The Realtime Report

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Last week’s events revealed several interesting new statistics about Twitter, including information about mobile use and brand engagement on the platform. The highlights: 60% of Twitter users access the microblogging platform on mobile devices. promoted tweets have an engagement rate of between 1% and 3%. days ( CNET ).

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 21, 2010

The flip side to that is that not everything gleaned from monitoring social media activity is accurate or reliable. A similar difference exists for microblogging sites like Twitter. Newspaper journalists were the most likely to report using no social media tools (21%). What Horrible Things Did Time Magazine Do in 1964?

Social Media 122

Social Media Press Release Microblogging Survey 122

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 25, 2008

If you use Twitter regularly, you’d see that it wins as a social news site that provides instantaneous news — at least of that caliber. The issue, of course, is engagement. If you’re not actively engaged, the news won’t come at you. It’s like any other news medium.

Social Networking 101

Social Networking Digg StumbleUpon Social Bookmarking 101

Mindjumpers

JUNE 29, 2010

As mentioned, Hoist is a browser-based working platform build on the idea of social networks. From an organizational perspective, the platform makes it possible to manage diverse flows of information and process and secure these into knowledge, available to all employees at any time.

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Social Media Project Microblogging Policies 196

The Way of the Web

FEBRUARY 9, 2014

Not only are they helpful in ensuring that everyone in a company understands what is expected of them, they can also be a way to empower your employees to feel comfortable and confident in engaging with customers or clients via social media. List of Social Media Guidelines and Policies: Company Name Document Name Link.

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Mindjumpers

AUGUST 26, 2010

Blog About Clients Cases Tribesourcing Video People & Contact Bloggers « The Social Media Policy – not just for the big players Using Social Media Monitoring to Improve Your Search Engine Marketing Relevance » 7 Important Steps to Great Business Communication Posted by Marlene Friis Aug 26th, 2010 Tweet Because of my interest in business (..)

Microblogging 212

Microblogging Policies Disqus Newsletter 212

Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

5 Ways to Begin Building Your Personal Learning Network 1.0 1-Join a professional social network. technology) and EduBlogger World (for education bloggers) and I launched a social network called iTeach/iLearn (enhancing instruction with tech across the content areas). Join My Social Networks.

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Education Ustream Microsoft Wiki 279

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 13, 2008

A few weeks later, a surprising blog post was published that outed the marketing firm and hosting company that sponsored the particular study. And it turned out that the whole thing was a viral marketing sham, too, which was discovered by numerous Digg members. Kn ow your social media source’s demographics.

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Social Media Digg Brands Marketing 100

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 18, 2008

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Blogging , Social Media > Plutter Kite: The Ultimate Micro-Blogging Service Plutter Kite: The Ultimate Micro-Blogging Service by Tamar Weinberg on June 18, 2008 Share This is a guest post from Samir Balwani of Internet Marketing blog Left the Box.com.

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Microblogging API MySpace Yahoo 102

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 12, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Social Media > Why You Should Fix Your House Before Inviting People Over Why You Should Fix Your House Before Inviting People Over by Tamar Weinberg on May 12, 2010 Share This is a guest post by Hugo Guzman.

Smart Phone 218

Smart Phone Mobile Social Media SEO 218

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Internet , Marketing > 11 Common Mistakes That People Make With Their Personal Brands 11 Common Mistakes That People Make With Their Personal Brands by Tamar Weinberg on October 7, 2010 Share This is a guest post from James Adams.

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Brands Handbook MySpace Construction 236

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 20, 2010

Sure, mundane minutiae (like the sort lampooned here) might generate a low level dialog, but in order to achieve something more meaningful, a successful social media marketer needs a conversational hook to generate discussion. In my experience, I’ve found that I’m quite successful at making people laugh via social media.

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Social Media Chemicals Wikipedia MySpace 208

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.

MySpace 114

MySpace LinkedIn Facebook Social Networking 114

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 28, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Viral Marketing > 7 Traits of Highly Effective Viral Videos 7 Traits of Highly Effective Viral Videos by Tamar Weinberg on January 28, 2010 Share In the past few years, video has come a long way. They got excited.

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Video Flash Mob YouTube MySpace 236

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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Aggregator Content Digg Posterous 151

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 18, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Social Media > 10 Reasons Why Your Business Needs a Killer Social Media Strategy 10 Reasons Why Your Business Needs a Killer Social Media Strategy by Tamar Weinberg on May 18, 2010 Share This is a guest post by Beth Hrusch.

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Social Media Strategy StumbleUpon Digg 269

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 21, 2009

So instead of sticking your fingers in your ears and ignoring it (at your own peril), better to engage with those people and make them feel “felt&# and heard. Social media customer service is a form of marketing…marketing the company as a friendly, customer-obsessed organization. Good way to put it.

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Social Media Strategy Marketing Vimeo 153

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 18, 2010

I guess it’s assumed in social spaces that when s/he initiates the friend request, you can comment on anything on their Facebook wall or tweet back at them about something personal or even comment on a photo. If either parter is using social media professionally and you’re not, respect their need to do so and keep your distance.

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Activities Social Media Policies Social Networking 216

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

OCTOBER 22, 2009

Apple has no such protocol in place, and at this point, there is no engagement. It makes me wonder if I’m sending my requests to a wall (or for your tech geeks, /dev/null) or if people really work for Apple (outside their marketing and engineering departments). But connecting should be a two-way street.

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Apple Twitter Forums Policies 154

Social Media Network Marketing

AUGUST 19, 2010

Professional networks like LinkedIn. Social networks like Facebook and others. Social news / bookmarking sites like del.icio.us, technorati, dig and others. Microblogs e.g. Twitter. Our primary goal when developing a social marketing strategy should be to establish conversation parameters.

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Reputation Social Media Xanga Microblogging 87

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 19, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Social Media > Is Social Media Worth it for You? Is Social Media Worth it for You? One of the most common questions in social media is – “is it worth it?”. They’re being disingenuous.

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Social Media Yahoo Discount Training 164

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 22, 2008

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Social Media > Is Social Media the Final Frontier of Marketing? Is Social Media the Final Frontier of Marketing? We have all engaged in debates over the past few years about social media.

Social Media 105

Social Media Marketing Digg MySpace 105

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 27, 2008

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Search Engine Optimization , Social Media > The Great Social Media Traffic Debate: Niche or General Networks? The Great Social Media Traffic Debate: Niche or General Networks?

Social Media 100

Social Media StumbleUpon SEO ROI 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

MARCH 4, 2008

In that way, I wish Quizlet, an online application to make learning vocabulary fun and engaging, was available back when I needed it. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us Buzz YouTube Tamar Weinberg is a social media enthusiast with a passion for all things tech and productivity.

Digg 103

Digg MySpace Reddit Yahoo 103

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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Plaxo Picasa StumbleUpon Netvibes 103

Social Media Network Marketing

MAY 29, 2010

Saturday, May 29, 2010 The Social Media Strategist Develop comprehensive social media strategy, leveraging the major social networks (LinkedIn, FaceBook, Twitter, YouTube, MySpace), blogs, video, stand-alone social newtorks, social commerce and more. Unported License. Unported License.

Social Media 50

Social Media Widget Reputation Disqus 50

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2010

of articles on the topic of Internet Marketing, from SEO to social media to web usability and then some. They are strategic guides that hopefully will enhance your internet marketing experiences in the future. Without further ado, I now present to you the best internet marketing posts of 2009. Here’s 2007.

Marketing 265

Marketing SEO Journal Engineering 265

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 4, 2010

Targeting an audience of social media heavyweights that frequently visit New York City is a really useful marketing strategy. It feels really good that they “get&# the social media world and go out of their way to make you feel good for staying at their hotel. Selling should not even be a big part of the picture.

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Hotels Social Media Communities Discount 245

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.) I just wrote several posts on Brian’s PPBPR as well as moderating a Social Media Book Discussion on it. I’m sure you can relate.

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Press Release How To Radian6 Blogger 129

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

NOVEMBER 26, 2007

The internet and technology ownership has changed everything: digital TV, mobile phones, iPods, weblogs, instant messaging, [and] social networking. But before I engaged in so many social media spheres, I certainly wasn’t as well-rounded as I was prior to my participation. Answers Yahoo!

Meme 100

Meme Digg Web 2.0 StumbleUpon 100

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Glen Allsopp writes about the topic of Viral marketing at ViperChill. Faithful follower of Viral Marketing! Therefore, the only combination of the two that would appear to work is to practice sharing on the web and as Tamar suggests – engage. I love the transparency. That level of communication really teaches your readers.)

Social Media 229

Social Media Influencer MySpace Consultant 229

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 5, 2010

Let’s just take a look at the potential of Facebook for business for a moment here and review the various options business owners have in order to be effective with Facebook business marketing. As a result, engagement goes up as the page appears very active. Give them a reason to be actively engaged.

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Facebook How To Marketing URL 279

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 12, 2009

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Opinion , Social Media , Viral Marketing > When is Brand Evangelism a Crime? Exploring the Royal Caribbean Promotional Marketing Strategy When is Brand Evangelism a Crime?

Brands 133

Brands Message Boards Travel Forums 133

Koka Sexton

DECEMBER 20, 2009

After scouring the internet for information, this is the super list of social media posts that I came up with as a reading list. Building an Effective Business Profile on Twitter From TwiTip: As the popularity of micro-blogging continues to grow, it’s going to become a tool used by advertisers and marketers.

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Case Study Wiki Software List 99

Koka Sexton

DECEMBER 20, 2009

After scouring the internet for information, this is the super list of social media posts that I came up with as a reading list. Building an Effective Business Profile on Twitter From TwiTip: As the popularity of micro-blogging continues to grow, it’s going to become a tool used by advertisers and marketers.

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List Social Media Case Study Wiki 96

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 15, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Blogging , Marketing > 7 Deadly Blog Writing Sins 7 Deadly Blog Writing Sins by Tamar Weinberg on July 15, 2010 Share This is a guest post by Frank Lee. Next step you need to market your blog to reach your target audience.

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Blogger Engineering Flickr SEO 250