Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

You have to create content, be part of many communities, and proceed incrementally. You’re engaged in an advertising and marketing campaign that uses the Web as its distribution platform. Social media is not about Facebook or MySpace or Flickr or Twitter or blogs or YouTube. It’s about humanization.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 24, 2011

Google Grants for Google AdWords Google offers $10,000 per month free advertising to qualified 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations serving the arts, education, health, science, technology, and volunteering. I know its probably obvious because you blog here at WUL, Erica, but I am always amazed at how great your posts are. Shall We Tweet?

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

I didn’t think I’d get back into the blogging saddle for a few days yet, but I couldn’t help it when I read this excellent post from Nick Lucido on the problem with PR measurement. Sure, it’s a lot easier to teach advertising value equivalencies and say that’s how to measure public relations efforts. Wanna Subscribe?

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Koka Sexton

APRIL 28, 2009

Koka Sexton dot Com Home About Koka Contact Twitter FULL RSS Mayor of Concord HyperLocal Blog I started the Mayor of Concord blog about 8 months ago blogging about local news and events. The hyperlocal blog I run is focused on the city I live in and the surrounding area. I wasn’t sure how it was going to turn out.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 19, 2010

Pay-per-click (PPC) advertising costs might increase. My First Guest Blog for @Shonali on Digital Marketing for Nonprofits! Shannon Pauls Very Official Blog Spin Sucks TopRank Online Marketing Blog Writing Boots - David Murray Love WUL? Oh, one other thing: my blog = my sandbox. Read All About It! Wanna Subscribe?

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Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 6, 2011

Super Sunday: are you ready for some… advertising! Where to use keywords in corporate blog posts , by Lee Odden. Whats more, I just added new fruitful blog names in my Google Reader. Shannon Pauls Very Official Blog Spin Sucks TopRank Online Marketing Blog Writing Boots - David Murray Love WUL?

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 4, 2011

All this via one bare-bones blog and a Facebook group. Advertising giants like Saatchi and Saatchi are slowly making a foray into the industry. Shannon Pauls Very Official Blog Spin Sucks TopRank Online Marketing Blog Writing Boots - David Murray Love WUL? Image: Gaurovonomics via Flickr, CC 2.0 Read it here.] [.]

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Adam Sherk

OCTOBER 23, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Social Media Visitors More Loyal But Still a Very Small Percentage of Site Traffic by Adam Sherk on October 23, 2009 Yesterday posts from eMarketer and Marketing Pilgrim called my attention to some interesting social media statistics put out by advertising network Chitika.

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Akamai Marketing

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

Let your community see the whole Alice, even with your idiosyncrasies (how DO you keep your hair perfect on this grand adventure?). As your community learns to trust YOU, they’ll see that you’re real and no Cheshire Cat, this will make relationships easier to develop. Who can trust that crazy cat? Tell your story.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 2, 2011

Successful blogging. Advertising. Magazine advertising sales? Yes—magazine advertising sales. You see, (insert voice of the narrator from The Princess Bride ), once upon a time I sold advertising for a national print and online magazine, when the only writing I did involved contracts and thank-you letters.

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Koka Sexton

NOVEMBER 2, 2008

Koka Sexton dot Com Home About Koka Contact Twitter FULL RSS Getting your local blog noticed Getting your blog read by a larger audience is a daunting task. I recently started a local blog called the Mayor of Concord. Getting your local blog noticed by new readers is key to growth. Trevor’s last blog post.

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Koka Sexton

JANUARY 24, 2009

Koka Sexton dot Com Home About Koka Contact Twitter FULL RSS 5 Ways to Promote A Local Blog One of the projects I work on is called the Mayor of Concord. I thought that starting a local blog was important. Many of the typical rules of internet marketing do not apply to a hyper-local blog. I started this back in Aug.

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Koka Sexton

JANUARY 24, 2009

Koka Sexton dot Com Home About Koka Contact Twitter FULL RSS 5 Ways to Promote A Local Blog One of the projects I work on is called the Mayor of Concord. I thought that starting a local blog was important. Many of the typical rules of internet marketing do not apply to a hyper-local blog. I started this back in Aug.

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Adam Sherk

JUNE 5, 2009

I can’t imagine they would, especially when virtually no one outside of the developer and SEO communities is even aware that this change has taken place. Real-time Blogroll (via Google Reader) About.com Founder Scott Kurnit Launches Huge New Startup Called "AdKeeper" New Digg Buttons Released - Upgrade Now!

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Koka Sexton

SEPTEMBER 25, 2008

Koka Sexton dot Com Home About Koka Contact Twitter FULL RSS Why local blogging is important I recently wrote about a new blog I started called the Mayor of Concord. Starting a local blog is not for the faint of heart. by pbo31 Local blogging is important As a writer/blogger, I express myself through words.

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Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 5, 2011

And if I don’t watch the ads, I won’t be able to write a snarky blog post on “the best Super Bowl ad&# or “the worst Super Bowl ad&# or “why the Super Bowl ads sucked&# or… you get my drift. Shannon Pauls Very Official Blog Spin Sucks TopRank Online Marketing Blog Writing Boots - David Murray Love WUL?

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Koka Sexton

DECEMBER 20, 2009

Like many companies, they didn’t know the difference between Twitter and a blog or that Facebook was for more than keeping in touch with their friends and family. 35 Tips for getting started with social media From Mike Fruchter’s blog- My Thoughts On Social Media: Useful steps and advice for those just getting started with social media.

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Koka Sexton

DECEMBER 20, 2009

Like many companies, they didn’t know the difference between Twitter and a blog or that Facebook was for more than keeping in touch with their friends and family. 35 Tips for getting started with social media From Mike Fruchter’s blog- My Thoughts On Social Media: Useful steps and advice for those just getting started with social media.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

After pouring blood, sweat, and tears into our blog that clearly is known for addressing a specific subject matter, we get an email from a public relations agency that takes us for someone completely different. Jonathan Fields blogged about his PR outreach nightmare. I’ve yet to blog about either. Guess what?

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Saying It Social

JUNE 22, 2010

Saying It Social Your Social Media Marketing Resource Home About Polls Our Services Testimonials How Businesses like Sylvan Learning Center and Computer Explorers Can Use Foursquare Depending on where you live you may be seeing more and more businesses advertising that they participate in Foursquare. if yes, please explain.

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Social Media Strategery

JANUARY 21, 2010

whether you’re working with Vivek Kundra on data.gov, or trying to get the mayor of a tiny town in Kansas to blog, GovFresh will probably have something that’s highly relevant to what you’re doing. community from 3,000 miles away? They’re different communities. at the local level to your Gov 2.0

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Social Media Strategery

DECEMBER 24, 2009

advertisement for children to call Santa misprinted the telephone number. link] blog comments powered by Disqus « Previous Entries Next Entries » Popular Comments Featured Tags Identify the Right People to Manage Your Social Media Initiatives The Evolution of the Social Media Evangelist Twenty Theses for Government 2.0,

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Koka Sexton

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

This caused such an outcry by the Facebook community that several groups formed almost immediately calling for Facebook to change their terms of service back to normal. Mark Zuckerber took on the topic through the Facebook blog and tried to explain the new Facebook TOS. Alin Wagner-Lahmy’s last blog post.

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Koka Sexton

MAY 28, 2010

WordPress Blog I believe that any companies social media presence hinges on a blog of some kind. On a more complex level having a full blog platform like WordPress helps with SEO and a hundred other things. I started a company blog on WordPress.com. I started a company blog on WordPress.com.

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Koka Sexton

JANUARY 30, 2009

Dear Ma.gnolia Community Members or Visitor, Early on the West-coast morning of Friday, January 31st, Ma.gnolia experienced every web service’s worst nightmare: data corruption and loss. Most importantly, I apologize to all of you who have made Ma.gnolia a home for your bookmarks and community. Jim’s last blog post.

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Social Media Strategery

AUGUST 18, 2010

Company promotions and advertisements were broadcast through television, magazines, billboards and the occasional internet banner. Now, fast forward five years and advertising is now found on social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, making everyone’s lives a lot easier. Lauren Vargas Sr.

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The Way of the Web

MARCH 15, 2010

Fund an online resource for local news and info – if you’re finding money to do it, then use it to either pay someone at the hub of a local community, or fund ways for them to be able to effectively monetise what they do. That’s the future of local services. link] Dan Thornton Hi, and thanks to both of you for the comments.

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Koka Sexton

MAY 8, 2009

Once a dormant social site that I used only for aggregating my rss feeds has now become a full fledged community. Manfredi’s last blog post. There wasn’t a whole lot of activity from other people and it looked like most people did the same as me. Set it and forget it. Looks like things are changing though.

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Koka Sexton

MAY 28, 2010

WordPress Blog I believe that any companies social media presence hinges on a blog of some kind. On a more complex level having a full blog platform like WordPress helps with SEO and a hundred other things. I started a company blog on WordPress.com. I started a company blog on WordPress.com.

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Kikolani

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

As each year passes, blog marketing techniques evolve. If you’re a business, you may have the luxury of hiring an awesome Internet Marketing Company to keep up with the trends, but as individuals managing a blog for as a hobby or for profit, it’s up to you to not only maintain that blog but keep up with ways to increase traffic.

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Social Media Strategery

MARCH 1, 2010

If you’ve kept up with this blog , you know that I’m really interested in the intersection of social media and education, and my old Public Relations 101 professor now teaches in the USI communications department, so I’m particularly excited for this opportunity. Grading the use of social media was a non-issue.

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Koka Sexton

DECEMBER 1, 2008

Blog for yourself. I started this website with the intent of keeping in contact with my family and friends but what I had failed to realize besides the fact my blog gets indexed by search engines was that I was getting to know other ‘friends’ around the internet. Social Media brought the game to the next level.

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Koka Sexton

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

We help people in need share their “epic&# true stories in innovative, creative and profitable ways to help them acquire the financial resources they need to create positive “change&# in their communities. I understand that many people think “We need schools and money for things in America.&#. Use get_bookmarks() instead.

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Koka Sexton

DECEMBER 5, 2008

link] – This Contra Costa Times is my local newspaper and though they have a pretty low level community platform on their website someone thought far enough ahead to set up a Twitter profile. I blog about news in Concord Ca. Tracy’s last blog post. Quick shameless plug for my Bay Area local news Twitter profile.

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Koka Sexton

DECEMBER 5, 2008

link] – This Contra Costa Times is my local newspaper and though they have a pretty low level community platform on their website someone thought far enough ahead to set up a Twitter profile. I blog about news in Concord Ca. Tracy’s last blog post. Quick shameless plug for my Bay Area local news Twitter profile.

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The Way of the Web

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

It’s not to say it’s impossible – by building and engaging a community, taking direct paid advertising, or occasionally finding an actually lucrative affiliate deal, bloggers can still build a mini media empire.

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Koka Sexton

JANUARY 8, 2009

Once you start getting more involved with the Twitter you will see that it is really a community of people that just want to give constant updates to people that are following them. Twitter Etiquette As any community will tell you, there are unspoken rules of etiquette that you should follow. Just don’t break etiquette.

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