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11 Common Mistakes That People Make With Their Personal Brands.

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.

Brands

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Social Media Marketing Without Brand Awareness Can Kill You.

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.

Social Media

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10 Reasons Why Your Business Needs a Killer Social Media Strategy

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 18, 2010

Your tweets, posts and comments should all be coordinated to meet the ultimate goal, which is to establish trust, build your brand, and increase sales. Does your brand need a makeover? It introduces your brand Is your company new? It expands your reach Even an established brand may be missing out on potential customers.

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Is Social Media Worth it for You?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 19, 2010

3: Large Brands – Bigger brands have two things that smaller companies don’t: an already built community, and money. I just wish we could cookie users on Facebook and Twitter so I could track their conversions… maybe one day! So I think basically every brand needs to have a strategy in the least. Definitely.

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Five Benefits to Using Twitter Â? Techipedia | Tamar Weinberg

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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Why Social Media Is Like Getting Stoned

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 20, 2010

You can still draw attention to yourself and use one of the aforementioned content hooks…however, you need to remember that your role is to advance the conversation, not take it over, and that furthering the dialogue ultimately furthers your social media brand & helps you develop relationships with all the participants.

Social Media

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Why You Should Fix Your House Before Inviting People Over

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 Payless Shoes Payless is another well-known brick-and-mortar brand that’s best known for their ability to offer quality shoes for a low price.

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10 Social Media Tools To Help With Your Crowdsourcing Efforts

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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The Unfortunate Investment of Social Media (and its Consequences)

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.

Digg

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Mixxing In, and Why Early Adoption is Important: A Review of the.

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. Already, however, it’s gaining momentum among “Digg refugees&# and folks who don’t feel comfortable on other social networks. Come Join Me!!

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

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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3 Golden Business Rules for Social Media Engagement

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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Apple Gets More Serious About Using Twitter, but Why it Doesn't Matter

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

OCTOBER 22, 2009

Reply Louis Halpern December 1, 2009 at 6:17 am Brands should engage with their audience. But Apple is the brand everybody wants to be like so it is always worth having a look at what they’re doing. 12484 SUBSCRIBERS FOLLOWERS Lijit Search Read more about The New Community Rules Get Techipedia on your iPhone or iPod touch!

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How You Can Benefit from Real Time Search » Techipedia | Tamar.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 22, 2010

Moreover, whatever your brand is, it is very likely that there is chatter going on about it. 12484 SUBSCRIBERS FOLLOWERS Lijit Search Read more about The New Community Rules Get Techipedia on your iPhone or iPod touch! Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca

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Building Trust: A Relationship is Not a Newsletter Opt-In

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 8, 2009

Wouldn’t it be safer, for the sake of maintaining the integrity of your business name or your personal brand, to ask permission first? Tagged as: facebook , linkedin , opt-in , permission marketing , relationships , social media , spam , twitter { 5 trackbacks } Hostage Marketing: Hot New Fad For 2010? What do you choose?

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Pubcon 2007 Recap

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 9, 2007

Every conversation shifted to Twitter, as folks recognized that they can brand themselves and their businesses through a Twitter identity. 12484 SUBSCRIBERS FOLLOWERS Lijit Search Read more about The New Community Rules Get Techipedia on your iPhone or iPod touch! Good content and copywriting will win over new readers and customers.

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7 Traits of Highly Effective Viral Videos

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 28, 2010

Are you looking for brand awareness or visibility, or are you looking for money? 12484 SUBSCRIBERS FOLLOWERS Lijit Search Read more about The New Community Rules Get Techipedia on your iPhone or iPod touch! Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca It all depends on your goals.

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Using Social Media in an Awareness Campaign | Shuaism

Josh S Peters

NOVEMBER 23, 2009

An awareness campaign (social media or not) is used to increase the awareness of certain products or the brand itself. Increase conversations about your brand, change the current online sentiment of your brand? Want people to talk about your brand at all? What do you want to do? Meet them on their level.

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5 Things True Social Media Experts Do Online

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Now that the stay-at-home-moms (and dads) are finding their way to a five-figure Twitter follow count, they’re offering all types of services and branding themselves as all-round experts. 12484 SUBSCRIBERS FOLLOWERS Lijit Search Read more about The New Community Rules Get Techipedia on your iPhone or iPod touch!

Social Media

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With 4 Days Before Blogger Social, I Bring You the 4×4 Meme

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 31, 2008

I dabble in social media sites, particularly Twitter, Facebook, and StumbleUpon. Keen branding choice with the logo. 12484 SUBSCRIBERS FOLLOWERS Lijit Search Read more about The New Community Rules Get Techipedia on your iPhone or iPod touch! Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca

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6 Things Parenthood Taught Me About Social Media Marketing

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 3, 2010

As someone who is required to monitor your brand, there will never be a day when all is quiet. Your Facebook Fan page will have 0 fans. As you consistently interact with them, offering value and reason to continue following you, that relationship — and even the brand awareness — grows stronger.

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Techipedia Redesign is Finally Live

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 2, 2008

I like the branding you are doing by embedding the logo throughout as well. 12484 SUBSCRIBERS FOLLOWERS Lijit Search Read more about The New Community Rules Get Techipedia on your iPhone or iPod touch! Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca Glad I did.

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Why Customer Service Should Be in Your Social Media Marketing Strategy

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 21, 2009

Social media, quite simply, relates to the usage of content created by easily accessible publishing technologies (social media sites such as Facebook or Twitter, photo publishing sites such as Flickr, video sites like YouTube and Vimeo) that is generated by the hundreds of millions of consumers utilizing these technologies.

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

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 4, 2010

Today, it appears every retail or business concern says ‘follow us on Twitter’ or ‘be our friend on Facebook.’ For the most part, you can’t buy Twitter followers or Facebook fans. 12484 SUBSCRIBERS FOLLOWERS Lijit Search Read more about The New Community Rules Get Techipedia on your iPhone or iPod touch!

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How to Use Facebook for Business and Marketing

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 5, 2010

After all, Facebook could eat the web. In fact, you’re likely spotting the shift; instead of companies posting their URLs on television commercials, they’re asking their followers to join them on Facebook. Don’t use a Facebook Group. Your Facebook Page should be created under your primary Facebook login.

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Hoping You'll Ask Me to Dance | Almost Savvy

Almost Savvy

FEBRUARY 2, 2009

Have you attended a networking event, made new contacts and indicated interest in connecting on LinkedIn or Facebook? Most of us also have a facebook page and have managed to find each other through networking. Additional comments powered by BackType Click ‘Like’ to join us on Facebook! What has been your experience?

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The Great Social Media Traffic Debate: Niche or General Networks?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 27, 2008

Others want massive brand exposure. My friends who have popular news, political, science sites etc… see much better numbers and subscribers from sites such as Sphinn and even Digg and so on. 12484 SUBSCRIBERS FOLLOWERS Lijit Search Read more about The New Community Rules Get Techipedia on your iPhone or iPod touch!

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23 Reactions to the New Digg, and It's Not Good » Techipedia.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 20, 2007

Since the Digg submission of my story was already buried , I sincerely hope that Digg listens to what their community members have to say. Since the Digg submission of my story was already buried , I sincerely hope that Digg listens to what their community members have to say. Hopefully they take the feedback to heart.

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Creating Passionate Customers: Brand Evangelism and What it Means.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 26, 2009

Engagement in a process called brand evangelism is one beneficial strategy to get your brand known and to help spread your message. In a brand evangelism strategy, you’d take note of those who feel good about what you are doing: they already represent your target audience. Now you know who your brand loyalists are.

Brands

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Why Nobody Should Buy Digg ?» Techipedia | Tamar Weinberg

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 24, 2008

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Opinion , Social Media > Why Nobody Should Buy Digg Why Nobody Should Buy Digg by Tamar Weinberg on December 20, 2007 Share It hasn’t even been a week and my once positive outlook of Digg has come to a sour end.

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Want to Friend Me on Facebook? Please Use My Public Page or.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 12, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Personal , Social Media > Want to Friend Me on Facebook? Please Use My Public Page or LinkedIn Instead Want to Friend Me on Facebook? There really aren’t 350 million members on Facebook. You’re likely not alone.

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How to Match 10 Key Success Metrics to Your Blogging Strategy.

Convince & Convert

MARCH 4, 2010

Ive worked with more than 700 brands since then, including 25 of the Fortune 1000. Yet, in much of my social media consulting work corporate blog owners are invariably most interested in total visits and RSS subscribers. Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies.

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Zicam: Loss of Taste and Smell - The Reputation Management Fiasco.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 6, 2008

Isn’t reputation management about promoting transparency to build trust in their brand? I just got the email newsletter and it’s kidding (in a self-mocking way) about it and really boosts their brand, imho. Reply Linda February 14, 2008 at 11:36 pm I posted this on Digg. Were you unsatisfied with it? Stay positive!

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

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Social media is not about Facebook or MySpace or Flickr or Twitter or blogs or YouTube. That’s the brand engagement holy grail that we’re all seeking. Working on campaigns for several clients and its been a slow haul, especially for a new brand. It’s not hard, it’s complicated.

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

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Tired of chasing shiny objects, and setting up Twitter and Facebook accounts with clear direction, or success metrics? What’s the soul of your brand. You may need to engage in some brand anthropology, and have an agency help you find your one thing. Sessions start October 5. Go to [link] to save 50% for a limited time.

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Analysis of The Top 10 Twitter Users and What We Can Learn From Them

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Twitter has a wide range of benefits from communicating with friends and families to building a brand for your business. Branding is Important Sometimes, little things make a huge difference. Many people who want to be power Twitter users don’t even have a branded Twitter account. Joined Date Does this really matter?

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Best Internet Marketing Posts of 2009

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2010

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. This post is really poetry, as are all his other writings and blog posts. It’s definitely a worthwhile read.

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Social Media Strategy from A to Z » Techipedia | Tamar Weinberg

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 28, 2010

Showing a public interest in your customers and genuinely offering help helps nurture a positive perception of your brand. Thought I was going to say “Facebook?&# Focusing solely on social media might be nice, but your marketing reach should be a little more extensive than focusing on Twitter and Facebook. Be responsive.

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How To Create the Perfect Facebook Fan Page

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 1, 2009

Marketers love Facebook. The best place you can place your brand on Facebook is through a Facebook Page (that’s with a capital “P&# , not to be confused with your personal Profile). Facebook Pages do not allow background images like Twitter, Myspace, and other services. This applies to Pages as well.

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

Convince & Convert

MARCH 23, 2010

Remember that EVERY page on your blog could be the “home&# page, so it’s imperative that your branding remain consistent, that you use a tagline to explain what your blog is about, and that you use state indicators to cue visitors as to where they are in the site structure.

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10 Community Manager Responsibilities that Don't Involve Twitter.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 17, 2010

So you tweet and facebook for a living! 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). Your sales people are on Facebook half the day, and your receptionist tweets way too much during work.

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What Traits Define a Social Media Marketer?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 8, 2008

Also, one story on the Digg home page does not an expert make. People are different, communities are different and marketers/brands are different. As a result, the acceptance or success of a social media marketer will vary in different communities, using different tools and for different brands.

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The Blogger and Marketer's Cheat Sheet to Getting High Profile.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 18, 2009

Reply John Exley August 26, 2009 at 2:16 am Tamar, I came across your article on Forbes.com tonight titled “Brand Building, Tweet by Tweet&# and really loved what you had to say about community building so I decided to check out your blog. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca

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11 Common Mistakes That People Make With Their Personal Brands.

Social Media Marketing Without Brand Awareness Can Kill You.

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10 Reasons Why Your Business Needs a Killer Social Media Strategy

Is Social Media Worth it for You?

Five Benefits to Using Twitter Â? Techipedia | Tamar Weinberg

Why Social Media Is Like Getting Stoned

Why You Should Fix Your House Before Inviting People Over

10 Social Media Tools To Help With Your Crowdsourcing Efforts

The Unfortunate Investment of Social Media (and its Consequences)

Mixxing In, and Why Early Adoption is Important: A Review of the.

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

3 Golden Business Rules for Social Media Engagement

Apple Gets More Serious About Using Twitter, but Why it Doesn't Matter

How You Can Benefit from Real Time Search » Techipedia | Tamar.

Building Trust: A Relationship is Not a Newsletter Opt-In

Pubcon 2007 Recap

7 Traits of Highly Effective Viral Videos

Using Social Media in an Awareness Campaign | Shuaism

5 Things True Social Media Experts Do Online

With 4 Days Before Blogger Social, I Bring You the 4×4 Meme

6 Things Parenthood Taught Me About Social Media Marketing

Techipedia Redesign is Finally Live

Why Customer Service Should Be in Your Social Media Marketing Strategy

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

How to Use Facebook for Business and Marketing

Hoping You'll Ask Me to Dance | Almost Savvy

The Great Social Media Traffic Debate: Niche or General Networks?

23 Reactions to the New Digg, and It's Not Good » Techipedia.

Creating Passionate Customers: Brand Evangelism and What it Means.

Why Nobody Should Buy Digg ?» Techipedia | Tamar Weinberg

Want to Friend Me on Facebook? Please Use My Public Page or.

How to Match 10 Key Success Metrics to Your Blogging Strategy.

Zicam: Loss of Taste and Smell - The Reputation Management Fiasco.

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

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

Analysis of The Top 10 Twitter Users and What We Can Learn From Them

Best Internet Marketing Posts of 2009

Social Media Strategy from A to Z » Techipedia | Tamar Weinberg

How To Create the Perfect Facebook Fan Page

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

10 Community Manager Responsibilities that Don't Involve Twitter.

What Traits Define a Social Media Marketer?

Top 6 Ideas for Incredible Viral Content for Social Media.

The Blogger and Marketer's Cheat Sheet to Getting High Profile.

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