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3 Golden Business Rules for Social Media Engagement

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Some advice I give to my Social Media students is to be careful following the example of some large brands who are relatively new to Social Media but seem to be successful. Small businesses can’t always follow by example, unfortunately. I guess they see these relationships the same way.

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

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

your initial examples are problematic in my opinion: (A) If you or your client does not have an advertising budget, then how *are* they paying you to email people? Not many people WANT to buy banner ads because they would rather the pitch feel natural — they want the coverage to jive with the blogger.

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How to Get an Influencer's Attention

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

For example, I write a lot about AOL, and after the recent layoffs, I wrote how the entire mobile advertising team took a voluntary buyout and quit the company. One example is Mint and the insights they offer via their blog. She was the epitome of this example! (I Submit content that jives with the recipient.