Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 8, 2009

In the post, I shared my don’ts of social networks, and to that point, I added the following rule for LinkedIn: Gathering all the email addresses of users you are connected to — even locating email addresses of LinkedIn Group managers — and utilizing this mailing list to promote your own company or service off-site.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 19, 2010

4: Online Driven Companies – Social media can be used to drive traffic to online websites. Communities, social news sites, and online sharing can be leveraged to build a site following. Low Return Industries These types of businesses tend to take a long time to create return in social media. Could I add one to your list?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 27, 2008

Many people found the research interesting, but a number of people commented that the social networks probably shouldn’t be grouped together. So the question arose – was social media traffic misrepresented by grouping traffic from all networks together? Three cheers for them! page views SEO ROI — 1.2

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 18, 2010

Social media is changing how we do buisness. It’s an easy list to follow and I’m sure it will get stuck on more than one bulletin board on a cubicle wall. 12484 SUBSCRIBERS FOLLOWERS Lijit Search Read more about The New Community Rules Get Techipedia on your iPhone or iPod touch! Twitter is a fantastic tool to use.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 18, 2008

Here’s a feature’s list, broken down by features that each service already contains: Plurk: Karma – an awesome feature that keeps people engaged, and gives users a goal. All this communication and web socializing takes too much time (even if it is fun).

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 20, 2007

Are you submitting a news story? If it’s a news story, you can even choose a thumbnail (that will appear on the upcoming list or on the top right corner) if Digg is able to locate one for you. Here are four news stories on Digg’s upcoming list with and without thumbnails. Is it an image? Is it a video?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 15, 2009

March 8, 2010 at 3:39 am Must-Read List of Free Social Media White Papers - Mario Armstrong July 12, 2010 at 3:06 am The Audacity of Free: The Products and Services Edition » Techipedia | Tamar Weinberg July 29, 2010 at 9:01 am { 18 comments… read them below or add one } Matt McGowan July 15, 2009 at 12:23 pm Congrats Tamar!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 11, 2008

Nearly four months later, the social features appear to be here to stay. As Digg becomes more of a social network and less of a social news network (or a hybrid that incorporates both elements), it has a lot of obstacles it needs to face. But are they secure?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 9, 2007

Reply Jane December 10, 2007 at 2:45 pm You make a point to specify that your links are in no particular order, but it pleases me that I’m the first Mozzer listed. 12484 SUBSCRIBERS FOLLOWERS Lijit Search Read more about The New Community Rules Get Techipedia on your iPhone or iPod touch! Take that, Becs!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 9, 2008

In the past few weeks, however, even Digg’s other top users are seeing that Digg is becoming more difficult of a social news site to enjoy, and after stepping away from Digg for awhile, I have some thoughts and reflections on how it was and possibly how it should be. .&# In fact, most of them had already left.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Social media experts realise that you can’t control what people say about you online, but you can continue to focus on putting out your best work possible, whatever your medium can be. Brewer February 2, 2010 at 11:45 am I’ve followed a few listed experts, but passed on tons more who don’t seem to “walk the walk.&#

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

A few months ago, Brian Solis talked about an off-topic pitch about a social network for plants. Somehow, I think nature lovers would be more interested in socializing shrubbery.) That’s why there are “do not call&# lists and anti-spam software. Where do they come off doing that? I’m sure you can relate.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 1, 2008

This is not a regular practice on the social news giant, and unfortunately, that is probably the biggest thing causing its downfall. As a side point, Google is a bigger beast and it has tens or hundreds of staff members visiting forums and moderating groups to ensure that the user experience is a good one. Time will only tell.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 3, 2010

This is especially true of other social networks, especially ones where you were originally untrusted. Many companies that have not embraced social media marketing often do so because of the fear of an uncontrolled message. I turned off the posts on Buzz mostly for the issue that Google doesn’t truncate the posts.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 25, 2010

Meanwhile, this agency contracted one of the biggest social media rockstars in the space, a guy who has a stellar social media record. Yet he’s also the reason why I was on this agency’s distribution list using an email address I don’t publicize.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 15, 2010

Use headings, subheadings, bullets and lists to break up the monotony, and make your text easier to scan through. Frank also runs a list building program that will easily help you build your email subscribers. 12484 SUBSCRIBERS FOLLOWERS Lijit Search Read more about The New Community Rules Get Techipedia on your iPhone or iPod touch!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 10, 2010

Ben’s blog, which covers entrepreneurship and social media, is wonderful despite him blogging for less than a year (he started shortly after his 16th birthday!). In March, he came out with a list of social media blogs you should be reading , and no, I didn’t play favorites here; Techipedia is not included.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 28, 2010

Kirtsy and Other Niche Social Networks. Did you know there’s a social news website catered to women called Kirtsy ? Kirtsy is a social news network; there are also forums and even Yahoo! FourSquare, Gowalla, Loopt, and other location-aware services are social networks, unifying real connections.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 28, 2010

I’ve talked briefly about great lists. Now I’m going to talk a bit more about six solid foundations upon which you can build viral content and I’ll illustrate how they’re used in today’s social media. The Motherload of Lists Let’s face it. People like lists.

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Viper Chill

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

First I’ve highlighted a huge list of tools that serve various different functions and can be great resources to add to your marketing arsenal. Google Reader Subscriber Counts. One tool I like to use when looking for large blogs in a niche is Google Reader, and more specifically its ‘Browse for Feeds’ feature.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 17, 2010

So I challenged myself to create a list of 10 responsibilities of the Community Manager that extend beyond the realm of Facebook and Twitter (and yes, even blogging). Social Media isn’t only Social Networks. Do the same thing for your social networks, and your other interactions.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2010

Here’s my list for 2008. Despite the changing landscape, the articles I list here are typically those that I feel are “timeless&# in that they could be referenced in the future and still have utility. Like last year, I enlisted in help from my followers on Twitter, many of whom gave me some great posts to add to this list.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 12, 2010

Despite the fact that Facebook has the most customizable privacy settings of all social networks (though we could argue with their effectiveness in a whole other post), people don’t like maintaining a “business&# identity on the same profile as their “personal&# (fun?)

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

To get a feel for what students are studying in Social Media U, you only need to do a web search because many of the students arent just learning how to, theyre blogging about it too. Of course, the entirety of social media cant be summed up in one blog post, so these are just a handful of subjects listed below.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Twitter is one of the largest social networking sites, featuring users from various walks of lives. Your Status Matters Twitter is not just any kind of social networking site. If you take a look at the ten people listed above, you will notice that all of them are celebrities. It is not about that.

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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. What are the most popular sites in these age groups?

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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. Does social media convert?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 8, 2008

Reem Abeidoh , Social Media Strategist : A social media marketer provides strategic online recommendations based on the client’s business goals and intensive research. social conversation tools (FriendFeed, and maybe you could even lump in Disqus and the like with it).

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 27, 2009

In the last few years, I’ve taken the liberty of doing more than just blogging — I’ve been trying to get to know the people who have inspired me most (and that list isn’t cumulative!). In the end, the bond between those immersed in the social media sphere is a bond that exists nowhere else.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 22, 2009

With Tweet Spinner, you get a DM archive listed in an easy-to-read page that is searchable (via Ctrl+F on your keyboard; additional search facilities would be useful for accounts with thousands of DMs). Tweet Spinner also has a “nofollow&# user list that will algorithmically never follow users who meet certain criteria.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 20, 2007

As Tamar pointed out, it’s a social news site, not a network and I could care less about how often profiles are updated. They trying to drive us away from our friends list? Kelly via Pownce ) i am sick and tired of social networks and i really dont want messages and friend lists and about me stuff.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 5, 2010

Aggregate Your Other Social Streams If you’re only on Facebook, this step isn’t for you. Hopefully, though, you’re considering other social networks to broaden your social media reach. Hootsuite , for example, has multiple tabs that highlight their social involvement elsewhere on the web.

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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. If you take time to see what other community members find interesting, then you might get inspired to craft content that would be interesting to the social internet at large. Still stuck? Check out these viral ideas.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

OCTOBER 19, 2009

He is extremely devoted to empowering individuals and companies about marketing, networking, reciprocity, and social media. 12484 SUBSCRIBERS FOLLOWERS Lijit Search Read more about The New Community Rules Get Techipedia on your iPhone or iPod touch! They care about their followers.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 14, 2010

Reply Tamar Weinberg April 21, 2010 at 8:52 am Of course – I have a contact form listed on my site. It is something that always amaze me when I am talking about social application. Not a lot of people see social network as an other channel of communication or a tool but as The Answer! Thanks for commenting.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 16, 2010

What social media site works for you best? Analyze every part of your social media efforts and write down what’s working. Now list all the things that are not working for you in your campaign. What social media sites are not working? Reply Kelsi Guidry June 17, 2010 at 11:09 am This was a fantastic list you found!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 8, 2010

Reply jeanette okwu April 8, 2010 at 3:10 pm great thoughts, but here come the hard part: business owners, entrepreneurs and other big cheeses think that social media brings overnight success to their brands just by setting up a bunch of social network accounts. They haven’t paid me a single dime.

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