Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Because when you live in a world as fast-paced as ours, you just have a few seconds while your potential reader is skimming through her email, or RSS reader, or website, and decides whether or not to click through and read the fully story… or move on. It’s the Google generation’s way of thinking. Read All About It!

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 11, 2010

I feel for all the groups that consider this commemoration an abomination. If you liked what you saw and read, Id love you to subscribe to my RSS feed or subscribe by email. There are always two sides to every story, and sometimes more. But I have to wonder… Was old CC simply doing the best he could? Read All About It!

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 13, 2010

If you liked what you saw and read, Id love you to subscribe to my RSS feed or subscribe by email. It remained a small group and was a lot of fun! Stop playing Scrooge and Cratchit it up for a change. Image: Peter Lee via Flickr, Creative Commons Thanks so much for stopping by WUL! Regardless, thanks for visiting! Read All About It!

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Jeff Esposito

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Not only does the platform allow for commenting in real time (think streaming group chat) but it also offers multiple options for users to log in for commenting. Livefyre also has a great community team who evangelizes the platform and assists with user questions with lightning speed. It has also increased the time spent on the site.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Let Your Freak Flag Fly October 6th, 2010 Tweet This is a guest post by Narciso Tovar This past week, I gave a presentation to the Dallas IREM group about the importance of giving social media a second look.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

After one night of being unable to sleep because of the din (if you’ve ever wondered, Times Square really does not sleep at night), I found a Kimpton Group hotel uptown, and we moved, regardless of the points. If you liked what you saw and read, Id love you to subscribe to my RSS feed or subscribe by email. It was terrible.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 19, 2010

If you liked what you saw and read, Id love you to subscribe to my RSS feed or subscribe by email. I agree that the fundamentals of SEO wont change too much, though smaller organizations will probably have to put more resources into them, as groups with a larger web presence may see their lead increase. Regardless, thanks for visiting!

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 4, 2011

All this via one bare-bones blog and a Facebook group. If you liked what you saw and read, Id love you to subscribe to my RSS feed or subscribe by email. The reaction spread like a virus and, in no time, more than a million pair of thongs were received at their office. Image: Gaurovonomics via Flickr, CC 2.0 Read All About It!

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Kikolani

JANUARY 16, 2011

Be sure to list your new blog URL as well as your new RSS feed URL in that post so people can subscribe easily to your new site or visit it directly. Categories allow the classification of your Posts into groups and subgroups, thereby aiding viewers in the navigation and use of your site.&#. Should one offer both on the same page?

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Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 25, 2010

If you liked what you saw and read, Id love you to subscribe to my RSS feed or subscribe by email. The convenience of grouping things is something I always look for today as I dont like opening so many different programs to do something relatively simple. What productivity tools do you use frequently? Will you share below?

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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. Social media as the new support group? She loves dogs! I love dogs! Who are yours?

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Laurel Papworth

AUGUST 3, 2010

Bookmark This: If youre new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed , follow me on Twitter SilkCharm or get these blog posts in email when you want! That’s how it works. You get a new government and a new archive of information. By the way quick question: have you ever had a politician respond on your blog with a comment?

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

The small community of readers I have built up and learned from would shun me, rightly perhaps. I recently tried to get a big blogger to participate in a group blog project I am working on (in other words, an ask of far less magnitude than “write about me/my biz”). Thanks for sharing the post with your #pr20chat community.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 14, 2010

In the year I applied, out of our group interview of 10, there were probably seven future fashion PRs, and three music PRs (I was the latter at the time). The answers from this group of candidates were generally proceeded by a declaration of love for parties, air-kissing and champagne. Know where you want to go and what’s involved.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 14, 2010

A leader, on the other hand, ascribes importance to the productivity of a group. Leaders cultivate intelligent and competent group members by communicating why certain methods work and should be replicated, and what about certain ideas are important. Image: BES Photos via Flickr, CC 2.0 He’d love to grab a gab on Twitter.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

I should say “wars&# since, as first a Royal Indian Air Force and then an Indian Air Force officer, from which he retired as a Group Captain, he’d seen his fair share of them. If you liked what you saw and read, Id love you to subscribe to my RSS feed or subscribe by email. That is why I, today, Return the Favor.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 6, 2010

And more important, are you SHARING other people’s status updates with your community? If you liked what you saw and read, Id love you to subscribe to my RSS feed or subscribe by email. They just a ssume they need a Facebook page and a Twitter page and a LinkedIn group. Are you RT’ing other people’s messages? but "why?".

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 16, 2010

… “… That’s why most of my business comes through face-to-face networking either through business groups, chambers of commerce, or volunteering my services at local non profit organizations. “ ‘Engagement’ is overrated. To explore a different communication channel? Like I said, it’s a balancing act.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 4, 2010

If you liked what you saw and read, Id love you to subscribe to my RSS feed or subscribe by email. Those are the kind of campaigns that raise awareness and build community -- and you nailed the importance of community for nonprofits. Instead, Ill find a nonprofit and community I respect and trust. Thanks for visiting!I

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Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

If you liked what you saw and read, Id love you to subscribe to my RSS feed or subscribe by email. I know which one I’d choose. What about you? Image: Paul Schultz via Flickr, CC 2.0 Thanks so much for stopping by WUL! Regardless, thanks for visiting! Read All About It! Greenbanana - Heather Yaxley Jon (Newman)'s PR 1.5

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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. increasing their email/RSS subscribers, followers, fans.

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Akamai Marketing

MARCH 29, 2011

Blogs for business are an outstanding tool for business, they can build community, be the backbone of your social media program, and drive traffic to your website, just for starters. Are you trying to create community? Then measure it.You can use Google Analytics, PostRank or even (GASP!) But where do you start? Then live it.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

In my previous position as the managing editor of the University’s internal publication, I spent a lot of time (and still do) interviewing members of the campus community (faculty, staff, students, alumni, community partners, etc.). You can’t start a blog like ours unless the community wants it. It was a great idea!

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 9, 2010

In my Internet & Mobile Strategy Lab class at Johns Hopkins University , my final group project for the semester was to create a “viral video&# about the JHU M.A. in Communication program. Once my group checked off that box in our initial meeting, we moved on to concept. Until three weeks ago. read more via) ?

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 3, 2010

Agencies should also be working with clients on using social media as a market research tool, by surveying fans or creating dedicated, invite-only brand communities that serve as a living focus group. link] jaybaer The agency's role should be helping the company find ways those two groups can work together closely.

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Viper Chill

MARCH 1, 2010

If you see that a certain site is sending a lot of RSS subscribers, you can work to get more traffic from that source. You can see how many people are subscribing to your RSS feed and from which sources, and if you use the new Google Analytics integration, you can see how many clicks each individual post is getting from feed readers.

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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. Bryce Keane is an international communication professional who’s worked in both the EMEA and Asia-Pacific regions. They listen a LOT.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

If you’ve seen Some Kind of Monster , Metallica may not be the first band you think of when you consider “equality,&# especially since the film depicts the group in the midst of a huge crisis. Just because someone works in a different group doesn’t mean that they may not add some value. What kind of monster? Read All About It!

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 25, 2010

If you liked what you saw and read, Id love you to subscribe to my RSS feed or subscribe by email. I became a co-facilitator for a weekly support group and I will forever be grateful for the lessons that I learned from those women. And it’s time people started talking about it. Thanks so much for stopping by WUL!

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 20, 2011

Conway has also worked in London, most recently as Internet PR Account Director at Propeller Group. If you liked what you saw and read, Id love you to subscribe to my RSS feed or subscribe by email. His client experience includes HSBC, Vodafone, Emirates and Kellogg’s. Thanks so much for stopping by WUL! Read All About It!

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