Waxing UnLyrical

article thumbnail

It’s As If Those Parkland Kids Learned from a Pro

Waxing UnLyrical

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? I made a video in support of our campaign. “You have to promise me you won’t share this.”.

Exercises 205
article thumbnail

Smart Measurement For Creative People

Waxing UnLyrical

When setting up a campaign, you generally want to follow these five steps: 1. You’ve been running a small store in the city for a year or so and want to increase sales through a coupon campaign. The coffee shop may be group A, the record store group B, and so on. Set a clear, measurable goal. Look out for traps.

Metrics 243
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Relationship Advice: Your Nonprofit Organization and Building Community Organization Partnerships

Waxing UnLyrical

This puts the efforts directly in your employees’ hands by having them organizing the larger group, suggesting collaborative efforts and keeping everyone organized and upholding the mission of your company. Take this into consideration when selecting a cause (or two)-related marketing campaign. Create an employee advocacy cohort.

article thumbnail

Social Media Measurement for Pragmatists

Waxing UnLyrical

Generations of craftsmen were taught that the biggest benefits of great campaigns couldn’t be measured. We formed a group called “ What I Saw at the Direct Marketing Revolution ” and began having discussions that weren’t really available anywhere else. These were people who weren’t previously in our database.

article thumbnail

12 Tips to Organize and Run a Tweetathon

Waxing UnLyrical

Many of you are familiar with the Blue Key campaign that I’ve been working on since last year for my client, USA for UNHCR. So I figured I’d start with a post on one of our most successful tactics that helped achieve the 2011 goal for the campaign: tweetathons. Background. Decide your hashtag. Use that to your advantage.

article thumbnail

Monday Roundup: Understanding The 7C Social PR Framework™

Waxing UnLyrical

C3 (Content) Weidert Group Case Study: Fisher Tank Company. Why: “While Fisher’s team was somewhat hesitant initially to add an Inbound strategy and tactics to their marketing, today they’re some of the most enthusiastic supporters and promoters of the approach,” as you can read in this Weidert Group case study.

article thumbnail

Volunteers Make The World Go Round: Communicating Effectively for Impact

Waxing UnLyrical

Facebook and LinkedIn groups are wonderful for keeping in touch during “off” times. They formed a top volunteer group, the “Key Limers,” who meet in a #LimeMeetup socially to attend all kinds of arts events in the city and personalized events in members’ homes. Of course, you will be communicating on social media.

Ensembli 149