Social Media Strategies Summit

JANUARY 28, 2021

Your brand voice should be in congruence with your ideal customer or community member. However, asking a question takes that to the next level by encouraging comments and conversation. This could be anything from an upcoming product drop to a delicious recipe. However, engaging other brands and users can work in reverse as well.

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Webbiquity SMM

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

This saves time, effort and money in the long run, but it’s a step too many companies skip over. Involvement: understand that everyone in your company has a stake in social media success and most of your employees are probably already members of at least one social network. Instead, they want to connect. Social Events (e.g.,

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 14, 2009

Are you a company or do you know a company that has immersed itself in the social media waters and succeeded? As small companies with limited budgets, nonprofits may feel that they are unable to dive into the wide world of social media. The big catch: Epic Change is not a large company at all. Why social media?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

OCTOBER 22, 2009

If you take a look at any one of their four accounts , you’ll notice one thing: they’re not using Twitter to converse but to broadcast. If it was a Comcast product, you’d get a near immediate response from Frank Eliason , the company’s Director of Digital Care. It can turn a prospective buyer into a customer.

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Hootsuite

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Share photos or videos from your latest BBQ, pumpkin patch day, or other community event. Community involvement. Show you care about your community by taking part in notable events, like heritage days or festivals, or raise money for charity. View this post on Instagram. Work alone? Partner spotlight. dbeshsells.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 19, 2010

3: Large Brands – Bigger brands have two things that smaller companies don’t: an already built community, and money. 4: Online Driven Companies – Social media can be used to drive traffic to online websites. Communities, social news sites, and online sharing can be leveraged to build a site following.

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ProBlogger

MAY 17, 2023

I spoke with one blogger recently (blogging in a business/technology field) who was able to charge himself out at $600 per hour to give advice to a large company. He offers consulting services to companies and individuals seeking to improve their digital marketing strategies and increase their online visibility.

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Keyhole.co

OCTOBER 19, 2023

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Many people stay to themselves, failing to participate in the community and to build rapport with others in the same field. Social Media is all about how effectively you build conversation and become part of an ongoing conversation. Tamar is also the author of The New Community Rules (July 2009). That is not realistic.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 25, 2010

Many companies partake in this “shiny toy syndrome&# and do it all without a plan or strategy in place. Just do it while giving back to the community as well. This may be nothing more than a refresher course in the Captain Obvious department but even the savviest of companies is still missing the boat. Engage in dialogue.

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Absolute PA

JANUARY 18, 2013

That way I’m never left wondering what to read next… Anything You Want by Derek Sivers was one of those recommendations courtesy of a conversation (a teleseminar to be exact) between Tara Gentile and Brigitte Lyons. Even if you want to be big someday, remember that you never need to act like a big boring company”.

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Josh S Peters

NOVEMBER 23, 2009

This is often used by established companies (like Chevy with their eco campaign, or the GAP ) to keep themselves fresh in peoples minds and assist with their ongoing bid to stay relevant in the current culture. Increase conversations about your brand, change the current online sentiment of your brand? What do you want to do?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 17, 2010

Every time I tell someone I’m a Community Manager , I get a varied response. &# That last one might be the most honest of the three, since asking a Community Manager whether they tweet for a living is like asking a construction worker if they cat-call for a living, or a doctor if he asks people to say “ah!&# for a living.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 4, 2010

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. Twitter, he says, “became my way of talking with a community of people.&# In fact, the Roger Smith Hotel did it quite successfully.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 28, 2010

There you have it: seven viral video characteristics that start the conversations and get the wheels turning. To be sure, though, solicit feedback from a group of trusted peers not directly involved in your company or marketing objectives before going ahead with publishing the video, since you need an unbiased opinion.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 21, 2009

Only when the landscaping company mowed down the guy’s vegetable garden and did not rectify the situation seven weeks later did the guy decide to make a public spectacle of the situation. Sure, there are probably a few things you can point out that should work in the company’s favor. How many people really want that?

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Jeff Esposito

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

Anyone who works in a social media role for a company would be lying if they said they didn’t keep tabs on their counterparts at other companies and what they are doing. My first insight into their work came reading an article on Fast Company on their work with Pinterest. It looks like your company has a lot of super fans.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 6, 2012

Huge thanks to data-driven social media management software company Argyle Social for their presenting sponsorship, as well as Infusionsoft , Janrain , and Jim Kukral at DigitalBookLaunch. Eric : Sounds delicious, that’s for sure. It’s a microbrew keg, so it’s probably going to take me at least a whole week.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

You have to create content, be part of many communities, and proceed incrementally. Your company needs to be part of that conversation. It’s about having a strategy for making your company or organization more like a person and less like a machine. That’s not a “wave the magic wand&# scenario.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Despite the title of the post, having worked as the social media manager for Fortune 500 companies, and a lot of knowledge here being totally personal, I do not think of myself as an expert. Made me laugh when I compared it back to Roberts comment about focus on communicating rather than tools. Shaw, 1856-1950 Jose G.

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Diva Marketing Blog

JUNE 2, 2009

2 sentences about your company – Funny not Slutty features comedy for women created by female producers, writers, humorists and comedians. My favorite social media tactic is contributing to the content and community in highly specialized LinkedIn groups to generate B2B leads. What does social media marketing mean to you? -

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 8, 2009

In the post, I shared my don’ts of social networks, and to that point, I added the following rule for LinkedIn: Gathering all the email addresses of users you are connected to — even locating email addresses of LinkedIn Group managers — and utilizing this mailing list to promote your own company or service off-site.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 19, 2008

Here are three cases that were blown way out of proportion but could have been handled a lot better if the companies thought of the consequences before acting. There’s a bottom line: it’s a lot harder to sweep your mistakes under the rug, especially as a company in a world of conversing markets.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 2, 2010

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 31, 2008

4 Jobs I’ve Had Right after college, I worked for a few months in tech support at a forex company in the Empire State Building. Building my first online community 4. 12484 SUBSCRIBERS FOLLOWERS Lijit Search Read more about The New Community Rules Get Techipedia on your iPhone or iPod touch! Hiring some help 3.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 18, 2008

Plurk introduced a comment system which helps create a conversational feel. So marking a conversation or message, to be found easily later, should be one of the first features implemented. Be the first to have all of these features , or just take over companies that already have them and make Plutter Kite. So there you go.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 15, 2010

They’re designed to be chatty – as if you were having a conversation with a friend. As my company builds out our first blog- there are great tips in here, thank you. In the long run, you can achieve phenomenal readership and conversion. Tamar is also the author of The New Community Rules (July 2009).

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 22, 2008

Then and Now In the good old days, say from the 1850s onwards, marketing was mostly a one way “communication&# : companies advertized their wares via local media like newspapers, magazines, and traveling salespeople. Companies have to engage with their buyers, especially the early adopters, and make sure they’re happy.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 3, 2010

If you’re not following the conversation regularly, your customers might just flock to your competitors instead. Then, when you’re joining a community for the first time, you’ll need to study the users and slowly build relationships with them. And you need to be consistently monitoring the space. Silence can hurt you.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

In fact, social media can be MORE transformative for a B2B company than a B2C company. Creating and calibrating a social media strategy for any company should follow the same process. Private brand communities vs. Facebook. Yes, social media applies to B2B. Linkedin Groups vs. Twitter. Podcasts vs. YouTube.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

NOVEMBER 26, 2007

Everything is multi: multi-screens, multi-channeled, multi-conversations, and multitasking. BTW – I’ve really been interacting with the Digg community more and more. It really is about being a part of the community. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised though, misery loves company right? It scares me.

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Later

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Take for example plant-based cafe Kokomo — not only does their image choice tell the story of just how delicious a vegetarian life could be, but they also reflect their brand colors in the Instagram Stories highlights, they’ve used a punchy Instagram bio and share their menu and location “above the fold”. . So, what does it take?

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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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Sprout Social

JUNE 30, 2021

Given the benefits that brand evangelism can bring to companies, working to inspire this loyalty is important for businesses to consider. Start by asking probing questions that help you learn more about your audience and keep the conversation going. Your goal is to create meaningful conversations. .

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 12, 2010

I needed to differentiate Digg from social media because they actually are part of a distinctive community (and as you know, I’m very passionate about Digg so it really did deserve its own category). Granted, some companies use MySpace quite efficiently , but I feel that it targets a different demographic.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 12, 2009

Using market intelligence, Royal Caribbean identified supporters of the cruise line via social networking sites and took the opportunity to give fifty of the most ardent supporters, called Royal Champions, special privileges, including free paid cruises and invitations to special events with company executives.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Compare that ratio to Facebook, where 88% have heard of it, and 41% have a profile (a conversion rate approaching 50%). 49% of monthly Twitter users follow brands or companies, compared to just 16% of social network users overall. Twitter Sucks at Converting Awareness to Usage Known by 87%, just 7% of Americans use Twitter.

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