Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

First, you… Image: Kate Sumbler via Flickr , Creative Commons Hold on! A while back, I was looking at my Google Analytics for WUL and I noticed that my 404 page , i.e. the one you get when the server can’t find the page you’re looking for on a particular site, was the 4th most highly-trafficked page on my blog.

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OCTOBER 14, 2010

Image: jim crossley via Flickr, CC 2.0 Image: BES Photos via Flickr, CC 2.0 Establishing your voice A blog post with pointers isn’t only meant to teach, it is also meant to connect with readers. Umair Haque , blogging for the Harvard Business Review , places the Gap logo debacle into this context of creativity.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 27, 2012

.” According to an article in the Economic Times , the Micra, which was positioned as a low-cost car for young Indians, saw sales of a little over 12,000 units in the nine months between July 2010 and March 2011. ” Entitled “Nissan Star of India,” the Facebook campaign started in September 2011.

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Image: solarisgirl via Flickr, CC 2.0. 6 Ways To Secure Your Blog And Your Hard Work. Why: Eddie Gear shares how he fell victim to a hacker attack on his blog and what you can do to prevent such attacks. But one of the most important things we can do to stay secure is protecting ourselves, and our information, online.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Ten Reasons PR Pros Should Blog November 10th, 2010 Tweet Last week, Joe Hackman hosted Danny Brown , Gini Dietrich and me on his BlogTalkRadio show, aptly entitled PRapalooza. Blogging is a strange beast.

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Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 14, 2012

The second was a blog post by one of my Curry College PR superstars, Erika Kuzmicz , who finished her degree requirements in December 2011. I write frequently myself about the people aspect of our business, most recently for Waxing UnLyrical , but also for my own blog, A Professor’s Thoughts.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Is Pay-to-Post Blogging The New Advertorial? A few weeks ago, they asked a question about paying for blog posts. In 2010, blogs and bloggers are truly influencers. Remember the advertorial ?

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Laurel Papworth

APRIL 6, 2011

We pull dynamic feeds of conversations on Facebook, Twitter, blogs and others social media sites all into one web page for easier monitoring. We create a social media website including a blog, and business pages, and investigate shopping baskets for the website and eBooks.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 4, 2011

Image: Dipanker Datta via Flickr, CC 2.0 “Liking&# a page translated from a click to a tangible emotion with human repercussions. All this via one bare-bones blog and a Facebook group. Image: Gaurovonomics via Flickr, CC 2.0 says: January 4, 2011 at 10:01 am [.] Reply Rate Up div.livefyre-comment).removeClass(livefyre-hidden)"

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 2, 2011

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Weekly Roundup: The New Year Edition January 2nd, 2011 Tweet The champagne has been popped and you might be recuperating from the New Year’s Eve festivities. Don explains why (and how to do this right).

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

But while a few doctors including Wendy Sue Swanson, MD , author of the Seattle Mama Doc blog and Natasha Burgert, MD , author of KC Kids Doc blog , are using digital communication to communicate better with their patients, according to a 2011 survey by AMN Healthcare only 8% of physicians said they use social media at work to connect with patients.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Also… Image: Thom Watson via Flickr, Creative Commons OK, I’ll stop now, I can see you rolling your eyes, going, “Come on, act your age.&# In 2011, let’s make our stories terrific. Even when I am reading blogs or catching up on Reader. Looking forward to seeing where you take SGJ in 2011.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 24, 2011

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Four Free Digital Marketing Tools for Non-Profits January 24th, 2011 Tweet Guest post by Erica Holt These are frugal days, and everyone loves getting and writing about free stuff. Clipped from [link] [.]

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Ari Herzog

FEBRUARY 23, 2014

It’s clear to me that blogging is best for expressing big ideas. If you can’t convey new ideas on your blog, then you probably won’t get a lot of traffic… But Twitter is not good for fleshed-out ideas. And Flickr is good for expressing passion. Follow my blog to read my insights on digital media. Any questions?

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 20, 2012

What folks felt were their biggest measurement successes of 2011: and. She suggested looking into Vizyx , which can build customizable dashboards, and shared this blog post that talks more about it. Image: Ktow via Flickr, CC 2.0. So the chat was a community chat or, as I like to call them, a fireside chat. We talked about: 1.

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Kikolani

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

As bloggers, writers, authors, artists, photographers (and more) our terms of reference and professional focus is not on the tech-side of the blogging equation. They affect you and they could affect the future of your blog. It wasn’t really until late in 2011 that they overhauled their approach. iPhone, iPod, iOS.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 17, 2011

We launched into Twitter on 25 August 2010 and into Facebook on the 7 February 2011. 28% growth in mortgage sales calls to our contact centre in February and March 2011, compared to the same period last year. Do you have any favorite campaigns from 2011? Title image: smemon , via FlickR, CC 2.0.

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Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali An Ode To Monday February 7th, 2011 Tweet You wake up to Monday ; what will it bring? Image: Robert Couse-Baker via Flickr, CC 2.0 " Blogging poetic by @shonali: An Ode To Monday [link] [.]

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 24, 2010

Sharon Pruitt via Flickr, CC 2.0 Cause-related marketing: seeing RED and pink , from Katya ‘s Non-Profit Marketing Blog. Cause and effect , by Michael Martin from MediaPost’s Marketing: green blog. Shannon Pauls Very Official Blog Spin Sucks TopRank Online Marketing Blog Writing Boots - David Murray Love WUL?

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Akamai Marketing

APRIL 4, 2011

By taracoomans – April 4, 2011 Posted in: Content , Featured , social media Photo credit: BaronBrian 97 Million people use Twitter. Maybe your clients are creative and visual so they like YouTube or Flickr better. Think about it – when you go to a Facebook page or a blog, do you always comment? Probably not.

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Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 20, 2011

What with birthing a new blog , helping a new client get started on their digital initiatives and attending the Google for Nonprofits event this week, I had a ton of useful information coming my way. Recipe for successful blog marketing & SEO at TECHmunch Austin 2011 , by Lee Odden. Image: audreym via Flickr, CC 2.0.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 27, 2010

Image: sahmeepee via Flickr , Creative Commons The Best means that you are indubitably, unequivocally, indisputably the best in who you are, what you do, and what you stand for, no matter who – or what – else you are compared with, or what others might be exposed to. Oh, one other thing: my blog = my sandbox.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 20, 2011

Christmas Communication Plan 2011. Images: nickb_rock via Flickr, CC 2.0. Shanan Sorochynski manages the University of Regina’s first official blog: YOURblog. It also provides great cover for snapping photos with an iPhone. Long story short, I photographed their comm. plan, a dismal thing that needs your input.

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Firebelly

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

They want your information about your website and blog, and it’s up to you to do a good job providing it. That means you can’t rely on SEO tricks anymore, like a blog post that pulls the first 100 words of a news article and includes a link forwarding it to the original article. (Or What DOES Matter? Good content matters.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 24, 2013

But while a few doctors including Wendy Sue Swanson, MD , author of the Seattle Mama Doc blog and Natasha Burgert, MD , author of KC Kids Doc blog , are using digital communication to communicate better with their patients, according to a 2011 survey by AMN Healthcare only 8% of physicians said they use social media at work to connect with patients.

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Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 28, 2012

is an updated version of Matt LaCasse’s terrific post from March 2011 on the secret behind good networking. Image: takomabibelot via Flickr, CC 2.0. He also blogs. Today’s pick (by moi!) Always relevant. Also, he recently welcomed his first child – a darling baby girl – into the world.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Image: Ranjit Bhatnagar via Flickr , Creative Commons And thanks to myfirsttweet.com , I can share it with you. Shannon Pauls Very Official Blog Spin Sucks TopRank Online Marketing Blog Writing Boots - David Murray Love WUL? Oh, one other thing: my blog = my sandbox. How unbelievably ridiculous. Or pathetic. link] (esp.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Image: twchoi11 via Flickr , Creative Commons Though I wouldn’t consider myself as devoted as some fan clubs. Image: Gitgat via Flickr , Creative Commons Instead, speak up and join the conversation. Shannon Pauls Very Official Blog Spin Sucks TopRank Online Marketing Blog Writing Boots - David Murray Love WUL?

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Your news release will not be competitive with well-known Beth Kanter’s Beth’s Blog. Image: Andras Pfaff via Flickr , Creative Commons Was this helpful? Shannon Pauls Very Official Blog Spin Sucks TopRank Online Marketing Blog Writing Boots - David Murray Love WUL? In Google you get: Let’s face it.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 31, 2011

We are more than halfway through 2011. Why: Shakirah is one of the best writers I’ve come across in a long time (which is why I love that she’s part of the WUL blogging team). Calculate your blogging ROI in 9 steps , by Jay Baer. Image: Rachel Hobbs via Flickr, CC 2.0. Today is July 31. Where did it go?

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Waxing UnLyrical

MAY 31, 2011

Chapman to blog about the Great Klout Plunge of 2011. Image: arellis49 via Flickr, CC 2.0. Klout has been having some issues over the past couple of days, leading C.C. You can view the full MeasurePR transcript for May 24 via this link. And don't forget we'll be back with #measurePR next week; June 7, 12-1 pm ET.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 23, 2010

Seeing as how it’s coming close to the end of the year and everyone’s in a prediction kinda mood, Jen thought it would be cool to chat about what might be coming our way in terms of PR measurement in 2011. In other words, paywalls , how pitching will be affected if these take off, and prognoses for 2011. Wanna Subscribe?

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 3, 2010

Image: Lori Tingey via Flickr, CC 2.0 Shannon Pauls Very Official Blog Spin Sucks TopRank Online Marketing Blog Writing Boots - David Murray Love WUL? Oh, one other thing: my blog = my sandbox. And you take responsibility for your comments - just as this is my blog, those are your comments, not mine.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Image: Leo-setä via Flickr, CC 2.0 “Merry Christmas!&# “Happy New Year!&# “Id Mubarak!&# “ Holi Hai !&# (That means, “It’s Holi! Image: peterc8800 via Flickr, CC 2.0 Shannon Pauls Very Official Blog Spin Sucks TopRank Online Marketing Blog Writing Boots - David Murray Love WUL?

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 6, 2010

Image: Louise Docker via Flickr , Creative Commons Thanks so much for stopping by WUL! Shannon Pauls Very Official Blog Spin Sucks TopRank Online Marketing Blog Writing Boots - David Murray Love WUL? Oh, one other thing: my blog = my sandbox. So much to do So much to know To live, to love, to hurt, to grow.

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 5, 2010

Image: Jordan Pérez Ordenez via Flickr, CC 2.0 Shannon Pauls Very Official Blog Spin Sucks TopRank Online Marketing Blog Writing Boots - David Murray Love WUL? Oh, one other thing: my blog = my sandbox. And you take responsibility for your comments - just as this is my blog, those are your comments, not mine.

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Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 6, 2011

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Weekly Roundup: The Gerald Durrell Edition February 6th, 2011 Tweet I don’t know if you’ve read My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell ; almost everyone I’ve asked in the States hasn’t.

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