Firebelly

AUGUST 23, 2012

According to Jeremy Williams , social media director for the Indiana Office of Tourism Development (and my boss when I do travel writing for IOTD), blog posts with photos get more traffic than blog posts without. For example, a basic $150 Snowball mic can produce some better-than-average sound quality.

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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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Social Media Marketing

AUGUST 29, 2010

There are a number of great resources that are either low-cost or free: Flickr The grand-daddy of all image sites. Flickr is a very powerful community with millions of photos at your disposal. A note about using Flickr photos: if you plan to embed a Flickr photo in your site, there are guidelines that you need to follow.

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Justin Levy

JULY 14, 2009

Justin Levy Marketing and Social Media Home About Archives Contact Disclosures Newsletter Speaking 10 Ways to Support Charity Through Social Media Written on July 14, 2009 by Justin Levy in charity , mashable , social media 3 Comments - Leave a comment!

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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. For example: Let’s say you are searching for volunteer opportunities in Silver Spring, Md.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Take this example: Let’s say you’ve created a tool that helps non-profits with social media, and you are sending out a news release as part of your launch. Your keywords might be “social media for non-profits.&# Image: Andras Pfaff via Flickr , Creative Commons Was this helpful?

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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. I can go into other examples, but… you get the point.

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Justin Levy

JULY 23, 2010

Justin Levy Marketing and Social Media Home About Archives Contact Disclosures Newsletter Speaking 12 Cloud-Based Tools to Stay Productive Written on July 23, 2010 by Justin Levy in communications , organization , productivity , technology 2 Comments - Leave a comment! 250 discount if you use "JUST25" when registering!

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 25, 2011

Whatiswrongwith.me , The Arab Spring or The Pink Chaddi movement are varying examples of this phenomenon (recommended reading: Clay Shirky’s The Cognitive Surplus ). Image: Loius Volant on Flickr, Creative Commons. The only part of the process being short-circuited is the mobilization process. No, not really.

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Myrland Marketing

JUNE 10, 2013

Examples: After someone posts “I was so nervous when I finally decided to quit my 9-to-5 corporate job to do this,” you show you care when you say “Oh, interesting, when did you leave corporate America? Building Blocks Photo credit: Holger Zscheyge on Flickr, Creative Commons License.

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Justin Levy

JULY 3, 2010

Justin Levy Marketing and Social Media Home About Archives Contact Disclosures Newsletter Speaking Being Blocked from the Social Web Written on July 3, 2010 by Justin Levy in communications , social media , technology 6 Comments - Leave a comment! Thanks for taking time out of your day to come hang out here!

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 14, 2010

Image: Nick Fletcher via Flickr, Creative Commons But I’m getting ahead of myself. Knowing social media. Whether we like it or not, social media is creeping into more and more of what we do. Image: Marc Benton via Flickr, Creative Commons 3. That got a big “check&# from me.

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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. So to customize it, I… Dude.

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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. Image: Quinn Dombrowski via Flickr , Creative Commons I’ve already said that blogging is a strange beast. Social karma works in strange ways.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Measurement… Supplemented October 22nd, 2010 Tweet Last week, Priya Ramesh, CRT/tanaka ‘s director of social media, joined us for the bi-weekly #measurePR chat.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 4, 2010

Blink The thing with social networks, particularly one such as Twitter, is that the streams move so fast, you barely notice someone’s absence. 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.

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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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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Massive list posts ("50+ Ways to Use Flickr," "100 Social Media Resources", etc.) The more I work with people who are new to social media, the more I believe that simplicity is the key. Flickr photo via BTal. You can: Take a picture (or several) and upload them to Flickr or to your blog.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 5, 2010

This post is a great example of a charitable endeavor that is also concrete, as opposed to cosmetic. Why: Jen is one of the finest people it’s been my privilege to meet through social media. Social media as the new support group? When I clicked through to her blog, I was even more enchanted. She loves dogs!

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 3, 2011

Don’t let your social media activity die. Clearly, your new employer might have guidelines as to when you can get online and on social networks and when you can’t. I’m a poor example, but every time I did this, I felt much better. So I understand not being able to be active on SM during work hours.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

OCTOBER 4, 2008

If you see social media as primarily a more simple and efficient way for the usual experts to be able to share their opinions and content, then youre missing the point of the revolution. Flickr photo via Nesster. One of the big questions Im frequently asked about using social media is whether or not the tools "work."

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 21, 2010

My friend (and client, but he’s a friend first) Shashi Bellamkonda is, I think, genetically-wired to try and talk about new things – no doubt why he’s Network Solutions’ “social media swami,&# and he mentioned it. Image: Matthew Smith via Flickr, Creative Commons Can you say “love at first byte&# ?

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Kikolani

JANUARY 16, 2011

Last week, I was given the opportunity to do a live question and answer session on Social Media Examiner ’s Facebook page. Social Media Examiner’s Live Blogging Q&A. Also, it’s not all about what you do on your site or your social media. Share it here!&# and link to your post.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 8, 2008

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Interviews , Marketing , Opinion , Social Media , Websites > What Traits Define a Social Media Marketer? What Traits Define a Social Media Marketer?

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Also, at my social media speaking engagements hither and yon I’m often asked what tools I use. Also, at my social media speaking engagements hither and yon I’m often asked what tools I use. So, I took a personal inventory and created this overview of the 39 social media tools I use daily.

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Bare Feet Studios

APRIL 29, 2008

I recommend using an episode graphic if you have visual content that changes from day to day – it helps people find an episode when viewing in iTunes, for example.) USD Viddler for free hosting, comments, & social features Blip.tv You can use one main show graphic or you can use a unique graphic for each episode.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2010

of articles on the topic of Internet Marketing, from SEO to social media to web usability and then some. The article has examples of how social media worked too. In it, he offers some thought-provoking insights into what must be understood before going into social media marketing.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali WOM: What’s Really Behind The Buzz November 24th, 2010 Tweet Guest post by Bryce Keane What’s the buzz? To say I knew who he was (via the London social media circuit) would be an understatement.

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Creative Commons Case Study Travel Flickr 197

Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 2, 2010

Image: Tania Gail via Flickr , Creative Commons We were deluged by applications; when we had openings, when we didn’t have openings, when we had budget to hire, when we didn’t have budget. It was so creative, that I remember it verbatim to this day. It was crazy. Or not qualified at all (see #3 above).

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

November 18th, 2010 Tweet Guest post by Seth Duncan As a researcher in the PR industry, I couldn’t be more excited about some of the advances I’ve seen around automation in media measurement over the past several years. collecting media coverage, putting it into a database, matching the articles and posts up with other metrics, etc.).

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Kikolani

JULY 6, 2011

I told him that I blogged because it served as a way for me to express my interest in social media, technology, and design. Here are some more examples: Create a Flickr group. I highly recommend you create a Flickr group so that people can share their photos. For example, do they have a Twitter account?

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ProBlogger

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

Since we’ve already talked about selling blogs this week, I wanted to walk you through my buying experience today… Image by Flickr user quinn.anya, licensed under Creative Commons. Today everyone is social, especially bloggers. For example, imagine that Darren decided to sell Problogger.net.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

John sets a beautiful example. Image: Sebastian Niedlich via Flickr , Creative Commons Thanks so much for stopping by WUL! There are no absolutes when it comes to measurement, as Don points out… only – and, perhaps most importantly – context. Why: Ever wanted to tell you-know-who where to get off?

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Justin Levy

JULY 13, 2009

Justin Levy Marketing and Social Media Home About Archives Contact Disclosures Newsletter Speaking Are We Connected Yet? Written on July 13, 2009 by Justin Levy in connectiondrive , interaction , social media 3 Comments - Leave a comment! For example, I will post my Facebook link on Twitter or vice versa.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

I consider my current @tamar network, though, either quite knowledgeable or clueless and inactive (as in the case of my family — I still love them but they’re not the target audience for my Twitter account , which is rather social-media focused). I’m not sure there’s much “in-between.&#

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Kikolani

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

Photo Credit: Alexander Henning Drachmann on Flickr. There are blogs that release their content under Creative Commons licensing which basically means that you can repost it if you give them credit, but be absolutely 100% certain that is the case before republishing something. Social Media. Blog Platform.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 29, 2010

Yet with social media, there’s a perception that it’s easy to score freebies. Social media has introduced incentives to the online space, encouraging others to connect with your business. And unfortunately, social media is at fault for breeding this mentality and causing it to spread.

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