Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Social Media is optional It doesn’t matter what the demographics of your customers are. Your company needs to be part of that conversation. Social media is not about Facebook or MySpace or Flickr or Twitter or blogs or YouTube. It doesn’t matter what industry you’re in. It’s about humanization.

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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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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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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2010

5 People Who Broke the Rules of Social Media and Succeeded (Mashable): Real success stories and the experiences learned is the subject of this article. Which Social Media Channels Should You Be Using? The Jordan Rules): This is a great chart and article on the best social media channels for both B2B and B2C companies.

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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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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Crowdsourcing, a term coined by Jeff Howe in a June 2006 issue of Wired magazine, is a model of labor that has been fully embraced on the Internet over the past couple of years. Uniquely, though, Fixya has partnered with some companies to provide an official channel for crowdsourced tech support. 22 Comments. Graphic Design.

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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.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 29, 2010

Reply Todd Mintz July 29, 2010 at 1:40 pm If I think the person is just after free information, I give off a “skunk smell&# sorta vibe…it usually scares them away : ) Though I’m a bit of a sucker for a free meal (if I like the company I’m with)… Reply Tamar Weinberg July 29, 2010 at 1:45 pm LOL, I do hear you.

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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 5, 2011

How to Develop a Social Media Strategy: A Roadmap for Integration (Very Official Blog): Shannon Paul did an amazing job on this post that presents questions and answers that will help companies consider their goals for the creation of a social media strategy. Why not see how some companies are gaining from it right now?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

There are so many blogs out there that regurgitate news, causing clutter in the blogosphere. Smashing Magazine ), among other things. I’d much rather pay homage to this promotional products company. The viability of the medium really depends on humanizing the company. I highly recommend rushIMPRINT.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 24, 2008

Quite frankly, I don’t think there’s really a good person running the company. A good company leader would actually recognize that a social news network implies that there are participants involved and that the users are the most important part of the service. Duymadim.com: Bunudam?

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Webbiquity SMM

JUNE 6, 2011

Penenberg’s ( @Penenberg ) Fast Company article: “Social Networking Affects Brains Like Falling in Love” examines research by neuroeconomist Paul Zak that suggests social networking triggers the release of the generosity-trust chemical in our brains: Oxytocin (known as the cuddle chemical). Marty Weintraub – @aimclear.

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Social Media Marketing

APRIL 17, 2013

And if you’re on Flipboard, you can get these links in my new This Week in Social Media Magazine. Industry News What the killer app for mobile? Recently, Flipboard began to allow users to create their own custom "magazines" and the app has seen more than 500,000 magazines created by users in just two weeks.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 1, 2009

I have a couple set up for books that I work for the publishing company. I am trying to do this on my company fan page and I dont see the pencil for the boxes tab either. A big company like this you should think that they clould afford to give SUPPORT to there clients. !! Looking forward win! I hate being frustrated.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 14, 2009

SEO Mastermind Aaron Wall Brings Bad News : In an interview with Entrepreneur magazine, Aaron Wall talks about all things SEO. 4 Reasons Many Big Brands Downplay SEO : Why aren’t all Fortune 500 companies engaging in SEO? Not anymore — it’s about social media (which typically encompasses blogs too).

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 24, 2010

Mark Frauenfelder Mark Frauenfelder is a co-editor of Boing Boing and the editor-in-chief of MAKE Magazine. For example, I write a lot about AOL, and after the recent layoffs, I wrote how the entire mobile advertising team took a voluntary buyout and quit the company. It’s simple: talk or write about things that interest me!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 1, 2010

Dan Schawbel, recognized as a “ personal branding guru &# by The New York Times, is the bestselling author of Me 2.0 , a national speaker, and the publisher of both the award-winning Personal Branding Blog and Personal Branding Magazine. Photos by Shutterstock.

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Viper Chill

APRIL 25, 2012

The magazine industry is crumbling. According to a recent post by Arrington, things aren’t looking so good at his old company: “He [the new CEO] has to get page views up, which have declined by around 50% since I departed last year (with Siegler singlehandedly the majority of the loss). Gawker editor A.J

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Social Media Marketing

JUNE 26, 2013

And if you’re on Flipboard, you can get these links in the This Week in Social Media Magazine. this week in social news Marketing social media facebook social networks PR content commentary' This was the car created by Homer Simpson when he was put to work by his half brother Herb, CEO of Powell Motors.

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