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Choice of Form: Two Legal Seminars As Social Media

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

The blogger (Professor Jutras) posts his ideas, occasionally throws in some editorial and takes some light, widget-fed microblogging (the current events some students share). What functionalities do you think WordPress, vBulletin, and other common platforms need to be able to better develop communities? I see this seminar as a blog.

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The Great Social Media Traffic Debate: Niche or General Networks?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

And if this post isn’t proof enough for you, check out Steven’s post relating to the quality of forum traffic , which often have even tighter knit communities than Sphinn. 12484 SUBSCRIBERS FOLLOWERS Lijit Search Read more about The New Community Rules Get Techipedia on your iPhone or iPod touch! Sphinn story sphunn.

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6 Things Parenthood Taught Me About Social Media Marketing

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Then, when you’re joining a community for the first time, you’ll need to study the users and slowly build relationships with them. But, like good Social Media community members, I’m thrilled to be able to help my parents out and give back as well! Tamar is also the author of The New Community Rules (July 2009).

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Twitter versus Plurk: Not Even in the Same League

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

After using both closely, the comparison to Twitter shouldn’t even be the case. The only similarity is a 140 character limit for posts — so Plurk is essentially a microblogging platform. When Twitter first came out, its earliest adopters weren’t entirely sure about the fate of the microblogging service either.

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Every Social Network is Different: Here's What You Need to Know

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

It’s just mixed with other stories, but in comparison to Twitter, it’s not as noisy. 12484 SUBSCRIBERS FOLLOWERS Lijit Search Read more about The New Community Rules Get Techipedia on your iPhone or iPod touch! Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca

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The Unfortunate Investment of Social Media (and its Consequences)

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

In comparison, here’s another anomaly (for its time). Google is undoubtedly huge and they could simply shrug their members off like Digg does to its much smaller userbase, but instead they engage the community and that’s why Google is such a positive brand. It’s their community of choice and that’s fine.

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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. She has some great comparisons. This post is really poetry, as are all his other writings and blog posts.

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