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. 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. A lot of big companies I try to engage with don’t want to talk back.

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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. They might not tweet as much, but they are definitely focusing their attention elsewhere. Darren Rowse? Brian Clark? Daniel Scocco?

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Social Media Influencer MySpace Consultant 229

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Reply Eddie Gear October 7, 2010 at 9:43 pm I can come across so many companies that do not even brand them selves in the fear of being considered as SPAM. Building relationships takes time, energy and effort. Most business owners want quick success. That is not realistic. Nice article worth the read. Thanks for the excellent tips.

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Brands Handbook MySpace Construction 236

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

MARCH 12, 2009

Using market intelligence, Royal Caribbean identified supporters of the cruise line via social networking sites and took the opportunity to give fifty of the most ardent supporters, called Royal Champions, special privileges, including free paid cruises and invitations to special events with company executives.

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Brands Message Boards Travel Forums 133

Social Media Network Marketing

AUGUST 19, 2010

Social networks like Facebook and others. Social news / bookmarking sites like del.icio.us, technorati, dig and others. When appropriate, we can point readers toward your product, but in such a way that they feel we are providing useful information rather than pitching your company. Professional networks like LinkedIn.

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Reputation Social Media Xanga Microblogging 87

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 22, 2010

If you work for a company that just had a Super Bowl ad, a real time search will give you a window into how people interpreted the advertisement. I’m not really a twitter fan but it definitely looks promising. If you work in the movie business, a real time search will show you early reviews of how fans are enjoying your movie.

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Engineering Wikipedia MySpace Yahoo 142

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Done correctly, social media – even a simple reputation monitoring program – is a time intensive proposition that requires daily vigilance. Social Media is Fast False. Social media is by definition slow. Social Media is optional It doesn’t matter what the demographics of your customers are.

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Social Media Strategy Consultant Web 2.0 151

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 1, 2008

This is not a regular practice on the social news giant, and unfortunately, that is probably the biggest thing causing its downfall. There was only one occasion when the users were able to make a lasting impression on the social news site. It’s hard to say if that will happen again. Time will only tell.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 22, 2008

Even a recent thread on Cre8asite Forums discussed this, kicking off by someone stating they find social media very intimidating. The reason is that people didn’t have aggregate power: they were individual voices that a news channel or a company can choose to ignore. Yes, it’s all to do with social media.

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Social Media Marketing Digg MySpace 105

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 18, 2010

I have contacted akismet again yesterday , they have to sort me out of all these, I am just getting tired (its almost 2 weeks now ) Reply kyle lacy August 18, 2010 at 1:11 pm This is definitely something that social media enthusiasts have to think about. We almost have to create our own personal social media policy. Thanks Deb!

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Activities Social Media Policies Social Networking 216

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 18, 2008

Brightkite: Email and SMS – mobile web is definitely the wave of the future. Be the first to have all of these features , or just take over companies that already have them and make Plutter Kite. Favorite – making things easily accessible is one of the tenants of the Internet. People don’t like to be disconnected.

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Microblogging API MySpace Yahoo 102

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. In fact, most of them had already left.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 3, 2010

It can’t be fed, it can’t clean up after itself, and it definitely won’t like you if you don’t burp it. Many companies that have not embraced social media marketing often do so because of the fear of an uncontrolled message. I am just working on a social media strategy for my thesis in a German company.

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Social Media Marketing Digg Consultant 221

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. What’s the Point?

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Social Media Strategy Consultant Conference 167

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 12, 2010

Granted, some companies use MySpace quite efficiently , but I feel that it targets a different demographic. Definitely not being led by internet marketers. As for harvesting emails, the jury’s still out, but it’s definitely not the first (or last) network to go down this road.

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MySpace LinkedIn Facebook Social Networking 114

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 15, 2010

As my company builds out our first blog- there are great tips in here, thank you. Reply Frank Lee July 18, 2010 at 2:38 pm Definitely I agree the picture can boost the readership if there is a relevant and eye-catching picture inserted. Reply Shana July 15, 2010 at 2:47 pm GREAT POST! Reply Tia July 17, 2010 at 12:25 am OK.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 6, 2008

In the past few months, I’ve dealt with companies who are unfortunate victims of bad links in Google, but those links refer to incidents that are years old (and are even resolved). Public safety comes first but reputation management is something the company may want to engage in. Hope you get better.

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Reputation Chemicals Issues Consultant 125

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 8, 2008

Valeria Maltoni , Online Marketer : Although social media as a set of tools has radically transformed marketing, I do not think it appropriate to use the term “social media marketer.&# People do not want to hear from companies as represented by marketers, they want to hear from other people.

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Social Media Marketing Consultant Communities 163

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 17, 2010

In no particular order, here they are: Make Friends In the Industry Community Managing is super easy when you’re working for a well-known tech company in the middle of Silicon Valley. But what if you’re Community Managing for a company that makes matchbooks? Who are the heavy hitters? An audience just sits and listens.

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Communities Twitter Web 2.0 ROI 237

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. It’s definitely a worthwhile read. Which Social Media Channels Should You Be Using?

Marketing 265

Marketing SEO Journal Engineering 265

Proactive Report

DECEMBER 21, 2010

EyeforTravel published their 2011 Trends and their number one pick is the increasing need to integrate social content and activity on your corporate website. Shared news content links in Facebook send three times more traffic to news websites than Google News does. onto their main site. DoubletreeDestinations.com.

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Sites Trends Social Media Social Graph 85

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). That’s definitely possible with this functionality. I will definitely have something to look back at. It’s especially difficult to build up a strong following. thank you!

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Applications Review Statistics URL 179

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 1, 2010

A well known news outlet contacted me a few weeks ago asking for advice on building visibility to her articles that were submitted to a social news site where I help moderate. Building these strong relationships gives users a renewed faith in your company and causes them to help be your vocal advocates.

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Airlines Brands Social Media News 196

Koka Sexton

MARCH 11, 2014

Increasing sales by getting social. Most people will be using Facebook , Twitter or LinkedIn and small companies can take advantage.It’s rubbish that social isn’t about sales, he says. Social media is an additional tool that sales people have at their disposal to help them connect with customers and close deals.

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LinkedIn Hubspot Team News 104

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.

Brands 139

Brands MySpace Yahoo StumbleUpon 139

Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Weve written about a number of companies that employ crowdsourcing to produce their product or service here on ReadWriteWeb, but in this post well specifically look at companies that allow you to leverage the crowd to get something done. Graphic Design. Research & Development. Whatever You Can Imagine.

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Crowdsourcing Software Project Forums 245

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 29, 2010

Not Everything is Free I always am fascinated myself by looking at people doing dirty jobs — that guy cleaning the bathroom in Madison Square Garden definitely isn’t a happy camper — and realizing that the only thing that governs people toward these tasks is financial benefit. And it’s definite irony.

Products 267

Products Consultant Price Social Media 267

Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

aka the Semantic Web, is "the combination of mass collaboration and structured databases" (my definition) then I may have just seen the early signs of Web 3.0 Features , Social Networks , Trends. LinkedIn is most definitely NOT a collection of resumes. social networking. social media. social news.

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LinkedIn Google Directory API 109

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 8, 2010

A few months ago, I worked on a campaign for a rather large company who did some video promotion to get individuals to spread the word. As representatives of companies, your personal brand should align at least professionally with your company brand. Companies need to leverage different social media channels if they want buyers.

Social Media 268

Social Media Marketing Policies Sysomos 268

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Definitely bookmarking it as a constant reminder. I definitely take your point about passion. While I understand that blogging is personal and therefore need not necessarily conform to formal journalistic standards, there is definitely something to be said for the well-written word. This article is definitely one one them.

Blogosphere 278

Blogosphere Blogger Comments Tips 278

Viper Chill

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

Basically it lets you see which websites use the same hosting company, have the same IP addresses and use the same Google Analytics and Google Adsense tracking codes. Spyfu helps you to see which companies are buying ads for certain search terms, and even shows the exact ad copy that they’re using. Top Site Posts. WordPress seo.

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Analysis Quantcast Data StumbleUpon 82

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 14, 2010

However, to some, social media is a fleeting trend. That’s because social media marketing experts found success early on since social media relationship building was simply easier. Back then, companies who were engaged were genuinely involved because they wanted to build strong valuable relationships.

Social Media 267

Social Media SEO Blogger Communities 267

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?

Marketing 144

Marketing StumbleUpon SEO Reputation 144

Webbiquity SMM

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

Looking for a way to monitor social media activities and results on a tight budget? Want to show the world how social you are with a cool widget on your website or blog? How about a real-time search tool to see what’s being said about your company or any topic of interest right now? Your first video is free.

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Tools Social Media Radian6 CoTweet 188

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