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. I’ll open up to you after we meet face to face or after a lengthy mutual friendship online. Online friends are still people even if the place of meeting just happened online. Not yet, at least.

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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

JANUARY 28, 2010

If you’re looking to craft a viral video, consider meeting at least one of these characteristics: identifiability, spontaneity, genuineness, humor, information, creativity, and inspiration. 12484 SUBSCRIBERS FOLLOWERS Lijit Search Read more about The New Community Rules Get Techipedia on your iPhone or iPod touch!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 4, 2010

Twitter, he says, “became my way of talking with a community of people.&# He explains that “Twitter allowed me to be social without having to be IRL.&# When I want to book, I just DM them and ask for the ‘social media rate.’ More importantly, they’ve created a go-to place or space for community.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 25, 2008

If you use Twitter regularly, you’d see that it wins as a social news site that provides instantaneous news — at least of that caliber. As Chris Garrett explains in his post, if you follow numerous feed bots, you can get the news all the time. The right news will hit the front page of Digg quickly.

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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 I’ve sat in on meetings and discussions over the past several months that included dedicated Digg users who wanted to effectuate change within the service.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

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. I’m looking forward to meeting you next weekend for the Social. Building my first online community 4. Hiring some help 3.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Sorry if this doesn’t appear to meet your needs. Tagged as: blogger outreach , Blogging , pr , press releases , public relations , spam { 5 trackbacks } Blogger Relations is a Two-Way Street | Brian Solis - PR 2.0 I just wrote several posts on Brian’s PPBPR as well as moderating a Social Media Book Discussion on it.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 12, 2010

Social media connections are those I know through a variety of online forums, the blogosphere, Twitter, and the like (but I generally don’t befriend someone immediately; I still give it time). 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

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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Social Media Strategy Consultant Web 2.0 149

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 9, 2008

In the past few weeks, however, even Digg’s other top users are seeing that Digg is becoming more difficult of a social news site to enjoy, and after stepping away from Digg for awhile, I have some thoughts and reflections on how it was and possibly how it should be. The community had to react.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 3, 2010

That’s not really convincing social proof. Then, when you’re joining a community for the first time, you’ll need to study the users and slowly build relationships with them. But, like good Social Media community members, I’m thrilled to be able to help my parents out and give back as well!

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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 The whole web 2.0

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 22, 2008

Yes, it’s all to do with social media. 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. That’s what’s new: a significant leap in efficiency.

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Social Media Marketing Digg MySpace 105

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

JULY 27, 2009

I don’t necessarily expect to meet with those folks immediately; often, these powerful relationships are formed online, and I then try to learn what I can about the blogger himself/herself and follow up, normally at a conference or industry event. But sometimes there are surprises in every single meeting. In a city of 8.3

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Yahoo StumbleUpon MySpace Meeting 154

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.

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Marketing SEO Journal Engineering 265

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 26, 2009

The easiest way to find these people is to find the communities that your users frequently visit, be it forums, Twitter, or other social networks. get Twitter mentions of your brand via RSS or email) or use a service like Backtype (backtype.com) to see comments across blogs and other social media sites (such as FriendFeed).

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Brands MySpace Yahoo StumbleUpon 139

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 18, 2009

Some blogs cover startups that meet a specific set of criteria. You actually need to involve yourself in the blog’s community, commenting and showing that at the minimum, you have a long term invested interest in the blog’s success, and not only when it’s beneficial for you. They might already be trash-talking you.

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Blogger Press Release Marketing Instant Messaging 132

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 8, 2008

The scope of marketing needs to be broadened in view of the new dynamics that have employees, customers and prospects engaged in conversations – horizontally, peer to peer, in some cases even in co-opetition situations. That said, such a broad determination means you can be a social media marketer and not know it.

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Social Media Marketing Consultant Communities 163

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 22, 2009

They need to meet specific criteria (of your choosing) before you go ahead and proceed, and this will apply to the various types of following options that Tweet Spinner offers (to be discussed). You might also want to see that they are future upstanding members of the community. between 40 and 40000). Age of account. Tweet frequency.

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Applications Review Statistics URL 179

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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Facebook How To Marketing URL 279

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 12, 2010

These are friends who have no direct ties to the industry, but in using social networks, we’ve formed close bonds and friendships. Digg is by far the largest; as a former “top user&# of the service , I built strong relationships with employees and users of the social news site. It’s not.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 10, 2008

We’re not the only ones [enabling such communication] but a lot of people are using our tools, especially in places like Colombia. We’re not trying to build new communities; we’re allowing people to communicate with people they already know. Lacy : When you compare Web 1.0 and Web 2.0,

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Web 2.0 MySpace Applications Microsoft 104

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

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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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 14, 2010

When dealing with emotions, psychology, anthropology, sociology, among other disciplines, you’re bound to make “mistakes&# as you attempt to understand demographics and communities and learn about who will be receptive to what. But … well, he’s done with social media, essentially. He’s not alone.

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Social Media SEO Blogger Communities 267

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

OCTOBER 19, 2009

Little did I know that once I stepped out into the real world that I’d meet teachers that were both knowledgeable and caring, and Chris and Gary are examples of both. 12484 SUBSCRIBERS FOLLOWERS Lijit Search Read more about The New Community Rules Get Techipedia on your iPhone or iPod touch!

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MySpace Consultant Yahoo StumbleUpon 153

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 29, 2008

Dave : From the initial meeting to completion of the Flash game, I think it took Upstream about a month to make. Nice to meet you! 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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Marketing Film StumbleUpon Project 103

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

By putting effort into the writing process, you reap the benefits of a community that supports you because you lift them through your words. Bloggers who focus on a niche and tackle it are highly respected among their peers and within their communities. Social media? Want another tip on how to write well? Read a lot.

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Blogosphere Blogger Comments Tips 278

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 29, 2010

After all, hourly consulting fees are typically much more costly than a “free lunch&# plus the travel time it took to meet up. Better yet, let’s just chat at an upcoming industry event instead of scheduling a dedicated meeting. Can we meet for coffee, lunch, etc and talk about how we can help one another?

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Products Consultant Price Social Media 267

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

With Twitter being so incredibly large and vast, there are different types of mini-communities. You never know who you might meet. I started following people who wrote or commented on the SEO blogs to develop my own Twitter community. One which is more personal to meet new friends through my book review blogging activity.

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Twitter Sports Microblogging HootSuite 205

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 21, 2008

By May 18 , the MetaFilter community dared to ask the same, very unpopular questions Becky and some of her friends had been asking for months. This happened last week on the tightly knit community on Plurk, which has a unique and friendly atmosphere as Tamar described a few weeks ago. Be observant! Did your room just light up?

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Social Media StumbleUpon Communities MySpace 104

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 4, 2008

I met a few new faces this time around, including Twitter buds Adam Audette and Guliz Sicotte. We had a great time and it was super to meet you. How could you remember meeting all of us?! Was great to meet you at SMX! As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 10, 2010

Some of the sites I recommend for educational materials include: Free Sphinn : Sphinn is an Internet Marketing social news site. Users submit timely news articles to Sphinn, and the community votes up the best stories to appear on the front page. comprehensive social media marketing training there is.

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Marketing How To SEO Training 240

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

That means you’ll get more requests for money, and the sadder thing is that if you meet them in person , their attitudes aren’t much different. Reply Baby Genie (Catherine) February 12, 2010 at 4:20 pm Eek yes sorry, I’m Catherine, nice to meet you! My focus with this blog has always been community.

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Blogger Press Release Advertising Review 177

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 10, 2008

Some people require face-to-face meetings before they invite you into their private lives. Social News (Digg, Sphinn, Mixx, Reddit, Tip’d, and a whole load of related sites) Submitting only your own articles and posts to social media sites. Social news is about reciprocal relationships.

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Handbook Social Media Web 2.0 StumbleUpon 279

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

Social media came to being recently mostly because individuals from all over the world realized that they can congregate online — for free — to talk about things that they’re passionate about. You are absolutely right about automating social media and that is what most companies do nowadays.

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