Direct Marketing Observations

JANUARY 10, 2011

Networks, apps, aggregators, blogs, microblogs-copy what works, tweak it a little, or not, and see what market share you can pull. From the standpoint of the blogger. In social media, is it possible that what they are saying is fresh? Who’s doing fresh in social media right now? What makes them fresh?

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The Marketing Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Subscribe to Blog Updates Feedburners Stats Email Subscription My Company About Hi, I am Daksh author of themarketingblog & co-founder of Iffort, a web-strategy & digital marketing consulting firm. I write about Social Media and how it is being used as a conversational channel by individuals and organizations.

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Mindjumpers

AUGUST 26, 2010

Blog About Clients Cases Tribesourcing Video People & Contact Bloggers « The Social Media Policy – not just for the big players Using Social Media Monitoring to Improve Your Search Engine Marketing Relevance » 7 Important Steps to Great Business Communication Posted by Marlene Friis Aug 26th, 2010 Tweet Because of my interest in business (..)

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 16, 2008

With that said, it’s just two days away to the Internet Marketers of New York charity party in NYC (during SES NY) which is sponsored by the coolest guys on earth, Best of the Web. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us What: A charity party.? Answers Yahoo!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 25, 2008

Twitter is also a tool to get feedback, to network, to take notes, to market your product, to communicate with customers, to set up meetings, and to find prospects — among other things. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us Answers Yahoo!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 31, 2008

In college, I worked as a student network technician and a Unix systems administrator. You could call me a blogger of many hats or a social media maven or Internet marketing consultant. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us What is it, then, that I do now?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 15, 2008

Matt McGee over at Small Business SEM has compiled his own list of the “best posts of 2007″ in a site with a brilliantly and cleverly chosen title, the SEMMYS (Search Marketing Emmys). rants, and funny posts about the search marketing industry in general. Well, unfortunately, your reading list has just lengthened.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 11, 2010

Here’s the real Facebook, long before I joined the social network myself: Truthfully, it doesn’t matter who invented Facebook. And these three social networks, which were based on very similar concepts, predated the Facebook that we know and love today. or to actually give the social network a fair chance.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 18, 2008

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Blogging , Social Media > Plutter Kite: The Ultimate Micro-Blogging Service Plutter Kite: The Ultimate Micro-Blogging Service by Tamar Weinberg on June 18, 2008 Share This is a guest post from Samir Balwani of Internet Marketing blog Left the Box.com.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 2, 2008

The blogger (Professor Jutras) posts his ideas, occasionally throws in some editorial and takes some light, widget-fed microblogging (the current events some students share). But it’s only ever got two participants: the original commenter and the blogger. I see this seminar as a blog.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 15, 2009

You’ll get exposure to case studies of companies that do this well and review cases of companies where listening severe impacted the effectiveness of marketing campaigns. Great content, #2, works across the board for social media. Is MySpace marketing really worth it? How can I market effectively with Flickr ?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 3, 2010

and after being a full time mom and performing various social media marketing tasks throughout, I’ve learned that there are many parallels that can be taken from parenthood that also apply to social media marketing. As a social media marketer, you might be ill-prepared for these unpleasant experiences.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

5 Ways to Begin Building Your Personal Learning Network 1.0 1-Join a professional social network. technology) and EduBlogger World (for education bloggers) and I launched a social network called iTeach/iLearn (enhancing instruction with tech across the content areas). Join My Social Networks.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 13, 2008

A few weeks later, a surprising blog post was published that outed the marketing firm and hosting company that sponsored the particular study. And it turned out that the whole thing was a viral marketing sham, too, which was discovered by numerous Digg members. Kn ow your social media source’s demographics.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Internet , Marketing > 11 Common Mistakes That People Make With Their Personal Brands 11 Common Mistakes That People Make With Their Personal Brands by Tamar Weinberg on October 7, 2010 Share This is a guest post from James Adams.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 19, 2009

Twitter as a marketing tool. My opinion has not changed much since I wrote about Twitter’s ability to market products in March. However, I believe Twitter’s ability to market easily comes from those who associate usernames with brands. A marketing firm might want to sell a product. I still follow Woot.com.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 25, 2010

Influencer outreach may possibly be the most powerful outreach tactic that PR practitioners or marketers are laziest about. This turns bloggers sour, thinking that everyone in public relations or blogger outreach is just a spammer. In social media, it may be more important to market slowly and the right way or not at all.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 10, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Blogging > How Young is Too Young? Today, there are young bloggers who have their own websites and blogs. A resident of Western New York, he’s not just a blogger but a podcaster. How Young is Too Young?

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The Marketing Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2008

In addition, I’ve started using the microblogging utility ‘ Twitter ‘ a little bit more. Entrepreneurship graph will rise in 2009 This one is from my friend Nimesh on Windchimes corporate blog – ‘Social Media Predictions for 2009′ More entrepreneurs in the coming year? Fresh grads, corp.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

As bloggers, we’ve all experienced it: the completely off topic pitch. A few months ago, Brian Solis talked about an off-topic pitch about a social network for plants. Somehow, I think nature lovers would be more interested in socializing shrubbery.) There are even more bloggers. Guess what? His response?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 12, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Social Media > Why You Should Fix Your House Before Inviting People Over Why You Should Fix Your House Before Inviting People Over by Tamar Weinberg on May 12, 2010 Share This is a guest post by Hugo Guzman.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 31, 2009

Organizations have used it for developing programs, marketing efforts, research, and education. There have also been doctors that have used social networking tools, like Twitter, during surgery. It also allows you to share your bookmarks on other social networking sites. Answers Yahoo!

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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

JANUARY 28, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Viral Marketing > 7 Traits of Highly Effective Viral Videos 7 Traits of Highly Effective Viral Videos by Tamar Weinberg on January 28, 2010 Share In the past few years, video has come a long way.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 19, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Social Media > Is Social Media Worth it for You? Is Social Media Worth it for You? One of the most common questions in social media is – “is it worth it?”. They’re being disingenuous.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 20, 2010

Unless the person in question has earned social media deity status where even their most tiresome ramblings generate a high volume of comment and conversation, anyone attempting to seed a new conversation needs to earn the attention of their potential audience. Be genuine. Answers Yahoo!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 22, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Internet , Marketing > How You Can Benefit from Real Time Search How You Can Benefit from Real Time Search by Tamar Weinberg on April 22, 2010 Share This is a guest post by Evan Britton, founder of Sency. Tiger Woods photo by Shutterstock.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 21, 2009

I think social media customer service doesn’t scale and people who think that they will be helped quicker in the future because they can Twitter a company are not going to be happier 5 years from now. Social media customer service is a form of marketing…marketing the company as a friendly, customer-obsessed organization.

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Proactive Report

OCTOBER 24, 2009

Or you can use one of the media room platforms on the market and get one up in a few weeks. Many of them are now adding social media elements. The one feature that tops the wish-list is the ability to easily make a social media press release with multimedia elements that a journalist can take and use.

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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. Microblogs e.g. Twitter. Our primary goal when developing a social marketing strategy should be to establish conversation parameters.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

This is no less true for the world of social networks. Networks like Digg, FriendFeed, and Facebook are seeing huge growths in value, but the little guys, the ones actually providing the meat and potatoes for those operations, rarely see a nickel. Let’s be honest for a second here. The major “Web 2.0″

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 18, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Social Media > 10 Reasons Why Your Business Needs a Killer Social Media Strategy 10 Reasons Why Your Business Needs a Killer Social Media Strategy by Tamar Weinberg on May 18, 2010 Share This is a guest post by Beth Hrusch.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 15, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Blogging , Marketing > 7 Deadly Blog Writing Sins 7 Deadly Blog Writing Sins by Tamar Weinberg on July 15, 2010 Share This is a guest post by Frank Lee. Next step you need to market your blog to reach your target audience.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 18, 2010

Here are five steps you can take: Review In a committed relationship, if there is any hint of disagreement in the social space, it’s time to sit down and look at one another’s social networks. Most of my social network profiles are business-related, however I have reserved a couple for friends and family only.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 27, 2008

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Search Engine Optimization , Social Media > The Great Social Media Traffic Debate: Niche or General Networks? The Great Social Media Traffic Debate: Niche or General Networks?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

I’ve personally taken this concept so far that I now have a pretty new box at the end of most blog posts which highlights other bloggers that I enjoy. Glen Allsopp writes about the topic of Viral marketing at ViperChill. Faithful follower of Viral Marketing! I love the transparency. Answers Yahoo!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 22, 2008

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Social Media > Is Social Media the Final Frontier of Marketing? Is Social Media the Final Frontier of Marketing? There is no re-invention of marketing or public relations.

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