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MARCH 4, 2010

Twitter, he says, “became my way of talking with a community of people.&# Brian explains that “conversations are happening and it is up to me to either be part of them or not.&# More importantly, they’ve created a go-to place or space for community. This isn’t by coincidence.&# izmantot soci?los « Tur?t

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FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Right now, you’ll find the likes of Tamar , Jonathan , Lisa and Rebecca in my feed reader, and consequently, in that box. He’s also a huge fan of Tamar and very thankful to have her offer him this opportunity. Made me laugh when I compared it back to Roberts comment about focus on communicating rather than tools.

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DECEMBER 2, 2008

Then the comments come in, and a conversation takes place. The admin (Professor Macdonald) / moderator (students teaching the class on a given day) create categories of conversation, which are analogous to deciding on forum names/topics and sticky threads. (In Tamar Weinberg December 2, 2008 at 2:50 pm Seriously?

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JUNE 3, 2010

If you’re not following the conversation regularly, your customers might just flock to your competitors instead. Then, when you’re joining a community for the first time, you’ll need to study the users and slowly build relationships with them. Reply Tamar Weinberg June 3, 2010 at 10:25 am Thanks Ronen.

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OCTOBER 22, 2009

If you take a look at any one of their four accounts , you’ll notice one thing: they’re not using Twitter to converse but to broadcast. Keep well, Tamar! Reply Tamar Weinberg October 22, 2009 at 11:10 am Yup Glen – some companies will be happy to broadcast. What about keeping their current customers happy?

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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. They’re designed to be chatty – as if you were having a conversation with a friend.

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AUGUST 14, 2009

Epic Change decided to dabble in social media, because as Stacey says, it was “a way to cultivate a community of support for Epic Change.&# More importantly, Epic Change has a mission to empower individuals to tell stories in order to acquire financial resources to make positive change in their communities. Why social media?

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DECEMBER 8, 2009

Of course, if you know them and can actually have lengthy conversations with the person day after day, that obviously means your relationship has made it to the next level.) Reply Tamar Weinberg December 8, 2009 at 10:51 am LinkedIn gives you email addresses; Twitter is different in the sense that the email addresses are not visible.

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MARCH 4, 2008

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Business , Websites > You Can Learn a Great Deal from a 17-Year-Old You Can Learn a Great Deal from a 17-Year-Old by Tamar Weinberg on March 12, 2007 Share I must have first heard of Quizlet through Lifehacker.

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MARCH 13, 2012

Millions of people and organizations are using Change.org’s online petition tools to change laws, influence corporate behavior, and make their communities healthier, safer, and more equitable. I can probably attribute at least 2,000 of the votes to Yahoo! because a Yahoo! The Situation. How to Fix the Situation.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Opinion , Social Media > Content Aggregators are Killing Content Creators Content Aggregators are Killing Content Creators by Tamar Weinberg on September 23, 2009 Share This is a guest post from Josh Schnell, founder of Macgasm.net and web developer.

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JULY 21, 2009

Reply Tamar Weinberg July 21, 2009 at 9:21 am In a way, Nick, they certainly could have. Companies are still challenged with whether they *should* get involved in the conversation. Amazing how you can sway opinions… Reply Barry Welford July 21, 2009 at 12:40 pm Great post, Tamar, that covers all the points. Kudos to you!

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DECEMBER 9, 2007

First, some educational takeaways: Social media is the “new&# medium for businesses to communicate with consumers in a way that is interesting to them. Every conversation shifted to Twitter, as folks recognized that they can brand themselves and their businesses through a Twitter identity. And where the hell were you?

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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. These are conversations, not broadcasts. Be responsive.

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APRIL 2, 2008

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Completely Random , Personal , Web Design > Techipedia Redesign is Finally Live Techipedia Redesign is Finally Live by Tamar Weinberg on April 2, 2008 Share After months (and I mean months) of planning, the blog redesign for techipedia is finally live.

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MARCH 31, 2008

Tagged as: 4x4 , 4x4 meme , meme , social media { 7 comments… read them below or add one } Chris Kieff March 31, 2008 at 8:59 am Tamar, Thanks for the link love and the response. Building my first online community 4. I tag Tamar to answer four more questions (different ones). The birth of my daughter (May 6th due date) 2.

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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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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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APRIL 10, 2008

It’s also a conversation medium. I’ll write a post about it Reply Tamar Weinberg April 10, 2008 at 8:39 am haha, thanks Engtech. Reply Wil Reynolds April 10, 2008 at 8:44 am Hey Tamar, thanks for sharing I have mine up now, works smooth and easy, only took 5 minutes. FriendFeed isn’t just an aggregator, though.

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AUGUST 27, 2008

by Tamar Weinberg on August 27, 2008 Share While I prepare to relocate (I’m moving next week!), Conversely, with a slightly more generic subject matter (and the occasional gag post), Online Marketing Banter seems to be a little more popular with Stumblers. Reply Tal August 27, 2008 at 12:18 pm Great post Tamar.

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MAY 19, 2008

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. 12484 SUBSCRIBERS FOLLOWERS Lijit Search Read more about The New Community Rules Get Techipedia on your iPhone or iPod touch! Answers Yahoo! © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg.

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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

As a top Digg submitter, it worked like this: at first, people noticed my heavy community involvement and my participation , and consequently, my submitted stories easily front-paged. The community had to react. Reply Tamar Weinberg May 9, 2008 at 8:43 am You can still do that with karma points and not rankings.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2008

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. I would ask some philosophical questions, however.

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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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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 The time has come for companies to be part of the conversation. tamar… better?

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MAY 5, 2010

Don’t shy away from giving your community the information needed to find you elsewhere both online and offline. This method is smart because it helps build interest on another platform and drives conversions directly on their home base. Give them a reason to want to communicate. After all, Facebook could eat the web.

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JANUARY 5, 2009

Rand Fishkin uses pretty pictures to explain the importance of social media marketing and how you can apply it to get better traffic, more conversions, brand awareness, and more. Social Media: Under the Microscope (SiteLogic): Matt Bailey compares the traffic spikes to conversions.

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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. Every year, I read hundreds (thousands?) It’s really not that hard!

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APRIL 14, 2010

by Tamar Weinberg on April 14, 2010 Share For most, social media is new and fun. Your best bet is to consider an integrated marketing plan that consists of social media and other marketing tactics, because the act of just being nice to people online won’t bring you conversions. Is Social Media Becoming Boring?

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JULY 1, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Blogging , Industry News > Analysis of Five Top Blogs and What You Can Learn from Them Analysis of Five Top Blogs and What You Can Learn from Them by Tamar Weinberg on July 1, 2010 Share Inspired by my recent post on How Young is Too Young? ,

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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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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. Others aren’t.

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JUNE 30, 2008

Plurk: Real Nested Conversations Brought to the Microblogging Platform A few days ago, I noticed via Twitter search tool Summize that Aaron Brazell had been talking about me on his Twitter stream. If you want to see two entirely different sides of Tamar Weinberg , go to Plurk now and compare it to my Twitter stream.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Bloggers like Valeria Maltoni of Conversation Agent , who don’t have a team of bloggers at arm’s length, offer content on a very regular basis (in Valeria’s case, 6 days a week). By putting effort into the writing process, you reap the benefits of a community that supports you because you lift them through your words.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2010

I consider my current @tamar network, though, either quite knowledgeable or clueless and inactive (as in the case of my family — I still love them but they’re not the target audience for my Twitter account , which is rather social-media focused). Enter a second Twitter account. Call them cliques if you will.

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APRIL 8, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Social Media > 7 Truths About Social Media Marketing 7 Truths About Social Media Marketing by Tamar Weinberg on April 8, 2010 Share Even though social media isn’t new to many of us, the world is waking up to this new shiny toy.

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