Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 24, 2010

The more popular one is A Digital Nativity , but A Social Network Christmas is fun to watch as well. Since they tell the story through the imagery of social networks, we can relate to them instantly. You may already have seen a couple of the Christmas-related videos making the rounds lately. What do they have in common?

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Akamai Marketing

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

While this crowd is hardly the “early adopters&# crowd, if you are marketing to boomers or anyone in retirement age, this data suggests that increasing your visibility on social networks is increasingly important.

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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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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

FEBRUARY 6, 2011

“Social media&# or “social networking&# – which term is correct? Super Sunday: are you ready for some… advertising! by Davina Brewer. Why: even though I plan not to watch the Super Bowl , Davina might make me change my mind. from Mizz Information. These fine folk did: Jan.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 19, 2010

That content helps the company with SEO, and also builds a real-time, living FAQ of customer testimonials and insights. As Brian Solis has written about a lot, social optimization needs to be simple. It could apply to almost any business, especially tourism. That’s it. It turns advocates into volunteer marketers.

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Bare Feet Studios

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

Here’s the money quote from his talk at WordCamp in San Francisco this past May, 2009: WordPress takes care of 80-90% of (the mechanics of) Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Check out his entire slide presentation here. The SEO comes second or third in her priorities. The money quote is on slide 12. it’s the game for them.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Why: it touched me deeply that Chuck (who has also appeared on #measurePR ) would share something so personal, and acknowledge at the same time how critical social networks can be as support systems. from Chuck Hemann ‘s Analytics is King. Mission: Accomplished , by Lindsay Allen. These fine folk did: Jan.

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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. So I understand not being able to be active on SM during work hours. These fine folk did: Jan. 24 : Whats Next DC , Washington, DC Feb.

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Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 25, 2010

Plaxo: contacts, calendar and e-cards As a social network, I think Plaxo is pretty dismal, no matter how much it tries to Face-Twit-book-terify itself. Check it out and I’m pretty sure you’ll become a fan. These fine folk did: Jan. 24 : Whats Next DC , Washington, DC Feb.

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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. – is this: if we are going to use social networks to build influence as a way to achieve organizational goals, we have to use them the way they’re meant to be used.

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Bare Feet Studios

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Ash | SEO PPC Blogger September 16, 2010 at 2:24 pm Fun is one of the most motivational activity to be used in social media marketing which most of them ignores! While people/businesses participation in social networks are for their own business sake, it isn’t typically a good way of using social networks.

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Bare Feet Studios

MARCH 1, 2009

I would have liked to point this campaign to my San Francisco friends, who also happen to be active web users, who themselves have a large “following&# via blogs, social networks, Twitter, et al. Hawaii tourism officials would do well to read the book. GoHawaii/HVCB will get attention in any case!

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Mark as read Approve comment Davina, I follow the advice of Denise Graveline from dont get caught communications with much of my social networking. She likens it to a cocktail party or going to a business networking event. I figure if Id talk about it at a cocktail party or networking event, then I can talk about it here.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 4, 2010

Very thoughtful [link] School of Tourism Tourism/Hospitality bloggers take note, blog success is a 'slow march, not a mad dash': [link] [link] Kyle Bailey RT @Tourismstudents: Tourism/Hospitality bloggers take note, blog success is a 'slow march, not a mad dash': [link] [link] camberley Great advice!

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Bare Feet Studios

MAY 27, 2009

Please read: This is Not a Sponsored Post by Brian Solis My post now is in response to Brian and the discussion taking place over at WebProWorld.com – where the opinion of bloggers among web managers and SEO experts is not too positive. How would they feel if they knew it was an all expenses paid trip, courtesy of the tourism industry?

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Bare Feet Studios

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

Search for “Mary Schmidt&# on Google – and see the results of all-organic SEO.) What interests me is how we will use social media to create meaningful interactions with people we would otherwise not known about, and move on from the “who has the most followers&# stage. Update: I forgot to mention this.

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Bare Feet Studios

DECEMBER 12, 2007

Maybe you want to add an extension or plug-in or social networking application that adds power to your site. In the year since we’ve launched our redesigned website, we’ve made tremendous changes that have almost doubled our overall web traffic and certainly added to the functionality and SEO rankings of the site.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 12, 2009

Exploring the Royal Caribbean Promotional Marketing Strategy by Tamar Weinberg on March 12, 2009 Share My husband Brian , who knows firsthand how much I eat, drink, and sleep social media, pointed me to an interesting critique by ExpertCruiser on a 2007 social media marketing campaign by Royal Caribbean.

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Bare Feet Studios

JUNE 9, 2010

Once again, we are reminded that no marketing medium works in a vacuum (social media included) and that the real difference isn’t what you do, but how you do it. Sean - Australia SEO July 14, 2010 at 8:36 am Yes, all are true but the main focus and objective of a social marketing is for business.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 29, 2010

Almost everything everyone does in the business world, be it a regular transaction, tourism, or travel, has some financial element to it. Chris puts it really nicely when he says, “But free is a choice, and it’s not your buyers who decide this, no matter what we like to think in social media kumbaya-ville. .&#

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 17, 2010

Have at Least A Little Knowledge of SEO Don’t know much about History, don’t know much of Biology, don’t know much about SEO – but I do know that it’s extremely important, and that spiders scour the web indexing websites. I’m not an SEO expert , and I don’t claim to be. Make sense?

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Convince & Convert

JULY 15, 2010

I have been the one man show for social media marketing for [link] Tourism website for the area, and have gotten accounts to 5000 within 9 months. The fact of needing schedules and outlines to follow “sometimes roughly&# is a big MUST. Without direction you will be posting putting out fires constantly!

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

So called social media marketers are lured by the instant spread of their business using social networks and hence they ignore the basics! link] Allen – Personalbrander Social Media Marketing has become one of the essential marketing channel to business of any kind! link] The discovery of slowness 2.0 ?

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