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11 Common Mistakes That People Make With Their Personal Brands.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Get a handbook of style and learn how to communicate with properly constructed sentences. “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. Take the time to listen to yourself talk.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

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And that’s only because of the alphabet soup of social networks, lifestreams, sharing sites, etc. Social media is not about Facebook or MySpace or Flickr or Twitter or blogs or YouTube. What other social media fallacies do you have? It’s not hard, it’s complicated. Leave a comment please.

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10 Community Manager Responsibilities that Don't Involve Twitter.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

So you tweet and facebook for a living! That last one might be the most honest of the three, since asking a Community Manager whether they tweet for a living is like asking a construction worker if they cat-call for a living, or a doctor if he asks people to say “ah! Follow him on Twitter. Put them to good use!

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Viral Marketing: Weezer Gets it Right

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

I don’t think it’s a brilliant marketing move and I don’t think assumptions about its marketing performance from a social media perspective are necessarily acurate. However, simply saying ‘you’re wrong, I’m right’ isn’t constructive and it’s not what I’m trying to do.

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7 Truths About Social Media Marketing

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Social Media is More than Just Twitter and Facebook Hopefully, if you’re participating in social media marketing, you’re using more than just the tools everyone else is using. However, you need to articulate to your client or marketing teams that social media is not just about participating on Twitter and Facebook.

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Best Internet Marketing Posts of 2011

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

9 Ways to Start a New Local Business Using Facebook, Twitter, Groupon, and Google : These easy (and mostly affordable steps) can put your local business on the map. How to Grow Social Media Leads: New Research : The more you blog, the better it is for your leads. They call that social proof. Social Networks.

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Quantum Entanglements: The Social Media Scandals

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

For nearly two years, thousands followed and supported this fictional construct as she fought a deadly disease, an astonishing run when you consider the challenges involved. But in reviewing her facebook page, all her personal info is valid. this lady is in facebook, linkedin, everywhere! This is disgusting!