Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Let Your Freak Flag Fly October 6th, 2010 Tweet This is a guest post by Narciso Tovar This past week, I gave a presentation to the Dallas IREM group about the importance of giving social media a second look.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Image: Lars Plougmann via Flickr, Creative Commons Really, if you just read through the comments, there’s your follow-up blog post… but since I promised you one, you’re getting one. It’s one of the reasons I’ve felt so at home during the last few PRSA International Conferences. Will it be a time suck?

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 13, 2011

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali How To Get Your Blog Project Approved January 13th, 2011 Tweet Guest post by Shanan Sorochynski Okay, you’ve had nearly half a month to sink into 2011. You’ve steadied your nerves. You’ve reflected.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 13, 2010

Talk about your own mistakes before criticizing the other person. Alright, your turn. link] Ann-Marie Fleming Dr. Joseph Murphy, author of The Power of Your Subconscious Mind – a book I re-read constantly to remind myself that I control what happens. Let the other person feel that the idea is his or hers.

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Waxing UnLyrical

MAY 16, 2016

Over the years, I’ve offered a plethora of tips here on the blawg to help you build your Social PR strategy. Why: “Everything – everything – comes down to how you tell your organization’s (or your client’s) story. 15 Reasons Your PR Pitches Suck. ” 7.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Are you ready to add some “Why&# to your “How&# ? If you fall in love with tools, you’ll constantly be changing directions, with no real plan to guide your way. What’s Your Pitch? The elevator pitch is dead. Can you describe what your company does in 120 characters or less?

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Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 7, 2012

Because there is no such thing as the “perfect pitch.” ” There are terrible pitches, there are so-so pitches, and there are very good pitches. But to me, a perfect pitch would be one that secured every single story it was aiming for. You can , however, write a very good pitch. ” See?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

As someone who does public relations for companies, I’m sure you carefully pick your bloggers for the pitch. As someone who does public relations for companies, I’m sure you carefully pick your bloggers for the pitch. Bloggers have to weed out the crap and PR pros need to find the right people for the job.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 28, 2010

Labeled “Mass Influencers&# this army of 29 million opinionated chatterboxes may very well be the key to your social media success. Finding Your Influencers As noted in the study, the notion of true 1:1 marketing via social media is a bit of a fallacy. Here’s 6 ways to find the gossips in your midst: 1.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Twitter Sucks at Converting Awareness to Usage Known by 87%, just 7% of Americans use Twitter. To me, this reemphasizes the needs to be keyword smart in your Tweets, and to not dip into the pool of banality. Even though half your customers may not be tweeting or retweeting, they ARE watching, reading, and clicking.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 8, 2010

Now I don’t mean that in the negative, “suck the life out of you” way. As “True Blood” details in painful repetition in nearly every episode, a vampire can’t come storming into your house. They must be explicitly invited into your home in order to enter. Email is a vampire. You Must Invite Email In. Vampires have class.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 29, 2010

Social media has introduced incentives to the online space, encouraging others to connect with your business. You want something from someone, so you need to compel them to engage or they’d have no reason to. That lunch and the information provided therein will often benefit your bottom line. Sound off in the comments.

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ProBlogger

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

To create your audience, to build engagement with that audience, and to make money from your blogs. I went to your session. We talked about getting out of your comfort zone and staying out of your comfort zone. Then not allowing failure to define your future and make that up yourself. Daniel: Yes, it does.

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ProBlogger

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

To create your audience, to build engagement with that audience, and to make money from your blogs. I went to your session. We talked about getting out of your comfort zone and staying out of your comfort zone. Then not allowing failure to define your future and make that up yourself. Daniel: Yes, it does.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 24, 2010

As information flow is infinite, many find that it is of utmost importance to capture the attention of the select few who serve as influencers — these are the people who can actually stop their followers in their tracks to help spread your message. PR people shouldn’t try to get my attention.

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali The Problem With PR September 14th, 2010 Tweet You know what the problem with PR is? Most PR pros (and firms). We in the PR industry have done a poor job of defining and promoting what we do.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 10, 2008

If your friends are interested, they’ll likely join without your “encouragement.&# Turning your Facebook profile photo into a pitch so that you can gather leads through your Facebook connections. Using a fake name as your Facebook name. Abusing group invites. Thanks, but no thanks.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 7, 2010

The last time I heard that line of reasoning en mass was when legions were objecting to a new thing called Twitter. But, we did talk about the impact of geo-tagging on reviews, and whether the fact that someone has actually been to a location recently should influence your perception of their opinion.

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Convince & Convert

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

Some smart people started calling that scrappiness growth hacking —a way to use data to help you improve what you’re already doing to build 10x growth for your business. I think you’ll find they’ll work for your social media marketing, too. Share Your Content In More Places. Measure your success, and iterate.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 14, 2009

I’d argue that if you’re starting your Internet Marketing business with not much know-how, you should check out the 2007 posts ; in fact, most may still find them relevant regardless of the skill level. New for 2008: If your article is highlighted in this comprehensive post, we have badges for you! You May Already be Pro!

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Whether it’s brand reputation management, PR and influencer outreach, customer service and social CRM, interacting with fans on a brand community, or just creating content that builds thought leadership – it all takes time. Please raise your hand if you’re working fewer hours these days than you did five or ten years ago.

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Viper Chill

MARCH 8, 2010

If you can get the.com for your keyphrase ( like I did for a keyphrase which now gets 135,000 exact searches per month) then take it before you realise how lucky you are. There’s a great resource here which gives you a lot of free templates you can use for your site. To start with, I choose a relevant domain.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 15, 2009

As the ideal marketer, you gets your hands on every single search engine optimization and social media marketing book or blog you can possibly find, and then you absorb the information presented within like a sponge. At the end of the day, you have websites — your subjects — upon which to test. And you should.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 27, 2010

You stowed your baggage in the overhead bins thoughtfully, and you’ve all contributed to our on-time departure today. I am not the “first-class&# flight attendant, but rather the forward cabin flight attendant, and your enjoyment of today’s flight is more important to me than anything other than your safety.

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