Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

NOVEMBER 28, 2007

It’s about time that I bring the dialogue here since it’s evident that I’m already starting to grow fond of the brand new social network. The Early Adopter Appeal Mixx is a new social news site that went into private beta a mere two months ago. After that, your submission is available for sharing.

Review 102

Review Digg StumbleUpon Web 2.0 102

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

NOVEMBER 28, 2007

Reply Tamar Weinberg September 26, 2007 at 12:17 am My primary complaint with Reddit is that while it’s not slow at all compared to other social news sites, the interface is very primitive. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us Answers Yahoo!

Digg 100

Digg Reddit Web 2.0 StumbleUpon 100

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 12, 2010

For large, Fortune 1000 brands, this is typically a very large group, ranging from a few thousand to a few million individuals. 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 Answers Yahoo!

Smart Phone 218

Smart Phone Mobile Social Media SEO 218

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 18, 2010

Reply Deb Ng August 19, 2010 at 8:55 am Jenn Fowler (@jennfowler) and I joked the other day about starting a support group for our spouses and other social media widows and widowers. Your post offers good suggestions – far better than starting a support group. Answers Yahoo! Thanks Deb!

Activities 216

Activities Social Media Policies Social Networking 216

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

NOVEMBER 26, 2007

Young people of the new WWW generation snuck in whenever, wherever, and on whatever they like. Totally connected groups are average sharers, creating as much as they can consume and using free sites to display it all. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us Answers Yahoo!

Meme 100

Meme Digg Web 2.0 StumbleUpon 100

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

A lot of the major content producers like publishing groups have too much overhead to compete on price with bloggers etc and there’s too many places to get the same content so they can’t differentiate. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us Answers Yahoo!

Aggregator 151

Aggregator Content Digg Posterous 151

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 27, 2008

Many people found the research interesting, but a number of people commented that the social networks probably shouldn’t be grouped together. So the question arose – was social media traffic misrepresented by grouping traffic from all networks together? Answers Yahoo!

Social Media 100

Social Media StumbleUpon SEO ROI 100

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 9, 2008

In the past few weeks, however, even Digg’s other top users are seeing that Digg is becoming more difficult of a social news site to enjoy, and after stepping away from Digg for awhile, I have some thoughts and reflections on how it was and possibly how it should be. In fact, most of them had already left.

Digg 100

Digg Sites News API 100

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 4, 2010

We recently shared the story to a large group of Dallas hotels. 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 Answers Yahoo! Time will tell if they got the message.

Hotels 245

Hotels Social Media Communities Discount 245

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. As a side point, Google is a bigger beast and it has tens or hundreds of staff members visiting forums and moderating groups to ensure that the user experience is a good one. Time will only tell.

Digg 100

Digg Social Media Upcoming Ustream 100

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 12, 2009

On a few occasions, they also have served as focus groups providing us with valuable feedback on a number of topics. We agreed to forward the information on to this group of members, and asked for their permission to share their contact information with Royal Caribbean. This is Cruise Critic’s sole involvement in this program.

Brands 133

Brands Message Boards Travel Forums 133

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 12, 2010

In the business world, social networks help professionals share industry expertise and facilitate business networking. Reply FreeMarket Media Group March 2, 2008 at 4:15 pm I am pretty liberal when accepting friends on the Social Networking sites. Answers Yahoo! thus your persona’s.

MySpace 114

MySpace LinkedIn Facebook Social Networking 114

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 22, 2008

Anyone can visit online meeting places like Digg and Reddit and promote the voices and opinions of others, and anyone can mobilize a group of people around a common cause on Facebook or elsewhere. And that’s the key differentiator of social media: we, the consumers, can have one loud voice, that companies and other people listen to.

Social Media 105

Social Media Marketing Digg MySpace 105

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 28, 2010

Linkedin lead generation requires commitment to answering and asking questions on Groups/Answers, taking advantage of the deep searches, and connecting directly with those around you in your network. Kirtsy and Other Niche Social Networks. Did you know there’s a social news website catered to women called Kirtsy ?

Social Media 278

Social Media Strategy Yahoo Communities 278

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 6, 2008

The latter group is pretty hard to help and I’m not inclined to try. I have started a group on Facebook called Warning! Reply KJR December 13, 2008 at 9:52 am Sorry that Facebook Group should be: Warning! As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us Answers Yahoo!

Reputation 125

Reputation Chemicals Issues Consultant 125

Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

The 7 Steps to Creating a Social Media Strategy Before you begin, commit to worrying about social media tools last, not first. Yahoo, too. Develop a Social Media Strategy in 7 Steps | Social Media Marketing | Social Media Consulting – Conv…convinceandconvert.com [.] Yahoo, too.

Social Media 167

Social Media Strategy Consultant Conference 167

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 5, 2010

Don’t use a Facebook Group. Of over 1500 friends that I have, I’m constantly being pitched to join groups I have no interest in. That might not apply to Facebook fan groups but the idea is similar. Reply Tamar Weinberg May 6, 2010 at 10:17 pm Tove, I still would never recommend groups. It’s an irritant.

Facebook 279

Facebook How To Marketing URL 279

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2010

FriendFeed Groups – The Fast Track to Content and Community (Knowthenetwork.com): How can you use FriendFeed groups to your advantage? Suggested Guide for Writing Effective Blog Posts (PMA Media Group): Blogging isn’t always just about opening a “new post&# link and typing your thoughts.

Marketing 265

Marketing SEO Journal Engineering 265

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 30, 2008

It makes sense, it’s easy to navigate, you can find people, groups (cliques), you can search, it’s the hidden secret of microblogging/social networking! It makes sense, it’s easy to navigate, you can find people, groups (cliques), you can search, it’s the hidden secret of microblogging/social networking!

Twitter 199

Twitter Microblogging MySpace Comparison 199

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 12, 2010

These are friends who have no direct ties to the industry, but in using social networks, we’ve formed close bonds and friendships. Digg is by far the largest; as a former “top user&# of the service , I built strong relationships with employees and users of the social news site. Answers Yahoo!

Facebook 233

Facebook LinkedIn Social Networking Microblogging 233

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 8, 2008

By that I mean not only the social voting sites like Digg, Reddit, etc, but also on the social networks (Facebook, MySpace, etc), social communication tools (Twitter, Pownce, Seesmic, etc.), social conversation tools (FriendFeed, and maybe you could even lump in Disqus and the like with it).

Social Media 163

Social Media Marketing Consultant Communities 163

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 17, 2010

Gaming CMs probably have much to teach new community managers about engagement and, even more importantly, customer retention (particularly to subscription-based games). This is probably one of the areas that the Community Managers Group should begin to focus on! Answers Yahoo!

Communities 237

Communities Twitter Web 2.0 ROI 237

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 26, 2010

It shows that you have a vested financial interest in Yahoo News. When members repeatedly submit content from a single site or a small group of sites, it undermines StumbleUpon’s mission of discovering and sharing Web sites with others. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us

StumbleUpon 181

StumbleUpon Digg Social Networking Review 181

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 19, 2008

I became a big fan of playing games (bingo especially) at a little hub on AOL called RabbitJack’s Casino , which was considered a unique community within the AOL borders with a close-knit group of people from all walks of life. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us

MySpace 101

MySpace Yahoo Ustream StumbleUpon 101

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 29, 2008

We organise language courses worldwide for businesses, one-to-one students, and small groups. 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 Answers Yahoo! Tamar : What does your company do?

Marketing 103

Marketing Film StumbleUpon Project 103

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 10, 2008

He talks of a group on Facebook that has a goal to build an organization that has enough political clout to achieve ends to end poverty. There was a similar thing in 2006 when Yahoo was going to buy the company. Zuckerberg : It was a group decision, really. Answers Yahoo! They were offering $1 billion, which is a lot.

Web 2.0 104

Web 2.0 MySpace Applications Microsoft 104

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

It’s not enough to be insular and focus on your groups of friends. You may find people who are surfing outside your social circle who might be potentially interested in your products. At business networking events, try to get to know people outside your group of trusted colleagues. You never know who you might meet.

Twitter 205

Twitter Sports Microblogging HootSuite 205

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 10, 2010

Over the next few months, I received multiple invites to various groups on Facebook and messages imploring me to participate in activities in which I had no interest. All social media etiquette rules were not heeded to. Rather recently, she told me that she had enough and was going to quit. Gah, I wish I knew the link.)

Marketing 240

Marketing How To SEO Training 240

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. What are the most popular sites in these age groups?

Marketing 144

Marketing StumbleUpon SEO Reputation 144

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

I learn about these new blogs mostly outside the “social&# space because they do the hand-holding from start to finish, and as such, they often cater to a wider audience. This is the kind of content that spreads beyond the typical blog reader to an entirely different group of people. Answers Yahoo!

Blogosphere 278

Blogosphere Blogger Comments Tips 278

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 21, 2008

We may never know why someone who (by her own claims on Google Groups) was pulling in $5,000/month via counseling fees, affiliate marketing programs, and essays posted to paying websites such as Squidoo, would risk it all in a scheme that only raised a few hundred dollars. People hustling others on social media for a couple of dollars.

Social Media 104

Social Media StumbleUpon Communities MySpace 104

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 3, 2009

She was a member of the Red Hat Society , and was very proud for her group getting kicked out of Denny’s for “disrupting&# the restaurant – this when she was 85. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us Answers Yahoo! I lost my Grandma in July.

MySpace 102

MySpace Consultant Yahoo StumbleUpon 102

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 29, 2010

Not to mention that the explosion of SM came so quickly to business reality and they became so hungry for understanding and getting up to speed that the demand for a speaker and the sheer ego behind being asked to speak for a group opened up a market for fees far below where an agent can make any money. Answers Yahoo!

Products 267

Products Consultant Price Social Media 267

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 1, 2009

Reply Tamar Weinberg March 12, 2010 at 3:27 pm You have spotted the biggest gripe I have about Facebook Pages (versus Groups). 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 Answers Yahoo!

Facebook 279

Facebook How To Applications URL 279

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 10, 2008

Abusing group invites. And if they don’t accept, don’t send the group request more than once by asking them to join via email, wall post, or Facebook message. In a specific case, I manage a few LinkedIn groups so my email address is far more visible on the site than I’d like. Many call this spam.

Handbook 279

Handbook Social Media Web 2.0 StumbleUpon 279

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 1, 2010

Whether it’s Tamar’s blog, a Facebook fan page, a LinkedIn group, a Ning network, a local association, etc. So to her violinist community she is a ‘Violinist’ Sarah is able to develop a brand of as a ‘Software Developer’ to a particular group of software geeks and technical people. Answers Yahoo!

Social Media 240

Social Media Brands How To Social Networking 240

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 2, 2010

For those who are cautious about sharing too much, Facebook allow you to put specific rules in place, such as a Limited Profile, but I personally think it’s very interesting to see into the lives of my friends, whether it be a new hobby, a breakup (or an engagement announcement!), or the desire to establish a new group.

Facebook 111

Facebook Web 2.0 MySpace API 111