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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

Done correctly, social media is about developing meaningful relationships with customers and prospective customers in their natural habitat. You have to create content, be part of many communities, and proceed incrementally. Many successful social media programs take months (or even more than a year) to really germinate.

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How I Network on Friendster, Facebook, MySpace, and LinkedIn Â?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Social media connections are those I know through a variety of online forums, the blogosphere, Twitter, and the like (but I generally don’t befriend someone immediately; I still give it time). Granted, some companies use MySpace quite efficiently , but I feel that it targets a different demographic.

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Best Internet Marketing Posts of 2009

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

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. Marketing on the Social Web: A Few Key Ingredients (Michael Fruchter): I love the graphic.

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Is Social Media Becoming Boring?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

However, to some, social media is a fleeting trend. That’s because social media marketing experts found success early on since social media relationship building was simply easier. Back then, companies who were engaged were genuinely involved because they wanted to build strong valuable relationships.

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The Audacity of Free: The Products and Services Edition

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

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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Social Media U: Take a Class in Social Media - ReadWriteWeb

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Lesson # 5 Use Social Networks. Be it MySpace or Facebook or whatever network works for your target demographic, companies and individuals interested in maintaining their personal brand need to establish and maintain a presence on social networks - especially if youre looking to connect with the younger crowd. social media.

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Why Nobody Should Buy Digg ?» Techipedia | Tamar Weinberg

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

One can only wonder if this is because Digg is more concerned with a proposed $300 million sale. In other words, they don’t give a damn about the community and they seemed to have moved on — perhaps completely. Quite frankly, I don’t think there’s really a good person running the company.

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