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10 Areas Where Small Businesses Lack an Online Competitive Edge

Kikolani

WordPress, Blogger, and Tumblr have made it so that anybody can put up a website. Making yourself known online requires building relationships with influencers as well as keeping consumers engaged with online conversations and community building. A Cluttered, Ugly Website Design.

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

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Twitter, he says, “became my way of talking with a community of people.&# He explains that “Twitter allowed me to be social without having to be IRL.&# When I want to book, I just DM them and ask for the ‘social media rate.’ More importantly, they’ve created a go-to place or space for community.

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5 Fundamentals That Determine How Fast Your Blog Grows

ProBlogger

Poor content doesn’t get shared on social networks. Of course you can always trick people into sharing your articles with all these “Social Locker” plugins (those will hide the content from readers unless they click on social sharing buttons). 50 Awesomely Inspiring Tumblr Blogs for Photographers.

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Twitter versus Plurk: Not Even in the Same League

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

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. After all, the full disclosure is that I am the community and marketing director of Mashable.

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

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

You actually need to involve yourself in the blog’s community, commenting and showing that at the minimum, you have a long term invested interest in the blog’s success, and not only when it’s beneficial for you. In the real world, networking in person can also help. They might already be trash-talking you.

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What Traits Define a Social Media Marketer?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Reem Abeidoh , Social Media Strategist : A social media marketer provides strategic online recommendations based on the client’s business goals and intensive research. Rebecca Kelley , Search Marketing and Social Media Consultant : A social media marketer needs to be an active participant in the social media sphere.

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SXSW: Mark Zuckerberg Keynote (the edited liveblogged version)

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

We’re not the only ones [enabling such communication] but a lot of people are using our tools, especially in places like Colombia. We’re not trying to build new communities; we’re allowing people to communicate with people they already know. I think we want to do well and build a good business.

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