Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 14, 2009

Epic Change decided to dabble in social media, because as Stacey says, it was “a way to cultivate a community of support for Epic Change.&# More importantly, Epic Change has a mission to empower individuals to tell stories in order to acquire financial resources to make positive change in their communities. Why social media?

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Idaconcpts

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

This trend is welcomed not only by consumers who like the convenience of anytime banking, but also by financial institutions that like to streamline operations and cut down costs. opening a money market account ) from friends and family or a significant other than from an online community. Subscribe to the comments for this post?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 8, 2010

Thanks to books like The New Community Rules , written by yours truly, Engage , Social Media 101 , and others, social media marketing is, for the time being, going to still be on people’s minds as they discover this bright and sunny marketing opportunity. The answer, quite simply, comes down to the real cost of labor.

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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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Webbiquity SMM

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Using social media channels for customer support can both improve a company’s image—by demonstrating, publicly, responsiveness to customer issues—and reduce customer support costs. Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn groups, community sites (e.g. Subscribe to the comments for this post? Perform competitive and market research.

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The Marketing Blog

DECEMBER 24, 2009

Conversations Jump to Comments Image by cambodia4kidsorg via Flickr Over the course of December, I have been closely following Jacob Morgan ‘s blog-posts on Social Media , emerging Enterprise 2.0 Share this: StumbleUpon Digg Reddit 5 Comments Filed under Web 2.0 Home About In the Media Criticising Social Media ?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 12, 2010

The site does not resolve on smart-phone browsers, and if they sell products online, their e-commerce platform has no social functionality (no review functionality, no commenting functionality, etc). Reply Hugo from Zeta May 12, 2010 at 2:43 pm Thanks for the comment, Lauren! The design and UI looks like it’s circa 1997. Subscribed.

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Idaconcpts

AUGUST 20, 2010

Quality at All Cost. Any website that offers great value, quality products and good after-sales service may benefit from a positive review, or mention on a topic-related community forum. Subscribe to the comments for this post? This is where the trust factor plays such an important part. But this also works both ways.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JULY 24, 2008

My Bookmarks Digg Del.icio.us He turned the discussion to patients whose heart disease is so severe that they undergo bypass surgery, a traumatic and expensive procedure that can cost more than $100,000 if complications arise. million heart patients have angioplasties -- all at a total cost of around $30 billion. Start a Blog.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 25, 2008

and obviously more recently sites such as Digg. Digg: Newsworthy, Informational, and Funny Chris also mentions that he has used Digg as a news source. Twenty-two minutes after it hit the front page, it sat at 2099 Diggs. Seven minutes after that, it had 2661 Diggs. How do you get your news?

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The Marketing Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

53 pm Preventing Social Media Spam Jump to Comments Image by Josh Russell via Flickr Sometimes it feels really sorry to see the tactics of a select group of folks in the name of using Social media as a Conversation Medium ! for this and sceptical organizations could roll-out this app to save productivity costs.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 30, 2008

After using both Plurk and Twitter pretty heavily, I’ve come to the conclusion that Plurk is best at its features for community-building, whereas Twitter succeeds more with its interface that bolsters information-sharing. Then, everyone will go to his/her respective home(s) on the web. You may have more than one.

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Kikolani

AUGUST 27, 2010

Community and traffic takes time and patience – 8 things you need to know about building both for your blog. 12 best ways to customize Facebook pages – a look at the 12 best apps and services, including the level of experience needed to use them, cost, and other important factors. The Resources Mashup. Blogging / Writing.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 4, 2010

Twitter, he says, “became my way of talking with a community of people.&# More importantly, they’ve created a go-to place or space for community. Roger Smith Hotel also teaches us another thing: you should take advantage of your market by giving them opportunities exclusive to their communications channel. izmantot soci?los

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 10, 2008

Tagging individuals in unflattering pictures that may end up costing your friends their jobs. 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. FriendFeed is a service but it’s also a community.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 8, 2009

Just because I choose to reach out to you, comment on your blog post, follow you on Twitter, become your Facebook friend, or join your LinkedIn group, it was a desire for me to possibly get to know you in the future. Reply Cancel reply Leave a Comment Be sure to wrap all code in <code></code> tags. What do you choose?

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Bill Hartzer

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Retail consumer finance companies, a subset of the consumer finance industry, operate primarily in the subprime portion of the market serving under-banked consumers who are seeking secured/unsecured cash loans as a low cost alternative to costly bounced-check fees, late payment penalties, and other less desirable short-term credit options.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

OCTOBER 22, 2009

If you don’t buy the extended warranty it costs you just to call and try to get help. Reply Cancel reply Leave a Comment Be sure to wrap all code in <code></code> tags. 12484 SUBSCRIBERS FOLLOWERS Lijit Search Read more about The New Community Rules Get Techipedia on your iPhone or iPod touch!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 21, 2009

Every bad sale costs you five. Here’s some more food for thought: Every blog post or negative review costs you thousands of customers. Some will go the extra mile to share with their friends exactly why they’re moving on, too, so don’t make any missteps that will cost you business down the road.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 15, 2009

Social media marketing is a tremendous challenge, especially now that the market has become saturated with experts who clearly think that bringing their Digg front page success means that they’ve just launched a successful consulting business and can immediately sell their services to the highest (lowest?) My response: WRONG.

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Bill Hartzer

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

Marketers online have always wondered: How much would it have cost to attract the same media exposure through traditional advertising? Yahoo announced a world wide shutdown of operations from December 25th to January 1st to find new ways to cut costs in the recession. Subscribe to the comments for this post? INTEL $285,685,964.

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News Report Social Media Reputation 111

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 5, 2010

Don’t shy away from giving your community the information needed to find you elsewhere both online and offline. Let it be posted on every social platform of choice and then watch as it seeds through other communities (which is likely to happen and shows that your marketing is viral). Give them a reason to want to communicate.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 2, 2010

But over the past few months, the Facebook community has become a huge success and is continuing to flourish, and my classmates are slowly beginning to join the network. According to Baloun, Mark Zuckerberg is passionate about his product and wants to play a key role in cultivating that community without losing the control.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 24, 2010

I selected influencers in all different “walks of life&# and areas of influence, from the blogosphere to the power users of Digg to founders of successful startups and authors of bestselling books. They know that I actually care about my community and that they’re not an audience. Participate in my site’s community.

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Bill Hartzer

MARCH 22, 2010

“Introducing our network of gift card storefronts across numerous social networking sites is a game-changing step forward in the commercialization of social media,” commented Rob Carpenter, Friendgiftr CEO. Subscribe to the comments for this post? It’s also a cornerstone of our unique business model. Share this on del.icio.us.

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The Marketing Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Jump to Comments Image via Wikipedia It is that time of the year when some of the brightest minds gather to discuss about technology, business, startups and much more. So as our oldies said, money saved is money earned holds particularly true in today’s scenario, when cost cutting is the new mantra. Yeah we are talking about BarCamp !

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The Marketing Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2007

Motivated by the desire of learning by sharing and to share your work with the communtiy, OSS Camps are not-for-profit events and we depend on our sponsors for covering our costs. Home About In the Media Speaker Tips from The Masters ATM Redefined December 5, 2007.12:41

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The Marketing Blog

MARCH 5, 2008

03 am HTC S710: A Beauty Jump to Comments A geek buyer to a shop-keeper – &# Hey, I am looking to buy a Smartphone &#. How much does it cost? Shopkeeper – Price slightly higher than 15k it costs 19k bucks. Home About In the Media Condolence Join the Conversation March 6, 2008.3:03 Shopkeeper – Great, Sir!

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The Marketing Blog

JULY 29, 2008

48 am Applying the Johari Window to a s/w Product Jump to Comments Reading a wonderful piece on Johari Window at psychcentral made me think about its application to a s/w product. Kinshuk is an individual, a fresh MBA working for as a community manager for an open-source consulting company. July 29, 2008.10:48 has four section.

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Products Web 2.0 Startup Hotels 100

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 19, 2008

Here’s what Sprint is thinking: you’re wasting our valuable customer service dollars and our errors are costing us too much money, so we’ll drop you and we’ll save big. It hit the Digg front page and then was blogged by hundreds of people. Tamar is also the author of The New Community Rules (July 2009).

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Reputation Airlines Digg MySpace 100

The Marketing Blog

MAY 1, 2008

Jump to Comments Have you seen Pepsi ‘s newest ad which is a spoof on Akshay Kumar ‘s coke advertisement ? It has hit the target audience in no time and ad posting didn’t cost a penny. Home About In the Media Customer Service: Contrasting Examples Zemanta: A blessing in disguise for bloggers? May 2, 2008.3:30

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Kikolani

JULY 30, 2010

Mailbag: SEO, minimizing business cost , and ProStores – entrepreneur answers your questions. Facebook community pages – how to protect your brand while building your reputation. Reddit vs. Digg – whose side of the infographic are you on? If you already have commented, I would equally appreciate a tweet.

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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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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 8, 2008

These scenarios come to fruition in spontaneous communities, on social networks, and other self-service tools – all thanks to the availability of low cost technology and access to the world wide web. Also, one story on the Digg home page does not an expert make. Others aren’t.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 29, 2010

Somehow, individuals forget along the way that costs accrue when considering the venue, food, exhibit hall, and the staff required on hand to run the event smoothly. It’s why I respond to every comment on my posts. Free is beautiful, and costs are part of life.&# Sound off in the comments.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 10, 2010

Even though there is a cost for entry for some of the best resources, the solutions were highly worthwhile, I explained. Users submit timely news articles to Sphinn, and the community votes up the best stories to appear on the front page. High costs don’t always translate to better quality.

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Marketing How To SEO Training 240

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

As Charlene Li said recently, social media trades media cost for labor cost. You have to create content, be part of many communities, and proceed incrementally. Leave a comment please. Those type of comments are why I do it. There’s been a bit of news about it recently. Social Media is Inexpensive False.

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