The Marketing Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2010

45 pm Facebook will surge ahead in India Jump to Comments I was just reading an interesting news-story, published in today’s edition of Economic times. Home About In the Media Preventing Social Media Spam Moving One Step Closer to Dream February 6, 2010.4:45 It compares Facebook & Orkut in India.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 27, 2013

This week on ProBlogger we’ve been looking at the topic of building community on a blog. We started by identifying 9 benefits and 3 costs of community on a blog and then looked at 5 stages of building community on a blog. Today I want to dig deeper into some specific things to DO to build community on your blog.

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Twist Image

JULY 8, 2011

"This is both a statement on the changes of publishing, and a rant. But not so in the US: American publishers didn't want to release it, largely because the American public likes to believe in things that aren't real. Some publishers even recommended he re-write it to suggest that ghosts were real and psychic powers existed.

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Bill Hartzer

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

The company’s turnkey payment platform gives consumers the opportunity to earn virtual currency for free by taking part in targeted advertising offers, shopping at big-brand retailers, completing online surveys, watching videos or otherwise engaging with brands. The company is headquartered in Fremont, California. Shaw Ventures.

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Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 12, 2011

Optimize company news for SEO benefit? So, if you’re stumped for an opening line the next time you’re drafting a press release, try something like “XYZ Company, the leading innovator of unique, customer-centric solutions, today announced an outside the box product which supports peak performance.&# Share this on Mixx.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

DECEMBER 15, 2009

BtoB Marketers should try it out for recruiting or even brand advertising – also don’t forget my book Facebook Marketing for Dummies comes with a credit for $50 Free Facebook ads (thanks to the good folks at Facebook and Wiley for agreeing to publish the book with that credit in it). Share it on StumbleUpon. Mark it down people.

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The Marketing Blog

AUGUST 3, 2010

With this comes the opportunity; a chance for your company to engage with your prospects, identify and connect with people who would be interested in your product’s next offering. On the other hand, if your prospects aren’t thriving on these communities building a dead brand-page isn’t perhaps worth the effort. its nice information.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 9, 2011

You want these to be search terms for which you want to be found, not your name or company name. Build a company profile, as well as individual profiles for key employees and founders. Digg is great for traffic generation, and while not the powerhouse it once was, is still a large community. Stumbleupon. LinkedIn.com.

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Webbiquity SMM

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Chemicals. • Kristina Bobrowski – Social Media Manager, Dow Corning. • Alison Buckley – Social Media Manager, Dow Corning.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

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. Digg is the social media network of tech geeks, and the Digg statistics should not be too surprising: 39% of Diggers publish their own blog.

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Bill Hartzer

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

If you are in charge of a B2B (business to business) corporate web site, you might have wrestled with the decision of whether or not your company should create a blog. In reality, you can learn a lot about promoting your company’s products and services on the web by “doing what the bloggers do.&#. Embrace Online Networking.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 12, 2010

Reply Lauren Kates May 12, 2010 at 1:50 pm OH MY GOD I have come across this EXACT situation with my company and was looking for an article just like this. Some companies are doing a good job but there seems to be a huge disconnect when it comes to some of the really big players, too. It’s much appreciated.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 28, 2010

Fede Alvarez published a small film to YouTube a few weeks ago, and it landed him a $30 million movie deal. To be sure, though, solicit feedback from a group of trusted peers not directly involved in your company or marketing objectives before going ahead with publishing the video, since you need an unbiased opinion.

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Bill Hartzer

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

In addition, the Community Oversight Committee has elected several new board members including Steve Burge, Javier Gomez, Marko Milenovic, Jacques Rentzke, Robert Deutz and Akarawuth Tamrareang. In 2010 we look forward to helping the community tackle some major agenda items, such as a new release of Joomla! Share it on StumbleUpon.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 21, 2009

Social media, quite simply, relates to the usage of content created by easily accessible publishing technologies (social media sites such as Facebook or Twitter, photo publishing sites such as Flickr, video sites like YouTube and Vimeo) that is generated by the hundreds of millions of consumers utilizing these technologies.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Brian Solis and Deirdre Breakenridge just published an excellent book, Putting the Public Back in Public Relations. 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.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 22, 2010

If you work for a company that just had a Super Bowl ad, a real time search will give you a window into how people interpreted the advertisement. 12484 SUBSCRIBERS FOLLOWERS Lijit Search Read more about The New Community Rules Get Techipedia on your iPhone or iPod touch! Tamar is also the author of The New Community Rules (July 2009).

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

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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Saying It Social

JUNE 22, 2010

Let’s take a look at how two franchise companies that work with children, Sylvan Learning Center and Computer Explorers , could use Foursquare to help get children more excited and interested in their services. And 85 percent believe a company should not only be present, but also interact with its customers via social media.&#

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

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. Answers Yahoo!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

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. I dabble in social media sites, particularly Twitter, Facebook, and StumbleUpon. Building my first online community 4. Tamar is also the author of The New Community Rules (July 2009).

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The Marketing Blog

JULY 28, 2007

29 year old Matthias, Jimdo’s co-founders talks about its philosophy : When we were looking for a name of our company it was really important to us that all domains were still available, that the name would work internationally, that it’s short easy to remember, that the name would work internationally. Way to go Jimdo.

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The Marketing Blog

AUGUST 9, 2007

Also you might want to add the vast variety of restaurants and eating places which is definitely missing in the newsletter which have been published. User generated content creates an ecosystem of contribution, policing and administration, and community around it. The content in such guides is dead, it is too static. philosophy&#.

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The Marketing Blog

AUGUST 4, 2008

My company is following the open-culture of communication. Strategist , Wiki 5 Comments Keith October 11, 2008 at 8:53 pm Daksh, Sorry for the late reply (: I don’t like Twitter because I am not an ego-centric individual nor someone who likes to publish my life’s ongoing constantly. Why should I do it?

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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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The Marketing Blog

JUNE 2, 2008

Subscribe to Blog Updates Feedburners Stats Email Subscription My Company About Hi, I am Daksh author of themarketingblog & co-founder of Iffort, a web-strategy & digital marketing consulting firm. Inactives: (???????) - Do not participate or observe. For more insight on Social Technographics, go and grab your copy of groundswell now.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 15, 2010

As my company builds out our first blog- there are great tips in here, thank you. concept I find so easy to forget to test for when I get enthusiastic to publish each week. My test on that is to re-read it back later or even the next day before I publish. Tamar is also the author of The New Community Rules (July 2009).

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 12, 2009

Using market intelligence, Royal Caribbean identified supporters of the cruise line via social networking sites and took the opportunity to give fifty of the most ardent supporters, called Royal Champions, special privileges, including free paid cruises and invitations to special events with company executives.

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The Marketing Blog

NOVEMBER 25, 2007

Really great to see an Indian company using my favorite platform As far as the blog is concerned I’d personally love to see more stories behind the development of these two fantastic products ‘Bikers’ and ‘NEONDISC’ The Flickr stream has the entire collection of Eyegear and Watches. traits in media.fastrack.in

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The Way of the Web

AUGUST 30, 2012

Other alternatives include the awesome Flickr page for ‘ Interestingness in the last 7 days ‘, or Stumbleupon. How can you not only publish online but effectively marketing that across a myriad of social networks and communities, knowing which ones are relevant?

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Myrland Marketing

OCTOBER 6, 2010

A digital analyst, sociologist, and futurist, Brian has influenced the effects of emerging media on the convergence of marketing, communications and publishing. 5) &# The ave user is connected to over 80 community pages, groups or events [on Facebook].&# Share it on StumbleUpon Share this on Technorati Tweet This!

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The Marketing Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2007

Reply Coder10 October 22, 2009 at 4:08 pm Actually, Google could just buy a few large publishing houses around the world. Subscribe to Blog Updates Feedburners Stats Email Subscription My Company About Hi, I am Daksh author of themarketingblog & co-founder of Iffort, a web-strategy & digital marketing consulting firm.

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ProBlogger

OCTOBER 31, 2013

Share your content with a new community. The plug-in can publish nicely formatted messages to your Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Blogger, LiveJournal, Delicious, Diigo, Stumbleupon, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Plurk, VKontakte, WordPress, and Tumblr accounts. Google “Group Pinterest Boards” or go to [link]. Alternatives.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Another person I talked to was a one-person shop who is responsible for building elearning courses for a company that serves a number of organizations in developing nations. And in his case, there would literally be thousands of people in other countries who would not have access to the valuable information to help improve their communities.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

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. Samir Balwani): Samir talks about the pros and cons of Tweeting by company representatives, from the CEO to a brand.

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Myrland Marketing

APRIL 6, 2010

Share it on StumbleUpon Share this on Technorati Tweet This! These are all just different communities and different tools, so you need to make sure you find the right tool for the job. My forthcoming book, social.lawyer, will be published by West Publishing in mid-summer 2010 and I will go into this strategy with more detail.

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Hootsuite

AUGUST 17, 2022

Use the tool correctly, and you’ll be able to expand your community with ease. In addition to curating top trending stories, Digg also allows users to publish their own articles on the platform. The company allows users to create “journals” where they bookmark articles across various topics, which are then aggregated across blogs.

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