Ignite Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2020

From sharing life experiences in real time to virtual shopping with augmented reality, social media has become a part of everyday life for most people in the world, including those who were born well before the dawn of the internet. Twitter – 2010. Twitter launches. Facebook – 2010. Credit: Shareaholic.

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Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 13, 2012

I follow him on Twitter and like “The Brand Builder” on Facebook. Social Media ROI is something I struggle with. I know that your social media efforts must be tied to your business goals and help support those goals, but that’s no longer enough for me. I was not pleased about this, but you know.

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Social Media Marketing

JANUARY 26, 2012

The Airlines To my knowledge, Southwest was the first airline (or at least the most prominent early on) to get involved with social media. They've made great use of Flickr, YouTube, Twitter, Facebook and more and have always led with a very human and very customer-centric approach. That finger wag gets me every time.

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The Realtime Report

APRIL 16, 2014

At the turn of the decade, Facebook and Twitter were the two giants in social media. As both social giants look to roll out new ad platforms in the coming months, now is as good a time as any to reflect on what they’ve done to meet the needs of today’s businesses. The Trouble with Twitter.

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Social Media Marketing

MAY 22, 2013

Each week, I compose a newsletter that includes a series of links about current events and trends in the worlds of technology, social media, mobile, communications and marketing in order to keep our wider team up to date on changes, newsworthy items and content that might be useful in their jobs. These are those links.

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Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 31, 2011

That’s because the “panel picker&# part of the 2012 South by SouthWest Interactive conference is currently in progress, ending on Friday, Sept. The kind of event all the cool people, the social media rockstars, the tech geniuses were going to. I remember the first year I paid attention to SxSW. The second.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 24, 2012

When there was some confusion over whether media “impressions” were being tossed out (because of said standardization), Katie clarified: @ SmartMPM #measurepr impressions are NOT being tossed out. Katie Delahaye Paine (@kdpaine) June 12, 2012. You can get the full transcript of #measurePR for June 12, 2012 , if you like.

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Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

Image: bfishadow via Flickr, CC 3.0 . Considering how active we all are on social media sites like Facebook and Twitter, when Starbucks opens its Delhi location, I’m sure I’ll be among the first customers to visit them, and of course check-in at Foursquare/Facebook and tweet about it too!

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Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 14, 2012

I recently spent the bulk of the day on Facebook / Twitter / Pinterest and the other “usual suspects” marveling at how incredibly much information flows between people around the world by the second. He blogs at A Professor’s Thoughts , and he’d love for you to talk to him on Twitter. Image: LSE Library via Flickr, CC 2.0.

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Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

Universal McCann’s Wave 6 social media study seems to substantiate that claim for written digital content as well, showing that blog creation and consumption may have peaked in 2010. In doing a postmortem of sharing and traffic on my site for the last half of 2012, posts that referred to the U.S.

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SocMed Sean

JANUARY 1, 2012

What to do…It’s 2012 and you’ve been blogging for almost a year now with no success. You published 30 articles this year, but none of them have gone viral , you still only have 250 followers on Twitter (none of whom retweet you), and your Google page rank still sits at a 2. Heck, it’s only taken up time.

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Bare Feet Studios

JANUARY 24, 2012

I am part of the social media team that is helping raise funds for the Hawaiian Islands Land Trust (HILT) on January 28, 2012 and their annual fundraiser. We are putting social media to a test. All of that is the same this year, however HILT is adding several social media options. Mana Foods.

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Ari Herzog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

2005: Flickr. Do I want to treat Flickr as a serious base for showcasing my photographic works? 2010: Twitter. Do I want to use Twitter to tell the world what Stephen Black ate for lunch or do I want to connect with an audience interested in art and creative writing? Social media became specialized.

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Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 14, 2011

While I was an early adopter of social sites like LinkedIn, most PR pros weren’t generally using social media for PR purposes. Twitter, which was founded in 2006, didn’t exist when I left. Image: familymwr via Flickr, CC 2.0. It’s the title of a popular book on social media. Sphere of Influence.

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Image: The Eyes of New York via Flickr, CC 2.0. 21, 2012 is available (just follow that link!). In addition, Jen oversees CustomScoop’s media analysis offerings, including BuzzPerception Reports, which track messages and trends in social media for Fortune 500 clients. The chat recap of #measurePR on Aug.

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Waxing UnLyrical

APRIL 26, 2012

Unless you’ve been under a rock since the beginning of 2012, by now you’ve heard of little thing called Pinterest. While I haven’t given in to the craze yet, it’s impossible to ignore its meteoric rise in the world of social media, not just within our industry but in mainstream adoption.

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The Realtime Report

AUGUST 29, 2012

” The report lays out the method behind Ben & Jerry’s engagement with audiences across its social media platforms, leading with more than 4 million fans on Facebook. The brand’s secret for getting so social? That “seamless” flow from website to Facebook or Twitter may end up on the road.

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Idaconcpts

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

Gartner recently reported that smartphone sales in the fourth quarter of 2012 went up to 207.7 Hootsuite is a social media management app that businesses can use to increase their social media presence. Here are some innovative apps that can legitimately increase a company’s brand presence as well as sales.

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Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

I’ve been shockingly lax in posting your #measurePR Twitter chat updates recently. Image: Sagrado Corazón via Flickr, CC 2.0. To catch up on the chat with Alan, as well as to read his predictions for measurement in 2012, you can download the transcript of #measurePR with Alan Chumley on Jan. I’m sorry! Katie Paine!

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 11, 2013

Image: Amit Kumar via Flickr, CC 3.0. The falling rupee has hit many Indians, and seems to have caught up with the Indian media in the past few months. With such alterations in the media industry, PR agencies have a window to get more creative and embrace newer avenues, such as social media platforms, more aggressively than before.

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Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 5, 2013

Image: phunkstarr via Flickr, CC 2.0. Some of them have even taken companies from bankruptcy in early 2008 to billing $500K in 2012. He does social media management for KimberMedia and teaches for @bgckids. He does social media management for KimberMedia and teaches for @bgckids. He also blogs.

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Social Media Marketing

JUNE 28, 2012

I've been fortunate to be part of some amazing vehicle reveals and launches that involve social media during the four years that I've been at Ford. Or, as MediaPost recently observed , Ford "could probably publish a textbook on social-media launch strategies for cars and crossovers."

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Diva Marketing Blog

DECEMBER 25, 2011

No, it's not a new social media customer service strategy. From customer interactions to traditional research to digital platforms with funny names like blogs, Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare, Google+, LinkedIn and Flickr. . I believe in the kindness from social media. . The plan sounds idiotic and impossible.

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Waxing UnLyrical

APRIL 8, 2013

“You know you’ve been in a good Twitter chat when ‘Die Hard’ and squirrels are mentioned within seconds of each other.” I couldn’t find an image of squirrels Dying Hard, so I used this one with a Rat instead, courtesy AZRainman on Flickr, CC 2.0. … and people wonder why I love Twitter.

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Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

— 2012 was an incredible year for me. I found myself covered with social media calendars, PR pitches, blog posts, website projects, advertisement assignments, and what felt like a million clients to call. Image: Helico via Flickr, CC 3.0. And it’s a time to decide how we want to go about pursuing what we want.

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ProBlogger

MAY 29, 2014

Image via flickr user Jason Howie. There are social media demographics in general, and then there are your social media demographics for your business. When it comes to identifying social media demographics, it’s all about using that data to hone your online presence. Juicy tidbits. Know your users.

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Social Media Strategery

APRIL 3, 2014

Today we have Search Engine Marketing (SEM) Managers, Search Engine Optimization (SEO) analysts, Digital Analysts, Community Managers, Content Marketing Specialists, and way too many social media ninjas, gurus, and rockstars. There’s paid media, earned media, owned media, shared media, and something called omni-channel media.

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Hootsuite

APRIL 6, 2023

The history of social media is a long and storied one. It’s bursting with pivotal moments like the launch of Instagram Stories, to that one time Zuck was on trial for Facebook privacy issues, to…honestly, let’s just look at the entire social media history timeline. So, how old is social media?

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ProBlogger

MARCH 24, 2022

The story need not be long or highly personal story – it could simply be sharing how you did something in your business (you’ll see me do this below when I talk about how on dPS we added a Flickr Group to dPS as an intermediate step on the way to starting a forum, now a Facebook Group ). I use personal language. Share Opinions.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 24, 2022

The story need not be long or highly personal story – it could simply be sharing how you did something in your business (you’ll see me do this below when I talk about how on dPS we added a Flickr Group to dPS as an intermediate step on the way to starting a forum, now a Facebook Group ). I use personal language. Share Opinions.

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ProBlogger

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

Image via Flickr user Susy Morris. It was a dark day in November 2012 when I first began to blog. I haunted the big names on Twitter and Facebook yet also took stock of the little ones who were making waves. Social media management. Talk to people on Social Media instead of just link dropping.

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SocMed Sean

DECEMBER 9, 2011

Speaking social can sometimes be tough, especially with clients who haven’t yet engaged in social media or sometimes just “don’t get it” Even those clients who do understand and engage in the social space are sometime confused about the use of specific terms and jargon that social media pros use.

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ProBlogger

AUGUST 18, 2012

Keep the Tail Wagging launched January 1, 2012. In less than six months, I had a page rank of 2 (I’m convinced I deserve a 3 or 4), over 5,000 likes on Facebook and over 5,000 followers on Twitter. There’s a reason why we choose to read some social media or photography blogs instead of others.

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Social Media Marketing

MAY 29, 2013

Each week, I compose a newsletter that includes a series of links about current events and trends in the worlds of technology, social media, mobile, communications and marketing in order to keep our wider team up to date on changes, newsworthy items and content that might be useful in their jobs. These are those links.

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Idaconcpts

OCTOBER 30, 2013

Google has often been blasted for failing to understand social media and capitalize on the rise of this communication channel. When asked about Google social media tools, the average person will immediately mention Google+. In this article, we will take a look at three of Google’s projects in the social arena.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 27, 2013

The story need not be long or highly personal story – it could simply be sharing how you did something in your business (you’ll see me do this below when I talk about how on dPS we added a Flickr Group to dPS as an intermediate step on the way to starting a forum). I use personal language. Share Opinions.

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Social Media Marketing

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Then, on a whim, I took to Twitter. Scott Monty (@ScottMonty) November 30, 2012 And one of my followers came to the rescue: Why not write about it? :) RT @ scottmonty : Did you ever have writer's block, like for a month? — Eliminate distractions, but invite diversions It's entirely too easy to feel the lure of social networks.

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