Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 14, 2010

Image: Nick Fletcher via Flickr, Creative Commons But I’m getting ahead of myself. I wasn’t looking at their ability to be in the course, but their competency in being a future colleague for the thousands of us that are out there. Image: Marc Benton via Flickr, Creative Commons 3. An ability to listen. These fine folk did: Jan.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JULY 22, 2008

Our professional value really is a function of the extent of, and our ability to integrate, our knowledge, our thinking competencies, and our communication competencies. Reportage is the application of our communication skills to what we know. Insight depends on our ability to apply critical thinking to what we know.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Image: jim crossley via Flickr, CC 2.0 Image: BES Photos via Flickr, CC 2.0 Leaders cultivate intelligent and competent group members by communicating why certain methods work and should be replicated, and what about certain ideas are important. Image: Stuart Caie via Flickr, CC 2.0 These fine folk did: Jan.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 4, 2010

How does one small hotel possibly compete with these hotel franchises? Now known as the “social media hotel&# of NYC, Roger Smith is attracting a really incredible bunch of people who have raved about the ambiance and the company’s approachability online. It is an open community of creative and passionate people.

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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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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 15, 2010

In fact, not only does your blog need to stand out from the average ones that are popping up every day, but you also need to compete with established blogs, with their loyal fan bases, that have been around for years. As my company builds out our first blog- there are great tips in here, thank you. Your blog has to be excellent.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

OCTOBER 4, 2008

Flickr photo via Nesster. Companies that didnâ??t Facebook or LinkedIn) or other communities of practiceâ?? The investment these companies will make in blogs, social networks, and communities will â??stimulate Stephens PLE: Store photos ( Flickr ) and video ( Google video ). through the lens of Web 1.0,

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Diva Marketing Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

One: Within the public forum entrepreneurs ask the business community at-large for advice. Two: The community votes on the best business concept. The $10,000 prize is no small accomplishment to win with stiff competion. Ford's Theatre is on YouTube, Facebook, Flickr and Twitter! There are two parts.

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Bare Feet Studios

MAY 14, 2008

So that means we have a long ways to go together to compete effectively. Dan’s company gets it: the most recent blog post is featured on the home page. We hope the local business and tourism community will collaborate with us to showcase our beautiful state and akamai kama’aina. What more can I say?

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

Give me a scenario for web apps that competes with the profit motive of developing for the app store AND is a one stop, one authentication, one click purchase for the end consumer. Ive founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies. In December, that meant $175 million in revenue to developers.

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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. Samir Balwani): Samir talks about the pros and cons of Tweeting by company representatives, from the CEO to a brand.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 25, 2011

Yes, they ARE a third-party provider of a service (a “space” for artisans to sell crafts online) but they’re a company valued at over $100 million, with a clearly defined policy on hateful and offensive items. What a silly situation for a multi-million dollar company to get itself into. Image: striatic via Flickr, CC 2.0

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Social Media Strategery

JANUARY 26, 2009

Image Courtesy of Flickr user GroovyGuru Junior employees lost in a mass of thousands – they’re often anonymous pluggers who are told that they have to “put in their time.&# With the proliferation of social media both inside and outside the organization, this phrase is now more of an excuse than a reason. Guess what?

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Social Media Strategery

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Image courtesy of Flickr user davitydave. One of the world’s most connected men, Baratunde Thurston , recently took a month-long digital detox, chronicled in the July/August issue of Fast Company. Content marketing is becoming a numbers game that most brands aren’t going to be able to compete in, much less win.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 2, 2010

Image: Tania Gail via Flickr , Creative Commons We were deluged by applications; when we had openings, when we didn’t have openings, when we had budget to hire, when we didn’t have budget. Image: Jimmy Cardosi via Flickr , Creative Commons Can you imagine my face when I saw that? It was crazy. I kid you not.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 14, 2010

Back then, companies who were engaged were genuinely involved because they wanted to build strong valuable relationships. Just like “social media experts&# want more freebies, so too, consumers expect more of the companies using this space. After all, the companies are intruding on their turf unannounced.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 8, 2008

People do not want to hear from companies as represented by marketers, they want to hear from other people. 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. Others aren’t.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Weve written about a number of companies that employ crowdsourcing to produce their product or service here on ReadWriteWeb, but in this post well specifically look at companies that allow you to leverage the crowd to get something done. Fixya is a question and answer community, in which people ask and answer technical support queries.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Title image: Edgely Cesar via Flickr, Creative Commons My take Measurement should be, but still isn’t, the jewel in the crown of PR. On his blog , Nick says: “Students are not taught about new practices, since proprietary tools and techniques often remain with hidden with the agencies and companies that create them.&#

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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. And get your account started and active immediately.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 10, 2010

“What are good companies to target? Overall, the questions were basic and I worried that the individual was looking to target companies for clients before actually understanding the nuances of the culture of Internet marketing as a whole. Should I learn a specific skillset?&# I highly recommend you follow his stuff.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

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. I use it, have my "100% profile", nice network developed which helps me stay peripherally connected with colleagues who switch companies or move, and use "Questions" occasionally with good response.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Many companies that jumped early onto the KM bandwagon have all but abandoned it, while many organizations that waited are now repeating the mistakes of the pioneers. The quote at right is what one executive told me when I suggested his company make such an investment.

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ProBlogger

JULY 31, 2017

We’re actually a community of Emmets. Our community is doing amazing things. I still remember the first time I’ve got an email from this guy in the States, from a company I’ve never heard of before. The company was Wiley, which is a fairly big publisher, one of the biggest in the world. We all feel average.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2009

Facebook The Facebook Marketing Bible: 24 Ways to Market Your Brand, Company, Product, or Service Inside Facebook (Inside Facebook): Justin Smith shows how Facebook includes a variety of channels that spread the word in a very in-depth blog post. The difference is that it’s virtual. Look at Shana’s chart.

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Socialmedia.biz

JULY 30, 2018

Trusted by more than 800 Forbes 1000 companies, HootSuite offers an intuitive, user-friendly interface that’s easy to navigate and helps you seamlessly manage your social media content across various channels. In order to take advantage of more advanced features, you have to sign up for $9.99/month, month, $29.99/month, month, $49.99/month

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 24, 2010

As of January 2010, Craigslist boasts close to 50 million unique visitors per month, according to Compete. For example, I write a lot about AOL, and after the recent layoffs, I wrote how the entire mobile advertising team took a voluntary buyout and quit the company. He currently serves as the community guy at Building 43.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 25, 2010

Image: Kurtis Garbutt via Flickr, Creative Commons Kim, who runs the Corporate Alliance to End Partner Violence (CAEPV), asked what I thought was a valid question on her blog: where is all the purple? Thousands of women compete in fun costumes and celebration. I’m calling this the comradeship factor. These fine folk did: Jan.

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Webbiquity SMM

APRIL 9, 2012

CommerceTools uses cloud-based technology to help companies streamline the distribution of products, supplies, services and content to individuals or groups by simplifying and automating order and fulfillment processes. The 5 Best Free Tools For Making Slick Infographics by Fast Company. ALOT. ** 5 STARS.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 15, 2009

The photo links to the guy on Flickr who photographed those books. Social media alone are pointless if not related to a company’s corporate communications strategy. Who knows maybe that guy that only got 2 fps on digg has an idea that can change the world or change my company or yours? Social Media: Which is Better?

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