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NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Image: mj*laflaca via Flickr , Creative Commons It’s about how that writing looks. Army via Flickr , Creative Commons Usually these are placed at the top of a post, but often, if a post is long, I’ll insert additional images, alternating left- and right-aligning them. Sign out Leave your comment here.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 24, 2010

Image: Martin LaBar via Flickr, Creative Commons And even many non-Christians will be relaxing, perhaps joining in the revelry (as many of my friends did when I was growing up in India). Sign out Leave your comment here. Sign out Leave your comment here. Reply Rate Up div.livefyre-comment).removeClass(livefyre-hidden)"

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JANUARY 14, 2011

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NOVEMBER 6, 2010

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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. Image: Aftab Uzzaman via Flickr, Creative Commons It’s why I wrote about networking with a twist a while back.

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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. pts Settings.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Image: mstofan ‘s Flickrstream, Creative Commons Thanks so much for stopping by WUL! Get Shareaholic test Filed under Events , Public Relations | Tags: network solutions , pr , Public Relations , twitterchat | Comment (1) Site settings comment help? Sign out Leave your comment here. pts Settings.

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DECEMBER 19, 2010

Why: PR pros are trying to learn more and more about SEO and using keywords smartly. Image: Peter Roome via Flickr, Creative Commons Thanks so much for stopping by WUL! Get Shareaholic test Filed under Weekly Roundup | Tags: analytics , brand building , email marketing , SEO | Comment (0) Site settings comment help?

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

Image: Derrick Coetzee via Flickr , Creative Commons Seems to me both are somewhat extraordinary, perhaps exaggerated and possibly exciting. And no, I’m not making any political comment; just a practical one. Sign out Leave your comment here. Sign out Leave your comment here. Why: As we in the U.S.

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OCTOBER 27, 2010

Image: Stephen Korecky via Flickr , Creative Commons I was finger painting in kindergarten and having a good ole time. Get Shareaholic test Filed under Communication , Guest Posts , Narciso Tovar , Public Relations | Tags: crisis communications , crisis planning , value of a fire drill | Comments (9) Site settings comment help?

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 31, 2010

Image: YiYing Lu via Flickr , Creative Commons Thanks so much for stopping by WUL! Get Shareaholic test Filed under Public Relations , Social Media , Weekly Roundup | Tags: halloween , Social Media | Comment (0) Site settings comment help? Sign out Leave your comment here. Regardless, thanks for visiting!

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

Image: anthony kelly via Flickr , Creative Commons Here you go. What is the best SEO secret you know? Why: public relations professionals spend a lot of time trying to learn about SEO and increasing online visibility. Sign out Leave your comment here. Mark as read Approve comment Just seen your round-up, thank you!

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 13, 2010

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NOVEMBER 26, 2010

Image: Raul Tejero Palma via Flickr , Creative Commons What about giving thanks for everything you don’t have? Get Shareaholic test Filed under Personal | Tags: blessing in disguise , thanksgiving | Comments (8) Site settings comment help? Sign out Leave your comment here. Sign out Leave your comment here.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

David makes some very good points (whether I agree with all the comments is a different matter and might be a post for another day…) 2. Image: Arturo Sotillo via Flickr , Creative Commons How about you? Sign out Leave your comment here. Sign out Leave your comment here. Comment as pts moderator Davina K.

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DECEMBER 14, 2010

Image: Nick Fletcher via Flickr, Creative Commons But I’m getting ahead of myself. Image: Marc Benton via Flickr, Creative Commons 3. Get Shareaholic test Filed under Career , Mike Doman , Public Relations | Tags: becoming a PR star , graduates , HR , RMIT | Comments (13) Site settings comment help?

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Image: Geoff LMV via Flickr , Creative Commons These included sentences like On what Pepco’s crisis communication plan is: “Pepco takes its responsibility to keep customers informed seriously. Sign out Leave your comment here. Sign out Leave your comment here. Click here to try reconnecting the live stream. |

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 3, 2011

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali 5 Tips To Avoid New Job Burnout January 3rd, 2011 Tweet It’s a new year, and perhaps you’re starting a new job. Do share via a comment. Sign out Leave your comment here. pts Settings.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Title image: Lukasz Strachanowski via Flickr, Creative Commons Life… supplemented™ data courtesy and used with permission of Priya Ramesh, CRT/tanaka Thanks so much for stopping by WUL! Sign out Leave your comment here. Sign out Leave your comment here. Mark as read Approve comment Awesome article!

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

First, you… Image: Kate Sumbler via Flickr , Creative Commons Hold on! Bland Image: jason carlin via Flickr , Creative Commons I mean, chicken-soup-with-no-celery-or-pepper bland. Sign out Leave your comment here. Sign out Leave your comment here. Comment as pts moderator Davina K. pts Settings.

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DECEMBER 26, 2010

Image: Joey Rozier via Flickr, Creative Commons For the uninitiated, Boxing Day is the day after Christmas (though where celebrated, marked on the first weekday after Christmas, so that would mean it’s actually tomorrow, but whatever). Sign out Leave your comment here. Sign out Leave your comment here. pts Settings.

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OCTOBER 6, 2010

Image: cvrcak1 via Flickr , Creative Commons Bats in the belfry? Get Shareaholic test Filed under Guest Posts , Narciso Tovar , Social Media , Speaking | Tags: jimi hendrix , narciso tovar , presentation preparation | Comments (8) Site settings comment help? Sign out Leave your comment here. pts Settings.

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AUGUST 22, 2010

Image: Zen Sutherland , Creative Commons I finally did get my laughs in before the clock struck midnight, thanks to Bill Murray’s exquisite performance in The Man Who Knew Too Little. Get Shareaholic test Filed under Weekly Roundup | Tags: funny blogs , humor , jill foster | Comments (10) Site settings comment help?

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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. Image: Quinn Dombrowski via Flickr , Creative Commons I’ve already said that blogging is a strange beast. Sign out Leave your comment here. Sign out Leave your comment here.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 4, 2010

And when I looked at some of the comments on reports of the campaign, that seemed to be a frequently-expressed sentiment, like this one on PopWatch: Hmm. Image: Shawn McClung via Flickr, Creative Commons You have to really, really be paying attention to notice if someone hasn’t tweeted in a while, unless you talk to them every day.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2010

Image: Lorenz Seidler via Flickr , Creative Commons I was distraught when I got a Facebook IM from one of my friends in Mumbai, telling me of the first bomb blast. Get Shareaholic test Filed under Personal | Tags: remarkable love , thanksgiving | Comments (9) Site settings comment help? Sign out Leave your comment here.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 5, 2010

As I wrote yesterday’s post, and then read through the comments, I re-learned a lesson I thought I’d already learned: that the community you are trying to build is great; but the community you have is even more important. Image: Travis K via Flickr , Creative Commons Thanks so much for stopping by WUL! Who are yours?

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Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 25, 2010

Creative Commons To Love Yet Not OK. Get Shareaholic test Filed under Business , Public Relations , Resources | Tags: boomerang , evernote , google docs , productivity tools , toggl , tungle | Comments (6) Site settings comment help? Sign out Leave your comment here. Sign out Leave your comment here.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Image: jbcurio via Flickr , Creative Commons For the few who don’t know or recall, an “ advertorial is an advertisement written in the form of an objective article, and presented in a printed publication – usually designed to look like a legitimate and independent news story,” according to Wikipedia. Remember the advertorial ?

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Image: Matthew Smith via Flickr, Creative Commons Can you say “love at first byte&# ? And it’s the one platform I’ve seen that will use your own comment/perspective (see #2 above) as your Facebook “comment.&# Sign out Leave your comment here. Sign out Leave your comment here.

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ProBlogger

JULY 25, 2011

The July 2011 WordPress WordCamp Boston rocked! Plugins were a hot topic in every session, but only three rose to the top as the “most recommended”: Yoast SEO : allows you to optimize page titles, meta descriptions, keywords, XML sitemaps. Most recommended WordPress SEO tips. Most recommended WordPress plugins. Build link juice.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 2, 2010

Image: Tania Gail via Flickr , Creative Commons We were deluged by applications; when we had openings, when we didn’t have openings, when we had budget to hire, when we didn’t have budget. It was so creative, that I remember it verbatim to this day. Sign out Leave your comment here. It was crazy. pts Settings.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2010

of articles on the topic of Internet Marketing, from SEO to social media to web usability and then some. Why You Shouldn’t Trust Social Media to SEO Consultants (Social Media Explorer): The fact that a few in the SEO community have a narrow approach with regard to social media engagement troubles me.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 12, 2010

Image: Cornelia Kopp via Flickr, Creative Commons My husband is… well, I’m not quite sure what he’s doing, but he’s probably puttering around happily (that’s what married couples do, we putter companionably). Sign out Leave your comment here. Sign out Leave your comment here. pts Settings.

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Kikolani

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

What worked in 2011 may or may not be as effective in 2012. Comments are the life of your blogging community. Here’s how to moderate them effectively and provide benefits for your comment authors. I employ the following plugins and tactics to combat spam and make comment moderation manageable on the WordPress platform.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Image: betsyjean79 via Flickr , Creative Commons Advertising, Marketing, Public Relations, Journalism, Design, Digital, TV, Radio, Podcasts, Blogging, Social Networks, Newsfeeds, Affiliate Marketing, Web TV, SEO… Creative industries have evolved just as the environments, mediums, consumers and needs of our clients have evolved over time.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Image: Katie Harris via Flickr , Creative Commons Connect with the people you serve The goal wasn’t to create a blog. Get Shareaholic test Filed under Blogging for Grasshoppers , Guest Posts , How To , Shanan Sorochynski , Social Media | Tags: starting a blog | Comments (2) Site settings comment help? pts Settings.

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