Convince & Convert

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

entreprise 2.0. Web 2.0 @ Work. Enterprise 2.0. Collaboration Tools and Web 2.0. I Am Knowledge Worker 2.0. paperwork, reports thinking & reviews â?£ Slideshare.net (beta). My Slidespace. Most Viewed. |. Most Embedded. |. Featured. |. Most Favorited. |. Most Downloaded. |. Slidecasts.

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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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Laurel Papworth

APRIL 8, 2010

Contribute to the success of this growing company and work within a friendly and customer focused team. Monitor and report on website statistics. Tags: Australia Jobs Online Communities blogs social media social networks alltel. Career opportunity. Excellent Salary & Conditions. Full time position – BH: Monday to Friday.

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The Marketing Blog

JANUARY 5, 2009

Home About In the Media After Hiatus, Social Media Predictions & 2009 Indian startups need more Community Managers January 5, 2009.11:43 Update – One notable addition to the above list is my company’s spiritual guru – Sunil Malhotra ! I hope that this year brings great success and joy to all of us.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 25, 2010

Many companies partake in this “shiny toy syndrome&# and do it all without a plan or strategy in place. Just do it while giving back to the community as well. This may be nothing more than a refresher course in the Captain Obvious department but even the savviest of companies is still missing the boat. Engage in dialogue.

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Social Media Strategery

MAY 12, 2010

Image courtesy of Flickr user remography When I first started my foray into Social Media there were two kinds of people—those who proselytized Web 2.0 Turns out, Web 2.0 Facebook firewall gov20 government government 2.0 FASTForward FedScoop Governing People Government 2.0 For the mentees? For the mentors?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 22, 2010

It was recently reported that there are over 50 million updates posted to Twitter every day. 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. Tamar is also the author of The New Community Rules (July 2009).

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 31, 2009

This is a guest post from Shevonne Polastre, who wrote this article on behalf of TopHost.Gr , a Greek web host that offers shared hosting. 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.

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Social Media Strategery

DECEMBER 13, 2008

I encourage all of my fellows in government to find ways to meet their mission needs through community building and social media technologies. I encourage all of my fellows in government to find ways to meet their mission needs through community building and social media technologies. world that they have no knowledge of.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 20, 2012

Read on for insights from Eric Boss & DJ Waldow’s Social Media Stat of the Week ( This week : The Wall Street Journal reports more people are turning to YouTube as their news source). It’s the same company that did the net promoter scores that kind of come up with a social media score that’s kind of parallel to that.

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Laurel Papworth

MAY 14, 2010

And there are a lot of innovation crowdsourced communities online. By the way, only a totally evil company would ask the public for their ideas and then not even read them. The oil spill covers a surface area of at least 2,500 square miles (6,500 km 2 ) according to estimates reported on May 3, 2010 byReuters. from Wikipedia ].

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Social Media Strategery

MAY 6, 2010

&# Granted, the discussion doesn’t usually devolve to that level (but imagine how much more fun meetings would be if they did), but I’ve spoken to a number of people in the Gov 2.0 community who have experienced similar frustrations. Facebook firewall gov20 government government 2.0 Expo in Washington, DC.

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Social Media Strategery

AUGUST 26, 2010

Unfortunately, IT departments at large companies and government agencies are too often doing the equivalent of developing Android apps at work and using the iPhone at home. Common Ground – you become a member of the community instead of the guy behind the curtain making changes willy-nilly. Notice anything?

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

It is the younger generation that Tom mentions as possible change agents who use web 2.0 s companies can use technology to place users in control of information, and is home to ongoing discussion about the user revolution and Enterprise 2.0 EIU Report. Web Advertising. Web Services. More info here.

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Social Media Strategery

OCTOBER 6, 2008

Home About Me Speaking Legal-ese My Team Gov 2.0 Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 Government 2.0 Let me explain – as I mentioned in one my earlier posts , I’m currently a consultant within the Strategic Communications team at Booz Allen.

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Laurel Papworth

JANUARY 14, 2010

I reported them to the ACCC – remember “free&# mobile phone fiasco and resultant fines? Engage your customers directly via social media and mobile initiatives, and Web 2.0 companies use Facebook and 45% Twitter. Discover Australia note free internet access claim. – but I bet nothing will come of it.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

You have to create content, be part of many communities, and proceed incrementally. Especially in comparison to many other communication programs like traditional PR, TV advertising, outdoor advertising and others, social media actually offers pretty solid metrics. Your company needs to be part of that conversation.

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Proactive Report

DECEMBER 30, 2009

The notion of an advertiser or company producing some engaging content for the consumer in order to sell something is nothing new. But they do want to communicate with companies and brands so they can get information they want or need. The idea is to listen to online conversations and establish what interests your community.

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Proactive Report

DECEMBER 30, 2009

The notion of an advertiser or company producing some engaging content for the consumer in order to sell something is nothing new. But they do want to communicate with companies and brands so they can get information they want or need. The idea is to listen to online conversations and establish what interests your community.

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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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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. As a PI, I researched trademarks and products that may have had conflicting names with existing trademarks and I reported on the findings. Building my first online community 4. Hiring some help 3.

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Social Media Strategery

FEBRUARY 1, 2009

The executive has to realize that to effectively use social media, you can’t designate somebody or some group as “the Web 2.0 Imagine what their fears will be and address those, but most importantly show how the company’s (or in my case, the association’s) work can be enhanced by that new tool/platform/effort.

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Social Media Strategery

NOVEMBER 20, 2009

Some were in media relations classes where they were learning about the differences between pitching reporters and bloggers. But, for the most part, social media had yet to become a substantial part of their communications curriculum. Why, when asked if there were ads on Google, did one teenager at the Web 2.0

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Social Media Strategery

AUGUST 8, 2010

Not whether that’s the Chief Marketing Officer or the Director of Public Affairs or the Community Relations Lead, but actual names of people. It might be that new guy over in community relations, or maybe it’s your webmaster. Remember, social media is driven by the person, not the position. It might be Kim over in HR.

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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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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

The ability to write reports; 3. The ability to communicate well. So it seems communication skills are paramount. regarding us as "individuals with needs" while we function "inter-dependently within communities. Job Searching the Web 2.0 Services for Companies and Organizations. Culture of Learning.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 6, 2008

In the past few months, I’ve dealt with companies who are unfortunate victims of bad links in Google, but those links refer to incidents that are years old (and are even resolved). Public safety comes first but reputation management is something the company may want to engage in. Hope you get better.

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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 5, 2010

After all, Facebook could eat the web. 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. I know I would.)

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

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The Marketing Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

It was an interview that was supposed to be conducted by us, instead the tables turned as we’re bamboozled with all sorts of queries: “But You Don’t Even Have an Office”, “Oh, so you are just starting, but I want to join a big company”. Research: Open Research reports for Business Applications of Facebook/Twitter.

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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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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

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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The Marketing Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

It was an interview that was supposed to be conducted by us, instead the tables turned as we’re bamboozled with all sorts of queries: “But You Don’t Even Have an Office”, “Oh, so you are just starting, but I want to join a big company”. Research: Open Research reports for Business Applications of Facebook/Twitter.

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