Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 18, 2010

surveys, focus groups, test marketing) often spend millions to locate their target markets. You can search for related groups and Fan Pages through Facebook, start accounts on social bookmarking sites such as Digg or StumbleUpon, and check on who is linking to your site to find out who’s interested. Answers Yahoo!

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Social Media Strategy StumbleUpon Digg 269

The Marketing Blog

AUGUST 3, 2010

If you are still evaluating the platform and are trying to estimate the possible returns, here are a few tips which you would want to consider: It doesn’t work for all – Business & Stakeholder Introspection Creating a campaign on Facebook & nurturing an online community requires a lot of time and effort.

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Web 2.0 Startup Metrics FeedBurner 152

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 2, 2008

A seminar is different from a regular course in that it necessarily involves interaction with the students — a seminar is to a regular lecture course as web 2.0 is to web 1.0. What functionalities do you think WordPress, vBulletin, and other common platforms need to be able to better develop communities?

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Social Media Class Forums Microblogging 189

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 31, 2009

When you have a group of people submitting their work, there is an awareness that it isn’t just one idea that will work, so the result is a higher quality of work. Crowdsourcing is an useful model because it can be used by any group for any reason. Tamar is also the author of The New Community Rules (July 2009).

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Crowdsourcing scribd Ustream Social Media 192

The Marketing Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Share this: StumbleUpon Digg Reddit 5 Comments Filed under BarCamp Tags: BarCamp , BarCamp Delhi , BCD5 , delhi , Google , open source , Social media , startup , twitter 5 Comments Sesso January 22, 2009 at 12:25 pm Great site. & The scope of my blog-posts span across the Enterprise 2.0 However, I still review some Web 2.0

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Startup Web 2.0 SMS Proposal 109

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 19, 2009

Smaller companies could succeed with this method by marketing — verbally or through their website — to groups of devout followers and keeping their Twitter streams current (offering a daily deal or frequent deals that encourage customers to seek out discounts and sales). link] Thanks again. Answers Yahoo!

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Twitter Microblogging MySpace Yahoo 131

The Marketing Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

The idea is not to create a feeling of competition but a strong group which can collectively spread social media usage in India. The scope of my blog-posts span across the Enterprise 2.0 However, I still review some Web 2.0 Moreover, we don’t have a quality ranking system yet which goes beyond the numbers (i.e.

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Social Media Web 2.0 Alltop Wiki 131

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 8, 2009

In the post, I shared my don’ts of social networks, and to that point, I added the following rule for LinkedIn: Gathering all the email addresses of users you are connected to — even locating email addresses of LinkedIn Group managers — and utilizing this mailing list to promote your own company or service off-site. Answers Yahoo!

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Newsletter Handbook Virtual World LinkedIn 144

The Marketing Blog

JULY 31, 2007

Popular MBA discussion groups like pagal guy , cool-avenues , job forums, web directories , scripts and other talks are still pretty much a part of traditional discussion forums. The scope of my blog-posts span across the Enterprise 2.0 However, I still review some Web 2.0

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Hosting Forums Web 2.0 Startup 100

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

NOVEMBER 28, 2007

Earlier this month, I wrote a blog post about how you cannot be a participant of a community without understanding the community members therein. It’s so new that the community is being created right now as we speak. And for that reason, you should join–now. That’s why Mixx has a lot of potential. So why Mixx?

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Review Digg StumbleUpon Web 2.0 102

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. I still use Stumbleupon but I get frustrated with its slowness. We’re a small but growing community, and have a much more open philosophy.

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Digg Reddit Web 2.0 StumbleUpon 100

The Marketing Blog

NOVEMBER 25, 2007

For passionate bikers and sports watch lovers there’s a Fastrack group on Facebook. The group is a platform to bring the biker community together – from India and overseas – to discuss trends, issues, products & offers, tips & advice, events and more…related, of course, to biking and maybe the great outdoors.

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Social Media Web 2.0 Startup Flickr 100

The Marketing Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2007

Technorati Tags: facebook , linkedin , social networks , Share this: StumbleUpon Digg Reddit 4 Comments Filed under Social Networks 4 Comments daksh November 14, 2007 at 12:39 pm Matt – Thanks for dropping by It’s a privilege. The scope of my blog-posts span across the Enterprise 2.0 However, I still review some Web 2.0

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LinkedIn Web 2.0 Facebook Startup 100

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 10, 2008

You can easily determine if your friends are interested in marketing, photography, books, music, web 2.0 The best solution I have for myself is my personal Bloglines subscription to only a core group of people, but with a limitation of 200 stories maximum in queue, that fills up rather quickly. What content are they sharing?

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Plaxo Picasa StumbleUpon Netvibes 103

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 27, 2008

Many people found the research interesting, but a number of people commented that the social networks probably shouldn’t be grouped together. So the question arose – was social media traffic misrepresented by grouping traffic from all networks together? However, bounce rate data for StumbleUpon is misleading.

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Social Media StumbleUpon SEO ROI 100

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

NOVEMBER 26, 2007

Totally connected groups are average sharers, creating as much as they can consume and using free sites to display it all. Tagged as: media snackers , social media , web 2.0 { 6 trackbacks } Media, Mm Mm Good! BTW – I’ve really been interacting with the Digg community more and more. Of course I do.

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The Marketing Blog

JULY 30, 2007

The other day I was doing a bit of search (organic search) for a cheap, reliable, quality (wow i.e. quite a bit) web-hosting provider. Did a bit of research, read some e-mails in my discussion group, talked to a couple of net experts ( not geeks but domain pros). The scope of my blog-posts span across the Enterprise 2.0

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Hosting Company Web 2.0 Startup 100

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

The major “Web 2.0″ ″ and social networking technologies that have been created in the last several years have been a major boon for consumers and web users. When contrasted with the StumbleUpon model, the FriendFeeds and Diggs of the world seem to have the process backwards. Answers Yahoo!

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The Marketing Blog

JUNE 22, 2008

Target Audience The target audience is from 15-30 years of age group, youngsters who spend a lot of time on net and need a break and some thing fun and exciting to do, or when one is generally getting bored. The scope of my blog-posts span across the Enterprise 2.0 However, I still review some Web 2.0

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 28, 2010

To be sure, though, solicit feedback from a group of trusted peers not directly involved in your company or marketing objectives before going ahead with publishing the video, since you need an unbiased opinion. 12484 SUBSCRIBERS FOLLOWERS Lijit Search Read more about The New Community Rules Get Techipedia on your iPhone or iPod touch!

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Video Flash Mob YouTube MySpace 236

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. Reply Deb Ng August 19, 2010 at 8:55 am Jenn Fowler (@jennfowler) and I joked the other day about starting a support group for our spouses and other social media widows and widowers. Thanks Deb! Thanks for playing!

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Activities Social Media Policies Social Networking 216

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 12, 2010

Calls to Action Have Benefits For starters, leveraging your primary site and email communications is by far the easiest way to reach your existing consumer base, since they are the ones that typically spend the most time visiting your site and reading the emails you send them. Tamar is also the author of The New Community Rules (July 2009).

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Smart Phone Mobile Social Media SEO 218

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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Communities Twitter Web 2.0 ROI 237

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 12, 2010

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 get fixated on one community and ditch the last, yet I still have my profiles on them and they usually get outdated within minutes.

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MySpace LinkedIn Facebook Social Networking 114

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 26, 2010

But with all other social networks, there are rules of engagement that are determined by the community. Brief Overview of StumbleUpon Since everyone is mostly raving about Twitter and Facebook as of late, I’m going to briefly define StumbleUpon and explain how it works. Great, now we have that out of the way.

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StumbleUpon Digg Social Networking Review 181

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 4, 2010

Twitter, he says, “became my way of talking with a community of people.&# More importantly, they’ve created a go-to place or space for community. Roger Smith Hotel also teaches us another thing: you should take advantage of your market by giving them opportunities exclusive to their communications channel. izmantot soci?los

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Hotels Social Media Communities Discount 245

Koka Sexton

NOVEMBER 14, 2008

blog with FeedBurner Social Media Release Criticism: Nine Points to Consider Social Media – Digg, MySpace,YouTube – Web 2.0 blog with FeedBurner Social Media Release Criticism: Nine Points to Consider Social Media – Digg, MySpace,YouTube – Web 2.0 You could also group them. I know more work.

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List Social Media StumbleUpon Blogosphere 85

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 12, 2009

In my upcoming book, The New Community Rules: Marketing on the Social Web ( Amazon link ), which is slated to be released in late Spring, I talk about the importance of brand evangelism as part of an effective community management strategy. I just think that the *active* cruise community is definitely a bit disappointed.

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Brands Message Boards Travel Forums 133

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 1, 2008

Unfortunately for Digg, the savviest users of the bunch have also been the most vocal about Digg thus far (save for the few blogs that cover everything web 2.0 As a side point, Google is a bigger beast and it has tens or hundreds of staff members visiting forums and moderating groups to ensure that the user experience is a good one.

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Digg Social Media Upcoming Ustream 100

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 22, 2008

Anyone can visit online meeting places like Digg and Reddit and promote the voices and opinions of others, and anyone can mobilize a group of people around a common cause on Facebook or elsewhere. Not just being talked about but be an active voice in the community. In a sense, they can become part of the community.

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Social Media Marketing Digg MySpace 105

Viper Chill

MAY 3, 2010

Although I don’t have any goals for the size of the community here, I still think it is an interesting metric to monitor. Im amazed on how you get so much traffic from Stumbleupon since that social network isnt really for marketing types of stuffs right? Reply Drew @ web 2.0 Reply Drew @ web 2.0

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Report Marketing Web 2.0 Blogosphere 68

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

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. There’s no real community in Digg. Most other sites you belong to probably have a bigger sense of community.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 6, 2008

The latter group is pretty hard to help and I’m not inclined to try. I have started a group on Facebook called Warning! Reply KJR December 13, 2008 at 9:52 am Sorry that Facebook Group should be: Warning! She provides consulting in internet marketing and manages Community Support & Advertising at Mashable.

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Reputation Chemicals Issues Consultant 125

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 28, 2010

Blogging helps you build community (especially via comments), establish thought leadership, bring links to your website (both internally, perhaps to products or to other articles on your blog, and externally, when people like what you say and opt to link to you), and get you some nice traffic. Give to your community. Customer Service.

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Social Media Strategy Yahoo Communities 278

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 30, 2008

Then, everyone will go to his/her respective home(s) on the web. After using both Plurk and Twitter pretty heavily, I’ve come to the conclusion that Plurk is best at its features for community-building, whereas Twitter succeeds more with its interface that bolsters information-sharing. They both have their places in the web 2.0

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Twitter Microblogging MySpace Comparison 199

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

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. Marketing on the Social Web: A Few Key Ingredients (Michael Fruchter): I love the graphic. Think again!

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Marketing SEO Journal Engineering 265

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 5, 2010

Don’t use a Facebook Group. 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).

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Facebook How To Marketing URL 279