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Building Trust: A Relationship is Not a Newsletter Opt-In

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

I’m not connected to the LinkedIn individual who spammed me, but he still took the liberty to use my email address for his personal gain in a completely unsolicited fashion. 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.

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Social Media Marketing Without Brand Awareness Can Kill You.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Fortunately, it also allows the developers to do the same and once a new vulnerability is found, the experts can fix it in a timely fashion. Social networks like Digg are open source??? For example: the apache server, since its code is open any attacker can analyze it, search for loopholes and devise an attack.

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Creating Passionate Customers: Brand Evangelism and What it Means.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

youtube Portfolio Lateral Action Lifehacker Macgasm Mashable Pistachio: Touchbase Blog Ramblings of a Sysadmin Real Simple Schwag Addict Search Engine Roundtable Professional Bio Spammr from Tumblr Home About Consulting Contact Sitemap Policy Site design by The Other Ben Rudnick.

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23 Reactions to the New Digg, and It's Not Good » Techipedia.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

As Tamar pointed out, it’s a social news site, not a network and I could care less about how often profiles are updated. All this stuff you can do with your friends now…except browse their submitted stories in a normal fashion?? social networking site. It’s a social site with news secondary.

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The Nightmare Public Relations Professional and How to Stop Him

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Writing on social media strategy has still gotten me my share of dance and fashion clothing pitches. Would you really want to become another Lois Whitman ? I’ve yet to blog about either.

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Why You Should Fix Your House Before Inviting People Over

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

It says, “we are not hip, we’re still living in the old days.” youtube Portfolio Lateral Action Lifehacker Macgasm Mashable Pistachio: Touchbase Blog Ramblings of a Sysadmin Real Simple Schwag Addict Search Engine Roundtable Professional Bio Spammr from Tumblr Home About Consulting Contact Sitemap Policy Site design by The Other Ben Rudnick.

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3 Golden Business Rules for Social Media Engagement

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Neither the tweet or the follow up direct message was responded to in a timely fashion. This is a well known brand, but yet they’re not building up their social media presence despite prominently advertising it on their website. Not long ago, I tweeted praise to a business and followed up with them about something else via email.