Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Image: Lars Plougmann via Flickr, Creative Commons Really, if you just read through the comments, there’s your follow-up blog post… but since I promised you one, you’re getting one. Offline, my life has been consumed by IABC/DC Metro events (16 more days as president but who’s counting?)

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Justin Levy

JULY 13, 2010

Justin Levy Marketing and Social Media Home About Archives Contact Disclosures Newsletter Speaking Bain Capital Ventures Launches an Innovation Center Written on July 13, 2010 by Justin Levy in community , entrepreneur , innovation , networking 1 Comment - Leave a comment! Thanks for taking time out of your day to come hang out here!

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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.&# These fine folk did: Jan. 24 : Whats Next DC , Washington, DC Feb.

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Firebelly

OCTOBER 23, 2012

You joined a LinkedIn group or attended a networking event. Photo credit: Kellogg Community College (Flickr, Creative Commons). They’re going along, doing their thing, showing up at the office, making phone calls, having meetings, going to trade shows, and BAM! You started blogging once a week.

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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

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Also… Image: Thom Watson via Flickr, Creative Commons OK, I’ll stop now, I can see you rolling your eyes, going, “Come on, act your age.&# They’re doing such a good job of it, that they’re getting their customers and community to tell their stories for them. I actually have a bunch of them.

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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. These fine folk did: Jan.

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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.&# In other words, something very unusual. These fine folk did: Jan.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Image: mstofan ‘s Flickrstream, Creative Commons Thanks so much for stopping by WUL! Get Shareaholic test Filed under Events , Public Relations | Tags: network solutions , pr , Public Relations , twitterchat | Comment (1) Site settings comment help? See you there! Regardless, thanks for visiting! These fine folk did: Jan.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 2, 2018

Did events run smoothly? Our most challenging PR measurement moments: A5 The most challenging PR effort was a health communications campaign for a non-profit with outreach to remote areas. Twitter and the community that took me under its wing. Image: Jeff Sheldon via Unsplash, Creative Commons CC0.

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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. These fine folk did: Jan. 24 : Whats Next DC , Washington, DC Feb.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 13, 2010

What surprised me (and not a little) is the way the media who were apprised of the event have portrayed this. NBC Washington, when it posted a blurb on the event, led with the headline, “ Caroling Flashmob to Spread Cheer, Ruin Commute.&# Image: Peter Lee via Flickr, Creative Commons Thanks so much for stopping by WUL!

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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!

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Image: Geoff LMV via Flickr , Creative Commons These included sentences like On what Pepco’s crisis communication plan is: “Pepco takes its responsibility to keep customers informed seriously. Our crisis communications plan consist of pre-event, event, and post-event reporting guidelines and information.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Image: Andras Pfaff via Flickr , Creative Commons Was this helpful? It’d be a shame to miss out on inclusion in Google News because you wrote a headline two words too long , don’t you think? Have any questions? Please let me know in the comments. These fine folk did: Jan. 24 : Whats Next DC , Washington, DC Feb.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Image: Chris Lott via Flickr , Creative Commons One of the questions that Joe asked us was what our blogging experience has been like. And understanding is one of the most important building blocks to a successful career in any field, and particularly in business communication. It makes the blogosphere less frightening.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Image: mj*laflaca via Flickr , Creative Commons It’s about how that writing looks. Army via Flickr , Creative Commons Usually these are placed at the top of a post, but often, if a post is long, I’ll insert additional images, alternating left- and right-aligning them. D’oh, you say. Image: U.S.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 31, 2010

Image: YiYing Lu via Flickr , Creative Commons Thanks so much for stopping by WUL! Why: especially for my friends (and foes) who run small businesses. Take heart, not howls. Let’s Halloween up PR , by, er, me. Why: if we don’t enjoy what we do, what’s the point? Regardless, thanks for visiting!

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 2, 2011

Image: Eric Magnuson via Flickr, Creative Commons Thanks so much for stopping by WUL! Why: despite the fact that GSB is owned and operated by Network Solutions, a client of mine, I thought these were great tips. If you’re in the business of PR, these are things to keep in mind. Regardless, thanks for visiting!

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali The Value Of A Fire Drill October 27th, 2010 Tweet Guest post by Narciso Tovar I remember the time I went through my first fire drill. These fine folk did: Jan. 24 : Whats Next DC , Washington, DC Feb.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Image: jbcurio via Flickr , Creative Commons For the few who don’t know or recall, an “ advertorial is an advertisement written in the form of an objective article, and presented in a printed publication – usually designed to look like a legitimate and independent news story,” according to Wikipedia. Remember the advertorial ?

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Bare Feet Studios

JULY 25, 2011

Do you have a community on the ground to support an online community? Or would you be better served to set up a community inside another social network? Helps organize your team, save assets, plan events, archive files and processes. Create custom tags for your org & events or concepts. www.facebook.com.

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Social Media Strategery

AUGUST 21, 2015

Image used under Creative Commons license. As a community, we’ve come together to make this happen. And it’s not like there have been community task forces, or anything choreographed like that. The most outward facing examples are events geared toward Millenials and Gen-Xers, like the Fiery Stick Open ( [link] ).

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 19, 2010

Image: Peter Roome via Flickr, Creative Commons Thanks so much for stopping by WUL! Why: PR pros are trying to learn more and more about SEO and using keywords smartly. I thought this was a terrific post, clearly-explained and well laid out. Regardless, thanks for visiting! These fine folk did: Jan.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 22, 2010

They also helped promote the Life… supplemented™ awareness campaign by blogging, tweeting, and giving shoutouts at industry events. Title image: Lukasz Strachanowski via Flickr, Creative Commons Life… supplemented™ data courtesy and used with permission of Priya Ramesh, CRT/tanaka Thanks so much for stopping by WUL!

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

Here’s the first paragraph of my summary: I show businesses how to use social media technologies for external community building and outreach, and for internal collaboration. For the bonus round, I recommend staying up to date via LinkedIn’s community superhero, Mario Sundar. Hope to see you again at an upcoming event!

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 23, 2010

Image: Niels Linneberg via Flickr, Creative Commons I was really happy at how many new participants there were. Seeing as how it’s coming close to the end of the year and everyone’s in a prediction kinda mood, Jen thought it would be cool to chat about what might be coming our way in terms of PR measurement in 2011.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Image: cvrcak1 via Flickr , Creative Commons Bats in the belfry? Know Your Stuff As you get ready to speak with a client; present an idea to your peers; or talk about why you believe why using something like Foursquare may be just the ticket for an event, you want to have some back-up right? These fine folk did: Jan.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 14, 2010

Image: Nick Fletcher via Flickr, Creative Commons But I’m getting ahead of myself. Image: Marc Benton via Flickr, Creative Commons 3. Having been there myself not too long ago, I was astounded by the sophistication of the graduates that applied – they were, to put it mildly, much more sophisticated than I was.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Add to groups/events. Groups/Events. Not added to any group/event. Community â?? Creative Commons Attribution- Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 Slideshare.net (beta). My Slidespace. Most Viewed. |. Most Embedded. |. Featured. |. Most Favorited. |. Most Downloaded. |. Slidecasts. All Comments (1). blogreaders.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 5, 2010

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!

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 26, 2010

Image: Joey Rozier via Flickr, Creative Commons For the uninitiated, Boxing Day is the day after Christmas (though where celebrated, marked on the first weekday after Christmas, so that would mean it’s actually tomorrow, but whatever). No more presents, great food and holiday cheer, you think? Nothing to look forward to?

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

First, you… Image: Kate Sumbler via Flickr , Creative Commons Hold on! Bland Image: jason carlin via Flickr , Creative Commons I mean, chicken-soup-with-no-celery-or-pepper bland. Don’t you want the back story first? Possibly, never to return. Double yikes. I went to my 404 page, and it was bland.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 26, 2010

Image: Raul Tejero Palma via Flickr , Creative Commons What about giving thanks for everything you don’t have? What about giving thanks for the things that didn’t work out? These fine folk did: Jan. 24 : Whats Next DC , Washington, DC Feb. It does not reflect the opinions of my clients, former employers, or anyone else.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

Image: Arturo Sotillo via Flickr , Creative Commons How about you? PR and the power of ideas , from Richard Bailey’s PR Studies. Why: I do think you start with the idea … and PR is no different. Do you have hidden gems to share? Thanks so much for stopping by WUL! These fine folk did: Jan.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

Image: anthony kelly via Flickr , Creative Commons Here you go. Coca-Cola’s sponsorship is all about them , from Paul Seaman’s 21st-century PR Issues. Why: Celebrities don’t always the perfect brand relationship make. Reply Rate Up div.livefyre-comment).removeClass(livefyre-hidden)" These fine folk did: Jan.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 4, 2010

Image: Shawn McClung via Flickr, Creative Commons You have to really, really be paying attention to notice if someone hasn’t tweeted in a while, unless you talk to them every day. Those are the kind of campaigns that raise awareness and build community -- and you nailed the importance of community for nonprofits.

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