Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 3, 2011

Don’t let your social media activity die. So I understand not being able to be active on SM during work hours. I’m a poor example, but every time I did this, I felt much better. Clearly, your new employer might have guidelines as to when you can get online and on social networks and when you can’t.

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Tips Class Postrank Comments 159

Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 16, 2010

There’s no way – no way – I would have felt so much a part of that community if I hadn’t previously connected with many of the folks I meet IRL on social media. To explore a different communication channel? To try to connect with those who might become part of a community? Online activity v.

Social Media 224

Social Media Class Creative Commons Flickr 224

Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 21, 2010

It really is a community. I think what delights me most about Amplify is that there really is a community sense to it. Ive only been active for a few weeks but find it is still a community that fosters interactions amongst a wide assortment of individuals who bring different backgrounds and experiences to share with one another.

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Social Networking Class Comments Conversation 270

Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

If this takes the form of a blog post, it usually includes some kind of disclaimer (“this is my list,&# for example), and a question at the end as to who you would add. For example: Obvious: Share their content. Frankly, if you deserve to be on a "top list" of any kind you dont have to actively do anything at all to get there.

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List Class How To Comments 161

Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 4, 2010

Seems to me the regular folk, who potentially have more to lose by shutting down their online activity because they’re actually, you know, talking to people without the additional megaphones that the celebs have, should be the ones highlighted. Instead, Ill find a nonprofit and community I respect and trust. Lead by example.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 6, 2010

For example, are you responding to other people’s tweets with your own thoughts on a particular issue? And more important, are you SHARING other people’s status updates with your community? Or other blogs? Are you engaging in conversations? Are you RT’ing other people’s messages? Are you commenting on Facebook status updates?

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ProBlogger

APRIL 6, 2011

Most recently, I’ve been working with Kleenex Mums to help build a blogger-centric online community. When I work with a brand over an extended period of time, the first step is about establishing credibility, respecting the existing communities, engaging with them. analytics, PostRank, Twitter, social bookmarking websites, and so on.

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Blogger Brands Survey Cost 42

Ari Herzog

MARCH 3, 2011

The blog platform, as an open source community, is collectively shared by anyone and everyone who contribute code and provide feedback about what works and what needs improvement. Other plugins which are activated one day may be deactivated the next day for the simple reason that a different plugin may provide a different feature.

WordPress 168

WordPress Lurker Postrank NoFollow 168

Viper Chill

MARCH 1, 2010

Analytics & Research In a survey across thousands of large companies who actively monitor their stats online, only 35% stated that they actually changed their website based on what they saw. Postrank I have been using Postrank Analytics for about 3 weeks now and find it really impressive.

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Resources Netvibes Marketing Delicious 77

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 16, 2010

For example, they use a green background on Twitter, black background on their YouTube channels and maybe red on their Facebook fan page landing tabs. For example, I’ll put “I tweet. Examples of baits are: graphics, eBooks, whitepapers, scripts, website themes, coupon codes, etc. Are my profiles well branded?

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Questions Social Media How To Postrank 277

Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 26, 2011

For example, if Starbucks buys a “sponsored story&# ad, the status of a user’s friends who check into or “like&# Starbucks will run twice: once in the user’s news feed, and again as a paid ad for Starbucks. You cannot opt out of your activity being turned into advertisements. When you “like&# a page; 2.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

And they research and they monitor (sometimes for up to three months) just to find out: a) Who a brand’s target audiences are; and b) Who the key influencers within that community are. They listen a LOT. Then they plan. And talk they do. So they were personally connected to the experience, the foods they had missed and the Sainsburys brand.

Creative Commons 197

Creative Commons Case Study Travel Flickr 197

Kikolani

JULY 23, 2010

10 Facebook pages that are exploding in popularity – great examples of successful pages. What could you sell from your blog – a brainstorming activity. 21 examples of natural light photography – gorgeous, almost surreal photos. How not to win friends and influence people – a big no-no on Facebook.

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Resources SEO GPL Mashup 129

Waxing UnLyrical

APRIL 27, 2011

But if Klout is going to bill itself as “the standard for online influence,&# it’s got to do more than score people based on how frenetically active they are on Twitter and Facebook. Case in point, yesterday was a day I was particularly active on Twitter, which I haven’t been recently. Ridiculous. I said one.

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Influencer Klout Postrank Technorati 276

Convince & Convert

MAY 22, 2012

I recently waved Goodbye PostRank, Hello Google Social Reports at SmallBizTrends, breaking out five new reports designed to help you keep track of valuable social media insights. We lacked a uniform way to compare activity on different social media sites. Off-site engagement is more difficult to measure than on-site engagement.

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Metrics Analytics Report Google 152