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How a Small New York City Hotel Put Itself on the Map through.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Did you know that there are other hotels beyond the Hyatts, the Hiltons, the Omnis, the Sheratons, and the Marriotts of the world in NYC? When you go to a conference in Manhattan, you probably seek out hotels that you’ve also heard of. How does one small hotel possibly compete with these hotel franchises?

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Is Social Media Worth it for You?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Social media makes the word of mouth marketing that restaurants and hotels already profit from and makes it more efficient. Social media can help you create a long-term relationship with your consumer that ensures they continue to visit you, and not a competitor. Don’t forget to follow Samir on Twitter.

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7 Traits of Highly Effective Viral Videos

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

These videos can be very basic, from how to tie a tie , to more complex videos with multiple steps, such as skipping out on room service to make a gourmet dinner in a hotel room. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us Candy Soap , anyone? Answers Yahoo!

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We Interviewed 75 Top Social Media Marketers. Here’s What They’re Working On, Today

Buffer Social

Samantha Allen , GoTriangle – Quality and informative interactions on Twitter. Petra Diener , 3 Across The Sea – Getting a new account rolling and communicating. Erik Fisher , Social Media Examiner – Keeping tabs on the breaking social news for our weekly Friday morning show.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

And that’s only because of the alphabet soup of social networks, lifestreams, sharing sites, etc. Social media is not about Facebook or MySpace or Flickr or Twitter or blogs or YouTube. “Social media is not about Facebook or MySpace or Flickr or Twitter or blogs or YouTube.&# Two of my friends were too.

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2011 Trends: Make Your Corporate Site A Social Media Hub

Proactive Report

By my own observation of the corporate websites of the Fortune 100, top 100 hotels, Inc 500 and Entrepreneur 100, of the 70-odd percent that have not yet integrated their social content and activity most are still at step one, or at best, step two. Disclosure: I am a partner and helped to develop this social news hub).

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The Importance of Networking on the Internet

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us Kirtsy Likaholix LinkedIn Mahalo Mento Mixx MyBlogLog MySpace Plurk Pownce Propeller Reddit SEOmoz Sphinn StumbleUpon Technorati Toluu Twitter Wikipedia Yahoo! Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca

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