Jason Yormark

AUGUST 25, 2010

Like many bloggers, I’ve gone in and out of writing, and that doesn’t help with maintaining a consistent flow of traffic to your blog. At the end of the day, driving eyeballs to my blog isn’t really the ultimate goal, writing useful and appreciated content is. But I like anyone loves to see people visit.

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Kikolani

JUNE 25, 2013

PostRank was a social analytics platform that scored blogs based on their engagement (comments and social shares). I wrote about PostRank regularly as a way to discover the most engaging content on blogs for inspiration, guest post pitches, and competitor research. PostRank Alternatives.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Yes, social media applies to B2B. In fact, social media can be MORE transformative for a B2B company than a B2C company. Are there differences between B2B and B2C in social media? Creating and calibrating a social media strategy for any company should follow the same process.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 3, 2010

I emphasized that to remain relevant, agencies must differentiate themselves by providing advanced social media services, not just the basics. corporate expenditures on social media will increase by an AVERAGE of 34% a year , and that by 2012, as much will be spent on social media as on email marketing.

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Kikolani

JUNE 20, 2011

So here are a few simple steps that anyone can follow in order to ensure that their guest post has a higher chance of getting published on their target blog. Research your target blog. You will want to know what topics the blog owner posts, and what topics are popular. Get to know the blog owner. Have great timing.

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Kikolani

JANUARY 26, 2010

One of my goals for 2010 is to attend some events / seminars / conventions pertaining to blogging and social media, and today was a great start as I attended the Social Media Arizona event in Tempe. Social Media 101. Measuring Social Media Influence. Social Media Strategy.

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Waxing UnLyrical

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. All the comments were thoughtful, but there were a few that made me think a lot more about this whole “social media&# thing.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 4, 2011

In fact, heavy manufacturing is probably the only exception in sectors that have been compelled to adopt social as a medium to “be remarkable&# in human terms to their followers. Consequently, social media agencies have mushroomed , with their fair share of self-confessed SM consultants cashing in on the tide.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

In other words, while your content might be fabulous in its essence, your reader is doing exactly what we grew up being told not to do: judge a book by its cover. In the digital world, that’s judging content by its ability to intrigue you in a split-second. I just get kicks out of mobile blogging w/ multimedia.

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Kikolani

JANUARY 16, 2011

Last week, I was given the opportunity to do a live question and answer session on Social Media Examiner ’s Facebook page. I would have to say that it was the fastest and hardest I’ve typed within one hour, but it was a great experience where I got to really learn a lot about what blogging questions people have today.

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SocialFish

DECEMBER 3, 2010

The list below is for serendipity ; if you prefer our “Must Read&# shares about important stuff for association social media, please click here to subscribe , or click here to browse. or higher out of 10 by my beloved PostRank plugin. Unless you love this stuff like I do, in which case go for it… The Art of Social.

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Kikolani

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

If you are a blogger trying to make money online and the recommended powerful ways to make money with advertising, affiliate marketing, and creating products is not working out for you, then you need to focus on doing something you’re already probably good at – creating content. Find Blogging and Freelance Writing Jobs.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Ten Reasons PR Pros Should Blog November 10th, 2010 Tweet Last week, Joe Hackman hosted Danny Brown , Gini Dietrich and me on his BlogTalkRadio show, aptly entitled PRapalooza. Boy, was it fun!

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Janet Fouts

JANUARY 27, 2011

Postrank Analytics. Is one of the best blog metrics tools out there, and now they’re reaching deeper into your traffic incorporating Google Analytics and Feedburner. Is one of the best blog metrics tools out there, and now they’re reaching deeper into your traffic incorporating Google Analytics and Feedburner.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 13, 2011

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali How To Get Your Blog Project Approved January 13th, 2011 Tweet Guest post by Shanan Sorochynski Okay, you’ve had nearly half a month to sink into 2011. I manage the University of Regina’s blog.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

A while back, I was looking at my Google Analytics for WUL and I noticed that my 404 page , i.e. the one you get when the server can’t find the page you’re looking for on a particular site, was the 4th most highly-trafficked page on my blog. And they wouldn’t bother to poke around on the blog to find it.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Is Pay-to-Post Blogging The New Advertorial? A few weeks ago, they asked a question about paying for blog posts. In 2010, blogs and bloggers are truly influencers. Do we really want that?

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SocialFish

JANUARY 11, 2011

Just wanted to take this opportunity to thank everyone who reads, shares, comments on, tweets and otherwise supports our SocialFishing blog. Thank you to you for making this blog as amazing a resource as it is! The Trainer’s Social Media Tool Box. Need help with Social Media policies? Social Media Does Not.

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Akamai Marketing

JULY 28, 2011

Again, I’ll say that what you should measure depends on your strategy, what are you trying to accomplish with social media? Now, as I said in an earlier blog post, you should use several different metrics to dig deeper into your audience and see what’s really happening with the content your sharing.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Teach your readers to take ownership of content. Copyblogger used this book as a guide to making boring content sexy. Establishing your voice A blog post with pointers isn’t only meant to teach, it is also meant to connect with readers. When it comes to blogging, anyone can compile data and churn out a post.

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Kikolani

JUNE 15, 2010

In the last few months, I have had the privilege of becoming a regular contributor on several multi-author blogs such as Search Engine Journal , Famous Bloggers , Social Media Examiner , Search Engine Watch , and Stay on Search. This should be the most obvious and important use of a private blog group. Announcements.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali MeasurePR: The BrandBuilder Edition November 3rd, 2010 Tweet If you work in the PR/marketing world(s) (are they one now? We have smart dogs , with Chico being his Chief Content Strategist and Suzy Q.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Take this example: Let’s say you’ve created a tool that helps non-profits with social media, and you are sending out a news release as part of your launch. Your keywords might be “social media for non-profits.&# Write original, timely, relevant content , says Google (heard this one before ?).

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Amplify’d from www.nevillehobson.com Connect your community with a Twitter daily newspaper About a month ago, I discovered Paper.li , a service that aggregates content linked to by people in a Twitter community into an online newspaper. &# here’s your answer. Regardless, thanks for visiting! pts Settings. Read All About It!

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Amplify’d from www.nevillehobson.com Connect your community with a Twitter daily newspaper About a month ago, I discovered Paper.li , a service that aggregates content linked to by people in a Twitter community into an online newspaper. &# here’s your answer. Regardless, thanks for visiting! pts Settings. Read All About It!

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Measurement… Supplemented October 22nd, 2010 Tweet Last week, Priya Ramesh, CRT/tanaka ‘s director of social media, joined us for the bi-weekly #measurePR chat. Were they paid?

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 19, 2010

Relevant content is, and will continue to be, key to reaching searchers. If you focus on one thing, focus on this: creating timely, engaging content that meets the needs of your target audiences. Its one of those things that despite whatever changes are going on with the Web, making sure good content is out there is key.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

While I try to keep it updated, it certainly does not reflect all the blogs I subscribe to in my Reader. Part of this is because some of the blogs I Read (yes, that’s a capital “R&# ) have nothing to do with public relations… but I love them any way. and break up the blogs accordingly. Dave lays out how.

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Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 6, 2011

“Social media&# or “social networking&# – which term is correct? Where to use keywords in corporate blog posts , by Lee Odden. 3 ways to get great content from your boring business , by Shannon Paul. I still have not checked out Quora, heading over to Shannons post on making boring content better.

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Jason Yormark

AUGUST 30, 2009

For those of you looking for the quick and dirty, Socialnomics reads quick, is filled with interesting real world stories, and is basically 265 pages of argument that social media is not only here, but ready to transform the way we live our lives and do business (his tagline actually).

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Kikolani

JUNE 24, 2010

Do your readers come to your blog for concepts and theories or how to’s and advice? Do you want lots of comments, bookmarks, and social shares? If not, try changing your amount of content to see what happens. on Postrank. As a blog reader, what do you prefer in terms of post length? Tags: Blogging.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

Why: Apparently we’re not over the social media adoption curve after all, no matter what you might hear. A few tips for experimenting with QR codes , by Joe Walton at the Real PR blog. PR of course , from the PR and Media Blog of James Crawford. Image: anthony kelly via Flickr , Creative Commons Here you go.

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Kikolani

JUNE 27, 2011

There may also be times where you want to only share writing by you, and if you have a lot of guest bloggers on your site as well as guest posts on other sites, having a full RSS feed for your blog won’t do. The solution to this would be having an RSS feed with only your content in it from each of the sources you write for.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 1, 2011

If you read this blog regularly ( ahem, there’s a “subscribe&# button to your right if you don’t ), you’ll have noticed more posts from more authors on a regular basis. In 2010, WUL got a “new pair of shoes,&# as they say, thanks to the guest bloggers, many of whom are now part of my regular blogging team.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Walking the Social Talk December 6th, 2010 Tweet These boots were made for talking As editor of Women Grow Business (disclosure: client, which I love ), I come across remarkable blog posts every day.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 21, 2010

My friend (and client, but he’s a friend first) Shashi Bellamkonda is, I think, genetically-wired to try and talk about new things – no doubt why he’s Network Solutions’ “social media swami,&# and he mentioned it. You can set up your own blog. So of course I checked it out. That’s really nice.

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Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

The question was: what is the importance of lists (specifically in social media), and how does one get on them? 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.

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