Cost, Digg, Disqus and Microblogging

Is Social Media Worth it for You?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 19, 2010

1: Opportunity Cost – Every time you spend a minute on social media is one minute you potentially lost revenue. This inherent cost needs to be included in any equations you make when allocating resources. The good thing about social media is that the opportunity cost tends to mostly be time.

Social Media

Social Media Yahoo Discount Training

Twitter versus Plurk: Not Even in the Same League

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 30, 2008

The only similarity is a 140 character limit for posts — so Plurk is essentially a microblogging platform. Plurk: Real Nested Conversations Brought to the Microblogging Platform A few days ago, I noticed via Twitter search tool Summize that Aaron Brazell had been talking about me on his Twitter stream.

Twitter

Twitter Microblogging MySpace Comparison

A Brief Introduction to The New Community Rules: Marketing on the.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 15, 2009

The only substantial cost for you is time. When should I use Digg ? Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca The best part? Access to these social media communities is free. We’re seeing an incredible paradigm shift from a paid model to a virtually free model.

Communities

Communities Marketing MySpace Yahoo

Social Media for Non-Profits: How One Small Charity Makes it Work

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 14, 2009

Since the organization’s mission relies on storytelling, Stacey says, “social media represented a way for us to share those stories with the broadest possible audience for the lowest possible cost.&# Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca

Social Media

Social Media Case Study MySpace Yahoo

Creating Passionate Customers: Brand Evangelism and What it Means.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 26, 2009

Ultimately, there will be overhead “costs,&# such as monitoring your evangelists’ representation of your brand. Investing in a campaign that rewards your satisfied users to become your ambassadors is more cost effective than paying a sales agent with the added benefit that nobody likes a sales agent but we all love our friends.

Brands

Brands MySpace Yahoo StumbleUpon

Apple Gets More Serious About Using Twitter, but Why it Doesn't Matter

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

OCTOBER 22, 2009

If you don’t buy the extended warranty it costs you just to call and try to get help. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca Had many issues with my Apple Ipod and they seem to just have the attitude “You bought it, your headache.&#

Apple

Apple Twitter Forums Policies

Building Trust: A Relationship is Not a Newsletter Opt-In

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 8, 2009

Your responsibility as a marketer is to understand that permission marketing might actually take work, but the other extreme is to choose an easy way out that will likely have a cost that may be hard (or impossible) to recover from. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca

Newsletter

Newsletter Handbook Virtual World LinkedIn

Every Social Network is Different: Here's What You Need to Know

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 25, 2008

and obviously more recently sites such as Digg. Digg: Newsworthy, Informational, and Funny Chris also mentions that he has used Digg as a news source. Twenty-two minutes after it hit the front page, it sat at 2099 Diggs. Seven minutes after that, it had 2661 Diggs. How do you get your news?

Social Networking

Social Networking Digg StumbleUpon Social Bookmarking

Why You Should Fix Your House Before Inviting People Over

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 12, 2010

And since the cost of adding calls to action on a website and/or sending email messages is relatively low (email sends are arguably the least expensive weapons in your marketing arsenal), failing to do so is an almost unforgivable sin for any enterprising social marketer.

Smart Phone

Smart Phone Mobile Social Media SEO

Reputation Management with Dissatisfied Customers and Word of.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 19, 2008

Here’s what Sprint is thinking: you’re wasting our valuable customer service dollars and our errors are costing us too much money, so we’ll drop you and we’ll save big. It hit the Digg front page and then was blogged by hundreds of people. But boy, that’s really convenient.

Reputation

Reputation Airlines Digg MySpace

13 Reasons Why I Am an Obsessive Compulsive Facebook User Â?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 2, 2010

The first image is free, but each gift thereafter costs $1. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca With marketing comes another way Facebook can benefit itself and society: virtual gifts. Last week, Facebook rolled out image gifts that users can give to a special someone.

Facebook

Facebook Web 2.0 MySpace API

Why Customer Service Should Be in Your Social Media Marketing Strategy

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 21, 2009

Every bad sale costs you five. Here’s some more food for thought: Every blog post or negative review costs you thousands of customers. Some will go the extra mile to share with their friends exactly why they’re moving on, too, so don’t make any missteps that will cost you business down the road.

Social Media

Social Media Strategy Marketing Vimeo

Why SEO is Easier than Social Media Marketing

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 15, 2009

Social media marketing is a tremendous challenge, especially now that the market has become saturated with experts who clearly think that bringing their Digg front page success means that they’ve just launched a successful consulting business and can immediately sell their services to the highest (lowest?) My response: WRONG.

SEO

SEO Social Media Marketing Digg

Is Viral Marketing for Everyone? An Interview with Language.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 29, 2008

I was able to interview Dave, one of the brilliant minds behind the company and the game, and he has given some really great information about the viral marketing piece, including the costs and the execution. Tamar : How much (approximately) did the whole project cost? Dave : Well, it’s hard to say!

Marketing

Marketing Film StumbleUpon Project

How a Small New York City Hotel Put Itself on the Map through.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 4, 2010

Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca That’s gotta be more luck than skill no? Reply Tamar Weinberg March 4, 2010 at 3:22 pm Hi Isaacson, actually, I don’t think it’s just “luck.&# Hotels in NYC are costly.

Hotels

Hotels Social Media Communities Discount

7 Truths About Social Media Marketing

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 8, 2010

Social Media is Not Free When you were a kid, you probably wondered why road infrastructure projects cost in the billions or that nature preservation programs cost millions. Heck, the real question you probably had was “why does everything cost so much money? The answer, quite simply, comes down to the real cost of labor.

Social Media

Social Media Marketing Policies Sysomos

Fifteen Years of Online Social Interactions

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 19, 2008

I was 12 at the time, it was 1993, and AOL cost $5.95/hour Whereas everything used to cost money (my highest AOL bill was $267.48 The cost: over $4k for a 386SX/25mhz with 170MB of hard drive space, 2MB RAM, a 2400 baud modem, and a 13″ monitor. Email is still email (but doesn’t cost $0.25

MySpace

MySpace Yahoo Ustream StumbleUpon

Why You Should Have a Secondary Twitter Account

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

My tech-friends seem to be mostly agnostic liberals, and my views – though wonderful once you hear them in detail – would cost me a solid fourth at least of my current followers. I read this article about microblogging [link] , and although it has not made a fan out of me, it has opened my eyes to its wonders.

Twitter

Twitter Sports Microblogging HootSuite

Best Internet Marketing Posts of 2008: Social Media, SEO, and More " techipedia | tamar weinberg

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 14, 2009

How Much Money is a Top Google Ranking Worth to Your Business : Aaron Wall discusses the cost of that #1 link backing up the data with some hard research. 7 Social Media Websites and their Impact on SEO explores Mixx, Sphinn, Twitter, Digg, delicious, StumbleUpon, and Reddit and shows the positive and negative impact of using each.

SEO

SEO Social Media Marketing Reputation

The Ultimate Social Media Etiquette Handbook

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 10, 2008

Tagging individuals in unflattering pictures that may end up costing your friends their jobs. Social News (Digg, Sphinn, Mixx, Reddit, Tip’d, and a whole load of related sites) Submitting only your own articles and posts to social media sites. Further, if your friends request to be untagged, don’t make a stink of it.

Handbook

Handbook Social Media Web 2.0 StumbleUpon

What Traits Define a Social Media Marketer?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 8, 2008

These scenarios come to fruition in spontaneous communities, on social networks, and other self-service tools – all thanks to the availability of low cost technology and access to the world wide web. Also, one story on the Digg home page does not an expert make.

Social Media

Social Media Marketing Consultant Communities

The Audacity of Free: The Products and Services Edition

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 29, 2010

Somehow, individuals forget along the way that costs accrue when considering the venue, food, exhibit hall, and the staff required on hand to run the event smoothly. Free is beautiful, and costs are part of life.&# At the end of the day, contrary to seemingly popular belief, the hosts aren’t the only ones pocketing the money.

Products

Products Consultant Price Social Media

How to Use Facebook for Business and Marketing

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 5, 2010

There’s a cost to this, though. In both cases, you can build an app on your Facebook wall that will let you estimate your monthly renter’s/homeowner’s insurance costs or your mortgage. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca

Facebook

Facebook How To Marketing URL

Best Internet Marketing Blog Posts of 2007 Â» Techipedia | Tamar.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2009

Social Media Sites: General The Big Boys of Social Bookmarking: The Top 20 Sites (10e20): Chris Winfield ranks the top 20 social bookmarking sites by their Alexa rankings and gives a short description of what each does — in case you haven’t ventured beyond Digg. This post has been brought to you by SMS Gateway software.

Marketing

Marketing StumbleUpon SEO Reputation

How to Get an Influencer's Attention

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 24, 2010

I selected influencers in all different “walks of life&# and areas of influence, from the blogosphere to the power users of Digg to founders of successful startups and authors of bestselling books. Andrew Sorcini Andrew Sorcini is also known as Mr. Baby Man and is Digg’s #1 User. Make noise, but backed up by fact!

Influencer

Influencer How To Press Release Blogger

Blogging Etiquette in the Face of a PR Pitch: What Miss Blogging.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

Does the fact that their costs come in the form of materials and mine in the form of time make theirs any more ‘real’? Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca Reply Cancel reply Leave a Comment Be sure to wrap all code in <code></code> tags.

Blogger

Blogger Press Release Advertising Review

Advice for a New Internet Marketer (or How to Spot Internet.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 10, 2010

Even though there is a cost for entry for some of the best resources, the solutions were highly worthwhile, I explained. High costs don’t always translate to better quality. In the social media sphere, these are the guys who spam sites like Digg and other niche social bookmarking sites with totally off-topic spam.

Marketing

Marketing How To SEO Training

Best Internet Marketing Posts of 2009

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2010

Twitter, Customer Service, and Good Brand Management (Conversation Agent): Valeria Maltoni writes a great primer to why Twitter is important for customer service, but then goes a step further and tells you what tools you can use to monitor your brand (and some that cost money and let you respond). Yes, patience is a big one!

Marketing

Marketing SEO Journal Engineering

Zicam: Loss of Taste and Smell - The Reputation Management Fiasco.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 6, 2008

Reply Linda February 14, 2008 at 11:36 pm I posted this on Digg. If we sell out we might make money but the cost is way to high. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca It’s only the oral and nasal mist that I think they name in the suit.

Reputation

Reputation Chemicals Issues Consultant

10 Community Manager Responsibilities that Don't Involve Twitter.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 17, 2010

This includes everything from acquiring permits, to negotiating with shippers, to figuring costs out with any non-for-profit you may be working with. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca Reply Cancel reply Leave a Comment Be sure to wrap all code in <code></code> tags.

Communities

Communities Twitter Web 2.0 ROI

An Open Letter to Facebook

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 28, 2010

I might actually hire a VA to do it for me…but that’s going to cost a pretty penny. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca Is there a easier way to “mass-delete&# ? Reply Cancel reply Leave a Comment Be sure to wrap all code in <code></code> tags.

Facebook

Facebook Issues MySpace Privacy

Make a Wish for Someone Else this Holiday Season (and the Power of.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 15, 2008

As an individual, perhaps a company or an entrepreneur who is looking to spread the word about a new product launch, you have the potential to keep marketing costs down by reaching out to bloggers and having them talk about your product. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca

Blogger

Blogger Yahoo Buy Twitter

Social Media Informer

Is Social Media Worth it for You?

Twitter versus Plurk: Not Even in the Same League

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A Brief Introduction to The New Community Rules: Marketing on the.

Social Media for Non-Profits: How One Small Charity Makes it Work

Creating Passionate Customers: Brand Evangelism and What it Means.

Apple Gets More Serious About Using Twitter, but Why it Doesn't Matter

Building Trust: A Relationship is Not a Newsletter Opt-In

Every Social Network is Different: Here's What You Need to Know

Why You Should Fix Your House Before Inviting People Over

Reputation Management with Dissatisfied Customers and Word of.

13 Reasons Why I Am an Obsessive Compulsive Facebook User Â?

Why Customer Service Should Be in Your Social Media Marketing Strategy

Why SEO is Easier than Social Media Marketing

Is Viral Marketing for Everyone? An Interview with Language.

How a Small New York City Hotel Put Itself on the Map through.

7 Truths About Social Media Marketing

Fifteen Years of Online Social Interactions

Why You Should Have a Secondary Twitter Account

Best Internet Marketing Posts of 2008: Social Media, SEO, and More " techipedia | tamar weinberg

The Ultimate Social Media Etiquette Handbook

What Traits Define a Social Media Marketer?

The Audacity of Free: The Products and Services Edition

How to Use Facebook for Business and Marketing

Best Internet Marketing Blog Posts of 2007 Â» Techipedia | Tamar.

How to Get an Influencer's Attention

Blogging Etiquette in the Face of a PR Pitch: What Miss Blogging.

Advice for a New Internet Marketer (or How to Spot Internet.

Best Internet Marketing Posts of 2009

Zicam: Loss of Taste and Smell - The Reputation Management Fiasco.

10 Community Manager Responsibilities that Don't Involve Twitter.

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