Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Because of the less serious checklists that are being passed around the web right now, I thought it would be a good time to look at what some of the influencers online are really doing, and how you can join their ranks if you’re so inclined. Highlight Others Do you ever read the tweets of Chris Brogan?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 19, 2010

It’s a great arena for finding influencers and inspiring client generated content – nirvana to those of us who toil in the social media space. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca Could I add one to your list? I think e-commerce benefits from social media.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 18, 2010

Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca Beth Hrusch is Senior Editor at Interact Media, a business blog writing service that teaches writing tips and best practices. Photos (except for the Twistori screenshot have been provided by Shutterstock.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

The 23 Things series Web 2.0 Find Some Champions and Support Them in Using the Tools and Spreading the Word Depending on the size of your organization, Id start looking for some of your top influencers and get them using some of the tools. Job Searching the Web 2.0 Other people may need a little more guidance.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 23, 2008

Flickr photo via ragesoss. However, they often just lye deep down, with no effective influence on the surface of daily life, because people are blocked in a system that puts them under pressure to hurry, produce, consume and agree with the "status quo". Job Searching the Web 2.0 TrackBack URL for this entry: [link].

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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 Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

NOVEMBER 28, 2007

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. At this point, you can be part of it too.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 21, 2009

Social media, quite simply, relates to the usage of content created by easily accessible publishing technologies (social media sites such as Facebook or Twitter, photo publishing sites such as Flickr, video sites like YouTube and Vimeo) that is generated by the hundreds of millions of consumers utilizing these technologies.

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Social Media Strategery

OCTOBER 27, 2009

You have to take part in the conversation if you ever hope to influence it. Be active within the social media and Gov 2.0 After all, government gets to have its own “2.0” All other industry reference for social media is “Web 2.0.” After all, government gets to have its own “2.0” and Gov 2.0,

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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 The influencers are no longer restricted to just mainstream media like the Times or CBS News. Facebook firewall gov20 government government 2.0

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 4, 2010

In every business niche the smart people are reaching out to influencers to try and carve out a special place in their heart/blog. Looks like basically he used Twitter to drive people to his blog, and part of his Twitter strategy was to target existing social media heavyweights (influencer’s) and make friends with them.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 12, 2009

Loyalty programs such as the Royal Champions encourage people to maintain a positive outlook about the company and may further influence them to talk more positively about the same company in the future. These individuals didn’t have to be paid to do it before, after all, but the nice unexpected perks are certainly not unappreciated.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Social media is not about Facebook or MySpace or Flickr or Twitter or blogs or YouTube. Too often we see social media strategies that involve putting photos into Flickr, videos into YouTube or the creation of a Facebook application and then never revisiting the environment to engage with the communities around this content.

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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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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Comments on this article can be sent to the author at chris_dede@harvard.edu and/or can be posted to the web via the link at the bottom of this page. The term Web 2.0 Whereas the twentieth-century web centered on developer-created material (e.g., Interactive media that facilitate these Web 2.0 tools (e.g.,

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Social Media Strategery

JANUARY 10, 2009

Because inevitably, the next level brings more pay, more power, more respect, and more influence. Social media gives employees an unprecedented ability to use their voice to gain credibility, influence, and power within the organization – for better or for worse. Several great social media and Web 2.0

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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. Work With Web Developers to Update Your Site for Web 2.0 The difference is updating your website to Web 2.0. Once the web 2.0 Once the web 2.0

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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 Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca If nobody talks, nobody remembers, and nobody sticks around.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 22, 2008

Simply put, the new mass media helped organize, and influence, large numbers of consumers. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca Crucially though, people now had a means to cause a fuss if the product was not good giving rise to an important feedback mechanism.

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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 do mean to suggest that this campaign is completely unfriendly to social media influencers. Exactly the kind of people this campaign wants.

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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? Facebook firewall gov20 government government 2.0 Miscellaneous Personal Prof.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 28, 2010

Social media gives you an opportunity to exert influence onto customers and prospects. That influence often translates to interest; people want to hear what you have to say. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca Never lose sight that the online space is a human medium.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2010

How to Win Facebook Friends and Influence People (All Facebook): Nick O’Neill’s post on how to become a Facebook power user (read: genuine) is great. This article presents fourteen tips for achieving this goal, most of which are common sense but which may inspire you to get more active. That said, where’s your multimedia?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 26, 2009

Give your customers a voice in the communities where they already have influence. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca If you are looking for a fun way to empower your customers and encourage positive discourse, brand evangelism programs are a great way to promote your brand.

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Proactive Report

JULY 14, 2010

From news and product information to coupon campaigns and location-based marketing companies can engage consumers wherever they are to influence the buying decision and strengthen customer relationships. A comprehensive social media strategy enables customers, as well as employees, to interact with each other using Web 2.0

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

The popularity of PLEs are driven by numerous factor: Internet/Web Connective Technology Informalization Complexification. See Knowing Knowledge for a more involved discussion of the changes influencing information, society, and education. PLEs can exist partly on a desktop and the web. Collaboration and sharing tools.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 8, 2008

Maki , Internet Marketing and Social Media Blogger: The main characteristic [social media marketers] need to have is a genuine curiosity/interest in social media, particularly on how it influences human relationships and business practices. Real life has a way of influencing online behavior. I think as web 2.0

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 23, 2008

In any marketing campaign, the more you see the product, the more likely you are to be influenced by it, even if you don’t want to be. Therefore, instead of using social news outlets, the Blog Profits Blueprint program became successful because multiple influencers promoted it, including Problogger Darren Rowse.

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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

JANUARY 5, 2009

How to Influence Powerful Social Media Users for Traffic and Attention (Dosh Dosh): How do you influence the influencers? Social Media Marketing Tactics (SEOmoz): Jane Copand, the Web 2.0 guru, shows how to leverage Web 2.0 25 Headline Formulas that Have Plagued and Blessed Web 2.0

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

You talk about other things around the people you want to influence. Normally I link to the Flickr photo (as I’m sure you’ve seen in this article) but I switched over to a CDN and I’m not sure if that ate up the Flickr attribution but I’ll fix that right away! So what do you do? thanks, Rick.

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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 bwe08 101 bah best practices blog boozallen booz allen buy-in change management communications community conference DC DHS E20 education enterprise 2.0

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Laurel Papworth

JULY 23, 2010

The Campaign Pulse is a social media dashboard monitoring sentiment on Twitter and Youtube and Flickr. Creating a community around some of the photos of brochures would be cool – otherwise why not just embed them from Flickr, like the Greens did one year? None of it is embeddable, referrable or discussable. And odd site.

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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. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca Seriously?! It’s not just about you.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 14, 2010

And sometimes the frat boy turns into a huge influencer because they get it right. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca We can’t filter newcomers, but we do have to allow them time to adapt and learn. They may have come looking for keg stands but find out they just want a PBR.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

The more you can cross off your list, the better your chances for success and influence as a blogger. I absolutely agree and I think that there’s a lot of influence in leaving an everlasting impression. You can still exert influence in a different community — it doesn’t have to be the English-speaking one.

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Viper Chill

MAY 20, 2010

Your Social Circle is a Huge Gauge To Where You’ll End Up Numerous studies have shown that people are not only highly influenced by their social circle but you can also estimate how much money someone is making based on how much their friends are making. Be Your Own Guru I have a number of influences in my life.

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