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AUGUST 31, 2017

This is the Hurricane Harvey Community Connections Facebook Group , created (as you can see from the screen grab) by volunteers distraught over what’s happening in Houston and areas hit hard by Harvey. Twitter Facebook Google+ LinkedIn We Get By With A Little Help From Our Friends. Wouldn't you like to be in her kitchen?

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APRIL 9, 2020

While I didn’t intend for it to be an inadvertent lesson in “how to do a virtual event,” a Facebook Live Q&A I hosted a couple of weeks ago was, apparently, just that. I manage a few different Facebook groups, one of which is a completely free + no catch Social PR community: The Social PR Posse.

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MAY 1, 2020

And relationship building begins with consistent communications that puts community building at its core , well before an organization is in crisis mode. If you’d like to join us – it’s a wonderful community, if I say so myself! ”) to pseudo relational (“let us be your fake music therapist!”)

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JULY 24, 2017

I thanked them and told them to friend me on Facebook if they wanted to follow along with the pix. Because I cross-posted a few photos from Instagram to Facebook and Twitter (mostly FB), and got creative with hashtags, people I already knew IRL started following me on Insta, as well as people I didn’t know. Quite a few did.

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AUGUST 15, 2017

measurePR community member Aidan Lukomnik chimed in: A2) Perfect is a target. Founder and publisher of Waxing UnLyrical, Shonali Burke helps smart businesses make bank by taking their communications from corporate codswallop to community cool™. Many in biz obsess over WHAT to post but skip over WHY they post.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2017

Then, post it to the Social PR Posse Facebook group before midnight EST on Friday, February 24. Founder and publisher of Waxing UnLyrical, Shonali Burke helps smart businesses make bank by taking their communications from corporate codswallop to community cool™. Can’t wait to see what you come up with.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 23, 2014

Be Your Own Publisher on Social Media: 8 Brands that Kill It. Why: Today, with Internet access and some form of a computer, virtually anyone can become a content publisher. In this guest post for Lightspan Digital , Valerie Gunn introduces us to 8 brands that stand out from the crowd when it comes to publishing content.

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APRIL 30, 2017

Which you would have seen on Facebook on Friday, if you’re a part of my “Social PR Posse” group. Founder and publisher of Waxing UnLyrical, Shonali Burke helps smart businesses make bank by taking their communications from corporate codswallop to community cool™. Wouldn't you like to be in her kitchen?

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

So, mark your calendars for September 14th from 12-1pm ET and RSVP to our Facebook event. Founder and publisher of Waxing UnLyrical, Shonali Burke helps smart businesses make bank by taking their communications from corporate codswallop to community cool™. Hope to “see” you there!

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Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 9, 2017

Over time you’ll see that this extremely useful automation that we’ve come to rely on will make you look anything but robot-like to your network … and help transform them into your community. Twitter Facebook Google+ LinkedIn How to Make Your Email Autoresponders Sizzle More Than Jessica Rabbit.

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Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 31, 2020

One of the ways in which I’m trying to contribute is by sharing my expertise – as well as that of my friends and colleagues – through no-cost, no-catch, professional development trainings in my Social PR Posse Facebook group. at 4 pm ET in the Social PR Posse Facebook group. And more such events to come.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 28, 2017

We find ways for people to talk to and understand each other better, to come together in communities, to advocate for causes they believe in , to welcome brands into their work and homes … to literally live better, more fulfilled lives thanks to being able to communicate more effectively. Just look at what we Social PR pros do.

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

The social network, as most of us think of it, is nothing more than the likes of Facebook or Orkut, among others. But to the world at large, it’s not just about Facebook (or the related movie), but a community that has been built over the years around a common interest or topic.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 14, 2014

Alison Kenney asked this question yesterday in a Facebook group I belong to: “When it comes to your own website, do you think a blog is a must?” Facebook, LinkedIn, Quora, Medium … the list goes on. LinkedIn, Facebook, etc., Twitter Facebook Google+ LinkedIn Is it Shortsighted Not to Host Your Own Blog?

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Waxing UnLyrical

MAY 23, 2019

Evidence of volunteerism’s physical effects can be found in a study from Carnegie Mellon University, published in 2013 in Psychology and Aging. This is the start of building a real community. Of course, you will be communicating on social media. Facebook and LinkedIn groups are wonderful for keeping in touch during “off” times.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2017

You may know, or know of, Corina Manea , chief community officer at Arment Dietrich, and who leads student relations for Spin Sucks. Access to my private Social PR Virtuoso community , where we brainstorm, make incredible personal and business connections, and ALSO do monthly live group calls. 24 , so definitely get in before then.

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JULY 15, 2017

Founder and publisher of Waxing UnLyrical, Shonali Burke helps smart businesses make bank by taking their communications from corporate codswallop to community cool™. Twitter Facebook Google+ LinkedIn My Two-Step Secret to Making LinkedIn Your Beeyatch. Have a super weekend! Wouldn't you like to be in her kitchen?

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MAY 2, 2017

Founder and publisher of Waxing UnLyrical, Shonali Burke helps smart businesses make bank by taking their communications from corporate codswallop to community cool™. Twitter Facebook Google+ LinkedIn Cyberbullying: My Week on LinkedIn. Wouldn't you like to be in her kitchen?

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Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

“Go steady” with your audiences via these creative ideas that illustrate how you can show some love to your community. What You Can Learn from the Star Wars Community. How to Build a Social Community: 4 Tips. 5 Steps to Building an Engaged Brand Community (AKA Super Loyal Customers). ” 2. ” 5.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Our kick-butt guests included: Brandon Andersen , Chief Strategist at Ceralytics; Janet Fouts , CEO of Tatu Digital Media; David Klein , Director of Marketing at ClickTime; and Fay Shapiro , Publisher at CommPRO Global Inc. If no engagement from the community, numbers mean nothing #measurepr. Empty #measurepr. justsayno #measurepr.

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JUNE 18, 2017

Founder and publisher of Waxing UnLyrical, Shonali Burke helps smart businesses make bank by taking their communications from corporate codswallop to community cool™. Twitter Facebook Google+ LinkedIn Why I’m Grateful to My Grandma on Father’s Day. Happy Father’s Day.

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Waxing UnLyrical

APRIL 12, 2017

Swiping through Facebook this morning, I realized that today marked a unique anniversary for me: 17 years ago today, I landed in the United States for the very first time, knowing that I was stepping into a whole new life. Twitter Facebook Google+ LinkedIn 17 Lessons I’ve Learned in the 17 Years Since I Came to America.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2016

In December, #measurePR gets into the holiday spirit with a chat focused on and around measuring community. Founder and publisher of Waxing UnLyrical, Shonali Burke helps smart businesses make bank by taking their communications from corporate codswallop to community cool™. Wouldn't you like to be in her kitchen?

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

By publishing on their site, you’re introducing yourself to a new audience, and by inviting them to your site, you’re offering your readers a new perspective and voice. Business Client Relations Community Building Events Guest Posts Behind the Story cision Networking Post-Event Planning'

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 11, 2016

Why: By now you know that community is at the core of my Social PR philosophy. Improve an Entire Community through Fundraising. Why: “Community fundraising is about more than raising funds, it’s about having a positive impact on the community as a whole,” says Kari Kiel in this classic WUL post. Here we go.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 31, 2014

It is still a blog community with many regular contributors (one-time contributors welcomed too) from all over the world. We are still working on a few things in the back-end, so for the moment, I can’t tell you exactly what the publishing schedule will be. And can you see what we’ve been up to? How cool is that?

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Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 21, 2012

Just one of the many interesting factoids our group was given when the Regina Police Service (RPS) sent its social media officer, Kaeli Madill, to talk to us about all things Twitter and Facebook. She was there because RPS is a great community partner. In order to build a community you need more. Image: zlady via Flickr, CC 2.0.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Founder and publisher of Waxing UnLyrical, Shonali Burke helps smart businesses make bank by taking their communications from corporate codswallop to community cool™. Twitter Facebook Google+ LinkedIn Wishing You Turkey, Treats and Togetherness. Happy Thanksgiving! Wouldn't you like to be in her kitchen?

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 9, 2012

You can also find WHR 2012 on Facebook and on WHR 2012 on Flickr , so you can draw on those resources to share the campaign with your community and urge them to help out. You can pre-program tweets, get a Twibbon, change your Facebook cover photo… tons of ways you can help spread the word.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

Founder and publisher of Waxing UnLyrical, Shonali Burke is President & CEO of Shonali Burke Consulting, Inc. area, she loves helping for- and non-profit clients, both small and large, turn corporate codswallop into community cool™. Twitter Facebook Google+ LinkedIn Tweet All The Twitters [pic].

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JULY 1, 2017

Whether it’s through this blog, or my emails, or the webinars I teach, or the workshops I do, or the Social PR Posse Facebook group , or the #measurePR Twitter chat … Because I really DO care about sharing what I’ve learned and paying it forward. Here’s the thing: “selling” is not a bad thing.

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APRIL 2, 2017

Founder and publisher of Waxing UnLyrical, Shonali Burke helps smart businesses make bank by taking their communications from corporate codswallop to community cool™. Twitter Facebook Google+ LinkedIn Big Research Smarts for Small Budgets. Work smarter, not harder, peeps; that’s what it’s about!

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Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 26, 2017

A couple of weekends ago, I shared this nifty little graphic in my Social PR Posse Facebook group : It got a lot of responses. Founder and publisher of Waxing UnLyrical, Shonali Burke helps smart businesses make bank by taking their communications from corporate codswallop to community cool™.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2016

Founder and publisher of Waxing UnLyrical, Shonali Burke helps smart businesses make bank by taking their communications from corporate codswallop to community cool™. Twitter Facebook Google+ LinkedIn Your One Thing. Image: Agence Producteurs Locaux Damien Kuhn via Unsplash, CC Zero.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 8, 2013

4 Questions to Ask Before You Publish Content. Why: In this post for SteamFeed , Jennifer Kane offers some key points to consider before publishing your content. area, she loves helping for- and non-profit clients, both small and large, turn corporate codswallop into community cool™. Based in the Washington, D.C.,

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Waxing UnLyrical

APRIL 28, 2014

I am so sorry we didn’t publish for a few weeks. What Small Businesses Can Learn from the Creative Community: Share the Journey. area, she loves helping for- and non-profit clients, both small and large, turn corporate codswallop into community cool™. You can imagine how crazy it’s been. Based in the Washington, D.C.,

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DECEMBER 6, 2018

And that’s because my husband passed away very unexpectedly on March 4; shortly after I wrote my last “real” blog post this year, on why vulnerability is so essential in building community. (It’s WUL (this blawg) will continue to publish , under the astute and watchful eye of Scott Kaminski. nothing changes.

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