Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

However, a lot of people making that news have created expectations and beliefs about social media that aren’t true. Social Media is Inexpensive False. As Charlene Li said recently, social media trades media cost for labor cost. Social Media is Fast False. Absolutely.

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Adam Cohen

JULY 16, 2010

a thousand cuts :: adam cohen's blog About Blogroll Contact a thousand cuts conversations about social media and interactive marketing by adam cohen 16 JUL I Will Not Write About Old Spice Posted by: adam / Tags: Advertising , Isaiah Mustafa , Old Spice , Social Media , Television , YouTube / Comments: View Comments I will resist the urge.

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JULY 21, 2009

In today’s day and age, it is incredibly easy for a person to set up his personal web space to start sharing whatever is on his mind (and you begin to wonder why Twitter’s growth is so huge and popular among celebrities ?) Social media is social.

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Social Media Strategery

JANUARY 10, 2009

Home About Me Speaking Legal-ese My Team Gov 2.0 Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 Government 2.0 Social media is scary. Because inevitably, the next level brings more pay, more power, more respect, and more influence.

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OCTOBER 27, 2009

Home About Me Speaking Legal-ese My Team Gov 2.0 Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 Government 2.0 Development Social Media How to BE a Government Consultant and Use Social Media Wed, Oct 28, 2009 Best Practices , Government 2.0

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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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Social Media Strategery

NOVEMBER 23, 2008

Home About Me Speaking Legal-ese My Team Gov 2.0 Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 Government 2.0 As a social media consultant for my government clients, this is a powerful concept, but it’s not new.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JULY 22, 2008

· Filed under General and tagged: design , models , social media , virtual organizations , web 2.0. I love social media and online collaborative tools. social media. Leveraging Technology to Turn Virtual Organization into Vehicles of Collaboration. July 2, 2008 at 7:45 pm. ·

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Social Media Strategery

JANUARY 7, 2010

Home About Me Speaking Legal-ese My Team Gov 2.0 Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 Government 2.0 Will I get an opportunity to influence future policy? I’m one of the leads for our social media/Government 2.0

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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? Yes, it’s all to do with social media. frontpage.

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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.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 1, 2008

Unfortunately for Digg, the savviest users of the bunch have also been the most vocal about Digg thus far (save for the few blogs that cover everything web 2.0 Really, the biggest unfortunate investment of social media is that it’s often a thankless job. If nobody talks, nobody remembers, and nobody sticks around.

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MARCH 4, 2010

Now known as the “social media hotel&# of NYC, Roger Smith is attracting a really incredible bunch of people who have raved about the ambiance and the company’s approachability online. Thus, Roger Smith Hotel has made an impression on us through social media, particularly Twitter. Has it been a success?

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 23, 2008

Many of us are struggling with ways to encourage the use of social media in the workplace. How can we structure social media participation so that it isnt dependent on external rewards? How do we help people see that effective use of social media can be rewarding in its own right? Flickr photo via ragesoss.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

NOVEMBER 28, 2007

Social media involves people who work together, not alone. I’ve said before that social media requires a time investment, but right now, you can be one of the first influencers and the investment will not be as substantial as it would be if you were trying to break into an already-established (and well-formed) community.

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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? Send free stuff. Say thank you a lot.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 28, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Blogging , Business , Marketing , Social Media > Social Media Strategy from A to Z Social Media Strategy from A to Z by Tamar Weinberg on May 28, 2010 Share Social media might be old.

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Bare Feet Studios

AUGUST 27, 2008

Jargon that Matters Interoperability Personal Branding Time more valuable than Money You gain influence by joining the conversation. Photo Credit: Ryan Ozawa via Flickr Share/Bookmark Thanks for reading! Now is a good time to sign up to receive new articles by email as soon as they are published or subscribe to our RSS feed.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 14, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Opinion , Social Media > Is Social Media Becoming Boring? Is Social Media Becoming Boring? by Tamar Weinberg on April 14, 2010 Share For most, social media is new and fun.

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JULY 8, 2008

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Interviews , Marketing , Opinion , Social Media , Websites > What Traits Define a Social Media Marketer? What Traits Define a Social Media Marketer?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 17, 2010

Who are the influencers? Mark Thompson of Search Engine Journal has a great article entitled How To Find Industry Influencers. Look at Boring Stats — and Make Them Interesting This has a little to do with the Social Media platforms, but mostly with analytics. Social Media isn’t only Social Networks.

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Bare Feet Studios

MARCH 1, 2009

Even if you don’t know about Twitter, this translates as follows: These people carry influence and are well known in the smart, hip, savvy circles of San Francisco. I don’t mean to suggest either/or – new media or old media – they both can play. Exactly the kind of people this campaign wants.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 8, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Social Media > 7 Truths About Social Media Marketing 7 Truths About Social Media Marketing by Tamar Weinberg on April 8, 2010 Share Even though social media isn’t new to many of us, the world is waking up to this new shiny toy.

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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. The article has examples of how social media worked too. In it, he offers some thought-provoking insights into what must be understood before going into social media marketing.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 23, 2008

Well, for one, social media users — that is, users on social news sites such as Digg, Mixx, Reddit — are not particularly enthusiastic about the proliferation of marketers in their community. This is a huge challenge for someone who wants to sell their product using social media.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 26, 2009

But with social media marketing, it doesn’t have to be. The only investment in the act of marketing on the social web is time and energy. Thankfully, you don’t have to go at social media marketing alone. Give your customers a voice in the communities where they already have influence.

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Social Media Strategery

NOVEMBER 10, 2008

Home About Me Speaking Legal-ese My Team Gov 2.0 Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 Government 2.0 Development Social Media What’s Going to be Your Social Media Legacy? Miscellaneous Personal Prof.

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Proactive Report

JULY 14, 2010

I liked Srinivas Kandikonda’s article in Technology News about the need for a social media strategy and although he is writing about media organizations, the lessons apply equally to any business today. A comprehensive social media strategy enables customers, as well as employees, to interact with each other using Web 2.0

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Laurel Papworth

JULY 23, 2010

List of Social Media Election sites for Australian 2010 election. It’s particularly interesting to see which social media election sites are allowing the electorate to ask questions -versus who is providing answers. This election is going to be hotly contested – by social media sites – for relevancy.

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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. Maybe next year, folks! Become a del.icio.us

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

I consider my current @tamar network, though, either quite knowledgeable or clueless and inactive (as in the case of my family — I still love them but they’re not the target audience for my Twitter account , which is rather social-media focused). I’m not sure there’s much “in-between.&#

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 26, 2010

That likely reduces your influence as a stumbler that StumbleUpon would want to trust. If you think about the greater good, you can be a very powerful influencer in the StumbleUpon community. Want more social media etiquette guidelines? If you’re not ready to do that, you’re not ready for social media.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 24, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Blogging , Marketing , Opinion , Social Media > How to Get an Influencer’s Attention How to Get an Influencer’s Attention by Tamar Weinberg on March 24, 2010 Share Influence is everywhere, but it’s up to you to spot it.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Social media? Having a specific focus is what made Dumb Little Man (productivity tips), Lifehacker (productivity and tech), Jonathan Fields (lifestyle, business), The Happiness Project (self improvement), Small Business Trends (small business), Social Media Explorer (PR and social media), and other blogs successful.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 10, 2008

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Opinion , Social Media > The Ultimate Social Media Etiquette Handbook The Ultimate Social Media Etiquette Handbook by Tamar Weinberg on December 10, 2008 Share Social media mimics real relationships — in many cases.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

I posted to Flickr and tried my best to bring it to their attention. First, their default landing tab featured an inactive promotion (which has since been pulled after I wrote yet another tweet that pointed to a Flickr screenshot of the ended promotion ). TLC made many missteps when it came to their social media marketing efforts.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 10, 2010

With Internet Marketing, there are many ways to go, from affiliate marketing to SEO to social media to email marketing. All social media etiquette rules were not heeded to. A few weeks ago, another person connected with me on Facebook who was referred to me by a social media buddy I never actually met.

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