Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 24, 2010

Image: Martin LaBar via Flickr, Creative Commons And even many non-Christians will be relaxing, perhaps joining in the revelry (as many of my friends did when I was growing up in India). Tomorrow Christians around the world will be celebrating the birth of Christ. Regardless, thanks for visiting! Read All About It!

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Image: mstofan ‘s Flickrstream, Creative Commons Thanks so much for stopping by WUL! Get Shareaholic test Filed under Events , Public Relations | Tags: network solutions , pr , Public Relations , twitterchat | Comment (1) Site settings comment help? Regardless, thanks for visiting! Read All About It!

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Also… Image: Thom Watson via Flickr, Creative Commons OK, I’ll stop now, I can see you rolling your eyes, going, “Come on, act your age.&# Get Shareaholic test Filed under Public Relations | Tags: dan gordon , samuel gordon jewelers , story telling | Comments (10) Site settings comment help? Also Cinderella.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 31, 2010

Image: YiYing Lu via Flickr , Creative Commons Thanks so much for stopping by WUL! Get Shareaholic test Filed under Public Relations , Social Media , Weekly Roundup | Tags: halloween , Social Media | Comment (0) Site settings comment help? Regardless, thanks for visiting! Read All About It!

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 2, 2011

Image: Eric Magnuson via Flickr, Creative Commons Thanks so much for stopping by WUL! Get Shareaholic test Filed under Public Relations , Weekly Roundup | Tags: public relations predictions for 2011 | Comment (0) Site settings comment help? Regardless, thanks for visiting! Read All About It!

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Image: Geoff LMV via Flickr , Creative Commons These included sentences like On what Pepco’s crisis communication plan is: “Pepco takes its responsibility to keep customers informed seriously. Since Debbi was on a bit of a time crunch, one of her team members responded to my questions via email. Read All About It!

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

Image: Derrick Coetzee via Flickr , Creative Commons Seems to me both are somewhat extraordinary, perhaps exaggerated and possibly exciting. Get Shareaholic test Filed under Public Relations , Social Media , Weekly Roundup | Tags: palomino , palooza | Comments (11) Site settings comment help? Regardless, thanks for visiting!

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Image: mj*laflaca via Flickr , Creative Commons It’s about how that writing looks. Army via Flickr , Creative Commons Usually these are placed at the top of a post, but often, if a post is long, I’ll insert additional images, alternating left- and right-aligning them. D’oh, you say. Image: U.S.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 22, 2010

How will they change their landing page/site to optimize conversions? We are also] considering changes to the micro-site to track conversions from site to scorecards to email campaigns that hopefully lead to sales. You talked about sales being the goal through SM in Year 2. Sales of what? Not that difficult, is it?

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 19, 2010

Image: Peter Roome via Flickr, Creative Commons Thanks so much for stopping by WUL! Get Shareaholic test Filed under Weekly Roundup | Tags: analytics , brand building , email marketing , SEO | Comment (0) Site settings comment help? Regardless, thanks for visiting! Read All About It!

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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. Image: Aftab Uzzaman via Flickr, Creative Commons It’s why I wrote about networking with a twist a while back.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Image: Peter Lee via Flickr, Creative Commons Thanks so much for stopping by WUL! Get Shareaholic test Filed under Events | Tags: christmas spirit , flashmob , scrooge | Comments (11) Site settings comment help? Im sure you can go to their site and check it out there :) Reply Rate Up div.livefyre-comment).removeClass(livefyre-hidden)"

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Image: Stephen Korecky via Flickr , Creative Commons I was finger painting in kindergarten and having a good ole time. Get Shareaholic test Filed under Communication , Guest Posts , Narciso Tovar , Public Relations | Tags: crisis communications , crisis planning , value of a fire drill | Comments (9) Site settings comment help?

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

First, you… Image: Kate Sumbler via Flickr , Creative Commons Hold on! A while back, I was looking at my Google Analytics for WUL and I noticed that my 404 page , i.e. the one you get when the server can’t find the page you’re looking for on a particular site, was the 4th most highly-trafficked page on my blog.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 23, 2010

Image: Niels Linneberg via Flickr, Creative Commons I was really happy at how many new participants there were. Get Shareaholic test Filed under MeasurePR , Public Relations | Tags: customscoop , jennifer zingsheim , justin goldsborough , matt lacasse , paywall | Comments (3) Site settings comment help? Read All About It!

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 26, 2010

Image: Joey Rozier via Flickr, Creative Commons For the uninitiated, Boxing Day is the day after Christmas (though where celebrated, marked on the first weekday after Christmas, so that would mean it’s actually tomorrow, but whatever). No more presents, great food and holiday cheer, you think? Nothing to look forward to?

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 26, 2010

Image: Raul Tejero Palma via Flickr , Creative Commons What about giving thanks for everything you don’t have? Get Shareaholic test Filed under Personal | Tags: blessing in disguise , thanksgiving | Comments (8) Site settings comment help? What about giving thanks for the things that didn’t work out?

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

Image: Arturo Sotillo via Flickr , Creative Commons How about you? Get Shareaholic test Filed under Public Relations , Social Media , Weekly Roundup | Tags: blogroll , davina brewer | Comments (11) Site settings comment help? PR and the power of ideas , from Richard Bailey’s PR Studies. Do you have hidden gems to share?

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

Image: anthony kelly via Flickr , Creative Commons Here you go. Get Shareaholic test Filed under Public Relations , Social Media , Weekly Roundup | Tags: chipotle , coca-cola , pr , QR codes , SEO | Comments (4) Site settings comment help? Why: Celebrities don’t always the perfect brand relationship make.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 14, 2010

Image: Nick Fletcher via Flickr, Creative Commons But I’m getting ahead of myself. Image: Marc Benton via Flickr, Creative Commons 3. Get Shareaholic test Filed under Career , Mike Doman , Public Relations | Tags: becoming a PR star , graduates , HR , RMIT | Comments (13) Site settings comment help?

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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. It makes the blogosphere less frightening. Give someone else that voice.

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Kikolani

JANUARY 16, 2011

Question: I have a wordpress blog and am considering hosting it myself so that the site name looks more professional. They tend to love that and will happily migrate to your new site. 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.

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Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 22, 2010

Image: Zen Sutherland , Creative Commons I finally did get my laughs in before the clock struck midnight, thanks to Bill Murray’s exquisite performance in The Man Who Knew Too Little. Get Shareaholic test Filed under Weekly Roundup | Tags: funny blogs , humor , jill foster | Comments (10) Site settings comment help?

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Image: cvrcak1 via Flickr , Creative Commons Bats in the belfry? Get Shareaholic test Filed under Guest Posts , Narciso Tovar , Social Media , Speaking | Tags: jimi hendrix , narciso tovar , presentation preparation | Comments (8) Site settings comment help? Regardless, thanks for visiting! Read All About It!

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 14, 2011

Get Shareaholic test Filed under Blogging for Grasshoppers , Public Relations , Social Media | Tags: addons , blogging , enhancing your blog , plugins , wordpress | Comments (13) Site settings comment help? Thanks for your creative thinking and always being willing to share it. Reply Rate Up div.livefyre-comment).removeClass(livefyre-hidden)"

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

Image: Lorenz Seidler via Flickr , Creative Commons I was distraught when I got a Facebook IM from one of my friends in Mumbai, telling me of the first bomb blast. Get Shareaholic test Filed under Personal | Tags: remarkable love , thanksgiving | Comments (9) Site settings comment help? Regardless, thanks for visiting!

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Image: Travis K via Flickr , Creative Commons Thanks so much for stopping by WUL! Get Shareaholic test Filed under Social Media , Weekly Roundup | Tags: building relationships , chuck hemann , jennifer wilbur , joe hackman , justin goldsborough , lindsay allen , speakerbox , steff metal | Comments (13) Site settings comment help?

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 3, 2011

Image: Magnus Forrester-Barker via Flickr, Creative Commons Thanks so much for stopping by WUL! Get Shareaholic test Filed under Career , Public Relations | Tags: #HAPPO , avoiding job burnout | Comments (7) Site settings comment help? Regardless, thanks for visiting! Read All About It!

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Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 25, 2010

Creative Commons To Love Yet Not OK. Get Shareaholic test Filed under Business , Public Relations , Resources | Tags: boomerang , evernote , google docs , productivity tools , toggl , tungle | Comments (6) Site settings comment help? Image: rubyblossom. Regardless, thanks for visiting! Read All About It!

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Image: jbcurio via Flickr , Creative Commons For the few who don’t know or recall, an “ advertorial is an advertisement written in the form of an objective article, and presented in a printed publication – usually designed to look like a legitimate and independent news story,” according to Wikipedia. Remember the advertorial ?

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 4, 2010

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

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Image: Matthew Smith via Flickr, Creative Commons Can you say “love at first byte&# ? Get Shareaholic test Filed under Social Media | Tags: amplify , chris parandian , eric goldstein , joe hackman , shashi bellamkonda , social networks | Comments (39) Site settings comment help? My island (base) is my Amplify site.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Image: Katie Harris via Flickr , Creative Commons Connect with the people you serve The goal wasn’t to create a blog. They are essential content creators, readers and avenues to connect others to the site. In the months that followed he gave me the opportunity to research, plan, pitch and ultimately implement the site.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 12, 2010

Image: Cornelia Kopp via Flickr, Creative Commons My husband is… well, I’m not quite sure what he’s doing, but he’s probably puttering around happily (that’s what married couples do, we putter companionably). Christmas music is playing in my house. Regardless, thanks for visiting! Read All About It!

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Image: betsyjean79 via Flickr , Creative Commons Advertising, Marketing, Public Relations, Journalism, Design, Digital, TV, Radio, Podcasts, Blogging, Social Networks, Newsfeeds, Affiliate Marketing, Web TV, SEO… Creative industries have evolved just as the environments, mediums, consumers and needs of our clients have evolved over time.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 16, 2010

Image: Arindam Bhattacharjee via Flickr, Creative Commons If I were back in Kolkata, I’d be hearing conchs and drums from dusk till dawn. Get Shareaholic test Filed under Personal | Tags: bijoya dashami , durga puja , festivals , kolkata , pandal | Comment (1) Site settings comment help? Regardless, thanks for visiting!

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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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