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? What annoys you about WordPress, vBulletin, and these platforms? What tasks are more important to developing a popular community versus developing a popular blog? Again, super post!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 4, 2010

I spoke with Brian Simpson, Director of Social Hospitality, for more insights into how social media became an asset for Roger Smith, and I learned some great things. Brian Simpson is a cancer survivor and discovered Twitter in the spring of 2008 when he endured the grueling process of chemotherapy for a period of 7 months.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 20, 2010

If you’re skilled in the art of social media “Flow”, switching gears between being a conversational leader to a contributor (and back) should be natural and easy as you engage others across various platforms. 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

MAY 12, 2010

They are interested in this new “social media” thing but haven’t actually dipped their proverbial toes in the social waters yet. However, the CEO read an article in Adage, and as a result, he wants to hit social ground running. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us

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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. Microblogs e.g. Twitter. Unported License.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

The more I participate on social networks like Twitter, Socialmedian, Facebook, and Google Reader, the more my content is being shared and distributed and discussed. After I had expressed my thoughts in my blog post, I had an exchange with Louis on Twitter about comment fragmentation. This is a win-win approach.

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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

Maybe it’s on Twitter. If this is your first time diving in the social media waters, it’s going to be difficult to make a splash. You’ll be creating that Twitter account for the first time, and you’ll have to grow followers. That’s not really convincing social proof. Keep up the good work.

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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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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 30, 2008

After using both closely, the comparison to Twitter shouldn’t even be the case. After using both closely, the comparison to Twitter shouldn’t even be the case. Plurk and Twitter are two entirely different beasts. But Plurk is a lot more, and Twitter still has its place.

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Buffer Social

JUNE 16, 2016

Samantha Allen , GoTriangle – Quality and informative interactions on Twitter. Petra Diener , 3 Across The Sea – Getting a new account rolling and communicating. Erik Fisher , Social Media Examiner – Keeping tabs on the breaking social news for our weekly Friday morning show.

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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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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

I, too, find that Twitter has been incredibly powerful for me to connect with real life colleagues, readers of Techipedia, family, and everyone in between. I’m also something of a Twitter purist. Enter a second Twitter account. With Twitter being so incredibly large and vast, there are different types of mini-communities.

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Laurel Papworth

OCTOBER 22, 2011

As tomorrow is an historic day – The Australian and other news.com sites move behind the paywall – what WILL we pay for, what SHOULD we pay for and what OTHER revenues streams are being missed by News.com refusal to build online communities around their content? And the use of YouTube etc to distribute the news about the Paywall.

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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. This method is smart because it helps build interest on another platform and drives conversions directly on their home base. Disclosure: I helped plant the social media seeds for rushIMPRINT.)

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Likeable

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Social media is an important marketing tool, but for many people—including the disabled community—it can also offer access to a unique support system and accessible information and resources. Speaking of VoiceOver, get in the habit of adding alt text to photos shared across social media platforms. Never forget alt text.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 8, 2008

In order to do well when marketing, one should have tactical knowledge and ideally, first-hand experience of the specific social media platform. Reem Abeidoh , Social Media Strategist : A social media marketer provides strategic online recommendations based on the client’s business goals and intensive research.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Social media. Whether youre socializing on Facebook , updating Twitter , or just adding a new bookmark to Ma.gnolia , social media has become an integral part of our daily lives. Lesson #7 Learn to Twitter. One of the topics was microblogging, and Twitter was discussed. 25 Comments.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 12, 2010

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. There were other typical social networks in this grouping as well, including Flickr, FriendFeed, Kirtsy, Mixx, Plurk, StumbleUpon, Tip’d, and Twitter.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 1, 2010

I am at the opposite end, trying to help middle-aged and older writers start blogging in order to develop their author platform. Patience is required in building a community, seeing real results with monetization and building traffic. Some people are able to build a community but fail at monetizing their blogs.

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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

Yup, you can’t just chat with people on Twitter and broadcast on Facebook. Market saturation brings lots and lots of experts , many of whom think Twitter is a shiny new object and are ready to write books, charge $2000 for conferences where they promise TWITTER TIPS AND TRICKS THAT NOBODY HAS SEEN BEFORE (in caps!),

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Diva Marketing Blog

MARCH 11, 2009

Social networks. they're not just MySpace, Facebook or even Twitter. The long tail concept comes to life in the hundreds of thousands of niche communities that are exploding on to the social media scene. A soon-to-be-talked about new venture sent me on quest to explore what was happening with women and social networks.

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Buffer Social

DECEMBER 13, 2022

For today’s Ask Buffer , we’re covering a great question we received from one of our followers about growing on Twitter. At Buffer, we’ve found our largest audience on Twitter and love that the platform makes interacting with all of our followers so easy. AskBuffer what is the best way to grow on Twitter?

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

A number of large web development discussion communities host contest areas, including NamePros , v7 Network , and Webmaster Talk. The software development community -- especially the open source community -- has long used "bounties" to help lure developers to certain tasks. Kluster Launches at TED: A New Product in 72 Hours.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 10, 2008

The Internet as a whole enables communication, so why Facebook? Zuckerberg: The internet is a great platform for overall communication, but there need to be specific tools. We’re not the only ones [enabling such communication] but a lot of people are using our tools, especially in places like Colombia.

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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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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2009

Top 29 Niche Social Media Sites (That Actually Send Traffic) : Andy Hagans consistently updates this list with some great resources that aren’t necessarily being tapped into by many folks, but maybe it’s time for things to change. Reddit Tips from the Top Dog on Reddit (Social News Watch): How do you become a top user on Reddit?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 24, 2008

In other words, they don’t give a damn about the community and they seemed to have moved on — perhaps completely. Instead, since they weren’t, we are left to our own devices and seek alternative methods (which are not the right avenues of communication, but what do you do when the proper roads lead you to a dead end?).

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2011

As many of you know, I have an annual tradition of giving back to the community on my birthday, which is why this year is no different. 2010 by far was the biggest year yet in the Internet Marketing realm. , also gathering intelligence via their rankings on top social sites and by stumbling upon new items in my feed reader.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2012

Your strategies must employ content creation, community management, local/maps optimization, among others. How many of these new tactics have you adopted? Here are 99 ways, from giveaways to community building to media connections to offering discounts and so much more. Local Online Marketing. Always remember that.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

They will have to fix this or risk really turning off their core community and fall into the, "oh, no, another annoying spammy tool" category. We also have a Biz Need feature which is like a Twitter Tweet, but describes a members most urgent business need. social networking. social media. social news.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

Social media is an amazing new platform we have (especially for us new small business owners)…but we need to remember to play well together! It just so happens to be a byproduct of it (on a very small scale — and even less because I haven’t been accepting new clients for months). Thanks, Tamar.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 1, 2009

Facebook Pages do not allow background images like Twitter, Myspace, and other services. You can also purchase my book, FBML Essentials , which will give you a little more details on FBML (as well as the Facebook developer platform in general). This applies to Pages as well. You have until December 10th to enter.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 10, 2008

Twitter Following a user and then unfollowing them before they have a chance to follow back. Consistently using your Twitter stream for nothing but self-promotion and ego. This is much more bothersome when the request comes via IM or email and not on Twitter itself. Twitter is also about real relationships.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 1, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Social Media > How to Use Social Media for Personal Branding How to Use Social Media for Personal Branding by Tamar Weinberg on April 1, 2010 Share This is a guest post by Dan Schawbe l. Follow him on Twitter.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

Five days later, their Twitter account remained silent. In fact, during the time I sought them out, it became evident that the TLC Twitter account was wholly automated, with tweets promoting their new season premieres. I posted to Flickr and tried my best to bring it to their attention. And I waited. I was wrong.

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