Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 25, 2008

How do you get your news? In the past I have variously read newspapers, watched TV news bulletins, read news.bbc.co.uk Now it seems I get most of my news from Twitter. Twitter: The Upside and the Downside Three days ago, Heath Ledger passed away. It’s like any other news medium.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Follow him on Twitter. There are a few jokes going around the blogosphere right now regarding what it means to be a social media expert. Now that the stay-at-home-moms (and dads) are finding their way to a five-figure Twitter follow count, they’re offering all types of services and branding themselves as all-round experts.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

OCTOBER 7, 2010

I’m German and in Germany it’s push marketing, negativity and a certain lack of openness that get in the way of successful social media engagement. The fascinating thing about this post is that every country and culture in the world has different defects and they’re all listed and dealt with right here. Thanks, James!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 15, 2009

How are small and large companies using Twitter , and how can I do the same? 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!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 25, 2010

If I’m managing your Twitter account , you might find a response from me at 11 PM on a Saturday night or 2 AM on a Tuesday. Don’t make your social media efforts half-assed. Don’t check in on Twitter and Facebook once or twice a week and only for 10 minutes. I reply to emails around the clock like a robot.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 9, 2007

Every conversation shifted to Twitter, as folks recognized that they can brand themselves and their businesses through a Twitter identity. On that note, if you’re so inclined, you can follow me on Twitter too. Good content and copywriting will win over new readers and customers. Take that, Becs! Answers Yahoo!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 12, 2010

Social media connections are those I know through a variety of online forums, the blogosphere, Twitter, and the like (but I generally don’t befriend someone immediately; I still give it time). Since I know you love memes I’ll go ahead and write about how I use social media over at our spot. P.S. Excel?

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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

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? Answers Yahoo!

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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

AUGUST 27, 2008

As such, it has been selected as the generic social network of choice. Niche network: Sphinn : In the red corner we have Sphinn – a social news network dedicated purely to online marketing news and discussion. Subsequently, Sphinn is perhaps the most relevant niche social network on the web.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

It’s easy, with over 750,000 journalists listed in the Cision database, to compose an email without regard for who the person is and to make an immediate decision to hit the “send&# button without actually spending 5 minutes on the blogger’s website and discovering what tickles their fancy. “It works,&# he says.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 17, 2010

Follow him on Twitter. 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). Do the same thing for your social networks, and your other interactions. Although, of course, I found this post through Twitter.

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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. There was only one occasion when the users were able to make a lasting impression on the social news site. I live twittered hour 23 and 24 of my last story submission to Digg.

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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. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us Photos by Shutterstock.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

who has previously written a great analysis on the top 5 blogs and now is taking his evaluation to Twitter. Twitter is one of the largest social networking sites, featuring users from various walks of lives. Twitter has a wide range of benefits from communicating with friends and families to building a brand for your business.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 3, 2010

Maybe it’s on Twitter. If this is your first time diving in the social media waters, it’s going to be difficult to make a splash. You’ll be creating that Twitter account for the first time, and you’ll have to grow followers. That’s not really convincing social proof. It’s hard work.

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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

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

I, too, find that Twitter has been incredibly powerful for me to connect with real life colleagues, readers of Techipedia, family, and everyone in between. I’m also something of a Twitter purist. Enter a second Twitter account. With Twitter being so incredibly large and vast, there are different types of mini-communities.

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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 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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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 22, 2009

Tweet Spinner is a powerful application that manages the more high level management Twitter tasks for you, from managing followers/friends to changing your profile design and then some. Consider spam protection for your email inbox ported over Twitter. Twitter CRM. It’s especially difficult to build up a strong following.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 12, 2010

There were no business colleagues on my friends list. Digg is by far the largest; as a former “top user&# of the service , I built strong relationships with employees and users of the social news site. I also consider bloggers who have forged real-life relationships with me to have connected via social media.

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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! What other social media ideas would you add to the list? Effective use means more business. Engagement.

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Webbiquity SMM

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

A powerful real-time social search engine that not only displays results for a specified term or phrase, but lets you filter results by source (e.g., A quick and handy way to get a snapshot of the “social media rank&# of any website. Twitter) and social content sharing sites. ** 5 stars. BackUpMyTweets.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Social media. Whether youre socializing on Facebook , updating Twitter , or just adding a new bookmark to Ma.gnolia , social media has become an integral part of our daily lives. 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

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!). As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us Answers Yahoo!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2009

Top 29 Niche Social Media Sites (That Actually Send Traffic) : Andy Hagans consistently updates this list with some great resources that aren’t necessarily being tapped into by many folks, but maybe it’s time for things to change. The Big Juicy Twitter Guide (Caroline Middlebrook): Want more Twitter goodness?

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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. Answers Yahoo!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 20, 2007

By trying to make Digg more social, it really became less social. Michael via Twitter ) [Today is] the day that Digg died. 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?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 8, 2008

So, in order to be a good social media marketer, in my opinion, you should understand the tools you’re using and the communities to which you are marketing, be they ones that surround the tool itself (Twitter users) or subject matters within a certain tool (FriendFeed room about, say, cell phones.).

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 16, 2010

Follow him on Twitter. If you look around the social web a lot like me, you will agree that most social media campaigns suck. Some people think social media is just fun. If you have your brand name as your Twitter handle and a portrait photo of you on your profile, you are getting it all wrong. And that was the UK.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 5, 2010

Don’t cross promote to Twitter (offer a different incentive on Twitter). Hootsuite , for example, has multiple tabs that highlight their social involvement elsewhere on the web. Don’t just broadcast the same messages to your Twitter and Facebook followers. What other tips would you add to this list?

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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. And have you recently seen Gary’s Twitter stream ? As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us They care about their followers. Answers Yahoo!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 14, 2010

Yup, you can’t just chat with people on Twitter and broadcast on Facebook. Market saturation brings lots and lots of experts , many of whom think Twitter is a shiny new object and are ready to write books, charge $2000 for conferences where they promise TWITTER TIPS AND TRICKS THAT NOBODY HAS SEEN BEFORE (in caps!),

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

A great example is how he provided a deep matrix into Google Buzz, Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter just a few days after Buzz was launched. I actually also found out that PayPal was being accepted via Facebook through Jeremiah and not through the regular blogs I read that cover the social space/tech industry. I will be watching him!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 10, 2010

Some of the sites I recommend for educational materials include: Free Sphinn : Sphinn is an Internet Marketing social news site. Users submit timely news articles to Sphinn, and the community votes up the best stories to appear on the front page. How do they find work? March 11, 2010 at 3:23 am Thomas R.

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