Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Students are not taught about new practices, since proprietary tools and techniques often remain with hidden with the agencies and companies that create them. The biggest problem with measurement is a lack of understanding of the basic principles of this art. Reply Rate Up div.livefyre-comment).removeClass(livefyre-hidden)" Read All About It!

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Orderly exits that don’t necessarily include leap-frogging your way to safety – even though that may be a little fun… In the business of communications, the need for a “fire drill&# can be equated to needing a crisis plan in place. The "fire drill" idea seems like it would help many people and companies. Read All About It!

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 22, 2010

A 236% increase in media mentions in 2009 over the previous two years combined; A total of 37,316 My Wellness ScoreCard completes, which were a 130% increase over the previous year; and A 72% increase in web traffic over the previous year with 207,048 web visitors. decision on what to measure will be unique to each company.

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Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Market mix modeling is an option (and one that he mentioned) but not inexpensive, so out of the reach of many companies. Seth mentioned using web analytics, and acknowledged that correlating PR activities to offline business outcomes is more difficult. Just ask your customers, ‘Where did you hear about us?’ Read All About It!

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

As always in good company with the Tinu and the others. Reply Rate Up div.livefyre-comment).removeClass(livefyre-hidden)" removeClass(livefyre-hidden)" class="livefyre-show-comment livefyre-button"> View comment pts moderator Joe Hackman Getting info Pending approval share On Facebook On Twitter flag Delete Hide Unhide Ban user New!

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Herwin has a strong interest in pursuing a career in public relations, helping companies and organizations make personal connections past the corporate-consumer dynamic, both on- and off-line. Its a show celebrating YouTube and its community, streamed live on the Internet from different locations. Also, have you heard of YouTube Live?

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Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 5, 2011

Frankly, it seems absolutely ridiculous to me that companies are paying $3 million for the chance to get one ad – ONE – aired. And if consumers cannot remember the companies or the products, the commercials do not lead to sales. The other half of me is rolling her eyes. “Get over yourself,&# says Other Half.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

How B2B companies use real-time blog posts to get trade media exposure , from David Meerman Scott ‘s Web Ink Now. I’ve been to enough conferences where the moderators/speakers sucked (and live in deathly fear of that being applied to me). The ever-brilliant Lee Odden gives you tips on how to avoid this pitfall. Read All About It!

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 23, 2011

Your company is merging. Mark Storys The Intersection of Online and Offline Mary's Garden Party - Mary Barber, APR, Fellow PRSA Measurement Matters Media Bullseye More With Les (Potter, ABC) NetWits Think Tank New Media Lisa - Lisa Hoffmann Occam's RazR - Ike Pigott PR Conversations Sean Williams' Communication AMMO!

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 14, 2010

Mark as read Approve comment Representing companies as their PR specialist is an extremely important job, I can see what you mean about not just the average applicants making the cut. There is always one company willing to hire the not so top notch applicant because of budget. Read All About It! These fine folk did: Jan.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 13, 2011

Our community was now creating the bulk of our content. ” (which was nice to hear) But, once the internal community knew that they were still going to have access to similar content they were fine. But that was the case even with the internal print publication… unearthly, jaw-dropping amounts of it. Read All About It!

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

For the rest of my site, I made my 404 error message a little funny rather than using the generic one from my hosting company. I like these little "technical" posts. gotta write more of my own. when I actually know how to do something ;-) I think my blog tries to use pretty permalinks so it redirects back to the blogs front page if it can.

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Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali On Lists, Their Importance, And How To Get On One February 8th, 2011 Tweet This post has been about a year and a half in the writing. Yes, really! Read All About It! These fine folk did: Jan.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 14, 2010

This cultivates a thinking community where information is evaluated, and then adapted and built upon. Herwin has a strong interest in pursuing a career in public relations, helping companies and organizations make personal connections past the corporate-consumer dynamic, both on- and off-line. Read All About It!

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 16, 2010

There’s no way – no way – I would have felt so much a part of that community if I hadn’t previously connected with many of the folks I meet IRL on social media. Why is anyone – a person, a company – embarking on social media? To explore a different communication channel? Read All About It!

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Writing 3-6 blog posts a week combined, for my site, PRBreakfastClub, my companys site and a top secret project Im working on has made me a better writer in my "day job." Im building a network and community AND learning new tricks that make me a better professional, makes my time well spent. Or as you said, almost perfect!)

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Laurel Papworth

AUGUST 3, 2010

In 2007 I blogged on Kevin07 portal: We will see more of ‘static portal hybrid hosted social networks’ for a while – companies and government distancing themselves from the challenges of social networks by outsourcing to social network platforms. Please spell out I.R.O.N.Y before going all politically correct on me.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 4, 2010

Even if Fast Company tries to tell you so. Those are the kind of campaigns that raise awareness and build community -- and you nailed the importance of community for nonprofits. Instead, Ill find a nonprofit and community I respect and trust. But I wont donate through the DD campaign. Reply Rate Up div.livefyre-comment).removeClass(livefyre-hidden)"

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 6, 2010

And more important, are you SHARING other people’s status updates with your community? Facebook crosses over audiences, so while I have some business "friends" an update about my company or a blog post that really got me fired up wouldnt make sense shared to mostly old school friends. Are you RT’ing other people’s messages?

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 7, 2011

As far as Rude Dude goes I will not be recommending him, his company or facilitating introductions for him any time soon. We became good friends. The fundraiser was a success. And now, years after we have both moved on, we are still in touch. Not because he turned me down for a speaking gig that would probably have stressed me out any way.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

In fact, social media can be MORE transformative for a B2B company than a B2C company. Creating and calibrating a social media strategy for any company should follow the same process. Private brand communities vs. Facebook. Yes, social media applies to B2B. Linkedin Groups vs. Twitter. Podcasts vs. YouTube.

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Akamai Marketing

MARCH 29, 2011

Blogs for business are an outstanding tool for business, they can build community, be the backbone of your social media program, and drive traffic to your website, just for starters. Are you trying to create community? Then measure it.You can use Google Analytics, PostRank or even (GASP!) But where do you start? Then live it.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 3, 2010

Forrester Research shows that from 2009-2014, U.S. Agencies should also be working with clients on using social media as a market research tool, by surveying fans or creating dedicated, invite-only brand communities that serve as a living focus group. Remember, the most important customer of EVERY company is Google.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 25, 2011

Yes, they ARE a third-party provider of a service (a “space” for artisans to sell crafts online) but they’re a company valued at over $100 million, with a clearly defined policy on hateful and offensive items. What a silly situation for a multi-million dollar company to get itself into. Image: striatic via Flickr, CC 2.0

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

I’m also in the entertainment industry and enjoy tweaking the nipple of large multi-national telecom companies that annoy me on a daily, if not hourly basis. I follow their company news, monitor the #ATTSUCKS hashtag on Twitter, and pay close attention to my own user experience. Goats, not sheep. Has AT&T noticed you?

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 26, 2011

If a company is going to make money off my “likes,&# shouldn’t I get a piece of the pie , as Beth Harte said (and I agree) on Facebook? Maybe its one thing if I "like" a companies page (which I rarely, if ever, do anyways) because Ive entered their "home" on facebook. And if not, what’s the point?

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 27, 2011

The press person took a very firm stance, saying his integrity was not for sale and covering costs doesnt influence his decisionsand that he doesnt work with that type of company. It doesnt help build any meaningful media relations if you keep pitching every single minutia from a clients company. Read All About It!

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

On his blog , Nick says: “Students are not taught about new practices, since proprietary tools and techniques often remain with hidden with the agencies and companies that create them.&# Take it from Nick Lucido , a PR student, and a very smart one at that. Read All About It! Greenbanana - Heather Yaxley Jon (Newman)'s PR 1.5

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 7, 2010

After all, who wants to do business with a company that has a “bad&# name? It’s a name they feel comfortable being associated with. And now, with social media, we’re extending that quest to the social Web. Or with a person whose reputation is dodgy? Who even wants to talk to someone like that? Read All About It!

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 2, 2010

When another person within a company will vouch for a candidate, it reduces some of the risk of an unknown hire. But Ive seen people submit through the online systems and get nowhere--not even a response--but give the resume to someone trusted within, and all the sudden they get a call and an interview (and, in a couple of cases, hired).

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 16, 2010

Some tools you can use are Social Mention , Trackur , and PostRank. People are following AT&T because they care about AT&T, not about some no-name behind the company. Some (OK, most) of them I have not been asking myself, nor have I been checking out PostRank, which I should. Yes, I did just say that. Have a nice one.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 25, 2010

Even if more and more people are starting to question the efficacy of these initiatives , it seems companies don’t want to be left out in the cold by not jumping on the pink bandwagon. First , you can’t get away from how pink, and by association breast cancer, rule October when it comes to causes and awareness. Read All About It!

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

When a company or organization issues news today, that news reaches a wider audience than just the press. Does this mean thats where the communications professional should stop? Bringing Open Community To Public Relations | Waxing UnLyrical says: November 22, 2010 at 5:01 am [.] Absolutely not. Great post, Shonali.

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