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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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JANUARY 19, 2010

by Tamar Weinberg on January 19, 2010 Share This is a guest post by Samir Balwani , the founder of Training Social , a resource for those interested in social media training. Techipedia readers can use code Tamar for a 15% limited time discount when registering. They also often require large investments to create an initial community.

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OCTOBER 7, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Internet , Marketing > 11 Common Mistakes That People Make With Their Personal Brands 11 Common Mistakes That People Make With Their Personal Brands by Tamar Weinberg on October 7, 2010 Share This is a guest post from James Adams. Any advice?

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JUNE 3, 2010

Then, when you’re joining a community for the first time, you’ll need to study the users and slowly build relationships with them. Many companies that have not embraced social media marketing often do so because of the fear of an uncontrolled message. My son just turned one (time flies, doesn’t it?)

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OCTOBER 22, 2009

If it was a Comcast product, you’d get a near immediate response from Frank Eliason , the company’s Director of Digital Care. It makes me wonder if I’m sending my requests to a wall (or for your tech geeks, /dev/null) or if people really work for Apple (outside their marketing and engineering departments).

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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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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. Maybe you’ve set up a blog to run AdSense and earn money from the search engines.

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MAY 12, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Social Media > Why You Should Fix Your House Before Inviting People Over Why You Should Fix Your House Before Inviting People Over by Tamar Weinberg on May 12, 2010 Share This is a guest post by Hugo Guzman.

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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 18, 2010

My uncle knows a young girl from his community, a recent college graduate, who is looking for a social media job. Thanks a lot for the great post, -Onibalusi Reply Tamar Weinberg August 19, 2010 at 9:13 am Thanks Oni Indeed it is. Reply Tamar Weinberg August 18, 2010 at 2:22 pm Seriously. p.s. you’re right.

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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 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 31, 2009

Crowdsourcing has become more and more popular with private companies, non-profit organizations, and even government agencies. GetSatisfaction provides a way for companies to do that. Jon [link] Reply Tamar Weinberg January 12, 2010 at 10:53 am Jean-Hughes, I definitely need to try CoTweet. Answers Yahoo!

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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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SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

With others who address me as Jennifer or Dakash, I wonder if these individuals representing both small and large companies really realize that their lack of research reflects poorly on their clients. Some have gone as far as outing the companies who have trodden down this path. I’m sure you can relate. Let’s do it!

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MAY 15, 2012

The way content is shared today changes online marketing, putting content to the forefront of what users, companies, brands and products are about. Prior to the latest Google updates, links were closely related to high rankings and more pronounced visibility in search engine results pages (SERPs). This is a guest post by Joel Harrison.

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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. Give to your community. Join the Community.

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MAY 13, 2008

Such was the case for this Digg story , which compared multiple web hosting companies and watched as these hosts handled the traffic spikes that resulted from the Digg effect. A few weeks later, a surprising blog post was published that outed the marketing firm and hosting company that sponsored the particular study.

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AUGUST 2, 2011

It gives you a good sense of how far your message traveled on Twitter — I get that this isn’t always the best metric, but if you have breaking news, it’s nice to be able to equate how far and fast news traveled on Twitter in a way that most executives recognize: number of tweets, top twitterers and impressions!

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MARCH 31, 2008

I went to the West Coast for the first time to attend search engine conferences, with trips to Seattle, San Jose (twice!), 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. I consume my news via Bloglines. Building my first online community 4.

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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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MAY 9, 2008

In the past few weeks, however, even Digg’s other top users are seeing that Digg is becoming more difficult of a social news site to enjoy, and after stepping away from Digg for awhile, I have some thoughts and reflections on how it was and possibly how it should be. The community had to react.

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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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FEBRUARY 1, 2008

This is not a regular practice on the social news giant, and unfortunately, that is probably the biggest thing causing its downfall. Spam engineer guy Matt Cutts has his own blog where he talks about his personal life and all things Google. It’s hard to say if that will happen again.

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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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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 6, 2008

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Personal > Zicam and the Reputation Management Fiasco Zicam and the Reputation Management Fiasco by Tamar Weinberg on February 6, 2008 Share Awhile ago, I used Twitter to talk about one of my favorite cold remedy vitamins, Airborne.

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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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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

83 Social News Sites – Categorized by Niche (Square Oak): Brendan Picha lists another handful of social media sites in case you’ve lost your taste for the mainstream sites. To Shout or Not to Shout: The Digg Dilemma (Brent Csutoras): Brent asked many top Digg users what their thoughts were on using Digg’s new shout feature.

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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. This post is really poetry, as are all his other writings and blog posts.

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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. Just like “social media experts&# want more freebies, so too, consumers expect more of the companies using this space.

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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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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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FEBRUARY 23, 2010

By putting effort into the writing process, you reap the benefits of a community that supports you because you lift them through your words. There are so many blogs out there that regurgitate news, causing clutter in the blogosphere. Search Engine Roundtable is an excellent example of a successful unique blog in a saturated market.

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MARCH 10, 2010

Anyone who knows a good search engine optimization expert knows that keyword stuffing is not an approved tactic. “I am a relatively new internet marketer trying to break into the industry,&# he wrote. “What are good companies to target? What was she doing? Her answer surprised me. Should I learn a specific skillset?&#

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