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JANUARY 28, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Viral Marketing > 7 Traits of Highly Effective Viral Videos 7 Traits of Highly Effective Viral Videos by Tamar Weinberg on January 28, 2010 Share In the past few years, video has come a long way. It shows the power of mashup.

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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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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. My son just turned one (time flies, doesn’t it?)

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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. Right now, you’ll find the likes of Tamar , Jonathan , Lisa and Rebecca in my feed reader, and consequently, in that box.

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JULY 15, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Blogging , Marketing > 7 Deadly Blog Writing Sins 7 Deadly Blog Writing Sins by Tamar Weinberg on July 15, 2010 Share This is a guest post by Frank Lee. They’re designed to be chatty – as if you were having a conversation with a friend.

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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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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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MAY 28, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Blogging , Business , Marketing , Social Media > Social Media Strategy from A to Z Social Media Strategy from A to Z by Tamar Weinberg on May 28, 2010 Share Social media might be old. These are conversations, not broadcasts. Be responsive.

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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. Tagged as: 4x4 , 4x4 meme , meme , social media { 7 comments… read them below or add one } Chris Kieff March 31, 2008 at 8:59 am Tamar, Thanks for the link love and the response. John Prine 2.

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JANUARY 12, 2010

by Tamar Weinberg on December 19, 2007 Share How do you leverage different social networks? 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). I couldn’t help it. (By

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MARCH 12, 2009

Exploring the Royal Caribbean Promotional Marketing Strategy by Tamar Weinberg on March 12, 2009 Share My husband Brian , who knows firsthand how much I eat, drink, and sleep social media, pointed me to an interesting critique by ExpertCruiser on a 2007 social media marketing campaign by Royal Caribbean. You need to live up to the brand.

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JUNE 18, 2008

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Blogging , Social Media > Plutter Kite: The Ultimate Micro-Blogging Service Plutter Kite: The Ultimate Micro-Blogging Service by Tamar Weinberg on June 18, 2008 Share This is a guest post from Samir Balwani of Internet Marketing blog Left the Box.com.

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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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MAY 9, 2008

As a top Digg submitter, it worked like this: at first, people noticed my heavy community involvement and my participation , and consequently, my submitted stories easily front-paged. The community had to react. Reply Tamar Weinberg May 9, 2008 at 8:43 am You can still do that with karma points and not rankings.

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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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FEBRUARY 22, 2008

by Tamar Weinberg on February 22, 2008 Share This is a guest post from Pierre Far, who recently launched a very cool program called Social Alerter which notifies you as soon as your website has a solid chance of hitting the Digg or del.icio.us Why do consumers now have great and collective power to, well, dictate what companies do?

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FEBRUARY 1, 2008

Google is undoubtedly huge and they could simply shrug their members off like Digg does to its much smaller userbase, but instead they engage the community and that’s why Google is such a positive brand. Spam engineer guy Matt Cutts has his own blog where he talks about his personal life and all things Google.

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MAY 5, 2010

In fact, you’re likely spotting the shift; instead of companies posting their URLs on television commercials, they’re asking their followers to join them on Facebook. If you are officially representing your company, you’d want to create an Official Page. Give them a reason to want to communicate.

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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.

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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. And like last year, I have a gift for you. Every year, I read hundreds (thousands?) It’s really not that hard!

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APRIL 14, 2010

by Tamar Weinberg on April 14, 2010 Share For most, social media is new and fun. Back then, companies who were engaged were genuinely involved because they wanted to build strong valuable relationships. Is Social Media Becoming Boring? For others, though, social media is old and is falling out of favor.

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JULY 29, 2010

I know everyone does it a bit differently… Reply Tamar Weinberg July 29, 2010 at 9:16 am And another amen! Reply Tamar Weinberg July 29, 2010 at 10:58 am Yeah. Reply Graeme Thickins July 29, 2010 at 12:24 pm Hi, Tamar — I feel really guilty now. It is an interesting paradox now in the biz world.

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JULY 8, 2008

by Tamar Weinberg on July 8, 2008 Share With many individuals finding great success with social media (and as an aside, a basic understanding of search engine optimization ), they immediately consider themselves social media marketers and consultants (as well as seasoned SEOs) and offer to sell their promotional services.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Bloggers like Valeria Maltoni of Conversation Agent , who don’t have a team of bloggers at arm’s length, offer content on a very regular basis (in Valeria’s case, 6 days a week). By putting effort into the writing process, you reap the benefits of a community that supports you because you lift them through your words.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2010

I consider my current @tamar network, though, either quite knowledgeable or clueless and inactive (as in the case of my family — I still love them but they’re not the target audience for my Twitter account , which is rather social-media focused). Enter a second Twitter account. Call them cliques if you will.

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APRIL 8, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Social Media > 7 Truths About Social Media Marketing 7 Truths About Social Media Marketing by Tamar Weinberg on April 8, 2010 Share Even though social media isn’t new to many of us, the world is waking up to this new shiny toy.

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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. We’d exchange greetings when we passed in the dormitory hallways. .

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AUGUST 26, 2009

Brand evangelism is a word of mouth marketing tactic in which the ardent supporters of your service or product feel so passionately about your offerings that they act as unofficial spokespeople on your company’s behalf. This is especially true as the FTC plans to police sponsored conversations.

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JANUARY 10, 2009

Development Social Media Why Social Media is Scary Sun, Jan 11, 2009 Best Of , Social Media As one of my company’s social media leads, I’ve had the opportunity to speak with a wide range of people about social media. Many companies still ban access to Facebook or LinkedIn on company time. Government 2.0

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FEBRUARY 10, 2010

As someone who does public relations for companies, I’m sure you carefully pick your bloggers for the pitch. Keep the good stuff comin’, Tamar. Reply Todd Defren February 10, 2010 at 10:18 am Great stuff, Tamar. Reply Tamar Weinberg February 10, 2010 at 10:48 am Susan, absolutely! We both have difficult jobs.

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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. His book has been the topic of conversation just about everywhere , and for good reason. You market, by not marketing.

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DECEMBER 1, 2009

thanks, tamar. Reply Jesse Stay December 1, 2009 at 2:15 pm Thanks for the opportunity to share, Tamar. I have a couple set up for books that I work for the publishing company. He’s volunteered to give away a copy of his recent book, FBML Essentials , to two readers. t vài cách ?? ng Fans th?c Looking forward win!

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JUNE 16, 2010

It helps build loyalty, generate conversations, and it also gets you more followers if you do it right. Do your updates request for conversations? If you don’t have alerts set up to notify you of conversations involving your brand, do it now. Social Media marketing is about building relationships and conversations.

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MARCH 10, 2008

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Interviews , Social Media , Websites > SXSW: Mark Zuckerberg Keynote (the edited liveblogged version) SXSW: Mark Zuckerberg Keynote (the edited liveblogged version) by Tamar Weinberg on March 10, 2008 Share Greetings all from SXSW! As a company?

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JANUARY 14, 2009

4 Reasons Many Big Brands Downplay SEO : Why aren’t all Fortune 500 companies engaging in SEO? Jill Whalen has been active on forums and online communities for 10 years now. How Does a Company Dip its Toes in the Conversation? : If you’re new to social media, how do you engage as a company?

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MARCH 23, 2010

Then yesterday, I came across this post by Rick Alcantara, “ Who Should Control Social Media Within a Company? ,&# and I couldn’t help thinking that we’re asking the wrong question. Thanks so much for your thoughtful contribution to the conversation. Thanks so much for your thoughtful contribution to the conversation.

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MARCH 24, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Blogging , Marketing , Opinion , Social Media > How to Get an Influencer’s Attention How to Get an Influencer’s Attention by Tamar Weinberg on March 24, 2010 Share Influence is everywhere, but it’s up to you to spot it.

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