Jon Loomer

JANUARY 4, 2017

In late August of 2011, I started a business from nothing. I’ll continue to publish blog posts about Facebook ads on Fridays. This entire journey began on August 18, 2011, because I was laid off. Granted, you’ll recall that the economy wasn’t great in 2009 and 2011. No experience. No confidence.

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

Be Social September 7th, 2010 Tweet Today BNET published my second post, focusing on how companies can use social media to turn customers into evangelizers. Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Want Social Media Evangelizers? Liked what you saw?

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Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 2, 2013

This post, along with 79 Remarkable Social Media Marketing Facts and Statistics for 2012 and 87 More Vital Social Media Marketing Facts and Stats for 2012 previously published here, provide a solid foundation for that understanding. While 47% felt somewhat good at social measurement in 2011, just 38% said the same in 2012. Polaris B ).

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Net-Savvy Executive

APRIL 15, 2014

While it''s too early to know how things will fall out, the deal changes the shape of the playing field for everyone involved—publishers, data resellers, software developers, and corporate customers. Gnip''s sources include full feeds from Tumblr, Foursquare, WordPress, and more.

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Waxing UnLyrical

APRIL 20, 2015

How to Make Your WordPress Blog Mobile Friendly. Back in 2011 I wrote this step-by-step guide on using WPTouch to do this. Founder and publisher of Waxing UnLyrical, Shonali Burke is President & CEO of Shonali Burke Consulting, Inc. Why: The old WUL site (and SBC, for that matter) went mobile-friendly a long time ago.

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Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 27, 2010

So when a study like the one published by e-Marketer* suggests ‘only’ 16% of social business programs are measuring ROI, while many are surprised it isn’t higher , it actually sounds a little too high to me. To use the old saying – the ROI on these sorts of ROI efforts is not good. Liked what you saw? Why not book me for a speaking gig ?

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The Way of the Web

JANUARY 14, 2011

And it’s so easy to do with the availability of self-publishing tools… The hidden dangers of free WordPress themes : But although setting up WordPress, for example, is pretty easy, there are still dangers that you need to be aware of.

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Twist Image

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

Here''s a conversation we had back in 2011: SPOS #251 - Do The Work With Steven Pressfield. Here''s a conversation we had back in 2011: SPOS #259 - Accidentally Creative With Todd Henry. Alexis and I share the same publisher and editor. wordpress. wordpress. Amazing stuff. This is my current read. alexis ohanian.

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Kikolani

JUNE 27, 2011

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

There are a ton of books being published on community and how social media plays into that. Only after putting those two steps together can you begin to think strategically about what tools you might want to use and how you can therefore start being part of that open community in a purposeful way. What’s different about Open Community

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Adam Sherk

JANUARY 20, 2010

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Top 10 Reasons The New York Times is Really Putting up a Paywall by Adam Sherk on January 20, 2010 Today The New York Times made it official that they will be introducing a metered model starting in 2011. Your list gives Letterman a run any day.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Five easy steps to customizing your 404 page, assuming you’re using WordPress (you in Blogger, or something, I ain’t got nothing for you). Reminder: do not publish this! I also found WordPress’ Codex instructions helpful, but got stuck at about the same Lady Non-Techno-Einstein part as I did on DoshDosh.

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Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 22, 2010

Larry is furious about this Mark Hurd thing , from The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs, published by Fake Steve Jobs. Why: Though Twitter’s managed to rid itself of its “shiny new&# somewhat since this post was published, the cartoons are still funny. You know why. Especially you, Jill. Thanks so much for stopping by WUL!

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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? Earlier this week, there was a great guest post over at Spin Sucks on how long or short blog posts should be.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 14, 2010

An article published on Edutopia titled Lead, Don’t Lecture , outlines teachers’ insights that are in line with these sentiments. I think the little gray bar youre referring to is how copy shows up when I highlight something using the "block quote" button in WordPress. In this one, it happens to be a gray bar.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Acknowledge the rumors and talk with others through your social media outposts: express your thoughts on Twitter, release a video on YouTube, or publish a blog post. Granted, average non-celebrities would not be able to film TV episodes, but you can still maintain a presence online through social media. Liked what you saw?

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Idaconcpts

MARCH 22, 2011

Most of the 18 million WordPress.com publishers trying to access their back-end are currently receiving this error message: “We’re experiencing some problems on WordPress.com and we are in read-only mode at the moment. WordPress.com provided TechCrunch.com the following update on March 22, 2011: .

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Kikolani

MARCH 28, 2011

I took a quick peak in Analytics and noticed that the average time on site between January 1 – March 26, 2010 when I had Adsense was the same as January 1 – March 26, 2011, but the bounce rate is a good bit lower now than it was then. Thesis – If you use a premium WordPress theme for your blog, you should promote it!

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Convince & Convert

DECEMBER 30, 2011

I analyzed my Top 6 blog posts for 2011 by total page views, and am re-running them this week as a “greatest hits” compilation. Since I originally published this post, you’re seeing Google do a lot of the things I predicted. (Happy Holidays! This is #1. This is probably my favorite post of the year. – Jay).

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Kikolani

NOVEMBER 23, 2012

WordPress Themes & Plugins. StudioPress – Need new WordPress themes? This is perfect if you have lots of WordPress sites or if you are a WordPress consultant. Premise is the complete digital sales and marketing system for WordPress. for the Pro Plus Package. Get it now for $95 (normally $165).

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Kikolani

JANUARY 13, 2012

10 WordPress Plugins & Other Enhancements That Will Make Your Business More Social – These tools can help you do just about anything, including make your blog and your website more socially engaging. What Do I Do When My Client Will Not Pay Up – What can you do if your publisher suddenly finds it convenient not to pay you?

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Kikolani

DECEMBER 17, 2012

I started early 2011 with my own personal blog called Reast4Christ. I have a good portfolio of posts and articles that are published online. I kept things afloat, i.e. paid the bills doing custom WordPress development and graphics design with a small hosting company and a handful of clients that helped me to put food on the table.

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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! Reply Rate Up div.livefyre-comment).removeClass(livefyre-hidden)"

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 14, 2010

In between media calls and writing press-releases, he does the occasional guest lecture for RMIT and has guest-written for Australian publications including The National Times and Crikey.com.au , along with publishing his own (non-PR) blog, Sporadically Pensive. Liked what you saw? Why not book me for a speaking gig ? Glad thats over with.

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Kikolani

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

44 New Portfolio WordPress Themes Collection – You may want to check out this 44 Premium Portfolio WordPress Themes. If you publish content, you’ll want to learn all you can about the AuthorRank and the Rel=Author attribute. Fetching Friday – Resources Mashup, 2011 Black Friday & Cyber Monday Deals.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 3, 2011

Publishing your status updates, photos, videos, et al to one or more of these Circles is a one-click exercise in simplicity. Today, far more status updates, photos, videos and other social flotsam and jetsam are published and shared than fully formed Web pages. But enough about that.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 21, 2010

There are several other options, such as Flickr, Tumblr, WordPress, Blogger, etc… even Ping.fm. when I finally hit PUBLISH. While I cant control the conversation taking place where it does (and its interesting to follow it and see it on different platforms), I can control where I publish my original content.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 3, 2011

Publishing your status updates, photos, videos, et al to one or more of these Circles is a one-click exercise in simplicity. Today, far more status updates, photos, videos and other social flotsam and jetsam are published and shared than fully formed Web pages. But enough about that.

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The Social Media Hat

JULY 13, 2016

Since moving into our home in 2011, our basement has never been anything more than a convenient storage unit. But as I went through those posts, some from as far back as 2011 when I moved into this house, I discovered just how blissfully ignorant (or plain lazy) I had been. It's one of my favorite, most relaxing times of the week.

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Hootsuite

APRIL 6, 2023

Gaining traction: LinkedIn, YouTube, and WordPress (and more) arrive (2003-2005) In 2003, Mark Zuckerberg launched Facemash, described as Harvard University’s answer to Hot or Not. Google Plus ’ invitation-only system dropped in 2011, giving new users access to 150 invitations they could send out before the official opening.

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ProBlogger

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

This habit has allowed me to transform my travel blog, and I’ve published more high-quality posts than I ever had before. Looking back on the past 12 months, this is what I’ve achieved: Published 51 blog posts, which is almost one a week. Wrote several guest posts that were published on relevant websites in my niche.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Because I guest-blogged for them (before I’d even started publishing on WUL). It’s that simple. It brings unexpected connections your way. How did I get my gig editing Women Grow Business ? How do I get new clients? Because they find my posts. How am I suddenly a BNET blogger ? Because my blog serves as my de facto portfolio.

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ProBlogger

JANUARY 1, 2018

I actually started with a book that published in early 2007. Honestly when I started, it was just because I thought how great is this that I can write something and take some photos and hit publish. Step number six is adding content and functionality to your blog with WordPress. Then the website launched a few months later.

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ProBlogger

AUGUST 23, 2012

By Summer 2011, I had two very happy things going on in my life: I was pregnant with my first child, and my fashion and career advice blog ( Corporette ) was doing so well that I had quit my job as a lawyer to focus on it. It may have helped that I guest posted for Lucky Magazine in June 2011.). The results.

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Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 16, 2012

6 Tips for Blogging for SEO in WordPress by Business Insider. Sue Reynolds offers a half-dozen tips for SEO on WordPress blogs, helpful particularly for those just getting started. For more on this topic, see also Eight Factors to Consider When Launching a Business Blog previously published here.).

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Myrland Marketing

OCTOBER 6, 2010

A digital analyst, sociologist, and futurist, Brian has influenced the effects of emerging media on the convergence of marketing, communications and publishing. 3) &# In 2011, we have to look at how to diversity you as a brand.&# WordPress Admin 2) &# Twitter is fleeting.”

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ProBlogger

JULY 18, 2019

Were you to look at my back catalog and the stats—I’m on WordPress VIP—or Google Analytics, you would see that my most popular post that each get hundreds of thousands of visits per month were written several years ago. The piece of content you publish today can potentially have a positive impact on people in ten years’ time.

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