Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 12, 2010

You know, Facebook actually prohibits these types of accounts in their Terms of Service , but Facebook’s staff doesn’t actually act upon these infractions, apparently. These are friends who have no direct ties to the industry, but in using social networks, we’ve formed close bonds and friendships.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 31, 2009

Learning is key – By having many minds contribute to the final goal, people can learn from one another on other ways to do the same type of work. There have also been doctors that have used social networking tools, like Twitter, during surgery. It also allows you to share your bookmarks on other social networking sites.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 1, 2010

Here are ten tips that will help you on your journey: Discover your brand A lot of people are rushing to get on social networks, and are forgetting to fill out their profiles, or what their purpose of participation is. You won’t be able to scale your brand on fifty social networks.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Social Media Advertising Building your personal brand is about interacting with others and establishing your credentials. Logging onto social networks only to propagate self aggrandizing propaganda will turn off potential clients. Marketing, social media and communication takes time, they are not going to be popular overnight!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

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. Answers Yahoo!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 12, 2010

by Tamar Weinberg on December 19, 2007 Share How do you leverage different social networks? I am fascinated by the amount of social networks that I’m part of, but better yet, I’m intrigued to find that I assume different “personas,&# at least in terms of choosing friends (and using the networks), on each social site.

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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? page views SEO ROI — 1.2

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 28, 2010

Social media rocks because it’s one of the most amazing tools for “free&# market research. If you’re the frugal type, take advantage of the free alerts from Google, YackTrack , Social Mention , BackType (which gives you alerts from blog/article comments , which other services do not include), and Trackur.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 26, 2009

The easiest way to find these people is to find the communities that your users frequently visit, be it forums, Twitter, or other social networks. get Twitter mentions of your brand via RSS or email) or use a service like Backtype (backtype.com) to see comments across blogs and other social media sites (such as FriendFeed).

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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. Answers Yahoo!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 16, 2010

Consider integrating your social profiles on blogs. Another way you can integrate is using your social profile URLs as your website when leaving comments. Content Audit What types of updates do I share? What social media site works for you best? What types of bait brings you more leads? What is working for me?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 10, 2008

Founded by four ex-Googlers, FriendFeed allows you to subscribe to your friends’ updates across 35 social networks and to stay up to date with the content they’re discovering and sharing across the web. In social media spheres, it’s almost unavoidable to not engage online with content in some way.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 28, 2010

This might be via power players on social networks (eg, this story is moving on Sphinn) or even national TV (Susan Boyle’s video was a recording of a popular TV show). As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us Answers Yahoo!

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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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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 12, 2010

Most people would consider Payless to be an old-school type of brand, and so one might expect that their marketing techniques and website would mirror that old-school mentality. However, they’re actually quite ahead of curve, particularly in terms of the way they leverage their email communications to facilitate social media interaction.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 13, 2008

You need to have a thoroughly compelling social piece. Those who engage in social media have an inherent thirst for interesting information. They seek information that satisfies some type of curiosity. The key here is making the mechanics of the social networks transparent. Answers Yahoo!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 4, 2008

I also remember being “elected&# as the note-taker in high school; one of the easiest ways to absorb lecture notes and book notes was to type up questions and answers in a frequently asked questions document and ask myself the questions again and again. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

NOVEMBER 28, 2007

It’s about time that I bring the dialogue here since it’s evident that I’m already starting to grow fond of the brand new social network. The Early Adopter Appeal Mixx is a new social news site that went into private beta a mere two months ago. And for that reason, you should join–now. i just registered.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

OCTOBER 22, 2009

Reply Dror Zaifman October 23, 2009 at 4:44 am Frankly Tamar I believe this is the same type of policy that is rooted within Apple’s culture. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 10, 2008

StumbleUpon Sending more than one story to your network daily. Submitting a story from another social news site to StumbleUpon for more visibility and eyeballs. This infraction goes for all social sites that accept submissions, and not just StumbleUpon.) The key to success is moderation. di “Quid Tum?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 18, 2009

Marketing type folk, especially those representing a company’s service or product offerings, turn to blogs and ask to be mentioned in the blog. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us Can you get me a job too?&# Answers Yahoo!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 28, 2010

I work with the Social Network Team at my job, so your advice comes in handy. 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

JANUARY 5, 2010

Social Media: Getting Started Why You Have to Engage in Social Media, Even if You Don’t Want to (A Smart Bear): Jason Cohen (@asmartbear) makes a compelling argument into why social media must be considered, even if you have no interest in it. The article has examples of how social media worked too.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 25, 2010

You SHOULD be able to think before you speak online; typing is a bit slower than using your mouth! Reply Drew Hawkins August 26, 2010 at 11:15 am I like your points on the right type of blogger outreach. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us I see that too. Answers Yahoo!

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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

JUNE 23, 2010

and its restricted access, people had no need to use any other names on the Mark Zuckerberg-created social network. It’s how social networks are intended to be used. Especially with the “SEO&# , “www dot something dot com&# types. Besides, what if there was no online platform to network?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 10, 2010

Gloson Teh is one of my favorite social media kids. I met him on StumbleUpon over a year ago and he is one of those kids who never ceases to amaze me; he totally understands social media and his 22 Reasons for You to Blog was even featured in my annual Best Posts of 2009 roundup. Technology, and blogging, offers a lot to kids.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 1, 2010

Their domain name Their post type – length, frequency and value. Further, if we also take a close look at some of the domains, you will notice they try to establish a type of authority for the blogger. For example, by looking at ProBlogger, we are being told that the owner is not an amateur but a pro blogger.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 20, 2007

You should note is that if you’re looking at the Digg upcoming page and want it to be comprehensive with all types of submissions, you should be visiting [link]. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us And here’s what a submitted image looks like. Answers Yahoo!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 20, 2007

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. social networking site. ( 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

APRIL 2, 2008

And I like the logo type. 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! Answers Yahoo!

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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. 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. Answers Yahoo!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 19, 2008

but I was an early adopter of social networks from when I first opened my 3.5″ On the other hand, my first ever interaction on AOL was with someone who was separated from my social network by only one degree. I am only now starting to check these social sites out, just Facebook and StumbleUpon so far.

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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

DECEMBER 22, 2009

Tweet Spinner actually lets you schedule different Twitter backgrounds, bios, and profiles, so that you can see which profile types might get the most engagement. If you type “Hello there&# as a Tweet via Twitter.com’s web interface and then type “Hello there&# as a Tweet again, Twitter won’t let you.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

Before long, social networks became hugely successful, and savvy marketers realized that they could create accounts on these networks to promote themselves. It simultaneously promotes the community of TLC’s viewers while also calling attention to a new social network. I hate that. Answers Yahoo!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 5, 2010

Depending on what type of page you are creating (for a business, publication, celebrity, etc.) 2) the type of interaction (is it a like? Aggregate Your Other Social Streams If you’re only on Facebook, this step isn’t for you. Tell people how to find you and give them a history. If so, don’t.

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