Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 16, 2015

.” Talk about a religious celebration that’s gone mainstream… and one that engenders a feeling of community among those who celebrate the day. Image: North Charleston via Flickr, CC 2.0. How to Build Creativity and Self-Expression with Your Community. Five companies with a human social media presence.

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Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

As a result, businesses continue to desperately find new ways to reach their fans and build their online reputation on this leading social media platform. Image: goiabarea via Flickr, CC 2.0. But like any other marketing strategy, growing your B2B Facebook community simply requires an investment of time and genuine engagement.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 10, 2012

If you work as a social media manager or online community manager you see these all the time … negative comments. If the comment is from a turd, your community will see them for what they are, and they will lose their credibility. Image: aaipodpics via Flickr, CC 2.0. Managing Negative Comments in Social Media.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 28, 2011

Have you come across a social media bully lately? And I’ve thought a lot about this before deciding that, in essence, people who behave like this are social media bullies. Which is the collective voice of my community, not just one or two people. An active community is a powerful thing.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Last week, Spin Sucks ran a guest post I authored on how Twitter chats can be a doorway to your community. With no agenda and no guest, we ended up having what I called a “fireside” or community chat. What an opportunity to teach, and learn from, a student, and introduce her to the community. So did Sally Falkow.

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Mindjumpers

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Boye web-conference in Aarhus Denmark in search of interesting social media case studies. Whereas the first demonstrated how a small cupcake business has embraced social media in terms of marketing, this post will concentrate on how a major charity organisation uses the various platforms to raise funds. The Haiti Case.

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SocialFish

MARCH 30, 2011

This post is part of our regular series of Open Community case studies, in which intrepid association blogger and freelance writer Deirdre Reid will be digging into associations (and other kinds of organizations when relevant) who are living and breathing their open communities in the ways we describe in the book. Return on Attitude.

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

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. So I’m using this post to showcase such a community that has been actively working around sustainability. What are we doing to bring about that social change?

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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.

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Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 24, 2015

How can you track your social media efforts to ensure that your strategy is up to par? This week’s roundup introduces you to some best practices for social media metrics. 5 Social Media Metrics You Can Stop Tracking Yesterday. From likes to leads: The new metrics for B2B social selling.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 25, 2012

Such is the challenge I’ve been recently tasked with: not just finding out what social media people are using around the world, but how they’re using it, why and when. Image: NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center via Flickr, CC 2.0. It turns out that some people are less than trusting of social media (for shame!)

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SocMed Sean

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

There are a lot of ways to engage in social media, some of them effective…some of them not. If your organization is considering getting active in social or if you’re analyzing your current efforts, take a look at the following list and make sure you’re not undermining the success of your activities.

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SocialFish

MARCH 30, 2011

This post is part of our regular series of Open Community case studies, in which intrepid association blogger and freelance writer Deirdre Reid will be digging into associations (and other kinds of organizations when relevant) who are living and breathing their open communities in the ways we describe in the book. Return on Attitude.

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Direct Marketing Observations

APRIL 19, 2010

How can you protect your children from social media? “I’m on top of it, I know what this social networking thing is all about&# , “My child doesn’t really use it&# , “Does it really matter? Share images on Flickr. One might say, “Do we really need to&# ? and you know what? Share music.

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Waxing UnLyrical

MAY 31, 2011

On May 24, the #MeasurePR chat was a community chat, discussing the reporting side of measurement—how PRs plan for a tool throwing bad numbers, reporting numbers that contradict, and whether Share of Voice (SOV) is a useful or useless PR metric. Image: arellis49 via Flickr, CC 2.0. Here's her quick recap.]. Hope to see you there!].

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Harp Interactive

OCTOBER 9, 2009

Social media isn’t always the right tool for the job. Over the last three days, I’ve spoken to four HUGE brands in America that are considering social media for one project or another, and there are many more out there working on how these tools might integrate into their business needs. Not every company needs a blog.

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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. All the comments were thoughtful, but there were a few that made me think a lot more about this whole “social media&# thing.

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Waxing UnLyrical

MAY 26, 2011

The use of social media at our university is evolving. Image: MorBCN via Flickr, CC 2.0???. In the Fall of 2009, Education professor Alec Couros and I had a conversation about the seemingly endless number of ways social media could be used on campus. But most of the people who attended were new to social media.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 19, 2013

So given that you have already interacted via social media, I don’t think it’s too much to say, “I’d love to learn a little more about <your company>… would you have 20-30 minutes for me to say “hello” to you in person over coffee? Image: naunasse via Flickr, CC 2.0.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 24, 2022

The post 7 Strategies for Growing Community on Your Blog appeared first on ProBlogger. Recently on ProBlogger we’ve been looking at the topic of building community on a blog. We started by identifying 9 benefits and 3 costs of community on a blog and then looked at 5 stages of building community on a blog.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 18, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Social Media > 10 Reasons Why Your Business Needs a Killer Social Media Strategy 10 Reasons Why Your Business Needs a Killer Social Media Strategy by Tamar Weinberg on May 18, 2010 Share This is a guest post by Beth Hrusch.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 15, 2009

The New Community Rules talks about the important role social media has begun playing in our lives. That’s why social media is important. Great content, #2, works across the board for social media. Fortunately, we have social media communities to inspire us. The best part?

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Social Media Marketing

MAY 8, 2013

Each week, I compose a newsletter that includes a series of links about current events and trends in the worlds of technology, social media, mobile, communications and marketing in order to keep our wider team up to date on changes, newsworthy items and content that might be useful in their jobs. What''s next for social?

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Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

A recent visit to our campus by journalist Chantal Hébert and her lecture “Missing the Forest for the Trees: A Look at the State of Political Coverage in the Social Media Era” had me thinking about how I use these tools. Pretty soon the vast majority of the people I followed were communications, marketing and PR professionals.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 25, 2010

With social media, an abundance of resources are at your fingertips. However, without a successful plan and any adequate preparation, your social media efforts will fail. Just do it while giving back to the community as well. Don’t make your social media efforts half-assed. Want to self promote?

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

Social media and crisis communications has become one of the fastest growing areas of both practice and research for today’s communication landscape. Additionally, “over half of respondents (52%) feel that the benefits of using social media as a crisis communications tool outweigh the risks” (page 4).

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The Marketing Blog

DECEMBER 10, 2009

Home About In the Media Entrepreneurial resources Enterprise 2.0 35 pm Criticising Social Media ? Jump to Comments Criticizing social media ? Understand Social Media as a Philosophy and its application as a Culture. Criticising Social Media ? Conversations December 10, 2009.10:35

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 20, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Social Media > Why Social Media Is Like Getting Stoned Why Social Media Is Like Getting Stoned by Tamar Weinberg on April 20, 2010 Share This is a guest post by Todd Mintz.

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Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

So I’m taking advantage of WUL to shine the social media spotlight on them. Image: photommo via Flickr, CC 2.0. I got to know Adam several years ago through social media, and then encountered him and His Lovely Wife (he doesn’t capitalize it, I do) in Orlando not long thereafter. Jodi Echakowitz.

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The Marketing Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

Home About In the Media Enterprise 2.0 53 pm Preventing Social Media Spam Jump to Comments Image by Josh Russell via Flickr Sometimes it feels really sorry to see the tactics of a select group of folks in the name of using Social media as a Conversation Medium !

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Firebelly

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « 5 Helpful Facebook Places for Business Articles | Main | 5 Helpful Social Search Articles » September 02, 2010 Firebelly at Brainstorming & Social Media Optimization Summits Brainstorming and Social Media Optimization Summits run simultaneously in Dallas, TX from September 15-17.

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Social Media Marketing

JULY 13, 2012

There's been a lot of debate on the value of social media. After all, it's easy to argue about the potential of social media as a powerful sales channel. Source: Stig Nygaard (Flickr) Despite this excitement, there remains much controversy about the proper way to sell within the social landscape.

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Adam Cohen

AUGUST 24, 2010

Social media provides opportunities for two-way and multi-way conversation, which requires discipline, research, scale and transparency. Making the leap to engage customers through leveraging social media tools can be a similar experience to leaping off that cliff. Why do you think companies struggle with social media?

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Social Media Marketing

JULY 18, 2013

How to turn customers into advocates, a surprising number of people won’t take action based on TV ads, the progress of social business, WeChat is in the sites of Chinese telcos, measuring sponsorship effectiveness, the role of PR in sponsored content, the #2 concern of the C-suite and more, it’s This Week in Social Media.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 19, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Social Media > Is Social Media Worth it for You? Is Social Media Worth it for You? One of the most common questions in social media is – “is it worth it?”.

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Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 15, 2011

Turns out (when you research, beyond your first Google result) that “electronics recycling” (or ecycling , for short), isn’t as socially friendly as you’d believe. Image: Leo Reynolds via Flickr, CC 2.0. We used social media and leveraged the triple-bottom line of the organization to promote the program and event.

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Social Media Marketing

JULY 24, 2013

customers love to complain on Twitter, Flipboard makes users’ magazines available on the Web, the CIPR issues guidance on social media measurement, the mix of journalism and marketing needed in brand newsrooms, the royal fuss over real-time marketing and more, it''s This Week in Social Media.

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