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Is Social Media the Final Frontier of Marketing?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Then and Now In the good old days, say from the 1850s onwards, marketing was mostly a one way “communication&# : companies advertized their wares via local media like newspapers, magazines, and traveling salespeople. Not one of them has a blog (solicitors, accountants, insurance brokers etc). Small business is slow to catch on.

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How to Use Facebook for Business and Marketing

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

« Direct Marketing Observations July 6, 2010 at 10:54 am Designing A Facebook Fan Page: Showcases, Tutorials, Resources - Smashing Magazine July 8, 2010 at 3:27 am You’re It! For example, let’s say you’re an insurance agency or a bank. You’re always allowed!

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Quantum Entanglements: The Social Media Scandals

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

The federal government has been paying 100% since 1972 for anyone who needs it – no other insurance or financial criteria required.&# an old friend of mine who is in a managerial role in a large health care corp tells me: “NOBODY needs money for dialysis, or any related renal therapy or complications in this country.