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FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Advanced social media monitoring skills are a critical component of effective social media communications. This is why social media monitoring training is so important. Here are the top 3 reasons why social media monitoring has become riskier than ever: 1. Guest Post by Eric Schwartzman .

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NOVEMBER 30, 2012

Mom hat, jump online and feverishly Google their symptoms, you check social media to see if any of your friend’s children are sick. But what if you could connect with your doctor using social media ; asking for advice via a quick Twitter or Facebook message? If social media and blogs in the U.S

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JUNE 27, 2014

Social media’s a lot of fun, but never more so when it helps you fill in the blanks. I’ve given you a personal example, but it’s the same principle we need to incorporate in our work, especially if we work in social PR (as I like to call it). Just in case the NSA is trolling this page. Complete.).

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JUNE 27, 2012

These days, it moves really quickly… we now get to know about earthquakes around the world on social media platforms even before the news reaches broadcasters. It still doesn’t bet Google, but if you want an opinion from your family and friends, Facebook will give it to you in real time. reading and traveling.

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APRIL 23, 2013

I have a confession to make: I’m not 100% in love with social media. Don’t get me wrong, social media. Using social media to lie is unfortunately easy. This format makes it inevitable that we will not always get the big picture purely from social media. Quit using social media?

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MAY 20, 2012

The biggest news in the history of social media took place Friday when Facebook had its IPO, becoming the biggest social name ever to join the public market. Its $108 Billion offering came in as the 3rd largest ever (behind Visa and Enel), so the day was significant not only for social media types but also for market watchers.

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JULY 5, 2013

And today, on the heels of the US’ Independence Day, I can’t but help think about how social media helped to free this person from the foil of a civilized, forward-thinking, large-minded human being and show him for what he is: a bigot at the least, and possibly a racist. Which is simply a much easier way to live.

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AUGUST 1, 2012

The points he tweeted back basically amounted to just one: social media cannot be used to sell anything, so why deceive people with tips to help them do that? I’m not a social media evangelist, and I’m very cautious about how I engage in this space. Thank you again, Michelle. Did it work?

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JULY 28, 2011

Have you come across a social media bully lately? And I’ve thought a lot about this before deciding that, in essence, people who behave like this are social media bullies. Community conversations led to one of my favorite posts yet (and, I think, yours) on social media barfshiners.

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OCTOBER 25, 2012

Such is the challenge I’ve been recently tasked with: not just finding out what social media people are using around the world, but how they’re using it, why and when. It turns out that some people are less than trusting of social media (for shame!) The International: Taking Social Media Overseas.

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JULY 11, 2012

Social media listening. Social media monitoring. Social media tracking. Social media intelligence. There are many descriptions of how we can use social media as a listening tool , to complement (or replace) our more interactive approach where we converse too. Challenge on.

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JULY 24, 2013

and will be particularly interesting to you if you work at the intersection of health care and social media. You put on your Dr. Mom hat, jump online and feverishly Google their symptoms, you check social media to see if any of your friend’s children are sick. If social media and blogs in the U.S

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OCTOBER 12, 2012

“Real” people don’t “do” social media like we do. By “we,” I mean people like you and I (or, at least, like I used to be), who are on social all the time. If you enjoyed it, be sure to connect with Shonali on Twitter , Facebook , or Google+. I mean, all.

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DECEMBER 6, 2013

So I figured I’d just share some of what I experienced the last several months… consider them reflections on a social media hiatus from a business point of view. If you’re concerned about your “standing” or social scores (cough, Klout, cough) in social media, then you have a panic attack.

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MARCH 7, 2013

With the creation of email, Facebook, Twitter, and Google+, it’s near impossible for the human part of a teacher to go without notice in settings less familiar than school. The more comfortable I became with Facebook and the Google Suite, the more difficult it became for me to shut the door on my work day and embrace my life at home.

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APRIL 1, 2015

This is why I’m glad the media has been covering this story. Those who would threaten others with violence of any kind via social media or online in general need to be held accountable for their actions. Even if that means having your threats show up in a Google search for your name for the rest of your life.

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APRIL 12, 2013

I’m talking about that moment when your social media and real worlds collide. I left last Thursday morning for Social Slam , via a direct flight from Dulles to Knoxville. That Moment When Your Social Media and Real Worlds Collide is a post from: Waxing UnLyrical. Leaving on a jet plane. That was The Moment.

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JUNE 21, 2012

When it comes to staying on top of social media, one of the big challenges we have is to find the social media tools that will help us achieve a happy medium between curating, listening, engaging and producing content. There you have it: my holy Trinity of managing social media. I hope this is helpful!

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JULY 31, 2012

Would you agree that social media is faster than seismic waves? To me, this incident exemplifies how badly we are hooked on social media. That said, is social media all that bad? Multiple instances in the recent past tell us that social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook have become lifesavers.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

So given that you have already interacted via social media, I don’t think it’s too much to say, “I’d love to learn a little more about <your company>… would you have 20-30 minutes for me to say “hello” to you in person over coffee? Image: naunasse via Flickr, CC 2.0.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Four Steps To Optimize A News Release For Google News November 15th, 2010 Tweet Guest post by Erica Holt Please stop yawning Don’t worry. But what about SEO for news sites, particularly Google News?

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JUNE 15, 2012

A social media lesson from hibachi. Specialness and social media. As PR pros, we have to find ways to make our clients feel special, the communities we build feel special, the media, bloggers & influencers we reach out to feel special, and so on. Using Social Media to Make People Feel Special.

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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. So far, early research indicates little difference in the length of searches since Google Instant.) Search algorithms.

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AUGUST 24, 2015

How can you track your social media efforts to ensure that your strategy is up to par? This week’s roundup introduces you to some best practices for social media metrics. 5 Social Media Metrics You Can Stop Tracking Yesterday. From likes to leads: The new metrics for B2B social selling.

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JULY 19, 2011

But the ability to put people in them is not a big enough draw for me to entirely abandon Facebook if only a small number of my contacts set up Google+ profiles. We haven’t started referring to non-social media enthusiasts as “normies.” But it’s coming.). Image: Tony the Misfit via Flickr, CC 2.0.

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JULY 19, 2013

So given that you have already interacted via social media, I don’t think it’s too much to say, “I’d love to learn a little more about <your company>… would you have 20-30 minutes for me to say “hello” to you in person over coffee? Image: naunasse via Flickr, CC 2.0.

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AUGUST 21, 2012

Just one of the many interesting factoids our group was given when the Regina Police Service (RPS) sent its social media officer, Kaeli Madill, to talk to us about all things Twitter and Facebook. RPS updates their social media sites every day – once in the morning and again in the afternoon.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

It is also fascinating to see volunteers across the globe helping this community grow… there are people who are involved in growing its social media presence, working on SEO, volunteers organizing local meet-ups regularly to build the community… all-in-all, this is the first such social network for sustainability that I have come across.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2015

If you ask any expert how to use social media, they will probably tell you it comes down to two verbs: 1. But if you’re just going to listen, without doing much else, you’re basically using social media as a monitoring tool, and not much else. How to use social media (not). Listen; and.

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JULY 17, 2013

If you’re a clever cookie, you already have figured out the rest of the story at this point: Social media philosopher ponders how to push his message into the future. Social media philosopher realizes he does this all the time with business. Unless you could, of course, time your messages. Tweeting after death.

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DECEMBER 16, 2010

All the comments were thoughtful, but there were a few that made me think a lot more about this whole “social media&# thing. But truth be told, after a while, this ‘social media’ stuff has made me consciously LESS social both in person and online, and I have my reasons. Interesting.

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JULY 2, 2011

Google+, I’m on the horns of a dilemma. It’s annoying that your preferences are preset to email me anytime anyone sneezes in Google+. I don’t love you, I don’t hate you. Do I even like you? You’re nicely-laid out. I like dragging and dropping people into circles. Yes, I’ve changed them.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2015

So I’m taking advantage of WUL to shine the social media spotlight on them. I got to know Adam several years ago through social media, and then encountered him and His Lovely Wife (he doesn’t capitalize it, I do) in Orlando not long thereafter. Adam Toporek. Bess Winston. Based in the Washington, D.C.,

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MARCH 15, 2011

Think about this before you Google it, and I’ll bet you’re in roughly the same place I was just four weeks ago. Turns out (when you research, beyond your first Google result) that “electronics recycling” (or ecycling , for short), isn’t as socially friendly as you’d believe. Guest post by Jason H.

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MARCH 6, 2015

really don’t care about using social media. PR pros using social media… not. How Much do Senior Pros Care About Using Social Media? Twitter Facebook Google+ LinkedIn How Much do Senior Pros Care About Using Social Media? The trouble is, smart strategic PR today demands it.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Unfortunately, no one in the department has ever blogged… … and only a few of them have social media experience… and that experience is limited to Facebook. Google knows everything. They also don’t have a lot of time to learn how to manage a blog and they need to be able to do it in addition to their own jobs.

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JULY 25, 2011

[Ed: I know we've had a LOT of posts on Google+ here recently. The first reaction to all the talk around Google+ and it’s Facebook-killing armor was, “Oh God, not another one.&#. Google+ cuts out the noise by adopting the “follow/unfollow&# conundrum, very similar to Twitter. One more time. Ubiquity.

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