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MARCH 2, 2010

02 am Facebook vs Twitter (A Comparison) Jump to Comments With over 40,000 tweets per minute and new-user registration growth rate of 1500%, you would expect Twitter to give a close fight to the social networking giant Facebook. ‘Facebook’ being a closed platform the community considers it as a friend focussed channel.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 20, 2007

12484 SUBSCRIBERS FOLLOWERS Lijit Search Read more about The New Community Rules Get Techipedia on your iPhone or iPod touch! As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 12, 2010

The site does not resolve on smart-phone browsers, and if they sell products online, their e-commerce platform has no social functionality (no review functionality, no commenting functionality, etc). In general, there are no visible calls to action to engage with social channels and little if any interactive assets.

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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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Social Media Network Marketing

JUNE 12, 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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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 18, 2010

My uncle knows a young girl from his community, a recent college graduate, who is looking for a social media job. Here are five steps you can take: Review In a committed relationship, if there is any hint of disagreement in the social space, it’s time to sit down and look at one another’s social networks.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 22, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Internet , Marketing > How You Can Benefit from Real Time Search How You Can Benefit from Real Time Search by Tamar Weinberg on April 22, 2010 Share This is a guest post by Evan Britton, founder of Sency.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 2, 2008

What functionalities do you think WordPress, vBulletin, and other common platforms need to be able to better develop communities? Beyond the core of people who want to demonstrate their expertise in a niche by blogging, will blogging continue to grow, or will community-oriented sites become more popular? Again, super post!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 10, 2008

Founded by four ex-Googlers, FriendFeed allows you to subscribe to your friends’ updates across 35 social networks and to stay up to date with the content they’re discovering and sharing across the web. In social media spheres, it’s almost unavoidable to not engage online with content in some way.

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Social Media Network Marketing

AUGUST 19, 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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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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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 25, 2010

When I reviewed the poster’s account, I understood why. Just do it while giving back to the community as well. Have you read The New Community Rules ? I’m no geek but the whole social media phenomonen is fascinating and I’m looking forward to seeing where it all goes. Want to self promote?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

A few months ago, Brian Solis talked about an off-topic pitch about a social network for plants. Somehow, I think nature lovers would be more interested in socializing shrubbery.) In a nutshell (and one that is hard to summarize given the chunks of gold in his communications), an email was addressed to “Mr.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 18, 2008

Some UI genius has to come out with a program that integrates social network updates, chat, blogging, and micro-blogging into a small easy to use interface like Adium. All this communication and web socializing takes too much time (even if it is fun). A prominent micro-blog reviewer thinks so!)

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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

DECEMBER 9, 2007

12484 SUBSCRIBERS FOLLOWERS Lijit Search Read more about The New Community Rules Get Techipedia on your iPhone or iPod touch! As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca

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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. These badges generally serve one of two purposes (or both).

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Convince & Convert

JULY 5, 2010

Wonderful community-building strategy! Wonderful community-building strategy! Wonderful community-building strategy! Wonderful community-building strategy! Wonderful community-building strategy! Wonderful community-building strategy! Wonderful community-building strategy! Thomas for five days.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

February 11th, 2010 |Written By: Jay Baer | View Comments Tweet Guest post by Bob Dennis , freelance Web designer with experience in everything from audio production to social networking. Wil Stephens, CEO of Cube Interactive, shared in his review of Google’s Nexus One , “First up, I don’t really care much for apps. Also, $0.30

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

NOVEMBER 28, 2007

That story hit the front page of Reddit and on Digg , and 67 people voted on my comment : Props to Reddit for visibly interacting with the community it serves. It’s great to build a self-sustainable social network and then be able to sit back and relax while the users run the show. And Reddit doesn’t stop there.)

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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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Convince & Convert

JUNE 29, 2010

Shirky points out that consumer-powered review sites like Yelp are just as valid as a critique from a professional restaurant reviewer, although perhaps for different reasons based on the collective knowledge and biases of each source. More people making stuff (100 million bloggers can’t be wrong) 2. Thanks for sharing.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 21, 2009

Here’s some more food for thought: Every blog post or negative review costs you thousands of customers. We have embarassing pictures in Google Maps , videos about the death of an innocent man in the hands of a “competent&# cop , and even Yelp reviews that can damage your personal reputation , never mind your business.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 7, 2010

Also, the official Web site at www.deliveringhappinessbook.com will be morphing soon to an online community where readers and others can share their stories and work together to create and spread happiness in the workplace and beyond. See you there. Delivering Happiness Delivers Indeed – [link] [link] Adam Q. Enjoyable, inspiring read.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 2, 2010

I’ll be talking about brand community strategy and how to activate your audience. More from Convince and Convert You Are Pissed Off at the Wrong Guy Taking Consumer Reviews Viral with Facebook Are you spending enough on digital marketing? Im Jay Baer.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 10, 2010

Some even boast high rankings and good sized communities. It took me 6 months to acquire a good amount of traffic and cultivate a community on my blog and the same goes for any new blogger. Glen amazes me with his blogging and web design skill and also his ability to make money and still bind the community.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 22, 2008

If a product is bad, there will be enough people raising their concerns loudly enough that companies have no option but to react very quickly: a few bad reviews could kill a product launch. Anyone can post a review on Amazon saying this product is broken and negatively affect future sales. Why is this different than a few years ago?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 22, 2009

You might also want to see that they are future upstanding members of the community. Disclosure : I was introduced to Tweet Spinner by business colleagues, and I took the initiative to request a full featured account for the purposes of this review. Very nice overall review of the tool’s feature set. between 40 and 40000).

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

link] ethan Hi Jay, Thank you for the review. link] Andrea Pacheco How can social media kill email: @netpartner | [link] | #trends #tech #socialmedia (via @andreinfobase) [link] Social Media Review | Wizards of Alchemy [.] Find where your clients/contacts are in the social media realm. Im Jay Baer.

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

This, I'll try. [link] Bogdan Donisan New post: Patrick @ Pure Driven: Turn the Tables on Social Media with NutshellMail [link] ( [link] ) [link] nutshellmail @jaybaer Thanks for the great review of #NutshellMail! Stelzner This free tool may become your your new favorite social media companion (you really should check this out!)

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Social Media Strategery

DECEMBER 30, 2008

Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 Development Social Media My Social Media Resolutions for 2009 Wed, Dec 31, 2008 Social Media The Internet is filled with end of year reviews , highlight articles , and wrap-ups. Government 2.0

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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.

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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. Previously, content about Kodak products would have been created by the media. Photography magazines.

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Convince & Convert

JUNE 2, 2010

If you want to read reviews from everyone, great. While it's obviously not as public as a social network, it seems that the mindset is, “I trust their opinions, I'll ask them a question.&# link] bob nunn Diesel Jeans lets you a dressing room camera to see if your social network 'like' you in those pants.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2010

Social Media: Getting Started Why You Have to Engage in Social Media, Even if You Don’t Want to (A Smart Bear): Jason Cohen (@asmartbear) makes a compelling argument into why social media must be considered, even if you have no interest in it. The article has examples of how social media worked too.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 21, 2010

She spends her days thinking about social media, public relations and digital strategies for her agency’s consumer focused clients. The Lawyers Are Coming Social networks give people the ability to share incredible volumes of content. The FTC encourages social media policies be in place and reviewed.

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Social Media Strategery

OCTOBER 19, 2008

If you wait for review/approval of absolutely everyone, you’ll never get anything done. Network network network with other social media leaders via social networks (so you can get people all over the world) AND in real-life (which is why conferences are so awesome – good luck in Cali!).

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