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How Social Media Makes The World A Better Place

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Just like the glitterati from the worlds of fashion and business, we Twitterati are busy seeking the attention of our followers on the Twitterverse. You just read How Social Media Makes The World A Better Place , originally posted on Waxing UnLyrical , published by Shonali Burke. That said, is social media all that bad?

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Monday Roundup: Spring Cleaning Your Strategy

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Spring has sprung, and if you’re like most people, you’re getting the urge to break out your rubber gloves and indulge in some good old fashioned spring cleaning. Founder and publisher of Waxing UnLyrical, Shonali Burke helps smart businesses make bank by taking their communications from corporate codswallop to community coolâ„¢.

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What To Do When The Box Flips Inside Out

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And now those of us who made it fashionable find ourselves surrounded by four walls and a lid, making it pretty uncomfortable to keep head-and-shoulders above the rest. In the publishing industry, the creation of subgenres and “crossover” genres differentiates new voices within each category of storytelling. Be outside it.

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Snooki v. Toni Morrison

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I hope Toni takes her Nobel Prize, melts it down, and fashions a club for beating the stupid out of the student body. In his free time, he does… well… social media… and publishes the blog Extremely Average. I will, however, berate the dregs of society who decided to place a greater value on Snooki than Toni Morrison.

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How to Use Social Media And Stay Couth

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But the whole point of being a grown-up is that you engage thoughtfully and in a measured fashion. Founder and publisher of Waxing UnLyrical, Shonali Burke is President & CEO of Shonali Burke Consulting, Inc. “It’s hard to be personally attacked and not have it be a bit painful, no matter who you are.” ” This is true.

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Won’t Hire a Gen Y? Y?

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I hope I don’t end up that jaded and cynical, preferring to look at opportunity gained than opportunity lost, but maybe if it’s fashionable and “in,&# I’ll succumb to the demonizing and patronizing of a generation, as many in the generations before me have done.

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Weekly Roundup: A Chuckle Or Seven

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said Evening to me, in a most avuncular fashion. Larry is furious about this Mark Hurd thing , from The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs, published by Fake Steve Jobs. Why: Though Twitter’s managed to rid itself of its “shiny new&# somewhat since this post was published, the cartoons are still funny. You know why.

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