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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Social Media Digg Brands Marketing 100

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 31, 2009

Crowdsourcing has become more and more popular with private companies, non-profit organizations, and even government agencies. Learning is key – By having many minds contribute to the final goal, people can learn from one another on other ways to do the same type of work. GetSatisfaction provides a way for companies to do that.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 18, 2010

Have you ever encountered this type of issue? Reply Tamar Weinberg August 19, 2010 at 9:12 am Claire, that’s sort of the type of incident that prompted this post. She has her own understanding of social networking and refuse to open herself up to exploring it herself to gain an understanding of this phenomenon. Thanks Deb!

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Activities Social Media Policies Social Networking 216

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 12, 2010

Most people would consider Payless to be an old-school type of brand, and so one might expect that their marketing techniques and website would mirror that old-school mentality. However, they’re actually quite ahead of curve, particularly in terms of the way they leverage their email communications to facilitate social media interaction.

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Smart Phone Mobile Social Media SEO 218

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 22, 2010

When you search “Tiger Woods” on a traditional search engine, you will get results which include news stories from major media outlets, links to Wikipedia and espn.com, and Tiger’s official site which happens to be TigerWoods.com. This is a new type of search, one which gives you a window into the public’s thoughts – in real time.

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Engineering Wikipedia MySpace Yahoo 142

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

OCTOBER 7, 2010

. “I want to have 100,000 Facebook Fans in 2 weeks, and I am a start-up business that no one knows… &# It is hard to explain to people how it all works when they have this type of expectation. Marketing, social media and communication takes time, they are not going to be popular overnight! Any advice? That is not realistic.

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Brands Handbook MySpace Construction 236

Buffer Social

JUNE 16, 2016

The breakdown of social media projects. From a high level, here are some graphs that explain the types of projects that social media managers are working on at the moment. More than 25% of social media managers said their #1 project was content creation.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 28, 2010

To be sure, though, solicit feedback from a group of trusted peers not directly involved in your company or marketing objectives before going ahead with publishing the video, since you need an unbiased opinion. Ideally, if you cover ground on at least two of these traits, your video might have a good chance of success.

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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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Digg Social Media Upcoming Ustream 100

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.

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Newsletter Handbook Virtual World LinkedIn 144

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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Marketing SEO Journal Engineering 265

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 15, 2010

Although there are other types of content out there that you could post on your blog, that usually means you need to write great blog posts. As my company builds out our first blog- there are great tips in here, thank you. It’s not worth it. Reply dcromwell July 15, 2010 at 1:36 pm Large pictures and big graphics are a turn off.

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Blogger Engineering Flickr SEO 250

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 3, 2010

You Need to Do it All the Time True social media marketing — that is, connecting with your customers and prospects — is a consistent and regular task. One-off campaigns can help drive viral success, but social media is not a “set it and forget it&# type of initiative. Silence can hurt you.

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Social Media Marketing Digg Consultant 221

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

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Now that the stay-at-home-moms (and dads) are finding their way to a five-figure Twitter follow count, they’re offering all types of services and branding themselves as all-round experts.

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Social Media Influencer MySpace Consultant 229

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

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 28, 2010

Social media rocks because it’s one of the most amazing tools for “free&# market research. If you’re the frugal type, take advantage of the free alerts from Google, YackTrack , Social Mention , BackType (which gives you alerts from blog/article comments , which other services do not include), and Trackur.

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Social Media Strategy Yahoo Communities 278

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?

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Communities Twitter Web 2.0 ROI 237

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. 2) the type of interaction (is it a like? I know I would.)

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Facebook How To Marketing URL 279

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 12, 2010

Granted, some companies use MySpace quite efficiently , but I feel that it targets a different demographic. Twitter, Pownce, and other “microblogging&# platforms really don’t fit in the type of social networks that I intend to illustrate here. I just don’t think there’s a lot to do with it.

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MySpace LinkedIn Facebook Social Networking 114

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

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Can you describe what your company does in 120 characters or less? What type of program is this? 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? What’s Your Pitch?

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Social Media Strategy Consultant Conference 167

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 22, 2009

Tweet Spinner actually lets you schedule different Twitter backgrounds, bios, and profiles, so that you can see which profile types might get the most engagement. 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). Profile design rotator.

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Applications Review Statistics URL 179

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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Brands MySpace Yahoo StumbleUpon 139

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? For me, that’s social media marketing. Some of the sites I recommend for educational materials include: Free Sphinn : Sphinn is an Internet Marketing social news site.

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Marketing How To SEO Training 240

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! It includes considerations for the types of things you need for good SEO (and again, attention) when publishing blog posts.

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Marketing SEO Case Study Small Business 264

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 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. Browsers obviously mostly lurk.

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Social Media Marketing Consultant Communities 163

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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Sites Social Media Digg Blogosphere 101

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

As someone who does public relations for companies, I’m sure you carefully pick your bloggers for the pitch. Reply Ken Wohl February 11, 2010 at 1:08 am In the coming month I’ll be be contacted bloggers that either my company has already built a relationship with or that are within my company’s niche.

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Blogger Press Release Advertising Review 177

Laurel Papworth

OCTOBER 22, 2011

The FutureOfMedia Discussion site The New Fourth Estate is Social Media The Function of News in Community Commercialization of Human Stories De-Commercialization of Human Stories Problem Journalism vs Solution Journalism Product vs Process Journalism What is a Newspaper’s Product Anyway? ” type requests.

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Communities Social Media Journal Diagrams 108

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? Or really hate one?

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Tools Social Media Radian6 CoTweet 188

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2011

Social Media: Hiring and in the Workplace. Social Media: Measurement and ROI. Social Media: General. Leveraging Other Social Media Sites. Reputation Management. Preparing a Social Readiness Gameplan in Seven Steps (Logic+Emotion): How can companies adequately prepare for social media monitoring and marketing?

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Marketing Affiliate marketing Small Business SEO 279

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. Social Media is Often Permanent Everything you do and say online can be used against you. If you blog or post comments, you should make sure it adheres to your company’s social media policy.

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Social Media Marketing Policies Sysomos 268

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 29, 2010

Surprisingly, some individuals who have yet to build any type of relationship with an author still expect to get a break. I had a former supervisor tell us on the first day of a sales job, “Yes, our company helps people and we do it very well. For me, I really don’t really ever decline a short “can you help?&#

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Products Consultant Price Social Media 267

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 10, 2008

A lot of the focus as of late is how we as a company has grown. As a company? I think that fewer companies are as successful in the Web 2.0 Way to get that news before me! And now everyone cheers ] Lacy : A lot of web companies have a hard time scaling internationally. Tell us about how it has evolved.

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Web 2.0 MySpace Applications Microsoft 104

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

My only questionable tweets are actually about business projects (yes, I am NameCheap’s new marketing consultant as Michelle Greer moves onto bigger and better things ). I try to limit the types of tweets that I send and keep them professional or relevant to my audience. Call them cliques if you will. Many don’t overlap.

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