Adam Sherk

JANUARY 21, 2010

A similar difference exists for microblogging sites like Twitter. Newspaper journalists were the most likely to report using no social media tools (21%). Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now!

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Social Media Press Release Microblogging Survey 122

Webbiquity SMM

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

As she notes in her introduction, Li’s book is organized around four main themes: Research: start by using search and social media monitoring tools to discover where your customers and prospects are congregating. Don’t automatically assume they use the most popular social networks. Social Events (e.g.,

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SocMed Sean

APRIL 5, 2012

Flash forward to 2009, when every company realizes that email and Internet access are key tools for most back-office employees in the company to do their job. Obviously, these folks don’t realize that a new generation of workers is entering the workplace and expecting to leverage tools like text messaging, Twitter, blogs, and Facebook.

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Social Media Twitter Facebook Social Networking 279

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.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 12, 2010

Despite the fact that Facebook has the most customizable privacy settings of all social networks (though we could argue with their effectiveness in a whole other post), people don’t like maintaining a “business&# identity on the same profile as their “personal&# (fun?)

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

This is no less true for the world of social networks. Networks like Digg, FriendFeed, and Facebook are seeing huge growths in value, but the little guys, the ones actually providing the meat and potatoes for those operations, rarely see a nickel. Let’s be honest for a second here. The major “Web 2.0″

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 19, 2009

Twitter as a tool to communicate during conferences. After attending SMX (I’ll post something on that soon) and SES NY, I realized that Twitter is a useful tool for conferencegoers to communicate their whereabouts or to share breaking news and announcements. Twitter as a marketing tool. What are my top picks? Go with both.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 18, 2008

Twitter went about this in the right way and it’s opened up a host of new applications, tools, and scripts. It’s an absolutely important tool, and it brought an immersion into the site even when I wasn’t on it. All this communication and web socializing takes too much time (even if it is fun).

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 28, 2010

Regardless of the many years of experience you have in the online space, the ideas behind social media and social media marketing are applicable to everyone. Social media rocks because it’s one of the most amazing tools for “free&# market research. Kirtsy and Other Niche Social Networks.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 26, 2010

But with all other social networks, there are rules of engagement that are determined by the community. I’ve personally found StumbleUpon to be a great tool to find good and exciting content, and I’ve even made some friends through the “toolbar.&# It’s not a way to pawn for votes on other social networks.

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StumbleUpon Digg Social Networking Review 181

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 1, 2010

Social media, on the other hand, allows you to connect directly with the audience you want to target, on common ground, and build relationships. The more you read, the better and more prepared you will be to communicate through various social media channels. You won’t be able to scale your brand on fifty social networks.

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Social Media Brands How To Social Networking 240

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 12, 2010

by Tamar Weinberg on December 19, 2007 Share How do you leverage different social networks? I am fascinated by the amount of social networks that I’m part of, but better yet, I’m intrigued to find that I assume different “personas,&# at least in terms of choosing friends (and using the networks), on each social site.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 18, 2010

Which is why, of course, your business needs a killer social media strategy. In order to tap the potential of this fabulous marketing tool, you’ll want to first determine if social media can meet your goals and objectives. Establishing a social media strategy will help you see where potential customers are hanging out.

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Social Media Strategy StumbleUpon Digg 269

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 22, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Internet , Marketing > How You Can Benefit from Real Time Search How You Can Benefit from Real Time Search by Tamar Weinberg on April 22, 2010 Share This is a guest post by Evan Britton, founder of Sency.

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Firebelly

JUNE 11, 2010

Twitter to Change Links and How They Are Displayed By Ben Parr In an effort to bypass the obscurity of shortened links and to prevent malware and phishing attacks, Twitter has begun the rollout of t.co, its official URL shortener, along with some major changes to how the microblogging platform handles links. Have a great weekend everyone!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Social Media Advertising Building your personal brand is about interacting with others and establishing your credentials. Logging onto social networks only to propagate self aggrandizing propaganda will turn off potential clients. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us

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Brands Handbook MySpace Construction 236

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

MAY 1, 2008

FriendFeed is just another tool to let the world know who you really are on top of Facebook and LinkedIn (and perhaps your blogs). Even if you shared your social media profiles on your blog/website in the past, FriendFeed forces your actions across all social networks upon your friends and makes them much more public.

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Content Privacy StumbleUpon Digg 100

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 19, 2010

One of the most common questions in social media is – “is it worth it?”. Because of the nature of the marketing tool, each industry differs to the point that people just aren’t sure. Every industry can benefit from social media. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 10, 2008

Founded by four ex-Googlers, FriendFeed allows you to subscribe to your friends’ updates across 35 social networks and to stay up to date with the content they’re discovering and sharing across the web. In social media spheres, it’s almost unavoidable to not engage online with content in some way.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 15, 2009

After you’re quite certain you’re ready to dig into the social media world and you have formulated a strategy , the latter half of the book will guide you through popular existing tools that can ease your way into social media. When should I use Digg ? How do I make a killer Facebook page?

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Communities Marketing MySpace Yahoo 170

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 12, 2010

Moreover, if you follow the latest search engine algorithm trends, you know that Google and others are apparently beginning to factor any and all social mentions into their ranking methodologies, and it’s likely that these social signals will become even more influential over time. It’s much appreciated.

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Smart Phone Mobile Social Media SEO 218

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 2, 2010

Facebook is not just a social network anymore; it is a society. Having a simple, yet totally functional design, is a reason why I have could say that Facebook is my winner among all social networks of its kind. Face it (no pun intended), Facebook is the ultimate stalker tool. Why the sudden appeal?

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Facebook Web 2.0 MySpace API 111

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 14, 2009

Epic Change’s success obviously means that the tools they used, where the barriers for entry are rather low, are working. Interactions We’ve seen the motivations for Epic Change to get involved in the social media space, but what do they do? They wanted to use media that was free.

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Social Media Case Study MySpace Yahoo 172

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 28, 2010

The Quiz The quiz is another viral tool that brings a bit more fun into everyday web browsing. Tools Users also like things that make their lives easier. Whether it is a tool that finds domains for you or a utility that makes web surfing just a bit easier, remember, tools were created out of a need.

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Social Media Content SEO Examples 180

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 16, 2010

Measurement Audit What part of my social activities do I measure? If you haven’t already, get measurement tools to measure all your social activities. Some tools you can use are Social Mention , Trackur , and PostRank. PostRank is becoming one of my favorite tools. Have a nice one. Great questions!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 10, 2008

After all, Facebook was a tool that college students were using before it was open to the public, and some still use it as a purely personal and not a professional tool. 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.

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Handbook Social Media Web 2.0 StumbleUpon 279

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 15, 2009

No, building your personal brand in social media does not count. In social media marketing, the assets are missing. Just because your wonderful piece of linkbait that drove 30,000 visitors to via Digg succeeded once (or maybe twice) doesn’t mean that you’re ready to go at having those clients alone.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 19, 2008

Jennifer blogged about her ordeal and it caused a social media outrage. It hit the Digg front page and then was blogged by hundreds of people. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 25, 2010

They hear about tools, put forth a miserable effort, and are either too busy or just lazy. With social media, an abundance of resources are at your fingertips. However, without a successful plan and any adequate preparation, your social media efforts will fail. It’s a dumb move, to be honest (I thought it was temporary!).

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

A few months ago, Brian Solis talked about an off-topic pitch about a social network for plants. Somehow, I think nature lovers would be more interested in socializing shrubbery.) Search for blogs via paid tools such as Radian6, TruPulse, and Trackur. Where do they come off doing that? I’m sure you can relate.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Reply Robert February 2, 2010 at 6:27 pm You had me when you put more focus on communicating than the tools. Made me laugh when I compared it back to Roberts comment about focus on communicating rather than tools. There is a reason why Social media is called social media. Hope that clarifies. It doesn’t work.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 8, 2008

Reem Abeidoh , Social Media Strategist : A social media marketer provides strategic online recommendations based on the client’s business goals and intensive research. Also, one story on the Digg home page does not an expert make. There’s no real reason to define it any more than the simple semantics of it all.

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Social Media Marketing Consultant Communities 163

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. Rae explains all. This kid is awesome.)

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Marketing StumbleUpon SEO Reputation 144

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 22, 2009

Tweet Spinner is a CRM tool too, allowing you to connect with potential followers. The tool will also prevent you from following spammer accounts through a variety of tactics. Tweet content: @replies : You also might choose not to follow people if they are a broadcast tool. Twitter CRM. Thanks for doing the research.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 22, 2008

by Tamar Weinberg on February 22, 2008 Share This is a guest post from Pierre Far, who recently launched a very cool program called Social Alerter which notifies you as soon as your website has a solid chance of hitting the Digg or del.icio.us We have all engaged in debates over the past few years about social media. If so, how?

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Social Media Marketing Digg MySpace 105

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 5, 2010

Aggregate Your Other Social Streams If you’re only on Facebook, this step isn’t for you. Hopefully, though, you’re considering other social networks to broaden your social media reach. Hootsuite , for example, has multiple tabs that highlight their social involvement elsewhere on the web.

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