Koka Sexton

JANUARY 1, 2009

Koka Sexton dot Com Home About Koka Contact Twitter FULL RSS Over 100 Great Photos on Flickr I use Flickr as my online photo bucket. I was using ImageShack or something before but when I found Flickr, I was amazed. Some nights I spend an hour or more just surfing the Flickr highway finding new pictures. Leave a comment!

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Saying It Social

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

link] FriendFeed [link] LinkedIn [link] MySpace [link] Twitter [link] Digg [link] Seesmic [link] Stumbleupon [link] Ning – Create Your Own Social Network [link] Squidoo [link] Social Tools & Apps Hootsuite – Our Fav!! Tips & Guides Mashable – Twitter Lists, Resources & How-Tos [link] How To Blog: A Beginner?s

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 18, 2011

Image: tamra hays via Flickr, CC 2.0 A Better Blogroll If you like highlighting other bloggers on your site via a blogroll, you will probably find that as you add more and more to them, it becomes a huuge list. Try the Better Blogroll plugin. Why not give them to you all at once, you ask, a little miffed?

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Social Media Strategery

AUGUST 18, 2010

Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 Development Social Media Social Media Integration in Higher Education Wed, Aug 18, 2010 Miscellaneous , Personal The following is a guest post by Jen Dryer , a current student at the University of Southern Indiana.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

However, a lot of people making that news have created expectations and beliefs about social media that aren’t true. Social Media is Inexpensive False. As Charlene Li said recently, social media trades media cost for labor cost. Social Media is Fast False. Absolutely.

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Adam Cohen

JULY 16, 2010

a thousand cuts :: adam cohen's blog About Blogroll Contact a thousand cuts conversations about social media and interactive marketing by adam cohen 16 JUL I Will Not Write About Old Spice Posted by: adam / Tags: Advertising , Isaiah Mustafa , Old Spice , Social Media , Television , YouTube / Comments: View Comments I will resist the urge.

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Social Media Strategery

JULY 21, 2009

Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 That’s what I said almost three years ago when Walton Smith and I started our social media practice here at Booz Allen. and the role social media is playing in the future of our government.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 24, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Weekly Roundup: Rethinking Color October 24th, 2010 Tweet Hit in the face by pink I don’t know about other countries, but here in the U.S., Sharon Pruitt via Flickr, CC 2.0 Komen for the Cure.

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Social Media Strategery

JANUARY 10, 2009

Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 From our most senior VPs to senior executives within the government to our summer interns, every group has their own set of questions, concerns, and pre-conceived notions about social media and what it means for them.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali So What Will You Have For Lunch? Image: Ranjit Bhatnagar via Flickr , Creative Commons And thanks to myfirsttweet.com , I can share it with you. How unbelievably ridiculous. Or pathetic.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 27, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Simply The Best November 27th, 2010 Tweet There’s a big difference between being “the best&# and “one of the best.&# Read All About It! Greenbanana - Heather Yaxley Jon (Newman)'s PR 1.5

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Akamai Marketing

APRIL 4, 2011

By taracoomans – April 4, 2011 Posted in: Content , Featured , social media Photo credit: BaronBrian 97 Million people use Twitter. By taracoomans – April 4, 2011 Posted in: Content , Featured , social media Photo credit: BaronBrian 97 Million people use Twitter. Your currency is your social media VALUE.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Image: twchoi11 via Flickr , Creative Commons Though I wouldn’t consider myself as devoted as some fan clubs. Image: Gitgat via Flickr , Creative Commons Instead, speak up and join the conversation. He does his best to stay informed on politics, tech, music, cultures, and social media.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 14, 2011

Image: terren in Virginia via Flickr, CC 2.0 and also, once you install it, Apture will insert “pop-up&# references on embedded links, if they’re to easily accessible pages such as Wikipedia, Flickr, etc. (It It just did it on the Flickr link above.) See if they work for you. That’s Apture. Read All About It!

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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.&# Image: Andras Pfaff via Flickr , Creative Commons Was this helpful? Read All About It!

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali MeasurePR, the Don Bartholomew Edition Round II September 21st, 2010 Tweet I probably sound like a breathless teenager But last week’s #measurepr chat with Don Bartholomew was Awesome. pts Settings.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Doing The Best He Could October 11th, 2010 Tweet When I first moved to the US I amused my husband greatly by wishing him a “Happy Veterans Day &# (he’s ex-military). Yabba dabba doo!

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 6, 2010

Image: Louise Docker via Flickr , Creative Commons Thanks so much for stopping by WUL! So much to do So much to know To live, to love, to hurt, to grow. So much to do So much to gain To touch, to hold, come sun or rain. So much to do So much to see I am the future. The future is me. Regardless, thanks for visiting! Read All About It!

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Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

You look through your tweetup invitations galore And balance “being social&# with being a pain. Image: Robert Couse-Baker via Flickr, CC 2.0 Coffee or tea; brimstone or fire; It’s Monday, all right; nothing less, nothing more. Thanks so much for stopping by WUL! Regardless, thanks for visiting! Read All About It!

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 3, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Weekly Roundup: Unleash Your Lady Gaga October 3rd, 2010 Tweet Whatever you think about Lady Gaga , you have to admit she does one thing extremely well: she commands attention. Read All About It!

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Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 27, 2010

Fortunately, Don Bartholomew of Fleishman-Hillard - whom you may know as @donbart on Twitter – will rectify that this coming Tuesday, when he joins us to chat about social media “ROI.&# Also check out Olivier Blanchard’s excellent post and presentation on social media ROI for associations & non-profits.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 24, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Public Relations Lessons From Jesus, The Apostles And The Bible December 24th, 2010 Tweet Note: this is not a religious post, and is meant neither to proselytize nor offend. Regardless, thanks for visiting!

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 31, 2010

Some Halloween social media fun for a good cause , from Beth Kanter. How to celebrate Halloween social media style , from New Media Strategies. The Halloween theory of social media , from Richard Bailey’s PR Studies. The Halloween theory of social media , from Richard Bailey’s PR Studies.

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 5, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Weekly Roundup: Project Happiness September 5th, 2010 Tweet When I wrote yesterday’s post, asking, “ Are you happy ?&# Image: Jordan Pérez Ordenez via Flickr, CC 2.0 I was happy yesterday.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali How Reading Fairy Tales Can Improve Public Relations December 28th, 2010 Tweet What’s your favorite fairy tale? If anyone knows how to tell a story through social media, you do. Seriously.

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Social Media Strategery

DECEMBER 24, 2009

Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 Development Social Media Do You Know Where Santa is Tonight? christmas , dod , gov20 , government , holiday , norad , radar , santa , social media , web 2.0 Government 2.0

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 2, 2011

Social Media Measurement 2011: Five things to forget and five things to learn , by Don Bartholomew. Be a social business: PR trends in 2011 , from Sally Falkow’s The Proactive Report. Why: social media has become the touch point by which many business functions converge. Regardless, thanks for visiting!

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 9, 2010

Image: Janet McKnight via Flickr, CC 2.0 What’s on the outside… “ All that glisters is not gold Often have you heard that told… “ What’s the difference? If we’re dross on the inside What difference does a gilded outside make? Thanks so much for stopping by WUL! Regardless, thanks for visiting!

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Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 16, 2011

Image: kennymatic via Flickr, CC 2.0. That way all the PR and social media goodness can stay here, and all the culinary cool can stay there. I set up a basic blogroll, a Twitter widget, a short “About&# page as well as a “© and Stuff&# page. you’ll know that I love food. Love eating it. Love cooking it.

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Social Media Strategery

MAY 12, 2009

Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 Development Social Media Taking a Break!! Tue, May 12, 2009 Personal Image Courtesy of Flickr user of Dnorman I’m finally doing it – I’m taking a much needed vacation. Government 2.0

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 10, 2010

Image: Isai Zepeda via Flickr , CC 2.0 Get Shareaholic test Filed under Communication , Social Media , Weekly Roundup | Tags: connections , linking , thinking | Comments (3) Site settings comment help? And her writing makes me laugh, sing, dance, and think. Thanks so much for stopping by WUL! Regardless, thanks for visiting!

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Social Media Strategery

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 Development Social Media Gov 2.0: is about more than just social media – As Tim O’Reilly told me in this tweet , Gov 2.0 What will be the new DoD social media policy ?

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 19, 2010

Image: Greig Christie via Flickr, Creative Commons Since Google Instant’s launch just over a month ago, digital marketers have been scrambling to figure out how search engine marketing strategies might need to change. Here’s my first post: How Google Instant Might Impact Your Small Nonprofit. [.] Read All About It! Liked what you saw?

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Image: jim crossley via Flickr, CC 2.0 Image: BES Photos via Flickr, CC 2.0 Image: Stuart Caie via Flickr, CC 2.0 He does his best to stay informed on politics, tech, music, cultures, and social media. Sorry, I won’t be telling you in this post. Herwin Icasiano is a recent Stanford University graduate.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 1, 2010

Image: Ville Miettinen via Flickr, CC 2.0 As usual, the community came up with gems to share with others (and you), including talking about how our measurement journey has changed over time And sharing resources, like Katie Paine’s social media measurement checklist , and IPR’s new website. Sounds interesting, huh?

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Weekly Roundup: Paloozas And Palominos November 7th, 2010 Tweet Apparently a “palooza&# is an “ exaggerated event.&# 5 takeaways on social media and politics , by Dave Fleet.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 12, 2010

Image: The Q via Flickr, CC 2.0 Image: Herald Post via Flickr, CC 2.0 When I heard she was training for her first-ever 5K race and trying to raise funds for Special Olympics Michigan in the process, I asked her to tell me more. In Lindsay’s words: I’ve never been a runner. They should be an inspiration to all of us.

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