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. Read All About It!

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Have any questions? Read Me On BNET Watch Me In Action Book Me! Why not book me for a speaking gig ? It’d be a shame to miss out on inclusion in Google News because you wrote a headline two words too long , don’t you think? Image: Andras Pfaff via Flickr , Creative Commons Was this helpful? Read All About It!

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NOVEMBER 17, 2010

In other words, while your content might be fabulous in its essence, your reader is doing exactly what we grew up being told not to do: judge a book by its cover. 5 Ways To Spice Up Your WordPress Blog | Waxing UnLyrical says: January 14, 2011 at 6:03 am [.] a right or wrong answer to this question. Read All About It!

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JANUARY 14, 2011

The question is: do you really *want* to switch over. :p. removeClass(livefyre-hidden)" class="livefyre-show-comment livefyre-button"> View comment Show More Trackbacks Tweets that mention 5 Ways To Spice Up Your WordPress Blog | Waxing UnLyrical -- Topsy.com says: January 14, 2011 at 8:47 am [.] Reply Rate Up div.livefyre-comment).removeClass(livefyre-hidden)"

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AUGUST 27, 2010

And if you have questions you’d like Don to field, do shoot them to me via email or Twitter (DM) ahead of time, or just leave a comment below. Read Me On BNET Watch Me In Action Book Me! Why not book me for a speaking gig ? 12-1 pm ET; use #measurePR to join/participate in the conversation. Read All About It!

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 23, 2010

So I answered the question that Twitter used to ask at the time (what are you doing?) Read Me On BNET Watch Me In Action Book Me! Why not book me for a speaking gig ? Or pathetic. Use whatever adjective you’d like to make fun of me. What can I say? I was new. I didn’t know how this “Twitter thing&# worked.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 10, 2010

Why: it’s the million dollar question, isn’t it? Read Me On BNET Watch Me In Action Book Me! Why not book me for a speaking gig ? Why: If we have to pay when we fail to follow through, it’ll make us think long and hard about just about everything… which we could all stand to do. Chris has good answers.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 22, 2010

After the chat, I asked Priya some more questions. Did the question of “ROI&# ever come up when you were discussing the strategy with the client? ROI is the #1 question and CRT/tanaka was very particular about setting the right expectations from social media [during this ] year-1 engagement. [We It’s pretty good.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 23, 2011

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Weekly Roundup: The Long Of It January 23rd, 2011 Tweet The long or the short of it? One of the age-old questions, eh? I don’t think there is a right or wrong answer to this question.

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Since Debbi was on a bit of a time crunch, one of her team members responded to my questions via email. Read Me On BNET Watch Me In Action Book Me! Why not book me for a speaking gig ? Read All About It! Greenbanana - Heather Yaxley Jon (Newman)'s PR 1.5 Wanna Subscribe? Shall We Tweet? Liked what you saw?

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

Why: I thought this was a very simple, direct question (if you listen to the podcast). And a question we should all ask ourselves, even if we are from those different cultures. Read Me On BNET Watch Me In Action Book Me! Why not book me for a speaking gig ? Quantum leaping through time and space , by Stephen Pickering.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Because people are going to ask questions. And, to your question: Mitch Mitchell is a PHENOMENAL drummer - excellent combination of jazz and blues, providing a great foundation and framework for Jimi to play :) ~ Narciso Tovar (@Narciso17) Big Noise Communications Reply Rate Up div.livefyre-comment).removeClass(livefyre-hidden)"

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 8, 2011

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali And So I Dance Again January 8th, 2011 Tweet Yesterday, I pulled out my dancing shoes (jazz) and went off for a Broadway jazz class… after decades. Read Me On BNET Watch Me In Action Book Me!

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

A few weeks ago, they asked a question about paying for blog posts. The bigger question may be what standard are we holding bloggers to if they (myself included) wish to have equal credibility as members of the press? Read Me On BNET Watch Me In Action Book Me! Why not book me for a speaking gig ? Read All About It!

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Earlier this year, Korean netizens questioned the academic credentials of musician Tablo , pen name Daniel Armand Lee, who graduated from Stanford University in 2002. Read Me On BNET Watch Me In Action Book Me! Why not book me for a speaking gig ? People don’t always paint a nice picture, though. Read All About It!

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Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 5, 2011

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali The Decision February 5th, 2011 Tweet I have a big decision to make. My questions (totally unrelated to your original topic) is why no one has the stones to counter program the SB. Read All About It!

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

Why: This is a question teachers are always being asked (and asking themselves). Read Me On BNET Watch Me In Action Book Me! Why not book me for a speaking gig ? Why: Grand plans are all very well. Sometimes you just need to help people get simple tasks done. I thought Richard’s report of his experiment was fascinating.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 27, 2010

And of course, then came the questions from my mom: “What happened to your clothes?” There will always be some nay-sayers - questioning your moves and intent (even if you have 99% of America backing you up). Read Me On BNET Watch Me In Action Book Me! Why not book me for a speaking gig ? Read All About It! Shall We Tweet?

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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. Im not sure I understand your 90%/10% question.? Yes, really!

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Questions? Read Me On BNET Watch Me In Action Book Me! Why not book me for a speaking gig ? . &# Fun Fact Carl’s Jr. teamed up with Ryan to promote their “$6 Portobello Mushroom Burger!&# His video has amassed over 7.7 million views and over 40,000 comments. Those are all the vloggers I have for you. Wanna Subscribe?

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 16, 2010

The question is not ‘are we walking the walk?’ That seems to me to be one of the key questions any organization needs to be able to answer – and answer convincingly – before they embark on social. Which brings me back to the original question: how are we walking the social talk? ’ but ‘why?’

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 14, 2010

As a bit of a test, I asked a rather curly question of an interviewee who seemed offended that I would suggest I knew more than she did. Read Me On BNET Watch Me In Action Book Me! Why not book me for a speaking gig ? E go strength (not straight ego). Read All About It! Greenbanana - Heather Yaxley Jon (Newman)'s PR 1.5

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Image: Chris Lott via Flickr , Creative Commons One of the questions that Joe asked us was what our blogging experience has been like. So this raises an interesting question (at least to me): I agree with you about flexibility allowing for more creativity, and thats one of the reasons I like being my own boss so much. and clean it out.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 7, 2011

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali How To Kill Relationships With A Slap In The Face January 7th, 2011 Tweet Tell me when Last April, I was approached to speak at a PR conference targeted to health care professionals by a former vendor.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Ask yourself these questions: Are you commenting on other people’s blogs? I was struck by the directness of Robin’s question and have been thinking about it ever since. Dan, I think the why is a good question. The question is not "are we walking the walk?" It’s about how you’re using them. Or other blogs?

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 4, 2010

Hopefully the organization will learn from this and have a more effective campaign for World Aids Day in 2011. How does this question raise awareness of the facts regarding AIDS or HIV? « Media Bullseye – A New Media and Communications Magazine says: January 5, 2011 at 11:12 am [.] It is a fabulous cause.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 21, 2010

I have never – NEVER – seen the top folk at startups respond to the questions and requests of the “every day people&# who use their services. The proof of it for me as that my time spend posting to all the different sites is down yet the visits to all my blogs, face book pages, and Amps is up. Responsiveness.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 27, 2011

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali 15 Reasons Your PR Pitches Suck January 27th, 2011 Tweet In the genes? To date, when Ive asked this question, Ive never had someone say, "Now, why would you want to know that?" Thanks, but no thanks.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 25, 2011

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Etsy’s PR Nightmare: Greeting Cards Making Light Of Rape January 25th, 2011 Tweet Guest post by Steff Metal [Update from Ed.: Read Me On BNET Watch Me In Action Book Me! Read All About It!

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

To my surprise this person – who didn’t know me or have anything to gain by helping me – wrote me back with a thoughtful, in-depth response to my questions. So if you have a question, please do contact me at sorochys [at] uregina [dot] ca. Read Me On BNET Watch Me In Action Book Me! But I’m not hard to find.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Your book was our teams bible throughout, although of course we had to stray a little here and there (not sure you say anything about scotch tape in your book:) ) Thanks for reading! I recently went to a workshop on YouTube and I had asked the members of the organization I worked for if they had any questions about YouTube.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Why: it’s one of the most important questions we can – and need to – ask. Read Me On BNET Watch Me In Action Book Me! Why not book me for a speaking gig ? Why: Ever wanted to tell you-know-who where to get off? John sets a beautiful example. Who owns the news? Why: Measuring the channels is not important.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 7, 2010

December 7th, 2010 Tweet In India, if you meet someone for the first time you are more than likely to be asked a question that roughly translates to, “What is your good name?&# First, because the questioner wants to know what your “real&# name is, as opposed to your nickname. Read Me On BNET Watch Me In Action Book Me!

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

My questions are bolded and italicized. Have more questions for him? Read Me On BNET Watch Me In Action Book Me! Why not book me for a speaking gig ? .&# That immediately conjured visions of a skeletal visage, complete with hook arm, eye patch and parrot on shoulder cackling “Arrr, Matey&# ad nauseam.

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 4, 2010

With the recession still hanging around and the very real threat of cuts in the public sector, people in the UK are starting to question their goals and how they spend their time. Its a great book. Read Me On BNET Watch Me In Action Book Me! Why not book me for a speaking gig ? Definitely from the perspective of the UK.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 25, 2010

Image: Kurtis Garbutt via Flickr, Creative Commons Kim, who runs the Corporate Alliance to End Partner Violence (CAEPV), asked what I thought was a valid question on her blog: where is all the purple? Since I’ve been seeing a lot of cancer- and breast cancer-related tweets and posts through the month, I asked the same question.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 20, 2011

I also wonder how much of the social media chatter actually impacts events on the ground, especially if theyre primarily taking place outside the country/geographic location in question. A Little Birdy Told Me…Week of 1/17/11 « PR in Pink says: January 21, 2011 at 9:59 am [.] Read Me On BNET Watch Me In Action Book Me!

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