Direct Marketing Observations

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Now what if we applied these to the world of social media? Semi-truth #1: Our infatuation with the next, new, shiny, thing in social media depreciates as soon as we realize that it’s just another engagement, aggregator, application, thingy requiring more time, increased effort, permission to access, another profile creation etc.,

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 13, 2008

Such was the case for this Digg story , which compared multiple web hosting companies and watched as these hosts handled the traffic spikes that resulted from the Digg effect. Note how I bolded a specific term: web hosting. Next time you proceed in a social media marketing campaign, follow some ideas and steps: Know your market.

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DECEMBER 2, 2008

I’m taking two seminar courses at school this term, and they each resemble a particular form of social media. A seminar is different from a regular course in that it necessarily involves interaction with the students — a seminar is to a regular lecture course as web 2.0 is to web 1.0.

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DECEMBER 31, 2009

Organizations have used it for developing programs, marketing efforts, research, and education. Here are ten social media tools that can aid you with crowdsourcing: Twitter It is already being used for many crowdsourcing efforts. Then again, not everyone is familiar with net marketing except Net Marketers.

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JUNE 3, 2009

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Personal > Announcing the Newest Social Media Prince Announcing the Newest Social Media Prince by Tamar Weinberg on June 3, 2009 Share Many of you have asked where I’ve been over the past few months.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

There are a few jokes going around the blogosphere right now regarding what it means to be a social media expert. Despite the title of the post, having worked as the social media manager for Fortune 500 companies, and a lot of knowledge here being totally personal, I do not think of myself as an expert.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 21, 2009

In today’s day and age, it is incredibly easy for a person to set up his personal web space to start sharing whatever is on his mind (and you begin to wonder why Twitter’s growth is so huge and popular among celebrities ?) Social media is social.

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The Marketing Blog

MAY 27, 2008

Home About In the Media Proto.in July 18-19 2008 Social Technographics Ladder May 28, 2008.1:37 37 am Social Media and Blog Camp – Courtesy Delhi Bloggers Bloc Jump to Comments Come June 7th and we’d witness another one-day unconference on social media and blogging.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 14, 2009

Are you a company or do you know a company that has immersed itself in the social media waters and succeeded? As small companies with limited budgets, nonprofits may feel that they are unable to dive into the wide world of social media. Thanks to social media, anyone can make waves. Why social media?

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

However, a lot of people making that news have created expectations and beliefs about social media that aren’t true. Social Media is Inexpensive False. As Charlene Li said recently, social media trades media cost for labor cost. Social Media is Fast False. Absolutely.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 18, 2010

My uncle knows a young girl from his community, a recent college graduate, who is looking for a social media job. Social media is about helping one another and building real strong friendships, usually around a certain interest or activity. Understand Your Role I use social media both personally and professionally.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 11, 2010

Here’s the real Facebook, long before I joined the social network myself: Truthfully, it doesn’t matter who invented Facebook. Facebook is like MySpace. And these three social networks, which were based on very similar concepts, predated the Facebook that we know and love today. Facebook is like Classmates.com.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 15, 2009

The New Community Rules talks about the important role social media has begun playing in our lives. That’s why social media is important. It’s incredibly easy for someone to put up a web page and show how much they like or dislike a company. Great content, #2, works across the board for social media.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 16, 2008

With that said, it’s just two days away to the Internet Marketers of New York charity party in NYC (during SES NY) which is sponsored by the coolest guys on earth, Best of the Web. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us What: A charity party.?

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Convince & Convert

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

Skip to content Skip to navigation Skip to footer Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media Consulting Social Media Strategy Blog Social Media Consulting Blog Social Media Consulting Speaking Newsletter Free Social Media Tools Twitter Interviews About Lijit Search Is It Curtains for the App Store?

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

Welcome to Work Literacys Web 2.0 Welcome to Work Literacy's Web 2.0 Sponsored by Work Literacy and the eLearning Guild, from September 29 through November 7, 2008, this network will be THE place for you to learn about Web 2.0 and how social media tools can be used by learning professionals.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 22, 2008

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Social Media > Is Social Media the Final Frontier of Marketing? Is Social Media the Final Frontier of Marketing? Yes, it’s all to do with social media.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 15, 2008

Matt McGee over at Small Business SEM has compiled his own list of the “best posts of 2007″ in a site with a brilliantly and cleverly chosen title, the SEMMYS (Search Marketing Emmys). rants, and funny posts about the search marketing industry in general. Well, unfortunately, your reading list has just lengthened.

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Socialized

MAY 19, 2010

Any serious adult user of Twitter, Facebook, or MySpace knows these sites are both social and anti-social. Togetherville is also the Web 2.0 They encourage introverted behavior and the partial/total substitution of real world personal relationships with their online equivalents. version of the Happy Meal toy.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JULY 7, 2008

Nuggets from Social Media workshops as of late… posted in Uncategorized |. The answer is NOT always social media/community - that would be another warning sign if it was. 6) Social Media is not new…just digitizing the norm: Reminded of this all the time. let us know what you think.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Internet , Marketing > 11 Common Mistakes That People Make With Their Personal Brands 11 Common Mistakes That People Make With Their Personal Brands by Tamar Weinberg on October 7, 2010 Share This is a guest post from James Adams.

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DECEMBER 19, 2009

Twitter as a marketing tool. My opinion has not changed much since I wrote about Twitter’s ability to market products in March. However, I believe Twitter’s ability to market easily comes from those who associate usernames with brands. A marketing firm might want to sell a product. I still follow Woot.com.

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AUGUST 27, 2008

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Search Engine Optimization , Social Media > The Great Social Media Traffic Debate: Niche or General Networks? The Great Social Media Traffic Debate: Niche or General Networks?

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Koka Sexton

NOVEMBER 14, 2008

Koka Sexton dot Com Home About Koka Contact Twitter FULL RSS Super list of 50 social media links Have you ever wanted to know more about how to make a huge impact in social networking? The “Middleman” of Social Media is Your Friend The Next Evolution of Social Media… You can’t handle the truth!

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MAY 12, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Social Media > Why You Should Fix Your House Before Inviting People Over Why You Should Fix Your House Before Inviting People Over by Tamar Weinberg on May 12, 2010 Share This is a guest post by Hugo Guzman.

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Diva Marketing Blog

JUNE 25, 2009

The best quote from the aima (Atlanta Interactive Marketing Assoc) June meeting last night was from Carl Warner, JTW/Atlanta who told us what a Marine general had to say about social media. Seems the agency had briefed the General (the Marines are a client) on social media. Social media is undisciplined.

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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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JANUARY 28, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Viral Marketing > 7 Traits of Highly Effective Viral Videos 7 Traits of Highly Effective Viral Videos by Tamar Weinberg on January 28, 2010 Share In the past few years, video has come a long way.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JULY 5, 2008

Social Media Consumption: You Want Signal or Discovery? Filed under: mba — Tags: friendfeed , social media — Hutch Carpenter @ 10:18 pm. In yesterday’s post A Definition of Noise , I talked about two types of social media consumers. Both for time spent on social media.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

OCTOBER 22, 2009

First, I’m going to say kudos to Apple for trying involve themselves in the world of social media. It makes me wonder if I’m sending my requests to a wall (or for your tech geeks, /dev/null) or if people really work for Apple (outside their marketing and engineering departments). Empower them.

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Social Media Strategery

DECEMBER 22, 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 I love logging into Twitter and seeing so many different conversations centered around Government 2.0. Let me explain.

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APRIL 22, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Internet , Marketing > How You Can Benefit from Real Time Search How You Can Benefit from Real Time Search by Tamar Weinberg on April 22, 2010 Share This is a guest post by Evan Britton, founder of Sency.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

NOVEMBER 10, 2008

Case Study at the Media Convergence Forum from Liz Cahill, VP of Marketing and Communications of Lee Jeans 13 years ago Lee recognized women were the top consumers of their jeans. And at the same time cause marketing was starting to take hold. Over the last 13 years they raised $75M for breast cancer research.

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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 Really, the biggest unfortunate investment of social media is that it’s often a thankless job. If nobody talks, nobody remembers, and nobody sticks around.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

This is a recap of a presentation by Michael Lazerow of Buddy Media from the Web 2.0 Expo Social Networks are clearly here to stay with almost 50% of the population is using these sites (70% of teens).

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 28, 2008

Intranet 2.0. Also helping overcome e-mail fatigue at leading organizations are effective policies on e-mail use and the use of social media such as wikis and blogs. Social media. If managed properly, the use of social media tools such as blogs and wikis can reduce e-mail volumes by as much as 30%.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Opinion , Social Media > Content Aggregators are Killing Content Creators Content Aggregators are Killing Content Creators by Tamar Weinberg on September 23, 2009 Share This is a guest post from Josh Schnell, founder of Macgasm.net and web developer.

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