Convince & Convert

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Tweet There are four mandates that companies are adopting when they are examining and analyzing the success of their online marketing and social media programs. Companies like PostRank (with its analytics product), and Klout (with its online influence measure) and leading this integrated metrics parade.

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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

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Preview before you publish. WordPress has a great preview function, where you can see exactly how your post will appear… before it publishes. This is hugely helpful, because each theme is different and, as a result, the way a post looks when published on one blog, might look completely different on another. pts Settings.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

They’re overwhelmed by the overabundance of tools and the disorderly experimentation of staff (and members), and they are tired of the lack of organizational support and the unwieldy processes for monitoring and managing social media. There are a ton of books being published on community and how social media plays into that.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

While some individuals do good deeds in the name of Kpop artists, others spread defamatory comments about them. Don’t stay silent Whether comments lodged against you, your company or your client are true or false, perceptions matter to people. People don’t always paint a nice picture, though.

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Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 22, 2010

Why: when social media “gurus&# – or any “gurus,&# for that matter – are self-deprecatingly stumbling over themselves all over the social Web, just point them to this. Larry is furious about this Mark Hurd thing , from The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs, published by Fake Steve Jobs. pts Settings.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 14, 2010

Knowing social media. Whether we like it or not, social media is creeping into more and more of what we do. Being across the various social mediums not only helps with building relationships, but emphasizes being concise in your messaging. Sign out Leave your comment here. Sign out Leave your comment here.

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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. Sign out Leave your comment here. Comment as pts moderator Davina K.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Reminder: do not publish this! Hang on to your draft error page (you know, the one you haven’t published as a post ). Get Shareaholic test Filed under Blogging for Grasshoppers , How To , Resources | Tags: 404 error page , blogging , blogging for newbies | Comments (19) Site settings comment help? Happy dance!

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 23, 2011

Why: this was the post by which I originally “discovered&# Brian and his writing, when it was published earlier as a guest post for Building Moxie. Get Shareaholic test Filed under Blogging , Blogging for Grasshoppers , Public Relations , Weekly Roundup | Tags: blogging , Writing | Comments (6) Site settings comment help?

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 14, 2010

An article published on Edutopia titled Lead, Don’t Lecture , outlines teachers’ insights that are in line with these sentiments. He does his best to stay informed on politics, tech, music, cultures, and social media. Sign out Leave your comment here. Mark as read Approve comment Hi, Herwin!

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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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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

And Bryce has already talked about how social media changed his life. Because I guest-blogged for them (before I’d even started publishing on WUL). Social karma works in strange ways. Sign out Leave your comment here. Reply Rate Up div.livefyre-comment).removeClass(livefyre-hidden)" pts Settings.

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Kikolani

JUNE 27, 2011

I’m sure there is something similar for Mac and other platforms, but I’ll leave that to my commenters to share those with you as I’m a PC gal. <description>Blog posts and articles by Kristi Hines on social media, blogging, search optimization, and online marketing.</description> xml version="1.0"

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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? And the comments invariably include, “How could you leave out So-and-So!&# “You must be blind if you haven’t noticed how great Such-and-Such is!&# Comment on their blog posts. pts Settings.

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ProBlogger

APRIL 6, 2011

I’ve been publishing content online since around 1997, since the days of Angelfire, Tripod, and Geocities; since the client request of “Can we have an animated.gif on our homepage?” I made my first website to publish interviews with hip hop artists that I liked at the time—underground ones. I’m in it to disrupt it for the better.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 26, 2011

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Like Stuff On Facebook? Get Shareaholic test Filed under Public Relations , Social Media | Tags: facebook ads , lisa dunner , matt lacasse , privacy , Social Media | Comments (35) Site settings comment help?

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 27, 2011

I’m a social media expert as seen on.” By now, everyone is some kind of social media “expert.” Get Shareaholic test Filed under How To , Public Relations | Tags: best practices , media relations , pitching , Public Relations | Comments (29) Site settings comment help? Sign out Leave your comment here.

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Ari Herzog

MARCH 7, 2011

Experienced blog publishers recognize that popularity and traffic come over time. Kristi Hines, the author of Kikolani (a blog that I have enjoyed reading for about two years), understands the relationship between publishing a blog post and promoting it — and she wrote an electronic book about the subject. This is her first book.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

With 10 years of operations already behind them (I’m told they were doing WOM before “social media&# even existed), offices in London, Oxford, New York and Sydney, they have an impressive client list that includes Nokia, Universal, Procter & Gamble, Canon, SKINS and STA Travel. He publishes The Boy in the Bar.

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Viper Chill

MAY 6, 2010

You are here: ViperChill » Social Media » How I Generated One Years Worth of Content Ideas In One Hour, And You Can Too How I Generated One Years Worth of Content Ideas In One Hour, And You Can Too Written by Glen, this post has 66 Comments I have a confession to make. Home What the F ? Cloud Living Say "Hi!"

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

This was why I was so disappointed in the Mashable article from about a month ago on “ the future of public relations and social media &# because, despite the word count, quotes from 14 PR pros (some of whom I know and respect mightily), and pretty screen shots, pretty much its entire thrust was that PR = press releases = publicity = PR.

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