Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 14, 2009

Are you a company or do you know a company that has immersed itself in the social media waters and succeeded? But yet, despite perhaps not having substantial manpower or resources available, Epic Change has made waves of epic proportions in the social media charity world — at least from my perspective. Why social media?

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Mindjumpers

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

Even if your social marketing strategy is perfect, your employees are trained perfectly, everybody in the company is using social media as you hope and your social media policy is water-proof, you still will have to evolve, as will your employees. Keep providing guidance and resources to your employees.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 20, 2010

A while back, Todd Malicoat wrote about linkbaiting hooks …however, each and everything he says in his post can be mapped into the social media sphere. To increase the odds of meaningful conversational engagement, the initial dialogue should be ultra-resourceful…or humorous…or controversial…or valuable…or… How to do this successfully?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Many people stay to themselves, failing to participate in the community and to build rapport with others in the same field. Social Media Advertising Building your personal brand is about interacting with others and establishing your credentials. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us

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Jason Yormark

AUGUST 30, 2009

For those of you looking for the quick and dirty, Socialnomics reads quick, is filled with interesting real world stories, and is basically 265 pages of argument that social media is not only here, but ready to transform the way we live our lives and do business (his tagline actually). Thanks for stopping by, and sharing.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

This is no less true for the world of social networks. Networks like Digg, FriendFeed, and Facebook are seeing huge growths in value, but the little guys, the ones actually providing the meat and potatoes for those operations, rarely see a nickel. Let’s be honest for a second here. The major “Web 2.0″

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Social Media Network Marketing

MAY 31, 2010

Sections To Read Home Main Page Community - Social Media Network Online Who will benefit from this blog? Social Media Ne. About Me - Social Media Network Online Contact Me - Social Media Network Online Your Contribution To This Blog - Social Media Netw. Unported License.

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Josh S Peters

FEBRUARY 15, 2010

Using social media to enhance what you’re already doing and tap into your existing networks and communities has a lot of underlying power to it. Add your social info on there as well. It really is like having a built in fan base right when you start. Do you have a newsletter you’re running?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 25, 2010

With social media, an abundance of resources are at your fingertips. However, without a successful plan and any adequate preparation, your social media efforts will fail. Just do it while giving back to the community as well. Have you read The New Community Rules ? Want to self promote? Engage in dialogue.

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Social Media Network Marketing

AUGUST 14, 2010

Sections To Read Home Main Page Community - Social Media Network Online Who will benefit from this blog? Social Media Ne. About Me - Social Media Network Online Contact Me - Social Media Network Online Your Contribution To This Blog - Social Media Netw. Unported License. Awesome Post!

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Justin Levy

JULY 14, 2009

Your network of friends is likely interested in what you have to say, so you have influence wherever you’ve gathered a social network. These are social networks or applications specifically built with non-profits in mind.

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Social Media Strategery

APRIL 27, 2010

community’s zeal for all things social media and online, 1/3 of Americans still don’t have access to broadband Internet , and even among those who do, less than 50% prefer to contact their government via online means, instead preferring the telephone, in-person contact, or writing a letter (!!). community?

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Social Media Strategery

SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

Development Social Media An Awesome Interview with the Founder of GovLoop, Steve Ressler Mon, Sep 28, 2009 Government 2.0 community, this is a monster merger – one that brings together not only two of the most successful Gov 2.0 The short answer was that the community was unsustainable. Within the Gov 2.0 initiatives?

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 2, 2010

I’ll be talking about brand community strategy and how to activate your audience. Each of these strategies requires different tactics, resources and success metrics. If you’re looking to bring some clarity to your Facebook efforts, be sure not to miss this illuminating presentation from social media strategist Jay Baer.

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Social Media Strategery

AUGUST 9, 2009

Mon, Aug 10, 2009 Best Practices Well, it’s been an interesting couple of weeks in the world of social media and IT security. If it was up to them, we wouldn’t have access to anything outside the organizational firewall, lest we chance exposing our network to a virus. But at what cost? The Whole. : Heroes At the Gov 2.0

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 15, 2010

On my blog I talked about how time and money often elude us when those resources aren’t directly applied to our priorities. 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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Social Media Strategery

NOVEMBER 2, 2008

If your goal is to create a truly collaborative environment across your organization, remember that a community like Intellipedia just doesn’t grow overnight. Start small and start with something that’s familiar to your user community. DB Any statistics on adoption rates and times for internal social networking?

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 1, 2010

It’s a good mix of coach-speak, highlights, community service footage, and cheerleader features. What is surprising is the lack of utilizing each resource to its capacity. But I wasn’t the only person doing this, and by no means was I doing it any more than anybody else in the community. So, I peeked at YouTube.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 22, 2010

There seems to be a catch 22 going on in that if the CEO isn't sold on social media (as many aren't yet) then they won't approve the staff to spend the time learning about integration and measurement…which would give them the tools to prove its worth. You have to commit to social media for the long haul to see the benefits.

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Social Media Strategery

FEBRUARY 1, 2009

That it’s not just about the benefits of the tool, that it’s about the open, transparent, authentic communications and collaboration that these tools allow. They have to justify the time, money, and resources required to move a particular tool’s use from the micro to the macro level. The Whole. : Heroes At the Gov 2.0

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 10, 2010

Thanks for sharing such a superfantastic resource. Thanks for sharing such a superfantastic resource. Thanks for sharing such a superfantastic resource. link] Jon Buscall RT Check out @jaybaer's Staggering Social Media Insights – The Best of Twitter 20 eBook [link] (It's free!) Im Jay Baer.

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Social Media Strategery

MARCH 22, 2009

Combine this with the fact that research shows that a stable and supportive social network improves health outcomes for people with a wide range of conditions, from the common cold to cancer, and the potential for social media to fundamentally change how we view our healthcare, how we view our health , is phenomenal.

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Crowdsourcing Education Gov 2.0 Social Media 73

Convince & Convert

APRIL 15, 2010

Content without community, without approachability, without humanization and kinship is ineffective. I think your point about being involved in the community is the toughest for companies to put their arms around. I like the idea of building a community. Of course, content alone is not the answer. link] Matthew Ross YES!

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Social Media Strategery

AUGUST 8, 2010

We talk often about what department should lead social media, how to get leadership buy-in for social media, or what technology should be used, and while those are important discussions to have, you should be focused on identifying WHO should be leading the social media initiatives. Who leads the social media initiatives then?

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Social Media Strategery

OCTOBER 12, 2008

I’ve worked with clients from across the government who are all seeing social media succeed in helping organizations communicate, collaborate, and share information better than they ever have. Or, should it also be open to other agencies like the FAA or other members of the Intel Community? Where you draw the line?

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Social Media Strategery

OCTOBER 19, 2008

If you decide that you want to be the social media change agent within your organization and start blogging, creating and editing wikis, uploading videos to YouTube, etc., here’s my nine step playbook: Read Voraciously - You’re not a social media expert. JE Great point on the need to properly integrate social media, Steve.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2010

of articles on the topic of Internet Marketing, from SEO to social media to web usability and then some. And every year, I hand pick the best articles that I’ve read and compile them in a resource that I hope will last a long time. I try to keep this as exhaustive as possible, but even so, I don’t know every great resource.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 20, 2010

Lots of great resources out there – books, blogs and more. Some of my favs include: Books – Content Strategy for the Web (Halvorson), Letting Go of the Words (Redish) Networks – The Content Strategy LinkedIn group Blogs – Here's a great list from Catherine Ventura (@catherinventura): [link]. Im Jay Baer.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

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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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

In addition to improving the richness of the data, the next thing we're spending a good deal of time and resources on is answering the 'then what' question that arises after you import a bunch of email addresses. Here's why: [link] blog comments powered by Disqus Subscribe to Convince & Convert Jay Baer Greetings.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 5, 2010

Don’t shy away from giving your community the information needed to find you elsewhere both online and offline. Let it be posted on every social platform of choice and then watch as it seeds through other communities (which is likely to happen and shows that your marketing is viral). What if you want to offer 10% off?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 8, 2008

Reem Abeidoh , Social Media Strategist : A social media marketer provides strategic online recommendations based on the client’s business goals and intensive research. Rebecca Kelley , Search Marketing and Social Media Consultant : A social media marketer needs to be an active participant in the social media sphere.

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Josh S Peters

JANUARY 25, 2009

Social Networks Active Rain – A social network for real estate professionals to gather and tell their war stories, start conversations, get advice, and connect with each other. RealTown – Network with agents, buyers, sellers, investors, etc. Think about buildings.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 23, 2010

Also, don’t be afraid to link to other posts or resources from within your posts. If you have complementary resources like an Ebook, email newsletter, events or otherwise, make sure those are easy for first-time visitors to find as well. And many of us in the social media space are guilty of that particular sin.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 10, 2010

Cheers, Sheldon, community manager for Sysomos [link] 40deuce I agree that influence mining will definitely be a huge thing in the next year or so. The reality is that a lot of companies either don't see things that way or just don't have the resources. It will be interesting to watch. It will be interesting to watch.

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Convince & Convert

MAY 27, 2010

DJ Waldow Director of Community, Blue Sky Factory @djwaldow [link] Doug Braun The More Things Change, The More Things Change (Jay Baer updates us on Swix, Flowtown, BulbStorm): [link] [link] ckdarby All I could keep thinking was the person on the youtube video sounded like an ultra nerd, sorry =(. ^J Need to … noodle on it a bit.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

If you’re trying to retain customers, your social program is more about listening, problem resolution, and turning customers into advocates. Brand communities, contests, most social listening, and non-promotional tweeting fits into this category. Im Jay Baer.

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