Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

OCTOBER 22, 2009

They have discussion forums that are visited by moderators who merely police the content itself, but change never comes from suggestions offered in the forum itself or in the posts, even if hundreds of users contribute the same identical observations. Be proactive and not reactive. (To

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

NOVEMBER 28, 2007

It’s about time that I bring the dialogue here since it’s evident that I’m already starting to grow fond of the brand new social network. The Early Adopter Appeal Mixx is a new social news site that went into private beta a mere two months ago. Yes it will. i just registered.

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Social Media Network Marketing

JUNE 12, 2010

I can address audiences on the Online Social Media Network. I can get customers and communities to connect with the Brand on the Social Network Medium in the Online space. Currently working on the Online Social Networking, writing and managing, for brands and products. It’s their lifeline.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 31, 2009

There have also been doctors that have used social networking tools, like Twitter, during surgery. You can use the many applications that Facebook offers, so that others can answer questions on a survey, have discussions on the forums, and/or have notes to bring awareness to a topic.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 15, 2010

Social media marketing, SEO, and forum marketing are the great ways to expand your market coverage. favorite bloggers loves using big words, but I realize that I spend 3-4 times longer on this blogger’s posts than I do on all other posts because of the verbosity and complexity of the prose. One of my (former?)

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 12, 2009

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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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 12, 2010

by Tamar Weinberg on December 19, 2007 Share How do you leverage different social networks? I am fascinated by the amount of social networks that I’m part of, but better yet, I’m intrigued to find that I assume different “personas,&# at least in terms of choosing friends (and using the networks), on each social site.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 13, 2008

In web hosting, there are hundreds of different forums and sites. The key here is making the mechanics of the social networks transparent. Fortunately, it also allows the developers to do the same and once a new vulnerability is found, the experts can fix it in a timely fashion. Let the community know who you are.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 1, 2008

That was somewhat addressed in last week’s chat with a goal to have “town hall&# meetings and forums where Digg staff can interact with the users to make the experience more pleasurable. This is not a regular practice on the social news giant, and unfortunately, that is probably the biggest thing causing its downfall.

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Social Media Network Marketing

AUGUST 19, 2010

Professional networks like LinkedIn. Social networks like Facebook and others. Social news / bookmarking sites like del.icio.us, technorati, dig and others. Independent discussion forums based on categories and general interest by profession. Powered by Blogger. This is what you will see.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 22, 2008

by Tamar Weinberg on February 22, 2008 Share This is a guest post from Pierre Far, who recently launched a very cool program called Social Alerter which notifies you as soon as your website has a solid chance of hitting the Digg or del.icio.us We have all engaged in debates over the past few years about social media. If so, how?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 28, 2010

And read these tips on how to become a great blogger. The letter “C&# could be a lot of things, like “content,&# “consistency,&# and “community,&# but customer service is a big part of the evolution of social media. Here are tips on becoming an influential blogger. Kirtsy and Other Niche Social Networks.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 3, 2010

Maybe it’s on a forum. This is especially true of other social networks, especially ones where you were originally untrusted. I plan to do a post like this when I have my baby too (since I’m incredibly enthusiastic about social media too), although now there’s clearly no sign of anything just yet.

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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. Did I post on forums? Did I promote by IM?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 12, 2010

Despite the fact that Facebook has the most customizable privacy settings of all social networks (though we could argue with their effectiveness in a whole other post), people don’t like maintaining a “business&# identity on the same profile as their “personal&# (fun?) And yes, IRC does refer to Internet Relay Chat.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2010

Social Media: Getting Started Why You Have to Engage in Social Media, Even if You Don’t Want to (A Smart Bear): Jason Cohen (@asmartbear) makes a compelling argument into why social media must be considered, even if you have no interest in it. The article has examples of how social media worked too.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 17, 2010

Social Media isn’t only Social Networks. Do the same thing for your social networks, and your other interactions. News is also always released on Turbine’s Twitter feed first before being re-tweeted by any of us on our (also quasi-) personal feeds. It makes your client feel special.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

There are at least ten characteristics off the top of my head that make blogs and bloggers successful. Here are some key ideas and takeways — as well as inspirational bloggers you might want to follow — who can help you realize that dream. Eloquence My three favorite bloggers are Brian Solis , Lisa Barone , and Adam Singer.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 26, 2009

The easiest way to find these people is to find the communities that your users frequently visit, be it forums, Twitter, or other social networks. get Twitter mentions of your brand via RSS or email) or use a service like Backtype (backtype.com) to see comments across blogs and other social media sites (such as FriendFeed).

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2009

Social Media Sites: General The Big Boys of Social Bookmarking: The Top 20 Sites (10e20): Chris Winfield ranks the top 20 social bookmarking sites by their Alexa rankings and gives a short description of what each does — in case you haven’t ventured beyond Digg. What are the most popular sites in these age groups?

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

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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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 14, 2010

You can’t only write comments on forums. Social media needs to be coupled with a creative strategy for maximum effectiveness, especially as everyone and their mothers join these sites and services to market themselves, their services, or their products. That’s exactly why social media bloggers blog in generalities.

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Viper Chill

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

In that particular post I looked at the green industry from the perspective of a blogger and shared some of my findings. Other categories you can look into further for stats include Religion, Economics, the Environment, Legal, News & Media and Politics. Not all niche activity happens on the big social networks, of course.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 10, 2010

Some of the sites I recommend for educational materials include: Free Sphinn : Sphinn is an Internet Marketing social news site. Users submit timely news articles to Sphinn, and the community votes up the best stories to appear on the front page. Find those who influence you , and then find out who they are engaging with.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 19, 2008

but I was an early adopter of social networks from when I first opened my 3.5″ On the other hand, my first ever interaction on AOL was with someone who was separated from my social network by only one degree. Social media was always social , just not with that funny name. hour (after a flat rate of $9.95

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2012

For those die hard SEO practitioners who don’t see the value in social, this article shows the last few months’ impact on search engine rankings. Ultimate Blogger’s Guide to Search Engine Optimization : There have been a lot of guides on blogging and SEO, but this is the latest and has good info. Add a new twist!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 8, 2010

However, you need to articulate to your client or marketing teams that social media is not just about participating on Twitter and Facebook. In other words, don’t show up in the social space only when you need a hand. If you blog or post comments, you should make sure it adheres to your company’s social media policy.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 29, 2010

It also happens to us Z-list bloggers as well. About a month ago, though, a cooking blogger asked for help (she wanted to hire me, actually), and her budget wasn’t big enough for the types of clients I’m taking on (none at this time, actually), so I gave her some *really* good free advice. I have not done it.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 10, 2008

Social News (Digg, Sphinn, Mixx, Reddit, Tip’d, and a whole load of related sites) Submitting only your own articles and posts to social media sites. Social news is about reciprocal relationships. Submitting a story to a social news site that is completely off-topic. Excess converts to spam.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

I like Seesmic for Windows, but coming from Seesmic Desktop, there are some kinks (which I expressed months ago on the Seesmic Forum powered by UserVoice) that need to be worked out, such as the ability to copy and paste and the fact that Seesmic for Windows doesn’t have sounds.

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Viper Chill

APRIL 25, 2012

In a room full of 100 people there will statistically be at least two active bloggers. We are closing in on having 200 million active bloggers online, so I want my advice to be relevant and useful for people in the majority of industries. Social networks are growing at record-breaking speeds. They really don’t.

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Webbiquity SMM

JUNE 6, 2011

Social Networking: Like Falling In Love. Penenberg’s ( @Penenberg ) Fast Company article: “Social Networking Affects Brains Like Falling in Love” examines research by neuroeconomist Paul Zak that suggests social networking triggers the release of the generosity-trust chemical in our brains: Oxytocin (known as the cuddle chemical).

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 14, 2009

: Jason Falls explores the commonly-discussed (but not easily answered) question about social media. Scared of Social Media? Jill Whalen has been active on forums and online communities for 10 years now. But “social media marketing expert?&# The 10 Commandments of the Social Web : Building a social network?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 23, 2010

and its restricted access, people had no need to use any other names on the Mark Zuckerberg-created social network. It’s how social networks are intended to be used. In an effort to make Facebook data more public, Community Pages let people share ideas, thoughts, and their interests in a fully open forum.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 24, 2008

Tagged as: digg , jay adelson , kevin rose , social media , social news { 24 trackbacks } Communications Downtime: Another Digg Revolt? I would like to see the Digg forum come on line and I would like to see them hold true to thiner word about town hall meetings. Thanks, guys! Thanks again for covering this.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 15, 2009

Reply Tamar Weinberg December 16, 2009 at 11:09 am Suyong, I think having a personal brand is a GREAT thing, but I don’t think that’s ammunition enough to actually say you’re a social media expert. I see it in forums and on blogs. I cannot tell you the number of “SEO experts&# I see pop up everyday.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 28, 2010

Facebook’s goal to be the social network of choice for all was a lofty one, but I gotta hand it to you, Facebook — it was a big deal, and let’s be honest here, it made lots of sense. Thanks for taking the time to spell out the needed changes in a public forum–maybe this will get Facebook’s attention.

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