Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 3, 2010

That’s not really convincing social proof. Then, when you’re joining a community for the first time, you’ll need to study the users and slowly build relationships with them. Thanks for commenting, Cynthia Reply Rekha Srivatsan June 3, 2010 at 2:44 pm I really loved your post! But nope … my son!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 27, 2008

The aim of my little experiment was to test the assumption that search traffic was of a higher quality than social media traffic. Many people found the research interesting, but a number of people commented that the social networks probably shouldn’t be grouped together. One further question is do these visitors convert?

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

There’s been a bit of news about it recently. However, a lot of people making that news have created expectations and beliefs about social media that aren’t true. Done correctly, social media is about developing meaningful relationships with customers and prospective customers in their natural habitat.

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Koka Sexton

NOVEMBER 14, 2008

Koka Sexton dot Com Home About Koka Contact Twitter FULL RSS Super list of 50 social media links Have you ever wanted to know more about how to make a huge impact in social networking? The “Middleman” of Social Media is Your Friend The Next Evolution of Social Media… You can’t handle the truth! Leave a comment!

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

includes slides and worksheet) [link to post] – Posted using Chat Catcher [link] DMurrow (Dave Murrow) Twitter Comment RT @jaybaer: Develop a social media strategy in 7 steps. friends!) – Posted using Chat Catcher [link] BGJayJay (Jason Amunwa) Twitter Comment RT @jaybaer: Develop a social media strategy in 7 steps.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 28, 2010

If you’re the frugal type, take advantage of the free alerts from Google, YackTrack , Social Mention , BackType (which gives you alerts from blog/article comments , which other services do not include), and Trackur. The role of customer service online is becoming equivalent to social media marketing. Join the Community.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Social Media U: Take a Class in Social Media. 25 Comments. Social media. Branding is a result of many things including your blog, your social network profile, your online resume, and how good you are at reputation management, to name a few. Alternately, you can just subscribe to a "best of" RSS feed here.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

22 Comments. A number of large web development discussion communities host contest areas, including NamePros , v7 Network , and Webmaster Talk. The software development community -- especially the open source community -- has long used "bounties" to help lure developers to certain tasks. AltSearchEngines.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 14, 2010

You can’t only write comments on forums. Social media needs to be coupled with a creative strategy for maximum effectiveness, especially as everyone and their mothers join these sites and services to market themselves, their services, or their products. I love reading new content via RSS, Buzz, Twitter, FB, etc.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 26, 2010

But with all other social networks, there are rules of engagement that are determined by the community. More information and tips for usage can be read in The New Community Rules: Marketing on the Social Web. Until then, there will be users who take but can’t give back to the community. Still stuck?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

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.

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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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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Social Search at LinkedIn Beats Google. 12 Comments. They will have to fix this or risk really turning off their core community and fall into the, "oh, no, another annoying spammy tool" category. Subscribe to comments for this post OR Subscribe to comments for all Read/WriteWeb posts. social networking.

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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. comprehensive social media marketing training there is.

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Marketing How To SEO Training 240

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2009

( Disclaimer : I’m certain that even with this list in excess of 250 links, I forgot a bunch of posts, so if you have any additional recommendations, please feel free to comment and I’ll add them!) Reddit Tips from the Top Dog on Reddit (Social News Watch): How do you become a top user on Reddit? This kid is awesome.)

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2012

Your strategies must employ content creation, community management, local/maps optimization, among others. How many of these new tactics have you adopted? 40 Dead Simple Ways to Get More Comments on Your Blog : This post really has 31 tips for blogging, from design tips to writing post ideas to how to respond.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2011

As many of you know, I have an annual tradition of giving back to the community on my birthday, which is why this year is no different. 2010 by far was the biggest year yet in the Internet Marketing realm. , also gathering intelligence via their rankings on top social sites and by stumbling upon new items in my feed reader.

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Marketing Affiliate marketing Small Business SEO 279

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 1, 2009

If you have a Facebook Page to volunteer, just hop on over to the comments and share your favorite page. Jesse Stay is a consultant who specializes in the integration of social APIs such as Twitter and Facebook. Reply Lisa December 1, 2009 at 5:01 pm Great comments! You have until December 10th to enter. Looking forward win!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 10, 2008

Streaming only your blog’s RSS feed on Twitter. (If 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. Social news is about reciprocal relationships. Was it something you said?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 24, 2010

They know that I actually care about my community and that they’re not an audience. He currently serves as the community guy at Building 43. 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.

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Viper Chill

APRIL 25, 2012

It’s public, and you can comment. A lot has changed from the days when Digg was the only share button people used on their posts and – besides going directly to a website – RSS was the most common way to consume blog content. Their site is still huge, of course, but a new leader in the industry emerged.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 1, 2010

The more you read, the better and more prepared you will be to communicate through various social media channels. Use tools such as alltop.com and google.com/alerts to find the right blogs and new articles, and then subscribe to them through RSS using Google Reader. Before you get active on social networks, start a blog.

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Social Media Brands How To Social Networking 240

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 7, 2010

I was reading tweets from a sea of twitterfeeds , which if you’re unaware, are totally automated posts that come from processing RSS feeds. Twitterfeeds are hardly the kind of thing a real human would ever want to read, especially one that wants to embark in social media marketing. Broadcasting works better as a billboard.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 14, 2009

There’s no order to the posts; I’ve used my bookmarks and a variety of social sites and peer recommendations to create this list. Let me know how I did in the comments. Scared of Social Media? Jill Whalen has been active on forums and online communities for 10 years now. You May Already be Pro! Not excess.

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SEO Social Media Marketing Reputation 162

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 24, 2008

The initial sentiment was highly negative , and most concluded that the algorithm will penalize users who care much about the community and use it regularly. Both Kevin and Jay say that we should give the community the benefit of the doubt. Then the community “won.&# I think they know how valuable the community is.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 28, 2010

With the initiative for Facebook to be open and to empower businesses to host pages that celebrate their business, offering deals and giving the community the ability to converse directly with the business or entity these pages represent, you forgot about accountability. Readers, the comments are yours. Where Did My Facebook Page Go?

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