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. The big catch: Epic Change is not a large company at all. Answers Yahoo!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 25, 2010

Many companies partake in this “shiny toy syndrome&# and do it all without a plan or strategy in place. With social media, an abundance of resources are at your fingertips. This may be nothing more than a refresher course in the Captain Obvious department but even the savviest of companies is still missing the boat.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

OCTOBER 22, 2009

If it was a Comcast product, you’d get a near immediate response from Frank Eliason , the company’s Director of Digital Care. It can instill faith that your customers have in your company. If you’re going to dive in the social media world, you need to understand what it means to be “social.&#

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 21, 2009

Only when the landscaping company mowed down the guy’s vegetable garden and did not rectify the situation seven weeks later did the guy decide to make a public spectacle of the situation. Sure, there are probably a few things you can point out that should work in the company’s favor.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 15, 2009

That’s why social media is important. It’s incredibly easy for someone to put up a web page and show how much they like or dislike a company. You’ll get exposure to case studies of companies that do this well and review cases of companies where listening severe impacted the effectiveness of marketing campaigns.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Internet , Marketing > 11 Common Mistakes That People Make With Their Personal Brands 11 Common Mistakes That People Make With Their Personal Brands by Tamar Weinberg on October 7, 2010 Share This is a guest post from James Adams.

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Brands Handbook MySpace Construction 236

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

OCTOBER 19, 2009

He is extremely devoted to empowering individuals and companies about marketing, networking, reciprocity, and social media. Publishing, consulting and regular life all kind of merge on the web and it is sometimes hard to know which hat you have on. Tamar is also the author of The New Community Rules (July 2009).

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 31, 2009

Crowdsourcing has become more and more popular with private companies, non-profit organizations, and even government agencies. GetSatisfaction provides a way for companies to do that. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us Answers Yahoo! © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 26, 2009

Brand evangelism is a word of mouth marketing tactic in which the ardent supporters of your service or product feel so passionately about your offerings that they act as unofficial spokespeople on your company’s behalf. They are cheerleaders on the sidelines and they’re rooting for your team.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 13, 2008

Such was the case for this Digg story , which compared multiple web hosting companies and watched as these hosts handled the traffic spikes that resulted from the Digg effect. Digg is the social media network of tech geeks, and the Digg statistics should not be too surprising: 39% of Diggers publish their own blog.

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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). Answers Yahoo! © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 14, 2009

4 Reasons Many Big Brands Downplay SEO : Why aren’t all Fortune 500 companies engaging in SEO? How to Get New Web Sites to Rank Quickly : Aaron Wall discusses some strategies to get high rankings with a brand new site — and we know those are sites that often need to take time to build trust. Not excess.

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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

AUGUST 18, 2009

Marketing type folk, especially those representing a company’s service or product offerings, turn to blogs and ask to be mentioned in the blog. Instead of emailing a blogger to include your company’s service in a specific blog post that has already been in the public arena for three years, comment on the post.

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Blogger Press Release Marketing Instant Messaging 132

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. I’ve spent seventeen years in the social space. I’ve been working in consulting for a little less, but it’s my job. It’s what I do (among other projects).

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 12, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Social Media > Why You Should Fix Your House Before Inviting People Over Why You Should Fix Your House Before Inviting People Over by Tamar Weinberg on May 12, 2010 Share This is a guest post by Hugo Guzman.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 28, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Viral Marketing > 7 Traits of Highly Effective Viral Videos 7 Traits of Highly Effective Viral Videos by Tamar Weinberg on January 28, 2010 Share In the past few years, video has come a long way. Answers Yahoo!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 23, 2008

Well, for one, social media users — that is, users on social news sites such as Digg, Mixx, Reddit — are not particularly enthusiastic about the proliferation of marketers in their community. This is a huge challenge for someone who wants to sell their product using social media. Answers Yahoo!

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Sites Social Media Digg Blogosphere 101

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. Answers Yahoo!

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Engineering Wikipedia MySpace Yahoo 142

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2012

Top 10 Attributes of a Successful Blogger : If you like writing, have good grammar skills, are creative, and have an entrepreneurial spirit, you might make a great blogger for yourself or your company! 5 Lessons Fortune 500 Companies Can Teach You About Blogging : Some Fortune 500 blogs are really great.

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Marketing SEO Case Study Small Business 264

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 16, 2010

What other questions will you ask yourself in a social media audit? Kwame Boame is a marketing consultant who blogs about brand communication on his blog, Sociatic. People are following AT&T because they care about AT&T, not about some no-name behind the company. Most retargeting companies utilize ANONYMOUS pixeling.

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Questions Social Media How To Postrank 277

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

There was a hostage situation at the parent company, Discovery Communications, on the first of the month. By this point, it was evident that it was going to be difficult to reach a representative on behalf of a company about an issue that actually has some legitimacy. Today, we’re in a many-to-many relationship.

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Social Media Foursquare Marketing Flickr 217

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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Marketing StumbleUpon SEO Reputation 144

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.

Newsletter 144

Newsletter Handbook Virtual World LinkedIn 144

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 10, 2010

“I am a relatively new internet marketer trying to break into the industry,&# he wrote. “What are good companies to target? Some of the sites I recommend for educational materials include: Free Sphinn : Sphinn is an Internet Marketing social news site. Should I learn a specific skillset?&# Word travels.

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Marketing How To SEO Training 240

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 23, 2010

There are probably many web consultants. What’s worse, is that after sitting down in several meetups of social consultants, I realized that they guide their crowds to do exactly that, use personal accounts as core business accounts, or rather, not explain about what is wrong with doing that in most cases.

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Facebook SEO Policies Groups 268

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 4, 2010

Now known as the “social media hotel&# of NYC, Roger Smith is attracting a really incredible bunch of people who have raved about the ambiance and the company’s approachability online. To me, it seems most companys focus on monopolies and then forced purchase of ad-ons without which the product wont work.

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Hotels Social Media Communities Discount 245

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 22, 2009

For a big company account, it’s difficult to actually engage all day long (and all week long, especially if you’re a 9-5 shop). Even if you’re a small company, the keyword following options are superior, and it’s a lot of fun to actually get statistical data to see how well you’re doing. Answers Yahoo!

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Applications Review Statistics URL 179

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Can you describe what your company does in 120 characters or less? Social media is about people, not logos. If you’re a small company, congratulations, this should be pretty easy. If you’re a big company, how can you act small again? Social media strategy consulting details here.

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Social Media Strategy Consultant Conference 167

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 31, 2008

4 Jobs I’ve Had Right after college, I worked for a few months in tech support at a forex company in the Empire State Building. You could call me a blogger of many hats or a social media maven or Internet marketing consultant. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 8, 2008

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Interviews , Marketing , Opinion , Social Media , Websites > What Traits Define a Social Media Marketer? What Traits Define a Social Media Marketer?

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Social Media Marketing Consultant Communities 163

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 5, 2010

In fact, you’re likely spotting the shift; instead of companies posting their URLs on television commercials, they’re asking their followers to join them on Facebook. If you are officially representing your company, you’d want to create an Official Page. After all, Facebook could eat the web. I know I would.)

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Facebook How To Marketing URL 279

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 15, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Blogging , Marketing > 7 Deadly Blog Writing Sins 7 Deadly Blog Writing Sins by Tamar Weinberg on July 15, 2010 Share This is a guest post by Frank Lee. Tamar is also the author of The New Community Rules (July 2009).

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Blogger Engineering Flickr SEO 250

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 2, 2010

This gave the the company the opportunity to test design, load times, and focus on optimization techniques as well as considering hardware upgrades as the user base increased. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us Tamar is also the author of The New Community Rules (July 2009).

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

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. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us Answers Yahoo! © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

However, a lot of people making that news have created expectations and beliefs about social media that aren’t true. Social Media is Inexpensive False. As Charlene Li said recently, social media trades media cost for labor cost. Social Media is Fast False. Social media is by definition slow.

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Social Media Strategy Consultant Web 2.0 151

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 24, 2008

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Opinion , Social Media > Why Nobody Should Buy Digg Why Nobody Should Buy Digg by Tamar Weinberg on December 20, 2007 Share It hasn’t even been a week and my once positive outlook of Digg has come to a sour end.

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