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FEBRUARY 6, 2010

45 pm Facebook will surge ahead in India Jump to Comments I was just reading an interesting news-story, published in today’s edition of Economic times. It compares Facebook & Orkut in India. The story which quotes data from Vizisense.com , predicts that inside 7 months Facebook should be able to overtake Orkut.

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APRIL 18, 2010

47 pm Facebook & India Jump to Comments This is a statistical post, which collates data from various blog-posts, press-releases and news sites. The objective is to analyze the usage trends for one of the biggest sites on the Internet – Facebook and world’s second most populous country – India. growth in India.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 13, 2008

Such was the case for this Digg story , which compared multiple web hosting companies and watched as these hosts handled the traffic spikes that resulted from the Digg effect. Digg is the social media network of tech geeks, and the Digg statistics should not be too surprising: 39% of Diggers publish their own blog.

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Adam Sherk

APRIL 26, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk An Early Look at Facebook Open Graph Protocol Integration on News Sites by Adam Sherk on April 26, 2010 There has been a lot of news and reaction around Facebook’s new additions to the Facebook Platform: Social Plugins, the Open Graph protocol and the Graph API.

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JULY 23, 2010

Social Media Consultant: 65 Tips to Differentiate the Good from the Bad Social Media Consultant… what is a social media consultant really? How to Use Social Media to Rank on Google Now that Google is indexing social media content in real-time, how can you leverage blogs and social networks to rank on Google?

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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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Adam Sherk

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

But will it ever catch up with Facebook? That’s a much tougher road, because Facebook has done a great job of gaining adoption across a wide range of demographics. Facebook itself is making a push to get users to create personalized news channels that benefit both users and news sites.

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The Marketing Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2008

11 am India’s Buzziest Media Brand Jump to Comments Times of India has been given the ‘Buzzy 10 Award’ for catering to the consumer in a complete 360 degree way. Home About In the Media Cab Drivers as Word-of-Mouth Marketers? Google Spreadsheets Update: Blessing in Disguise for Marketers… February 15, 2008.3:11

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Adam Sherk

AUGUST 16, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk JVC Facebook Page Sweepstakes a Big Success. But Does it Violate Facebook Guidelines? But does it violate Facebook’s promotions guidelines? Which part of the Facebook guidelines JVC USA is violating was not specified. Apparently it does.

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Webbiquity SMM

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Share this on Facebook. Share this on Bebo. Subscribe to the comments for this post? Share this on del.icio.us. Share this on FriendFeed. Post on Google Buzz. Share this on LinkedIn. Share this on Mixx. Share this on Reddit. Stumble upon something good? Share it on StumbleUpon.

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SocMed Sean

JANUARY 8, 2012

Because social networks have opened up the opportunity for consumers to easily share their opinions of products, brands and services and statistics clearly show that consumers prefer to purchase based on recommendations from family, friends and peers than they do based on marketing material. So why the big shift?

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The Marketing Blog

MARCH 8, 2010

Home About In the Media Facebook vs Twitter (A Comparison) How People Respond to Your Online Content March 8, 2010.1:39 Iffort Consulting , a NCR based social media consulting firm has researched the Twitter usage by companies in India. of tweets, tweet type, conversation type. Here is a full copy of the brief study!

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

MARCH 16, 2010

You must keep a constant eye on mentions of your brand, your products and your services in order to survive in this market landscape. This one is harder to find since they didn’t directly mention a particular brand name. But its worth it if that question is so relevant to your brand. Share this on Facebook. Tweet This!

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APRIL 12, 2010

Home About In the Media Search Engine Statistics:: Google’s share dips Facebook & India April 13, 2010.6:21 21 am New Job Opening Jump to Comments Friends, at Iffort Consulting , we are recruiting a skilled designer/graphics professional with around (1-2 years) of experience in the following areas.

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JULY 23, 2008

37 am Marketing, Social Media & Branding Blogs in India Jump to Comments What XML feed of some of the best Social-media, Marketing and Branding blogs in India Why Thoughts inspired by Age of Conversation’s Douglas Karr. Primarily, there was a need for an XML/OPML file for india focussed blogs. The list has just begun.

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NOVEMBER 26, 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. November 26, 2009.5:10 I write about Social Media and how it is being used as a conversational channel by individuals and organizations.

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Adam Sherk

DECEMBER 22, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk How to Identify Your Own Top Trends by Adam Sherk on December 22, 2009 Yesterday Facebook shared its Top Status Trends of 2009 , providing insight into what terms most commonly occurred in users’ status updates. main profiles, personas, individual staff members, etc).

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Webbiquity SMM

MAY 24, 2010

On the consumer side, the largest cohort of Facebook’s user base is the 35-54 age group, and the fastest growing is the 55+ cohort. While offshoring works well for tasks like IT consulting services and software application development, it tends to be less efficacious for market-facing activities. Share this on Facebook.

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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? 3: Large Brands – Bigger brands have two things that smaller companies don’t: an already built community, and money. Is Social Media Worth it for You?

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Adam Sherk

JULY 22, 2009

Props to Silicon Alley Insider for including a photo of the consultants from Office Space in their write-up. It’s not just that users expect a branded experience on a dedicated domain. Adam is part of the Define Search Strategies consulting team, which is owned by The New York Times Company.

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MARCH 26, 2010

Share this: StumbleUpon Digg Reddit 3 Comments Filed under Sharing Tags: rajesh shetty , lifebeyondcode , lateral action 3 Comments London Paris Train June 23, 2010 at 4:35 pm Wow! What I really like is the visualization and the manner in which it has been clustered. If you are interested, please click this link to read the full blog.

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Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Since I’ve been comparing major news sites in variety of areas ( Facebook and Twitter impact; YouTube and new Digg activity; site speed and domain authority , among others) I thought I’d look at overall social media engagement too. Related posts: Facebook Pages: Which News Sites Get the Most Engagement?

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The Marketing Blog

AUGUST 3, 2010

Home About In the Media Dear Airtel: It is about Customers & Conversations Facebook and India August 3, 2010.6:07 Time has passed by and since then, Facebook has grown to half a billion global users and would fall next only to China and India if it were a country. The bottom line is, Facebook isn’t a one size fits all solution.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 20, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Social Media > Why Social Media Is Like Getting Stoned Why Social Media Is Like Getting Stoned by Tamar Weinberg on April 20, 2010 Share This is a guest post by Todd Mintz. “Come on, Sandy, baby, loosen up.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 19, 2009

However, I believe Twitter’s ability to market easily comes from those who associate usernames with brands. Right now, brand awareness is the sole reason why people follow particular Twitter streams. It also serves a specific purpose, while its chief competitor, Facebook, does not. I still follow Woot.com. Go with both.

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The Marketing Blog

DECEMBER 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. Understand Social Media as a Philosophy and its application as a Culture. Criticising Social Media ? Thaks for the info.

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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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JULY 10, 2010

Home About In the Media Facebook & India Dear Airtel: It is about Customers & Conversations July 10, 2010.1:11 The key elements of our core team who will take the ‘BRAND’ to a new level !! 11 pm Startup Life: Diary of a First Generation Entrepreneur Jump to Comments ‘Oh shit.’

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OCTOBER 31, 2007

51 am Linkedin v/s Facebook – Professional up Against Social Jump to Comments Matt Dickman’s thoughtful post on Linkedin v/s Facebook raises a few questions. Everybody knows and has been saying that Facebook is Personal and Linkedin is more Business users. October 31, 2007.10:51 It is more in the mind set.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 31, 2009

Facebook Create a Facebook Page and tell everyone about it. 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. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 25, 2010

Don’t check in on Twitter and Facebook once or twice a week and only for 10 minutes. That’s why this is more of a message for large and not necessarily small brands. This is a well known brand, but yet they’re not building up their social media presence despite prominently advertising it on their website.

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The Marketing Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Share this: StumbleUpon Digg Reddit 1 Comment Filed under Web 2.0 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. The scope of my blog-posts span across the Enterprise 2.0

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The Marketing Blog

APRIL 7, 2010

Popularity In a blog-post dated 15th March’ 10 , Hitwise had talked about Facebook displacing Google as the most popular website in US with a weekly market share of 7.07% in comparison to Google’s 7.03% Search Share Yesterday, in another study they announced that Google’s monthly search market share has dipped by 1%.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Home About In the Media Facebook will surge ahead in India Facebook vs Twitter (A Comparison) February 25, 2010.1:08 To begin with, we would be working on a strong collaborative model with itemperance consulting , who would assist us with execution of various assignments in the web-strategy spectrum.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 12, 2009

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Opinion , Social Media , Viral Marketing > When is Brand Evangelism a Crime? Exploring the Royal Caribbean Promotional Marketing Strategy When is Brand Evangelism a Crime?

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DECEMBER 24, 2009

Share this: StumbleUpon Digg Reddit 5 Comments Filed under Web 2.0 [In context of strategic principles of Enterprise 2.0 implementation] To read all the posts in this series please visit [link] o read the other posts in this series please see below: Strategic Principles of Enterprise 2.0 Implementation Enterprise 2.0: Enterprise 2.0

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 1, 2008

Here’s a screenshot of a story that became popular with a whopping 235 Diggs. It was taken the night of January 28, 2008 (approximately 11PM EST): While Digg typically allowed stories to hit the front page within 80-120 votes (the latter being more rare than normal), it’s now requiring almost double the number.

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