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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Social Media Strategery

OCTOBER 19, 2008

Start by understanding what social media/new media/Web 2.0 Maybe it falls into the “integrate&# step, but I think it’s pretty critical to establish the reasons why you want the company to embark on specific social media paths (i.e. why a blog might be more effective than facebook for some companies).

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 1, 2008

Unfortunately for Digg, the savviest users of the bunch have also been the most vocal about Digg thus far (save for the few blogs that cover everything web 2.0 Some might be the “savviest&# users because they spend inordinate amounts of time and energy there. It’s their community of choice and that’s fine.

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Diva Marketing Blog

JUNE 22, 2009

Christine "CK" Kerley High-energy, high-impact marketing specialist Christina Kerley--known simply as "CK"--has been bolstering businesses, brands and causes for over 15 years. As a communicator with 20 years of experience, 10 of which online, she specializes in marketing communications, customer dialogue, and brand management.

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Conversation Marketing Health Care Web 2.0 40

Bare Feet Studios

OCTOBER 1, 2008

We will have three guest speakers from the mainland, sharing case studies from companies like Dell, Southwest Airlines, and Cisco who are using social communities online for internal and external customers. or the social web works, who want to effectively use the mostly free tools available today.

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Bare Feet Studios

AUGUST 20, 2008

If a company was successful at one podcamp, they will be very likely to want to sponsor the next event in the series. Post the plans as a web page (good for search results and readability) and also as a PDF for a nice, printable version for download. Web courtesy 101.) in their community. Conference.&# How cool is that?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

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. There’s no real community in Digg. Most other sites you belong to probably have a bigger sense of community.

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Social Media Strategery

APRIL 1, 2009

I saw very senior government employees chatting it up with very junior consultants, employees from two different companies sharing time on a panel session, and groups of consultant/government folks hashing out a solution to a problem one of them was having. Facebook firewall gov20 government government 2.0 Now, my criticisms: * Chaos.

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Bare Feet Studios

JANUARY 31, 2008

But application server preferences aside, the first thing any company should do is not skimp on their hosting provider. Shane Robinson February 1, 2008 at 6:23 am Techcrunch has more info here stating that Twitter may have moved as part of a yet-to-be-announced investment by NTT, the company that purchased Verio many years ago.

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Webbiquity SMM

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

This year, colleague Cheryl Burgess and I changed things up a bit, opening the award to nominations but focusing specifically on outstanding men and women who work for technology companies and are active on social media. As with this year, we will be asking our community to nominate their favorite leaders in this field. Meghan Biro.

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Twitter Bazaarvoice B2B Microsoft 257

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 26, 2009

The only investment in the act of marketing on the social web is time and energy. 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.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 18, 2009

Marketing type folk, especially those representing a company’s service or product offerings, turn to blogs and ask to be mentioned in the blog. Instead of emailing a blogger to include your company’s service in a specific blog post that has already been in the public arena for three years, comment on the post.

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Blogger Press Release Marketing Instant Messaging 132

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.

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Social Media Marketing Consultant Communities 163

Bare Feet Studios

MARCH 1, 2009

Why have secret judges when you can have the community on the internet get engaged, give you more page views, and do the judging for you? Another salient point to make about the influencers that you focused on, is that they also have jobs, income and the means to promote Hawaii tourism in their communities of more of the same.

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Tourism Campaign Sites Social Media 40

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. Social Media Marketing Tactics (SEOmoz): Jane Copand, the Web 2.0

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Marketing StumbleUpon SEO Reputation 144

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

With Twitter being so incredibly large and vast, there are different types of mini-communities. Better yet, having multiple employees at your company engage in Twitter can also help further your company goals. Then, focus your energy on the main account but don’t neglect the second account either. Transparency.

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Kikolani

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Her latest posts include Energy Boosters for a Gloomy Day , 6 Cures for Anxiety , and Talk About a Testimonial. Arie is a social media savvy web 2.0 Her latest posts include Why Companies Need to Free Their Case Studies , Traits of the Perfect Success Story Interviewee , and What’s Missing From This Ad. Deborah Ng.

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Blogger SEO Consultant WordPress 168

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 29, 2010

Reply Todd Mintz July 29, 2010 at 1:40 pm If I think the person is just after free information, I give off a “skunk smell&# sorta vibe…it usually scares them away : ) Though I’m a bit of a sucker for a free meal (if I like the company I’m with)… Reply Tamar Weinberg July 29, 2010 at 1:45 pm LOL, I do hear you.

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Products Consultant Price Social Media 267

Viper Chill

MAY 20, 2010

You can get engaged, married, have kids or any other “goal&# we attach on to having a relationship, but you’re just going to end up lying next to each other and enjoying each others company. Most of the people I spend my time with either own large companies or work for themselves from home. Reply Drew @ web 2.0

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Track things like audience/community sentiment (positive/negative) if you want to map effort to results. Use social networks respectfully to share the best of your content, in a community-appropriate setting. Remember that community and marketplace are two different things. Make it easy for your community to reach you.

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Social Media Brands Technorati RSS 280

Buzz Marketing for Technology

OCTOBER 7, 2008

Industry - Automotive - Defense/Aerospace - Energy/Utilities - Financial - Health Care - Retail - Transportation - Travel - Manufacturing. E-Business & Web 2.0. Hes great at hammering out details one on one with other intensely focused people, often the CEOs of the companies he contracts for. Small Enterprise.

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Koka Sexton

SEPTEMBER 29, 2008

Yes, this article is to stereotyping of the geek/nerd community, is politically incorrect about it, and written at the “fifth-grade-but-I-used-spellcheck&# level. But, and i can’t stress this enough, How many hunks that you’ve been with because of their looks would you honestly want to stay with as thrilling company?

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