Adam Cohen

JULY 12, 2010

But those same companies need to leverage, not ignore, that insight available when fusing social media into the marketing mix they already have. Brian Solis has a terrific series starting this week on the changing marketing, advertising and communications, where he adds a 5th P: People.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 15, 2009

The New Community Rules talks about the important role social media has begun playing in our lives. That’s why social media is important. Great content, #2, works across the board for social media. Fortunately, we have social media communities to inspire us. The best part?

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Mindjumpers

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Boye web-conference in Aarhus Denmark in search of interesting social media case studies. Whereas the first demonstrated how a small cupcake business has embraced social media in terms of marketing, this post will concentrate on how a major charity organisation uses the various platforms to raise funds.

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Webbiquity SMM

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

With Social Media Marketing: Strategies for Engaging in Facebook, Twitter & Other Social Media , the inimitable Liana “Li&# Evans has provided the definitive handbook for social media marketers.

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SocialFish

MARCH 30, 2011

This post is part of our regular series of Open Community case studies, in which intrepid association blogger and freelance writer Deirdre Reid will be digging into associations (and other kinds of organizations when relevant) who are living and breathing their open communities in the ways we describe in the book. Return on Attitude.

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Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 24, 2015

How can you track your social media efforts to ensure that your strategy is up to par? This week’s roundup introduces you to some best practices for social media metrics. 5 Social Media Metrics You Can Stop Tracking Yesterday. From likes to leads: The new metrics for B2B social selling.

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Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 12, 2014

Image: Retis via Flickr, CC 2.0. For marketers, memes may have come to represent something very different: an “in” with the “Internet culture” crowd. Memes are also perfect for use on social sites. Marketers hear all the time about how they should double-down on their creation of visual content. Why Does It Work?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 3, 2010

and after being a full time mom and performing various social media marketing tasks throughout, I’ve learned that there are many parallels that can be taken from parenthood that also apply to social media marketing. That’s not really convincing social proof. Silence can hurt you.

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SocMed Sean

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

There are a lot of ways to engage in social media, some of them effective…some of them not. If your organization is considering getting active in social or if you’re analyzing your current efforts, take a look at the following list and make sure you’re not undermining the success of your activities.

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Social Media Marketing

MAY 8, 2013

Each week, I compose a newsletter that includes a series of links about current events and trends in the worlds of technology, social media, mobile, communications and marketing in order to keep our wider team up to date on changes, newsworthy items and content that might be useful in their jobs. These are those links.

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SocialFish

MARCH 30, 2011

This post is part of our regular series of Open Community case studies, in which intrepid association blogger and freelance writer Deirdre Reid will be digging into associations (and other kinds of organizations when relevant) who are living and breathing their open communities in the ways we describe in the book. Return on Attitude.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 18, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Social Media > 10 Reasons Why Your Business Needs a Killer Social Media Strategy 10 Reasons Why Your Business Needs a Killer Social Media Strategy by Tamar Weinberg on May 18, 2010 Share This is a guest post by Beth Hrusch.

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Harp Interactive

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Geotagging and local search optimization are two technology-based solutions that savvy marketers are using to attract the crucial local market segment. 4 Tips To Extend Market Reach Through Local Search Optimization & Geotagging. Flickr and Panoramio geotag and display these images in a mapping context.

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Social Media Marketing

JULY 13, 2012

There's been a lot of debate on the value of social media. After all, it's easy to argue about the potential of social media as a powerful sales channel. Source: Stig Nygaard (Flickr) Despite this excitement, there remains much controversy about the proper way to sell within the social landscape.

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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. Don’t make your social media efforts half-assed. Want to self promote?

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Direct Marketing Observations

APRIL 19, 2010

How can you protect your children from social media? “I’m on top of it, I know what this social networking thing is all about&# , “My child doesn’t really use it&# , “Does it really matter? Share images on Flickr. One might say, “Do we really need to&# ? and you know what? Share music.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Image: Lars Plougmann via Flickr, Creative Commons Really, if you just read through the comments, there’s your follow-up blog post… but since I promised you one, you’re getting one. All the comments were thoughtful, but there were a few that made me think a lot more about this whole “social media&# thing.

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Ari Herzog

AUGUST 22, 2013

I spent four wonderful years self-employed as a digital marketing trainer, consultant, and community manager. I led national conference panels on social media marketing. I taught MBA students and small business owners everything from Facebook marketing to email marketing. I spoke at colleges.

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The Marketing Blog

DECEMBER 10, 2009

Home About In the Media Entrepreneurial resources Enterprise 2.0 35 pm Criticising Social Media ? Jump to Comments Criticizing social media ? Understand Social Media as a Philosophy and its application as a Culture. Criticising Social Media ? Conversations December 10, 2009.10:35

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Social Media Marketing

JULY 24, 2013

customers love to complain on Twitter, Flipboard makes users’ magazines available on the Web, the CIPR issues guidance on social media measurement, the mix of journalism and marketing needed in brand newsrooms, the royal fuss over real-time marketing and more, it''s This Week in Social Media.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 3, 2013

Image: UOregon Conference Services via Flickr, CC 2.o. Like this: Image: Nisa yeh via Flickr, CC 2.0. But this is the approach I see in the early days of a lot of start-up marketing. Unfortunately, most of these ideas fail because they fail to successfully hit their mark in the open market. Imagine you’re at a party.

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Adam Cohen

AUGUST 24, 2010

Traditional advertising and marketing provides a cushion, putting out messaging to the large customer population to influence their purchase behavior. Social media provides opportunities for two-way and multi-way conversation, which requires discipline, research, scale and transparency. How about potential customers?

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Social Media Marketing

JULY 18, 2013

How to turn customers into advocates, a surprising number of people won’t take action based on TV ads, the progress of social business, WeChat is in the sites of Chinese telcos, measuring sponsorship effectiveness, the role of PR in sponsored content, the #2 concern of the C-suite and more, it’s This Week in Social Media.

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Firebelly

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « 5 Helpful Facebook Places for Business Articles | Main | 5 Helpful Social Search Articles » September 02, 2010 Firebelly at Brainstorming & Social Media Optimization Summits Brainstorming and Social Media Optimization Summits run simultaneously in Dallas, TX from September 15-17.

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The Marketing Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

Home About In the Media Enterprise 2.0 53 pm Preventing Social Media Spam Jump to Comments Image by Josh Russell via Flickr Sometimes it feels really sorry to see the tactics of a select group of folks in the name of using Social media as a Conversation Medium !

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 20, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Social Media > Why Social Media Is Like Getting Stoned Why Social Media Is Like Getting Stoned by Tamar Weinberg on April 20, 2010 Share This is a guest post by Todd Mintz. Be genuine.

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Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

A recent visit to our campus by journalist Chantal Hébert and her lecture “Missing the Forest for the Trees: A Look at the State of Political Coverage in the Social Media Era” had me thinking about how I use these tools. Pretty soon the vast majority of the people I followed were communications, marketing and PR professionals.

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Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 30, 2015

So if your marketing feels as if it might be in a rut (already!), Here are some ideas on “buzz marketing” (I know, I know). 6 Buzz Phrases Marketers Should Take Seriously in 2015. Winning the Marketing Battle Between Help and Hype. 5 Clever Social Media Marketing Campaigns that Went Viral.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 19, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Social Media > Is Social Media Worth it for You? Is Social Media Worth it for You? One of the most common questions in social media is – “is it worth it?”.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 26, 2015

Here are some of the most interesting posts on 2015 marketing and PR trends we’ve seen. Image: infradept via Flickr, CC 2.0. How 4 Social Media Predictions Impact Email Marketers. 30+ Social Media Predictions for 2015. .” 30+ Social Media Predictions for 2015.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 4, 2014

via Flickr, CC 2.0. In the realm of marketing, learning is the name of the game no matter what your goal is. It’s a landslide: Community creates results. The Harlem Shake depended on community. User-generated content is far better at creating that community. Rise of the social photobooth and video jukebox.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 21, 2009

With social media — or quite frankly, the existence of the Internet, any misstep you make in your personal dealings with others can become public. Social media is social. We’re starting to use search — and social media — as our recommendation engines.

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Firebelly

OCTOBER 23, 2012

What Does Soccer Have to do With Content Marketing? If you want to succeed at content marketing, sometimes you only have to be an orange cone. I’ve worked with clients in the past who were being totally dominated in search, and our content marketing plan was an all-out game of catch-up. But the dividends will be huge.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 29, 2012

Paradox: in an age of technology advances being gobbled like Pez, marketing and customer service are somehow getting more labor-intensive, not less. Flickr Photo by Doc_Brown. Social media and content marketing are not inexpensive, they’re just different expensive. The Social Media People Problem.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

There are a few jokes going around the blogosphere right now regarding what it means to be a social media expert. Despite the title of the post, having worked as the social media manager for Fortune 500 companies, and a lot of knowledge here being totally personal, I do not think of myself as an expert.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 4, 2011

In the Indian context, the web has begun to move beyond a media genre that was no different in terms of interruption when compared to conventional media like television and radio. As privacy and choice gained momentum, permission-based Internet activity has led to what we now describe as the social web.

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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? As small companies with limited budgets, nonprofits may feel that they are unable to dive into the wide world of social media. Thanks to social media, anyone can make waves. Why social media?

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