twitter was mainly for the brevity and ability to drive traffic to our blog and booking site rogersmith.com. In every business niche the smart people are reaching out to influencers to try and carve out a special place in their heart/blog. and still have nothing to show for it. It’s pretty specific.

Hotels 245

Hotels Social Media Communities Discount 245

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

NOVEMBER 26, 2007

Totally connected groups are average sharers, creating as much as they can consume and using free sites to display it all. I find them blogging about the coolest innovations or discoveries. Blogging Experiment November 2, 2007 at 10:02 am How Do You Feed MediaSnackers? Crucially, their expectations have changed. Of course I do.

Meme 100

Meme Digg Web 2.0 StumbleUpon 100

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 12, 2010

I’m actually in the midst of a blog redesign (since I know this one is so plain) Reply Tamar Weinberg December 19, 2007 at 10:58 am Jon, yeah, it is actually quite cool to see that we’re in touch after all these years. And, can we please have a “Notify me of follow up comments&# plugin here? Thanks to you. Wonderful job!

MySpace 114

MySpace LinkedIn Facebook Social Networking 114

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 12, 2009

Only recently, however, this story has become widely critiqued, with bloggers calling the practice a “vicious … royal mess&# that “crossed the line.&# Had it been something weird like paid positive blog posts like a few companies had started doing, it would be a different story. mentality there.

Brands 133

Brands Message Boards Travel Forums 133

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. One of my favorite parts about Mixx is that the founders are reading and responding to user feedback — even on my blog. Perhaps this could be a future blog post?

Review 102

Review Digg StumbleUpon Web 2.0 102

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

There are at least ten characteristics off the top of my head that make blogs and bloggers successful. These characteristics give the blogs mentioned below fame, fortune, and loyal followings. Want to build your blog and following? Blogs like Mashable and Gizmodo offer a consistent stream of stories every single day.

Blogosphere 278

Blogosphere Blogger Comments Tips 278

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 10, 2008

For your blog, any URL will do, and if you are writing for a blog with multiple authors, FriendFeed parses through the authors and only features blog posts written by you. This blog is written and maintained by Tamar Weinberg. What can you learn about me? Perhaps they’re insomniacs. © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg.

Plaxo 103

Plaxo Picasa StumbleUpon Netvibes 103

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 22, 2008

Anyone can set up a website for their personal voice; we call that a blog. 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. If an individual can start up a blog, so can a company.

Social Media 105

Social Media Marketing Digg MySpace 105

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 30, 2008

The only similarity is a 140 character limit for posts — so Plurk is essentially a microblogging platform. 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.

Twitter 199

Twitter Microblogging MySpace Comparison 199

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 9, 2008

Hey, this is a confessional blog post, and I totally hear you. In fact, it made for a few months of vehement blog posts about Digg on this blog that were hugely controversial but also incredibly well-received by the impacted community members. Take MySpace for example, they rank their blog postings daily like a billboard chart.

Digg 100

Digg Sites News API 100

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2010

This post is really poetry, as are all his other writings and blog posts. 40 Key Elements to Getting Started in Social Media (Louis Gray): Mike Fruchter writes an awesome blog post on Louis Gray’s blog about how to get involved in social media, from branding to blogging to Twitter to community.

Marketing 265

Marketing SEO Journal Engineering 265

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2009

What are the most popular sites in these age groups? Facebook The Facebook Marketing Bible: 24 Ways to Market Your Brand, Company, Product, or Service Inside Facebook (Inside Facebook): Justin Smith shows how Facebook includes a variety of channels that spread the word in a very in-depth blog post.

Marketing 144

Marketing StumbleUpon SEO Reputation 144

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 28, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Blogging , Business , Marketing , Social Media > Social Media Strategy from A to Z Social Media Strategy from A to Z by Tamar Weinberg on May 28, 2010 Share Social media might be old. Who said that blogging was dead? Customer Service.

Social Media 278

Social Media Strategy Yahoo Communities 278

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 Blog posts have been written and buried once a user submitted it to Digg. If nobody talks, nobody remembers, and nobody sticks around.

Digg 100

Digg Social Media Upcoming Ustream 100

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 6, 2008

The latter group is pretty hard to help and I’m not inclined to try. I have started a group on Facebook called Warning! Reply KJR December 13, 2008 at 9:52 am Sorry that Facebook Group should be: Warning! This blog is written and maintained by Tamar Weinberg. Reply Gabe H. Don’s Use Zicam. I urge you to join.

Reputation 125

Reputation Chemicals Issues Consultant 125

Webbiquity SMM

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Dirk Singer uses data from an ExactTarget study to show that “US Twitter users in April 2010 were far more likely than general Internet users to post to forums (75% vs 25%), blog (72% vs 14%), comment on blogs (70% vs 23%) and post ratings / reviews (61% vs 20%). How-To Guides and Best Practices.

Tools 208

Tools Twitter Tips Statistics 208

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 8, 2008

I asked several social media consultants, bloggers, marketers, search engine optimizers, and social media addicts about what they considered to be essential skills and characteristics of the most efficient and results-driven social media consultants. They usually work 70 hour weeks and need to be extremely flexible.

Social Media 163

Social Media Marketing Consultant Communities 163

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 5, 2010

Don’t use a Facebook Group. Don’t post it on your blog. Of over 1500 friends that I have, I’m constantly being pitched to join groups I have no interest in. You should still consider your blog or website as a viable way to build community and/or to drive sales and conversions.

Facebook 279

Facebook How To Marketing URL 279

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 12, 2010

My industry (internet marketing/blogging) connections (who are 99.7% There were other typical social networks in this grouping as well, including Flickr, FriendFeed, Kirtsy, Mixx, Plurk, StumbleUpon, Tip’d, and Twitter. I also consider bloggers who have forged real-life relationships with me to have connected via social media.

Facebook 233

Facebook LinkedIn Social Networking Microblogging 233

Webbiquity SMM

OCTOBER 27, 2010

It’s about engaging with customers, prospects, industry press, analysts, bloggers and other key influencers to increase the amount of positive conversation about your company, product or service. separate Twitter accounts for support and marketing, separate business-focused and technology-focused blogs, etc.). Discussion forums.

B2B 176

B2B Social Media Marketing Microblogging 176

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.

Twitter 205

Twitter Sports Microblogging HootSuite 205

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 17, 2010

or “So do you blog on the interwebs all day, or sumthin?&# So I challenged myself to create a list of 10 responsibilities of the Community Manager that extend beyond the realm of Facebook and Twitter (and yes, even blogging). You can follow him at @tweetamar or on his blog at itamarkestenbaum.com. Photos by Shutterstock.

Communities 237

Communities Twitter Web 2.0 ROI 237

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 29, 2010

Last week, when the Twitter user asked the question about the free downloadable copy, I gave her a straightforward unemotional-and-without-thought “there is none&# answer, which is typical of the types of responses I provide on Twitter (I’m only wordy in blog posts ). It also happens to us Z-list bloggers as well.

Products 267

Products Consultant Price Social Media 267

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 26, 2010

And you there with the SEO/tech blog, that goes for you too. There are actually a few websites I don’t subscribe to via RSS because I subscribe to the blogger on Stumble and actually rely on getting their new post via the share. It’s just overwhelming and selfish.

StumbleUpon 181

StumbleUpon Digg Social Networking Review 181

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 21, 2008

Kaycee was a chat host at the now-defunct CollegeClub.com, she spoke at length by phone with many of her internet friends, she emailed, she sent gifts, and she blogged vividly and poignantly through the horrors of her chemotherapy, often closing with her trademark, “Smile, I’m sending you some sunshine.

Social Media 104

Social Media StumbleUpon Communities MySpace 104

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 29, 2008

We organise language courses worldwide for businesses, one-to-one students, and small groups. July 30, 2008 at 11:36 am Digital Marketing: Must Read for Week July-28 | Rocky Fus Blog August 3, 2008 at 9:19 am A little bit Sexy, more click # ! ????????????????? Tamar : What does your company do? Anyway, guys you gotta try this game.

Marketing 103

Marketing Film StumbleUpon Project 103

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 10, 2010

Perhaps this is a fact that her agency overlooked, so as a good friend, I told her that it would be in her best interest to learn about approved tactics through the many free blogs , to engage in acceptable and informative (though not free) SEO training , and to read the best SEO book/training program (aff).

Marketing 240

Marketing How To SEO Training 240