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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

But if you’re engaged in a social media program in an effort to go “viral&# you’re not really engaged in social media at all. You’re engaged in an advertising and marketing campaign that uses the Web as its distribution platform. Social Media results can’t be measured False.

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JUNE 3, 2010

You Need to Do it All the Time True social media marketing — that is, connecting with your customers and prospects — is a consistent and regular task. One-off campaigns can help drive viral success, but social media is not a “set it and forget it&# type of initiative. Still, though, you trudge through it.

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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. It’s a brave (???)

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 22, 2008

Best, Isa 760 Media Reply Ben Cook February 22, 2008 at 5:00 pm As I commented on sphinn, I definitely think social media is going to become more and more mainstream over the next year or two. I think social media is here to stay and marketing through that medium is a natural progression. Facebook, Myspace etc are just the start.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 10, 2010

A 12-year-old resident of Missouri, Shelby’s Jericho website features a blog and has turned into a social good campaign with her promotion of charitable efforts for US troops , and even includes interviews with the cast and crew of Jericho as well as with US Air Force Thunderbirds and Alex O’Loughlin. Answers Yahoo!

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MARCH 17, 2010

He also gave a simple example of how to measure Social Media ROI: What you really want to know when measuring Social Media ROI is how much money each incoming warm lead is worth. Work With Web Developers to Update Your Site for Web 2.0 The difference is updating your website to Web 2.0.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 28, 2010

Kirtsy and Other Niche Social Networks. Did you know there’s a social news website catered to women called Kirtsy ? Kirtsy is a social news network; there are also forums and even Yahoo! Tools that especially help consolidate the actions across social networks in one single location are quite helpful.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2008

with any other Social media campaign,if the content or the product’s not strong theres no pint in taking up the campaign Reply Daniele Rossi February 7, 2008 at 11:22 am I use ester-c when I feel a cold coming on. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 28, 2010

Viral content marketing is and should be the topmost priority of any online marketing campaign. Viral content takes research, time, and dedication, but on the plus side, your users will likely be talking about your masterpieces for months (or years) to come. What’s stopping you from taking the plunge?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 26, 2009

In 2007, Royal Caribbean ran a campaign called Royal Champions, inviting 50 of its most vocal ardent supporters on cruises and to face-to-face meetings with company executives. Reply Yuval Kaplan August 27, 2009 at 12:25 am I think that the bottom line is that marketing via social networks is not as free as it seems. Answers Yahoo!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2010

The article has examples of how social media worked too. The Poetry of Social Networking to Court Customers and Invest in Relationships (Brian Solis): Brian Solis shares his foreword to Sean Percival’s book, MySpace Marketing. And… Brian Solis is the most eloquent writer I have ever seen in the blogosphere.

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JANUARY 23, 2008

Well, for one, social media users — that is, users on social news sites such as Digg, Mixx, Reddit — are not particularly enthusiastic about the proliferation of marketers in their community. This is a huge challenge for someone who wants to sell their product using social media. Answers Yahoo!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 8, 2008

In order to do well when marketing, one should have tactical knowledge and ideally, first-hand experience of the specific social media platform. This will help a great deal in planning and managing successful marketing campaigns. There are other times when marketers may have to launch a multi-platform outreach campaign.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 5, 2010

Just like with any other marketing campaign you need to be sure that you are not “putting all of your eggs in one basket&# just like you mentioned. Take MySpace as just one of many examples of an online property that become too comfortable with its “space.&# Thanks for allowing me to comment! Answers Yahoo!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 16, 2010

If you look around the social web a lot like me, you will agree that most social media campaigns suck. Some people think social media is just fun. What do you think about using social media for business? You will be able to gather enough data from your own campaigns to help you improve your online marketing.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2009

Top 29 Niche Social Media Sites (That Actually Send Traffic) : Andy Hagans consistently updates this list with some great resources that aren’t necessarily being tapped into by many folks, but maybe it’s time for things to change. Reddit Tips from the Top Dog on Reddit (Social News Watch): How do you become a top user on Reddit?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 28, 2008

What I do think, is that this video raises important questions — like whether or not we know we’re being marketed to; and how successful a marketing campaign can be if it doesn’t tie in to the product or branding or encourage us to take some form of action. Personally, I also feel that the best products market themselves.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 14, 2010

We can always be learning, and sometimes that requires us to read the same things phrased differently, to get content in the form of a refresher course, to remember that social media still has the human element at its core. Social media is often addictive in some ways too. Well that is, if you spend too much time on it. Answers Yahoo!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 29, 2008

Sit back and enjoy, and then play the accent game to see how an excellently-crafted viral marketing campaign can really help get people talking about you and your products. this particular campaign does seem to have succeeded wildly, the idea of giving ordinary people their 15 minutes of interweb fame is genius. Answers Yahoo!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 8, 2010

Social media is a continuous effort, not something that is only campaign-based. Campaign-based social media marketing only works when it complements continuous social media marketing. In other words, don’t show up in the social space only when you need a hand. Thanks for the comments, Kristen!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 29, 2010

In fact, in a test a colleague of mine ran with sponsored advertisements, the incentive-based campaign was much more successful than the original information-only campaign. And unfortunately, social media is at fault for breeding this mentality and causing it to spread. Answers Yahoo!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

For starters, with even a conservative estimate of the man-hours involved, I am quite sure that the campaign cost most than the $20,000 it was intended to raise – and probably generated 10 to 100 times as much PR value. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us Answers Yahoo!

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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. Answers Yahoo!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

It’s not advisable for a company to promote a video campaign with a video that shows a typo in the company’s URL. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us Buzz YouTube Tamar Weinberg is a social media enthusiast with a passion for all things tech and productivity.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 14, 2009

Towards a More Social Organization : Chris Heuer says that we’re becoming more social, so start realizing the importance of this trend and evolve accordingly. How to Measure Social Media ROI for Business : Aaron Uhrmacher explains the factors you must consider to see if your social media campaign has had an impact.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 24, 2010

Danny is currently Chief Content Officer of Third Door Media which operates the Sphinn social news site and organizes the popular Search Marketing Expo conference series. Andy has submitted nearly 15,000 stories to Digg and over 4200 of his submissions have hit the front page of the impossible-to-game social news site.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 7, 2010

The success of a social media marketing campaign strongly revolves around engagement. I agree that interaction is the key to any social media campaign, whatever platform you decide to use. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us What kind of engagement can you do?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 15, 2009

You’re not yet a social media marketing expert, not unless you’re consistently applying your skills to different and unique campaigns and initiatives. I’ve talked to some pretty big name social media people and they have zero concept of SEO. Much like SEO. For one of my recent projects, it was merely a video.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 28, 2010

Well, if you know about how it works with agencies, you know that this stuff is campaign-based, and when the campaign ends, you really don’t belong as the page admin anymore. I think people opted for FB over MySpace because of so many of the reasons people are becoming disenchanted with FB right now. My friends list?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 15, 2008

Or give them full download rights to your new software product without restrictions. As part of the Don’t Just Give a Gift, Grant a Wish campaign by the Sears department store, I had the opportunity to participate in a shopping spree to help me or someone else realize our dreams. You can do something else entirely. Answers Yahoo!

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