Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 19, 2009

When email is unavailable, there’s almost always SMS. Smaller companies could succeed with this method by marketing — verbally or through their website — to groups of devout followers and keeping their Twitter streams current (offering a daily deal or frequent deals that encourage customers to seek out discounts and sales).

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 18, 2008

Brightkite: Email and SMS – mobile web is definitely the wave of the future. Be the first to have all of these features , or just take over companies that already have them and make Plutter Kite. The main thing that seems missing from Plurk is the community and visibility a lot of other sites have attracted. BRAVO, PLURK!

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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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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Be sure to turn off SMS alerts if you use these feeds since they will pile up.). Companies spend tens of millions of dollars on IT infrastructures, communications technologies and intranet platforms, yet ask employees what tools they would prefer to use at work and what will they tell you? Its easy to bookmark items in Gmail.

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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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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

49% of monthly Twitter users follow brands or companies, compared to just 16% of social network users overall. Brand Interaction is a Major Part of Life on Twitter In addition to following brands, Twitter users research and engage with companies. Also, 73% of Twitter users send SMS text messages multiple times per day.

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Hootsuite

APRIL 19, 2023

Unlike SMS and text messages, you are connected via the internet, not through phone reception. As long as you’ve got delicious WiFi or 3G access on tap, you can message to your heart’s desire. The company has tried to launch the platform outside of China but hasn’t got much traction. Many include video chat.

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