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MAY 17, 2018

The coordinator of a group of social media advocates said this via Facebook one night about eight years ago, on our private page. What could be so bad that I was being warned strongly against sharing it outside of a closed Facebook group? The facilitator who told us we couldn’t share beyond the closed Facebook group.

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MAY 1, 2020

I know it’s Friday, and your day was packed from before the time you read this blog post (if you even got to read it on Friday!). Note: this event that will only be live-streamed in the Social PR Posse group, which is completely free to join, but which is only accessible via request.

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AUGUST 2, 2018

Create a group of “client insiders” to provide you with feedback on new products or services. You could break that group down in so many ways: moms, dads, gay couples, parents who adopt, Millennials, Gen X, etc. Think ebooks, white papers and even blog posts. You can’t give people what they want unless you listen to them first.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 1, 2017

Since my own trainer has just announced boxing classes (he does small group High Intensity Interval Training classes that are fab), I’m signing up with him. And when I made it clear I wasn’t signing up, he pretty much lost interest in me. But it was a really good workout. So you know what happened next?

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Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

Be succinct, use photos, on and on down the list of cliched suggestions that have peppered many a blog post. 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. It’s complicated.

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Waxing UnLyrical

APRIL 11, 2013

If social media, and the Internet experience in general, is founded on groups, other people, and relationships, why are we still depending on ourselves to find all the news that’s relevant to us? He also blogs. That’s not to say we shouldn’t be seeking out information on our own.

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Waxing UnLyrical

MAY 14, 2014

He blogs at A Professor’s Thoughts. He interprets the public to the client and the client to the public…He helps people to understand one another better.”. Kirk has 35+ years’ federal government and nonprofit organization PR experience, followed by nearly 10 years’ undergraduate- and graduate-level college teaching experience.

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Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 16, 2016

I was working with a professional group to flesh out strategy and prep for a board meeting in a few weeks. That didn’t stop the early women journalists – they just formed their own group. Afterward, send a thank you, comment on their blog or write a tweet encouraging others to view their website or social media site.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 21, 2018

This is a group exercise for an internal team working for a client. Measurement, which can be a very descriptive and granular process, is a separate activity and not a focus of this blog post.). Internal stakeholders can either fill out a document, or, you can sit down face-to-face and develop the material together.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 24, 2012

Animosity and a deep distrust of the other group has taken root because of this. Matt LaCasse believes that finding the methods and channels customers and audiences use, and engaging with them in their comfort zone, is the key to effectively communicating with those groups on behalf of clients. He also blogs.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 7, 2018

Recently, I came across a blog post by a fellow named John Maeda in which he showcased the wide variety of Google image results one finds when searching for “design thinking.” I had never heard of it before skimming through the blog post. For instance, John Maeda’s design thinking blog post wasn’t written for me.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 13, 2011

If you are reading this blog, chances are you don’t need to be told about the merits of social media. Social media simply gives us the opportunity to include a greater number of those stories and from a more diverse group of contributors. Shanan Sorochynski manages the University of Regina’s first official blog: YOURblog.

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Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 14, 2012

The second was a blog post by one of my Curry College PR superstars, Erika Kuzmicz , who finished her degree requirements in December 2011. six months early, immediately segued from Intern to Account Coordinator with Boston-based The Castle Group in January 2012, and walked across the stage to receive her diploma in May.

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Waxing UnLyrical

MAY 26, 2011

A few emails later, the University of Regina Social Media Users Group (URSMUG) was born. That initial group drew people from across faculties and departments. After a half dozen meetings the group took a bit of a hiatus. And there is diversity within groups. But most of the people who attended were new to social media.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 8, 2011

As my friend Chip Griffin put it on the CustomScoop blog (and thank you, Jen Zingsheim for alerting me to this): Disasters create enormous demands for information for responders. Media coverage, offers of help, press releases, government statements and even helpful blog posts all cascade in, but can be overlooked when managing a crisis.

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Waxing UnLyrical

APRIL 4, 2019

According to Computerworld the first “online community” came about in 1973 when Talkomatic for the PLATO time-sharing system released a text-based group chat. Hubspot recommends creating, “blog posts, instructional videos, how-to guides, and showcasing practical examples from your customers.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 21, 2012

is the ability to monitor and post to Facebook Groups directly from HootSuite: Now, typically I like to work Facebook “in” Facebook, as it were, but I know plenty of people who’d rather do all their Facebook management from a third-party app. You can syndicate your blog posts to Facebook via your RSS feed.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 1, 2016

Fair Warning: This is a blog post about being young and misunderstood, but also one that reminds my generation they’re not alone. Before I continue, I want to stress that while research is needed for each age group, stereotypes are unnecessary. Guest Post by Emma Hawes. song says, “ Everybody Hurts.” Millennials & Gen Z.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2011

Very few of the groups representing tech industries were using them. It is also a great option for groups who don’t have the budget to redesign their display banners. Many of the groups were providing QR codes with links to non-mobile sites. Shanan Sorochynski manages the University of Regina’s first official blog: YOURblog.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 3, 2011

I belong to a peer group of community managers, The Community Roundtable , as well as a number of online communities about either social media management or community management. I suppose you can tell from that last link to my blog post which camp I’m in. Here’s the thing. The whole concept of online community is evolving.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

In August, fans of G-Dragon – a member of Korean hip hop group, Big Bang – fund-raised over $18,000 for Seoul University Children’s Hospital, in honor of his birthday. Shannon Pauls Very Official Blog Spin Sucks TopRank Online Marketing Blog Writing Boots - David Murray Love WUL? Wanna Subscribe?

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Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 21, 2013

We comment on other blogs. We participate in LinkedIn groups. Do a search right here on WUL (there’s a reason I have a search box on the blog) to see if perhaps I’ve already written about the topic you have a question on. We engage in banter on Twitter on a regular basis. We host, and participate in, Twitter chats.

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Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

So… looking through this blog, I realized that this is the fourth Valentine’s Day Waxing UnLyrical’s been around … can I get a W00t?! Note: the video you are about to watch has music ( legally purchased ), lyrics (original, written by yours truly) and somewhere in there, a dog.

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Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 20, 2013

Author information Matt LaCasse Social Media Account Manager at KimberMedia Matt LaCasse believes that finding the methods and channels customers and audiences use, and engaging with them in their comfort zone, is the key to effectively communicating with those groups on behalf of clients. He also blogs.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 22, 2014

Author information Matt LaCasse Social Media Account Manager at KimberMedia Matt LaCasse believes that finding the methods and channels customers and audiences use, and engaging with them in their comfort zone, is the key to effectively communicating with those groups on behalf of clients. He also blogs.

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Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 9, 2011

I was quite excited, because I’ve been following his blog for ages. There was more on control groups and A/B testing, but I’ll just leave you with the transcript of our chat with Marshall from August 2. A week ago today, I spoke to Marshall Sponder for the very first time. That’s how much into measurement he is!

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Waxing UnLyrical

APRIL 12, 2011

But interviews, among other qualitative methods like focus groups, are crucial in the discovery process that ultimately leads to developing a meaningful survey that can be distributed to a larger population and lead to valuable results. Check out her blog. Sound like a pain in the butt?

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Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 19, 2012

Posts have been written ad nauseam (including on this blog, though they’re not the nauseating kind) on the plusses and minuses of Klout’s service , but I think I’ve finally nailed down what bothers me about the service (which I’m still a member of and will continue to use). He also blogs.

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Waxing UnLyrical

APRIL 13, 2012

I click on one interesting link someone tweets out, and the next thing I know I’m on the HR blog at Ragan.com ranting in my office. He also blogs. Twitter rabbit holes can easily claim 20 minutes of my day. I came across this post the other day. He is a husband, Iowa Hawkeyes and Chicago Cubs fan.

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Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 13, 2012

It does mean I’m going to read everything I can find on the topic, starting with Olivier’s book and every post he mentions ROI in on his blog. He also blogs. . That doesn’t mean I’ll ever rival Brian Solis, or Olivier Blanchard, or the proprietor of this digital publication.

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Waxing UnLyrical

APRIL 5, 2012

In a Fall 1976 article for Public Relations Quarterly , Mr. Bernays stated: “Advice on action is the important function of the professional, based on knowledge of the social sciences, individual and group behavior, on social responsibility and on experiences in coping with these problems in a professional way.”.

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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

JANUARY 24, 2011

I know its probably obvious because you blog here at WUL, Erica, but I am always amazed at how great your posts are. A group Amplog would be a great way to share ideas and resources. A group Amplog would be a great way to share ideas and resources. Oh, one other thing: my blog = my sandbox. Clipped from [link] [.]

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Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 6, 2012

We met on someone’s blog, followed each other “home,” and now see each other on social platforms pretty much daily. It wasn’t a link to a “Join me at New Social Group.” When you blog, tweet, or post to Facebook, do it in a natural rhythm, not an imposed one. So what was the email about?

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AUGUST 28, 2012

That’s nothing compared to other giants in our industry like the proprietor of this blog, Sarah Evans , Lauren Fernandez , Justin Goldsborough , Heather Whaling … I could go on, but you get the picture. He also blogs. Right now, I’m following just over 1,300 people and I have in the ballpark of 2K followers.

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Waxing UnLyrical

MAY 4, 2011

To be fair, that first posted on my employer’s blog.). He believes finding the methods and channels customers and audiences use, and engaging with them in their comfort zone is the key to effectively communicating with those groups on behalf of clients. He also blogs and tweets. So what happens now?

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Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 22, 2012

Matt LaCasse believes that finding the methods and channels customers and audiences use, and engaging with them in their comfort zone, is the key to effectively communicating with those groups on behalf of clients. He also blogs. He does social media management for KimberMedia and does marketing/PR for @bgckids.

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