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Managing Negative Comments in Social Media

Waxing UnLyrical

If you work as a social media manager or online community manager you see these all the time … negative comments. Is it constructive criticism, a straight problem, or an attack? If the comment is from a turd, your community will see them for what they are, and they will lose their credibility. Guest post by Yvette Pistorio.

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How the Regina Police Service Uses Social Media

Waxing UnLyrical

She was there because RPS is a great community partner. scams, recent crimes) and retweets about construction and driving conditions. In order to build a community you need more. By being open they minimize community ill-will and damage to their reputation. That kind of effort helps both RPS and the community.

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11 Common Mistakes That People Make With Their Personal Brands.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Get a handbook of style and learn how to communicate with properly constructed sentences. Many people stay to themselves, failing to participate in the community and to build rapport with others in the same field. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca Answers Yahoo!

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Weekly Roundup: Time and Space

Waxing UnLyrical

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Weekly Roundup: Time and Space September 26th, 2010 Tweet Time, space, and how we inhabit the two have been a bit on my mind lately. Image: Brisbane Falling via Flickr , CC 2.0 It’s a good read.

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Firebelly Marketing's Upcoming Speaking Engagements

Firebelly

They should be educational and entertaining and we hope you can join us! March 17th Are You Ready For The Social Revolution?

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The Bamboo Project Blog

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Massive list posts ("50+ Ways to Use Flickr," "100 Social Media Resources", etc.) Flickr photo via BTal. You can: Take a picture (or several) and upload them to Flickr or to your blog. Flickr photo via ragesoss. June 27, 2008 | Permalink. |. Comments (0). |. TrackBack (0). Comments (13). |.

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Weekly Roundup: Unsung Heroes

Waxing UnLyrical

As I wrote yesterday’s post, and then read through the comments, I re-learned a lesson I thought I’d already learned: that the community you are trying to build is great; but the community you have is even more important. Image: Travis K via Flickr , Creative Commons Thanks so much for stopping by WUL! Who are yours?

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