Jason Yormark

AUGUST 30, 2009

I recommend The Social Media Bible or The New Community Rules: Marketing On The Social Web if you are looking for a resource like that. He’s done his homework on this one as it’s filled with a ton of real world examples of how a handful of businesses have won and lost in the social media game. Thanks for stopping by, and sharing.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

John sets a beautiful example. Mark Storys The Intersection of Online and Offline Mary's Garden Party - Mary Barber, APR, Fellow PRSA Measurement Matters Media Bullseye More With Les (Potter, ABC) NetWits Think Tank New Media Lisa - Lisa Hoffmann Occam's RazR - Ike Pigott PR Conversations Sean Williams' Communication AMMO!

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 9, 2011

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Weekly Roundup: Finding Comfort January 9th, 2011 Tweet From start to finish As tends to happen, what one thinks one will do can be quite different from start and intent to finish and result.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

And they research and they monitor (sometimes for up to three months) just to find out: a) Who a brand’s target audiences are; and b) Who the key influencers within that community are. They listen a LOT. Then they plan. And talk they do. So they were personally connected to the experience, the foods they had missed and the Sainsburys brand.

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Ari Herzog

MARCH 3, 2011

The blog platform, as an open source community, is collectively shared by anyone and everyone who contribute code and provide feedback about what works and what needs improvement. For example, writing Stephen @ Custom WordPress Plugins in the name field results in Stephen from Custom WordPress Plugins.

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Kikolani

JANUARY 13, 2011

As the recipient of a lot of really, really bad emails from businesses and PR agencies looking to get some publicity for their products or their client’s, here are some examples of things that will make me put you in my “PR People&# filter which goes into a Gmail label that will rarely, if ever, get checked.

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Jeff Esposito

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Livefyre also has a great community team who evangelizes the platform and assists with user questions with lightning speed. PostRank – This nifty plugin rates your posts on engagement, sharing and some other variables and was recently acquired by Google. It has also increased the time spent on the site.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 24, 2011

Examples of sites using Mobify include Boing Boing and A List Apart. Mobify is hosted, but still gives site creators flexibility over mobile style-sheets to create unique designs and layouts. You do need a basic design and CSS background to configure your site. Read All About It! Greenbanana - Heather Yaxley Jon (Newman)'s PR 1.5

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Kikolani

JUNE 15, 2010

If you own a blog that has multiple authors, regular contributors, or regular guest bloggers , here are seven ways a private blog group can be utilized for helping strengthen the blog and its community as a whole. For example, if I were to have a list for promoting posts on my own site, it would look like this. Announcements.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 19, 2010

For example: Let’s say you are searching for volunteer opportunities in Silver Spring, Md. When applied to non-profits, these initial theories on Google Instant’s implications for search engine marketing may affect small non-profits more than larger non-profits. Read All About It! Greenbanana - Heather Yaxley Jon (Newman)'s PR 1.5

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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. This post is a great example of a charitable endeavor that is also concrete, as opposed to cosmetic.

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Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

As an example, Seth said that “share of voice&# is a good KPI, but it says more about awareness than business outcomes. Noting that there were quite a few comments about how KPIs need both context, strategy and relevance , Seth continued to say that the need should be framed in terms of awareness, knowledge and actual behavior.

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Kikolani

JULY 23, 2010

10 Facebook pages that are exploding in popularity – great examples of successful pages. 21 examples of natural light photography – gorgeous, almost surreal photos. 40 breathtaking examples of silhouette photography – beautiful sihouettes of people, animals, and nature. Photography / Digital Art.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 22, 2010

What about real-life examples? Mark Storys The Intersection of Online and Offline Mary's Garden Party - Mary Barber, APR, Fellow PRSA Measurement Matters Media Bullseye More With Les (Potter, ABC) NetWits Think Tank New Media Lisa - Lisa Hoffmann Occam's RazR - Ike Pigott PR Conversations Sean Williams' Communication AMMO!

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 13, 2011

Our community was now creating the bulk of our content. Someone sitting in Brazil, for example, likely won’t randomly search out our institution. Perfect example of that. ” (which was nice to hear) But, once the internal community knew that they were still going to have access to similar content they were fine.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 27, 2010

I can go into other examples, but… you get the point. Heres another example: you can always tell the seasoned actors on sitcoms that are taped before a live studio audience. The smart brands kept their chips in: they stayed in the game with different messages, new incentives and, ultimately made themselves part of the conversation.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

It requires that researchers identify the types of categories and themes that they want to track to start, and they feed the model examples of that content (e.g., With enough examples, the statistical model does a pretty reliable job at identifying complex messages. stories, blog posts, etc.). Read All About It!

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Using Jimi Hendrix as an example would get ME revved up. Quite frankly, it got me a little nervous presenting this information in that kind of way. But my experience and instincts told me three things: 1. Music is a great way to help the social networking medicine go down. Using Jimi Hendrix would (hopefully) get THE AUDIENCE revved up.

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Kikolani

JANUARY 16, 2011

If you’re talking specifically through social media, you could look to building a strong following on Twitter, for example, and then use services like Sponsored Tweets ( [link] ) or similar services where people will pay you to tweet advertising messages to your followers. It just depends on the site and the community!

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 3, 2011

I’m a poor example, but every time I did this, I felt much better. Hopefully all will go well with your new employer; but if it doesn’t, you don’t want to have to start from scratch. Make sure you take lunch breaks. It’s easy to get stuck eating at one’s desk. Your body and mind need it. Read All About It!

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 14, 2010

This cultivates a thinking community where information is evaluated, and then adapted and built upon. From the Edutopia article: “For example, when I’m teaching integers, I don’t teach the kids the rules for adding and subtracting integers. When it comes to blogging, anyone can compile data and churn out a post.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

For example, my post on the Gap logo thing. Im building a network and community AND learning new tricks that make me a better professional, makes my time well spent. For example, had an college classmate catch a blog post I shared on LinkedIn, recommended it to a PR association and voila, I got a speaking gig. Read All About It!

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 14, 2010

Another good example from Australia was a journalist called Tom Cowie , who mounted a full social media campaign called Tom Wants A Job, complete with a transparent blog (with all the applications and rejection letters), Twitter handle and Facebook fan page. Can you help me tie my shoelaces?” That sort of creativity gets you noticed.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

For example, if your error page reads, “Sorry, you were looking for something that’s not here,&# look for those exact words and select them. Click on the “404 Template&# link on the right (it’ll have “404.php&# php&# underneath it), and pull out your magnifying glass. And nothing else. Read All About It!

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

For example, this is the page I set up for #measurePR on WTHashtag. For the transcripts, I usually go to WTHashtag.com and pull it from there. If you havent already registered your chats hashtag on that site, that should be your first step. Its very easy to do and fill out. Read All About It! These fine folk did: Jan.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 27, 2011

My query made it clear that I wanted examples of success, and how it was being measured. I wrote a post recently with a few examples of requests Ive heard from clients / prospective clients (at [link] if youd like to read). That was supposed to be the story. By now, everyone is some kind of social media “expert.” Read All About It!

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 21, 2010

It really is a community. I think what delights me most about Amplify is that there really is a community sense to it. Ive only been active for a few weeks but find it is still a community that fosters interactions amongst a wide assortment of individuals who bring different backgrounds and experiences to share with one another.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 16, 2010

There’s no way – no way – I would have felt so much a part of that community if I hadn’t previously connected with many of the folks I meet IRL on social media. To explore a different communication channel? To try to connect with those who might become part of a community? Read All About It!

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Kikolani

JANUARY 26, 2010

An example of this was given during the keynote. He also gave an example of a powerful video campaign that charity : water used to illustrate the importance of clean drinking water. Social Media Strategy. The speaker had went to a restaurant twice and felt the food was bland, so he went to tweet about it.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 4, 2010

Its really sad that the campaign is taking such flack (rightly so), when it could, instead, have become as an example of what do when embarking on a social media-driven campaign. Those are the kind of campaigns that raise awareness and build community -- and you nailed the importance of community for nonprofits. Lead by example.

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Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

If this takes the form of a blog post, it usually includes some kind of disclaimer (“this is my list,&# for example), and a question at the end as to who you would add. For example: Obvious: Share their content. Talk to them, engage with them and their content and show them that you should be on that list. Read All About It!

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 4, 2010

For example, I love nature. Mark Storys The Intersection of Online and Offline Mary's Garden Party - Mary Barber, APR, Fellow PRSA Measurement Matters Media Bullseye More With Les (Potter, ABC) NetWits Think Tank New Media Lisa - Lisa Hoffmann Occam's RazR - Ike Pigott PR Conversations Sean Williams' Communication AMMO!

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 26, 2011

For example, if Starbucks buys a “sponsored story&# ad, the status of a user’s friends who check into or “like&# Starbucks will run twice: once in the user’s news feed, and again as a paid ad for Starbucks. Cheers, Sheldon, community manager for Sysomos ([link] Reply Rate Up div.livefyre-comment).removeClass(livefyre-hidden)"

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 2, 2010

Doesnt mean you cant show some style and personality, but the example you gave me just seemed too hyped, arrogant and well, business barf hyperbole. #5 While the "creative" cover letter may open a few eyes, its a risk. You gotta nail it and even then, mileage will vary greatly. 5 Being smarter. Read All About It! These fine folk did: Jan.

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Viper Chill

MAY 6, 2010

You can find ideas in literally any niche, with some examples being their marketing , finance , gadget and humour sections. While the service was a little too basic to pay for, I do still enjoy the company’s Postrank tool. As an example, you can see the most posts you all enjoyed the most at ViperChill by going here.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 6, 2010

For example, are you responding to other people’s tweets with your own thoughts on a particular issue? And more important, are you SHARING other people’s status updates with your community? Or other blogs? Are you engaging in conversations? Are you RT’ing other people’s messages? Are you commenting on Facebook status updates?

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ProBlogger

APRIL 6, 2011

Most recently, I’ve been working with Kleenex Mums to help build a blogger-centric online community. When I work with a brand over an extended period of time, the first step is about establishing credibility, respecting the existing communities, engaging with them. analytics, PostRank, Twitter, social bookmarking websites, and so on.

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