Koka Sexton

DECEMBER 20, 2009

99 best social-media and PR posts of 2009 – Holy Kaw! The Top Ten Reasons for Building an Online Community in 2009 From Vovici: If you don’t currently have an online community, and you are not thinking of building an online community next year, you should be. How Do You Build An Online Community?

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Koka Sexton

DECEMBER 20, 2009

99 best social-media and PR posts of 2009 – Holy Kaw! The Top Ten Reasons for Building an Online Community in 2009 From Vovici: If you don’t currently have an online community, and you are not thinking of building an online community next year, you should be. How Do You Build An Online Community?

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Koka Sexton

APRIL 28, 2009

It was really an impulsive decision but I stuck with it so far and I am beginning to reap the rewards of managing a local blog for the community. The community that has been built continues to surprise me. ¬ Erica #3949 May 25th, 2009 at 7:25 pm I truly do appreciate the Mayor of Concord website. Leave a comment!

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

It’s not quite journalism, it’s full of opinion and bloggers live by their own rules even as the best of them do their utmost to adhere to FTC guidelines. Im building a network and community AND learning new tricks that make me a better professional, makes my time well spent. It helps you understand the medium.

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Koka Sexton

JANUARY 30, 2009

Dear Ma.gnolia Community Members or Visitor, Early on the West-coast morning of Friday, January 31st, Ma.gnolia experienced every web service’s worst nightmare: data corruption and loss. Most importantly, I apologize to all of you who have made Ma.gnolia a home for your bookmarks and community. Leave a comment! cute very cute.

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Koka Sexton

MAY 8, 2009

Once a dormant social site that I used only for aggregating my rss feeds has now become a full fledged community. ¬ khafi #3861 May 11th, 2009 at 11:46 am i think it is similar with twitter ?? ¬ Manfredi #4176 June 26th, 2009 at 2:47 am The double “f&# reminds me Facebook’s logo soooo much! Leave a comment!

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Koka Sexton

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

This caused such an outcry by the Facebook community that several groups formed almost immediately calling for Facebook to change their terms of service back to normal. This didn’t seem to be enough for the community and the people kept complaining. One of the reasons we updated our terms was to make this more clear.

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Koka Sexton

MAY 28, 2010

But I don’t need that to get the blog becoming the central hub for the community, which is the plan. I’m comfortable with WordPress as a platform (That’s what this blog is too) but I don’t know all the backend stuff that could really make it shine. Once someone starts talking.htaccess I’m lost.

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Koka Sexton

JANUARY 24, 2009

TOPIX Topix is the leading news community on the Web, connecting people to the information and discussions that matter to them in every U.S. Get the Community Involved One of the best things I did when I started a local blog was reach out to local businesses that I frequented. For Small Biz #3895 May 18th, 2009 at 4:19 am [.]

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Koka Sexton

DECEMBER 5, 2008

link] – This Contra Costa Times is my local newspaper and though they have a pretty low level community platform on their website someone thought far enough ahead to set up a Twitter profile. This is because CNN has mastered the art of sending updates about any news that comes across their desk. Tracy’s last blog post.

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Koka Sexton

DECEMBER 5, 2008

link] – This Contra Costa Times is my local newspaper and though they have a pretty low level community platform on their website someone thought far enough ahead to set up a Twitter profile. This is because CNN has mastered the art of sending updates about any news that comes across their desk. Tracy’s last blog post.

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Koka Sexton

JANUARY 25, 2009

You might be a thought leader in your community. ¬ Ryan Martin #2922 January 27th, 2009 at 2:25 pm That totally makes sense Koka. Small Business Websites Need Directory Links ¬ Twitoria Highlights Inactive Twitter Followers #3464 March 3rd, 2009 at 2:48 pm [.] Either that or you follow your Mom and she follows you.

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Koka Sexton

JANUARY 25, 2009

You might be a thought leader in your community. ¬ Ryan Martin #2922 January 27th, 2009 at 2:25 pm That totally makes sense Koka. Small Business Websites Need Directory Links ¬ Twitoria Highlights Inactive Twitter Followers #3464 March 3rd, 2009 at 2:48 pm [.] Either that or you follow your Mom and she follows you.

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The Way of the Web

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Web Strategy Wikinomics Rankings ← The two digital publishing models of the near future Hi Newspapers – can I join the party? → Stocktwits gets funding, Bit.ly get’s safer, Cli.gs In addition Stocktwit.tv seems to be taking off. already offers a plugin to expand links before you click on them).

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Koka Sexton

JANUARY 8, 2009

Once you start getting more involved with the Twitter you will see that it is really a community of people that just want to give constant updates to people that are following them. Twitter Etiquette As any community will tell you, there are unspoken rules of etiquette that you should follow. Leave a comment! coverage here.

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Koka Sexton

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

We help people in need share their “epic&# true stories in innovative, creative and profitable ways to help them acquire the financial resources they need to create positive “change&# in their communities. I understand that many people think “We need schools and money for things in America.&#.

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Koka Sexton

JANUARY 24, 2009

TOPIX Topix is the leading news community on the Web, connecting people to the information and discussions that matter to them in every U.S. Get the Community Involved One of the best things I did when I started a local blog was reach out to local businesses that I frequented. For Small Biz #3895 May 18th, 2009 at 4:19 am [.]

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Koka Sexton

FEBRUARY 6, 2009

Concerts, Movies and Shows Many communities offer a wide variety of free entertainment through local park districts and organizations. List it on Freecycle , a nonprofit community group that encourages users to give away old items instead of throwing them away. ¬ Li Bruno #3080 February 7th, 2009 at 6:35 pm Awesome list! ¬

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Koka Sexton

NOVEMBER 2, 2008

TOPIX Topix is the leading news community on the Web, connecting people to the information and discussions that matter to them in every U.S. There are MANY other sites like these and I have gotten great results from a lot of them. These are the two places I got my start. town and city. Use wp_list_categories() instead.

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Koka Sexton

MAY 28, 2010

But I don’t need that to get the blog becoming the central hub for the community, which is the plan. I’m comfortable with WordPress as a platform (That’s what this blog is too) but I don’t know all the backend stuff that could really make it shine. Once someone starts talking.htaccess I’m lost.

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Koka Sexton

JULY 27, 2009

He said my background would be something interesting that the community may want to read about. The writer André Gensburger who is also the co-publisher for the paper first entertained the idea of talking with me a few months ago. The topic of the article was to talk about how I have adjusted post Iraq. Use wp_list_categories() instead.

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The Way of the Web

DECEMBER 9, 2009

It’s called Small Rivers , a tool for bloggers to network content and audiences started by a small team on the Swiss Institute of Technology EPFL Campus, who wanted to find an easier and better way to connect communities of shared interests without having to leave their own website, blog or social network.

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Koka Sexton

SEPTEMBER 25, 2008

Depending on how many other people are writing in your community, you have the chance of pissing off a few people. It’s completely focused on the city and community. Koka Sexton dot Com Home About Koka Contact Twitter FULL RSS Why local blogging is important I recently wrote about a new blog I started called the Mayor of Concord.

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Koka Sexton

NOVEMBER 14, 2008

Using MyBlogLog To Expand Your Community Quality vs. Quantity in Social Networking Why I Twitter (And Why You Should Too) The 4 Elements of Getting Videos to go Viral Using Social Media to Meet People How to Run a Successful Competition on Your Blog Defenition of Viral Marketing and Success Stories. maki) [.] ¬ Thanks for compiling this.

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Koka Sexton

DECEMBER 1, 2008

While writing that post, I started getting more involved with the StumbleUpon community and started looking through other peoples profiles for great sites I had never come across. Much love for the StumbleUpon community Many people on StumbleUpon do not blog anywhere else and use StumbleUpon as their primary micro blog of sorts.

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Koka Sexton

FEBRUARY 6, 2009

Concerts, Movies and Shows Many communities offer a wide variety of free entertainment through local park districts and organizations. List it on Freecycle , a nonprofit community group that encourages users to give away old items instead of throwing them away. ¬ Li Bruno #3080 February 7th, 2009 at 6:35 pm Awesome list! ¬

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The Way of the Web

DECEMBER 9, 2009

I’m just amazed it hasn’t happened in 2009, and definitely predict it’ll occur in 2010. We’re already not far away with many people using online communities to check out videos, images, tips etc during the day to fuel their evening of gaming.

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Koka Sexton

DECEMBER 26, 2007

¬ wiienjoy #2887 January 19th, 2009 at 8:00 am i do agree that wii is the funniest game console! ¬ Michael #169 May 31st, 2008 at 6:38 pm The Wii is definitely an awesome game systems. Great review by CNET. Good luck on getting your wii and hopefully you will have as much fun as I have had with mine. wiienjoy’s last blog post.

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The Way of the Web

JANUARY 3, 2010

Even many of the people who talk about concentrating on engagement rather than total audience numbers appear to be susceptible – there are great communities in places like Second Life, for example, which are being overlooked because it's now seen as old news and not growing as quickly as Twitter, for example.

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Koka Sexton

MAY 22, 2008

Blacksmith2 of the StumbleUpon community discovered my post and added it to his favorites. FREE Superviral Advertising ¬ Joel "Cheaters Guide" Gutierrez #2883 January 18th, 2009 at 6:32 pm You know as I read through these viral marketing posts, I’m starting to understand the real meaning behind it. I was wrong. Thanks mate!

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Social Media Strategery

APRIL 26, 2009

Development Social Media The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same Mon, Apr 27, 2009 Government 2.0 It’s also been grabbing all the headlines – in the New York Times , the Wall Street Journal , Wired , and myriad others. link] links for 2009-04-28 « riverrun meaghn beta [.] Government 2.0

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 28, 2010

Examples include: Instant Domain Search (with its AJAX glory) Website Monitoring Tests Think about it this way: MyBlogLog has a widget , statistics, and a community. I have blogrolled you. I will be using these to promote my journal. COLOURlovers has color palettes and trends. How do you fold that shirt so neatly?

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

That’s very useful for SEO, but I can’t imagine that this level of detail would ever be sufficient to inform a marketing or communications strategy. I don’t know why marketers and PR professionals would want to do the same thing to their brands. Read All About It! Greenbanana - Heather Yaxley Jon (Newman)'s PR 1.5

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali WOM: What’s Really Behind The Buzz November 24th, 2010 Tweet Guest post by Bryce Keane What’s the buzz? They listen a LOT. Then they plan. And talk they do. – and 14.9%

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 27, 2011

If the professor has a background in journalism, they tend to see PR as only about writing and pitching to journalists. If the professor has a background in communications or previously worked a PR firm, they see PR as a part of business. Reply Rate Up div.livefyre-comment).removeClass(livefyre-hidden)" Read All About It!

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Koka Sexton

AUGUST 17, 2010

This was great to saturate our community with news and promotions. Their functionality to schedule tweets was extremely easy and you have the ability to send one message out through multiple twitter profiles at once. Well…maybe the process is easier than actually getting a job offer but Koka Sexton dot Com: [.]

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AUGUST 17, 2010

This was great to saturate our community with news and promotions. Their functionality to schedule tweets was extremely easy and you have the ability to send one message out through multiple twitter profiles at once. Well…maybe the process is easier than actually getting a job offer but Koka Sexton dot Com: [.]

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