Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 19, 2010

Consumers are actively looking for and want to engage with most businesses that fall into the following categories. Kirtsy Likaholix LinkedIn Mahalo Mento Mixx MyBlogLog MySpace Plurk Pownce Propeller Reddit SEOmoz Sphinn StumbleUpon Technorati Toluu Twitter Wikipedia Yahoo! Answers Yahoo!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 12, 2010

They want a blog, an iPhone app, viral videos, a Twitter handle, a Facebook fan page complete with custom applications, blogger and influencer engagement initiatives, an ad.ly In general, there are no visible calls to action to engage with social channels and little if any interactive assets. Ever watch HGTV’s Designed to Sell?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 13, 2008

Introduce yourself, engage in the community, and let them learn about your brand. Those who engage in social media have an inherent thirst for interesting information. Kirtsy Likaholix LinkedIn Mahalo Mento Mixx MyBlogLog MySpace Plurk Pownce Propeller Reddit SEOmoz Sphinn StumbleUpon Technorati Toluu Twitter Wikipedia Yahoo!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 27, 2008

Let’s get ready to rumble… Generic network: StumbleUpon : In the blue corner we have Stumbleupon – one of the largest social bookmarking sites on the web. While some argue that StumbleUpon traffic is targeted, the broad nature of content categories and misclassification of content means this is rarely the case.

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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. Kirtsy Likaholix LinkedIn Mahalo Mento Mixx MyBlogLog MySpace Plurk Pownce Propeller Reddit SEOmoz Sphinn StumbleUpon Technorati Toluu Twitter Wikipedia Yahoo! Answers Yahoo!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 28, 2010

By engaging the wedding party and having them dance down the aisle spontaneously, people watching the resultant video really felt the momentum. Genuine You don’t always have to engage in expensive video production to promote your wares, nor as the marketer do you have to create the video yourself. They got excited. They laughed.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 25, 2008

The issue, of course, is engagement. If you’re not actively engaged, the news won’t come at you. StumbleUpon: The Funny, the Informational, but Not So Newsy StumbleUpon is probably the last social site that I’d consider going for “news&# — at least not for “current events.&#

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 8, 2009

But while you’re likely part of the small group of professionals who understand that the rules of engagement do not change when we cross over to the virtual world, there’s an ocean of people who easily think that access to an email address or a “send message&# form is an opportunity. Answers Yahoo!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

When contrasted with the StumbleUpon model, the FriendFeeds and Diggs of the world seem to have the process backwards. They don’t care about really engaging with the content. And he pretty much said the same thing (in 140 char): that he likes to enable his readers to engage and comment *wherever they feel comfortable*.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 21, 2009

We have embarassing pictures in Google Maps , videos about the death of an innocent man in the hands of a “competent&# cop , and even Yelp reviews that can damage your personal reputation , never mind your business. If a company wants to have a stellar reputation today , they better think about giving good customer service.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 10, 2008

Since FriendFeed aggregates numerous social networks, it can give you a lot more information about its users, especially with regards to how and when they engage with online content. In social media spheres, it’s almost unavoidable to not engage online with content in some way. You never know until you check out their feed.

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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. Brief Overview of StumbleUpon Since everyone is mostly raving about Twitter and Facebook as of late, I’m going to briefly define StumbleUpon and explain how it works. Great, now we have that out of the way.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

NOVEMBER 26, 2007

Whether it’s Flickr , StumbleUpon , Digg , del.icio.us , Twitter , Facebook , Sphinn , LinkedIn , blogs , blogs , more blogs , and even more blogs , you can find me looking for the most pertinent content that aligns with my interests. Do I respect media snackers? Of course I do. I snack on media all day long. Answers Yahoo!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 12, 2010

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Therefore, the only combination of the two that would appear to work is to practice sharing on the web and as Tamar suggests – engage. Kirtsy Likaholix LinkedIn Mahalo Mento Mixx MyBlogLog MySpace Plurk Pownce Propeller Reddit SEOmoz Sphinn StumbleUpon Technorati Toluu Twitter Wikipedia Yahoo! Answers Yahoo!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 18, 2010

Unfortunately, there may occasionally be times when one’s significant other has difficulty appreciating his/her partner’s engagement online. Kirtsy Likaholix LinkedIn Mahalo Mento Mixx MyBlogLog MySpace Plurk Pownce Propeller Reddit SEOmoz Sphinn StumbleUpon Technorati Toluu Twitter Wikipedia Yahoo! Answers Yahoo!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Kirtsy Likaholix LinkedIn Mahalo Mento Mixx MyBlogLog MySpace Plurk Pownce Propeller Reddit SEOmoz Sphinn StumbleUpon Technorati Toluu Twitter Wikipedia Yahoo! Tagged as: blogger outreach , Blogging , pr , press releases , public relations , spam { 5 trackbacks } Blogger Relations is a Two-Way Street | Brian Solis - PR 2.0 Answers Yahoo!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 15, 2010

Keep building more valuable content and engage in marketing this content. Someone made a comment to me that this blogger writes simply to look smarter than others but doesn’t have anything valuable to say — that’s the kind of reputation this type of complex writing actually gives off! It’s not worth it.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 4, 2010

If you’re constantly broadcasting and not building bridges, your social media engagement will only travel so far. Kirtsy Likaholix LinkedIn Mahalo Mento Mixx MyBlogLog MySpace Plurk Pownce Propeller Reddit SEOmoz Sphinn StumbleUpon Technorati Toluu Twitter Wikipedia Yahoo! izmantot soci?los los medijus viesn?cu « Tur?t

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 22, 2008

We have all engaged in debates over the past few years about social media. Companies have to engage with their buyers, especially the early adopters, and make sure they’re happy. They can acheive this through making their voice heard and engage with their employees, partners, competitors, and customers. If so, how?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2010

Social Media: Getting Started Why You Have to Engage in Social Media, Even if You Don’t Want to (A Smart Bear): Jason Cohen (@asmartbear) makes a compelling argument into why social media must be considered, even if you have no interest in it. The Online Consumer Engagement Value report idea is a good one.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 28, 2010

Lead generation and client acquisition can be had on LinkedIn, especially in the B2B space, just as long as you’re active and engaging. Engagement. Engagement requires regular interaction between you and others. How many of you have made true friends from merely engaging in this space? Reputation Management.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 1, 2008

Google is undoubtedly huge and they could simply shrug their members off like Digg does to its much smaller userbase, but instead they engage the community and that’s why Google is such a positive brand. Spam engineer guy Matt Cutts has his own blog where he talks about his personal life and all things Google. Answers Yahoo!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 12, 2009

Perhaps this is a “take heed&# call to community participants who engage on the social web, but while ExpertCruiser warns its readers that this is a scummy practice, in reality, scouring social sites for mentions of your product, service, and even your competitors is nothing new. Answers Yahoo!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2009

StumbleUpon How to Become a Top StumbleUpon User (or Why You Shouldn’t Really Bother) (Dosh Dosh): Maki gives a straight honest assessment of the social bookmarking site. Internet Marketer’s Guide to StumbleUpon (ViperChill): A beginner’s guide into using StumbleUpon for your marketing efforts.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

I’ve seen internet marketers who sell products designed to help accounts gain hundreds of followers, which defeats the process of engaging an audience with outstanding content. Reply Nan Ross September 26, 2010 at 9:08 pm Some focus too much on their following to followers ratio that they lose the engaging concept of Twitter.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 27, 2009

link] Reply Rubab July 28, 2009 at 11:13 pm Me and my fiance met on Internet in May and got engaged in June and hopefully will get marry in Nov. we met on StumbleUpon… i agree with Tamar that “online interactions can translate into something incredibly powerful offline.&# I would love to share the link with your readers.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 17, 2010

It’s an imperative part of your job to not only control and monitor your company’s reputation, but to create it to begin with. And there’s no one better to create reputation with than the employees themselves. This reputation will not be forgotten next time they’re looking to use the service you provide.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 26, 2009

Engagement in a process called brand evangelism is one beneficial strategy to get your brand known and to help spread your message. Therefore, you may want to have someone from your company to act as a point of contact for the ongoing brand ambassador engagement. But with social media marketing, it doesn’t have to be.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 12, 2010

There were other typical social networks in this grouping as well, including Flickr, FriendFeed, Kirtsy, Mixx, Plurk, StumbleUpon, Tip’d, and Twitter. Since most people who want to connect with me on Facebook know me in a more professional capacity, I will be using my Facebook page to engage them professionally. (As

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 5, 2010

As a result, engagement goes up as the page appears very active. Therefore, beyond letting them have control, grab the mic regularly (a few times per week and daily if possible) and engage your community. Based on this information, fresh content with actively engaged brand adopters are is key. I am new to your blog.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 22, 2009

Tweet Spinner actually lets you schedule different Twitter backgrounds, bios, and profiles, so that you can see which profile types might get the most engagement. For a big company account, it’s difficult to actually engage all day long (and all week long, especially if you’re a 9-5 shop). Profile design rotator.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 8, 2008

In the many paragraphs that follow, learn from many of the experts and hear what they consider success when using social media to engage with consumers about products and services. Knowing the right people to send something to on StumbleUpon or keeping a conversation going on FriendFeed for example. They love ideas and news.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

Better yet, having multiple employees at your company engage in Twitter can also help further your company goals. There are a few obstacles you will face if you engage in this tactic, but they’re nothing too difficult to address. Devoting a mere 15-30 minutes every day to keep the content fresh and engaging should be sufficient.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 23, 2008

Society is used to ignoring billboards and magazine ads, but finding information about a company wedged in a larger context that I’m already engaged is intriguing. Kirtsy Likaholix LinkedIn Mahalo Mento Mixx MyBlogLog MySpace Plurk Pownce Propeller Reddit SEOmoz Sphinn StumbleUpon Technorati Toluu Twitter Wikipedia Yahoo!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 29, 2008

Some of the greatest pieces of viral marketing are those that engage the user but also turn regular people into internet superstars. See you on stumbleupon! Kirtsy Likaholix LinkedIn Mahalo Mento Mixx MyBlogLog MySpace Plurk Pownce Propeller Reddit SEOmoz Sphinn StumbleUpon Technorati Toluu Twitter Wikipedia Yahoo!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 8, 2010

Thanks to books like The New Community Rules , written by yours truly, Engage , Social Media 101 , and others, social media marketing is, for the time being, going to still be on people’s minds as they discover this bright and sunny marketing opportunity. See if the individuals behind the account are engaging their followers.

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