Webbiquity SMM

JUNE 11, 2013

To expand your online footprint within your market, think about three types of sites where you want a presence: Social media sites: these include social networks (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn), social content sharing sites (YouTube, Flickr, SlideShare) and social bookmarking sites (Reddit, StumbleUpon, Diigo).

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

As the name goes, WE is actively helping a global movement of people and organizations working toward social justice, indigenous rights, and environmental stewardship to connect, collaborate, share knowledge, and build alliances. Image: cambodia4kidsorg via Flickr, CC 3.0. Readers: what you think about this community?

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Waxing UnLyrical

APRIL 5, 2012

In my mind, at least, there is an art to that aspect of our profession… the careful orchestrating of events, the timing of messaging, the careful melding of medium and message to ensure maximum impact… that absolutely drips creative thinking… sheer artistry! Image: Joel Ormsby via Flickr CC 2.0. Couldn’t say it better myself!

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Waxing UnLyrical

APRIL 29, 2015

Here’s one example of an organization that’s clearly been successful through their community fundraising efforts. Each September, Boys to Men (BTM) hosts its annual crowd-funding event, 100 Wave Challenge , during which it takes inner city kids out surfing. Create an event that will appeal to your audience. But does it work?

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JULY 22, 2008

Leveraging Technology to Turn Virtual Organization into Vehicles of Collaboration. · Filed under General and tagged: design , models , social media , virtual organizations , web 2.0. So what is a Virtual Organization, or VO? learning organizations. virtual organizations. Technogenii’s Blog. creativity.

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Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 15, 2011

Image: Leo Reynolds via Flickr, CC 2.0. And what if this organization ran as a 501(c)3 nonprofit but didn’t require additional grant funding ? We used social media and leveraged the triple-bottom line of the organization to promote the program and event. Somewhere between 50 and 80 percent. We need your help.

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Idaconcpts

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

DoubleDutch Events. It’s one of the top event apps that provide a platform for businesses to interact with their customers. For example, customers attending an event organized by a company can see virtual participation from company officials who are not physically present at the event.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 12, 2012

Where, in the “good old days,” both good and bad news would sink in visibility as other, more current news and events would surface, today, thanks to the relative permanence of Internet-based communication, the old news lives on, in archives, as mentions in blog posts, and elsewhere. Image: busy.pochi via Flickr, CC 2.0.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 21, 2013

So instead, I thought I’d write about how I think you can use Twitter for PR, be they your own (personal, say if you’re a business owner also wearing your own PR hat) or your clients’/organizations’ public relations efforts. Image: TheNextWeb via Flickr, CC 2.0. Pitching journalists on Twitter.

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Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Everyone I had met in Libya was fully aware of events in Tunisia and Egypt and yet no one seemed to think it would happen there too. Image: People’s Open Graphics via Flickr, CC 2.0. It’s also been interesting seeing how events in Libya have been reported in Malta. Image: Johannesen via Flickr, CC 2.0.

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Firebelly

JANUARY 6, 2014

Flickr photo: rights reserved by clasesdeperiodismo). Of course the person you’re recommending is smart, talented, organized, and a pleasure to work with. I’ve only done a few, (I know shame on me) but I know there are more people that have helped me along the way in my career and definitely deserve recognition.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 13, 2011

Image: Pink Ponk via Flickr, CC 2.0. On a good day we’d get them to not only take notice of our organization but respond to our calls for action (ie. donate, enroll, attend an event, make post-secondary education an election priority, etc.). Few would argue that our organization shouldn’t have a website.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

At a recent BlogWell event I got a chance to hear Robert Raines from Chevron present his Social Media program and how he reports their activity into the Boardroom. Social Media Listening for B2B Marketing One of the biggest challenges for organizations today is managing. Email this to a friend? Subscribe to the comments for this post?

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Waxing UnLyrical

MAY 26, 2011

There were bloggers, tweeters, YouTube uploaders and Facebook aficionados long before our organization established a formal presence in these places. Image: MorBCN via Flickr, CC 2.0???. They know it is a tool to connect with stakeholders and want to use it to answer questions, listen, connect, share stories, promote events, etc.

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Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 18, 2013

Use “Twitter speak” in your bio, such as other Twitter handles to refer to organizations and appropriate hashtags. Don’t constantly DM your followers asking them to share news, promotional events, etc. Image: _DaniloRamos via Flickr, CC 2.0. Fill out your 160-character bio. < tweet this > 6.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

It was a great opportunity for students to explore their options and a fun way for Kate (my colleague) and I to see how some organizations are using QR Codes. Image: Optiscanapp via Flickr, CC 2.0. Kate cannot pass up a free pen, and the quality of that pen can etch your organization’s name into her brain for life.

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Waxing UnLyrical

APRIL 12, 2011

After all, if the public is at the heart of public relations , why wouldn’t we ask them how they feel about certain issues that involve our organizations, clients, industry, and even current events that directly or indirectly affect us and them? Image: PNNL – Pacific Northwest National Laboratory via Flickr, CC 2.0.

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Dave Fleet

JULY 12, 2010

TweetAgora – If you find yourself wanting to filter events out of your Twitter stream, this client is for you. Darkslide – Another iPhone app; good for uploading photos to Flickr and browsing your friends’ latest photos. TripIt – Popular app for organizing trips and seeing what your friends are up to.

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Harp Interactive

OCTOBER 9, 2009

Experiment with Flickr and/or YouTube groups to build media for specific events. Marvel Comics raised my impression of this with their Hulk statue Flickr group). Map out an integrated project that incorporates a blog, use of commercial social networks, and a face-to-face event to build leads and drive awareness of a product.

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The Marketing Blog

DECEMBER 24, 2009

Conversations Jump to Comments Image by cambodia4kidsorg via Flickr Over the course of December, I have been closely following Jacob Morgan ‘s blog-posts on Social Media , emerging Enterprise 2.0 In a small organization , the collaborative barriers are thinner and more easily overcome. 00 am Enterprise 2.0 Enterprise 2.0

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Waxing UnLyrical

MAY 2, 2011

The event begins and ends in a large city, but attracts cyclists from around the entire region. Image: kondrag via Flickr, CC 2.0. In other words, for most people, this event requires real commitment and real planning in the areas of fundraising and training. Participants must raise $2,500 to ride. Totally measurable, right?

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The Realtime Report

MARCH 13, 2014

We may run into similar problems as we attempt to newsjack, that is, latch on to current events and apply on our own spin to stories in the news. Plus, You Can’t Fight The Organic . Regardless, it was a seemingly organic moment and she took the opportunity to make it work in a big way. Image via Flickr.

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Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

Image: Robynlou Kavanagh via Flickr, CC 2.0. Doesn’t it strike you as just a tad incongruous that two such markedly different events should fall in the same week? That, after all, is the basis for any relationship, whether with another person, an organization, a client, a Higher Power (if you believe in one)… and so on.

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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. Offline, my life has been consumed by IABC/DC Metro events (16 more days as president but who’s counting?) ’ but ‘why?’

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Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 15, 2011

Anyone worth their salt in our organization subscribes. Image: Abdulmajeed Al.mutawee via Flickr, CC 2.0. I don’t know if someone read on our site about an upcoming event and then told a friend over coffee about that thing, they heard about, somewhere, but can’t remember exactly where but think it is this weekend at the University.

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Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 5, 2011

In recent years, though, Southwest has made strides towards combating the “cattle call&# (that’s what we called it) of people rushing to get into the aircraft, by organizing its boarding process via assigned numbers. (If had organized a small dinner party after the event that we were both speaking at.

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Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 19, 2015

Although public relations practitioners agree on the importance and process of securing media coverage for organizations and clients, there is less agreement on how to measure the coverage. They defined impressions as “Anytime a person is exposed to a news story about the event, including social media posts.” x6 – really?

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Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

Image: goiabarea via Flickr, CC 2.0. Try to talk about events organized by your company or that you’ll be attending. 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. Highlight new business locations or employee hires.

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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. This would mean the same number of organizations competing for a smaller number of keywords. (So

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Bare Feet Studios

OCTOBER 28, 2009

Home About What We Do PayPal Speaker Contact Subscribe Press / PR Bare Feet Network Internet Literacy for Business: Blogging, Podcasting, Online Video & Social Media Howto, Consulting, Training & Public Speaking Home > Activism , Aloha , Gossip 2.0 > Social Media Events: New School or Old School? Experiences are powerful. Not so cool.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 27, 2011

Recently, I have worked with organizations who have needed help during issues or major events in their history to promote and protect their brand. <REDACTED> <REDACTED> has worked with similar large organizations such as Disney and Burger King to support their efforts to effectively manage their brand.

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The Marketing Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

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 ! for this and sceptical organizations could roll-out this app to save productivity costs.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 24, 2010

Sharon Pruitt via Flickr, CC 2.0 So, for this week’s weekly roundup, I thought it would be interesting to share some of the most thought-provoking posts I’ve come across over time (they’re not all new) on how non-profit organizations and cause marketing have been rethinking color. Thanks in no small part to Susan G.

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Talkwalker SM

MAY 12, 2016

Event organizers too, run into difficulties when trying to accurately value their sponsor deals. Now with the introduction of image recognition technology , brands and event organizers have an opportunity to get an even clearer view of the reach and value of sponsorship activity.

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Almost Savvy

NOVEMBER 23, 2009

While I truly love the energy and content at tech conferences, I’m struck (and, at moments, slightly entertained) by the differences in style and etiquette between the entrepreneurial tech events and those with a? On their computers, I see Gmail, Facebook, Tweetdeck, Skype, Flickr and a host of other apps and widgets.

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Social Media Strategery

APRIL 3, 2014

It was an inefficient, yet accepted dance at organizations of all shapes and sizes. What’s the hashtag for that event you’re planning? How will you create shareable moments during the event? The reach and influence of some organizations’ owned channels rival that of some traditional publications. Should you even have one?

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Waxing UnLyrical

MAY 27, 2015

It understood, decades ago, that something powerful was on the horizon; long before buying organic was cool, or even a “thing.” Image: Paul Swansen via Flickr, CC 2.0. Newberry, a retired communications & events coordinator, has a passion for continued learning. The go-to authority.

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