Waxing UnLyrical

MAY 8, 2013

Image by Emiichann (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons. (The screen’s been going blank at random intervals, and since it’s still under the protection plan, I decided to listen to my friends and get the pros to look at it. Too cool for school.

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DECEMBER 13, 2012

Image by Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung (Flickr: Kick-Tipp) [ CC-BY-SA-2.0 ], via Wikimedia Commons. Five years ago, any method of raising capital for a project would generally require a substantial profit share once the product came to fruition. That’s no longer the case.

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JULY 3, 2013

Image: Jonas Bergsten [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons. Instead, it’s every piece of marketing jargon imaginable, slapped into one convoluted list, then followed up with a fairly unhelpful statement on ideal clients, market cap, expertise, specialization, or anything else. It’s Swiss Army Knife marketing. It can open bottles.

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JUNE 14, 2013

Image: Wikimedia Commons ( public domain ). And as far as I can tell, it disappeared when the organizers were having so much trouble with the many moving parts of the conference, that they decided to remove said moving parts that weren’t important enough. Of course, I was extremely irritated when it happened.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

Image: Comovnhuting , Princess Diana’s signature [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons. But more often than not, we connect over the little stuff. The stuff that makes us human. Today I give you permission to be human. Author information Shonali Burke President & CEO at Shonali Burke Consulting, Inc.

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MAY 27, 2016

Image: Tony Crescibene via Wikimedia Commons, CC 2.0. That said, my team came away from this with a new understanding about social media and media relations. Although they may function very differently, both require two critical elements for success — creative thinking and a good story to tell.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 7, 2013

Image by Dave C from Evergreen, CO, USA (Stories) [ CC-BY-SA-2.0 ], via Wikimedia Commons. Because when people don’t want to hear our stories any more, chances are the day they don’t want to do business with us any more isn’t far behind.

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MAY 16, 2013

Image: Pasquale D’Silva [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons. An admitted Twitterholic (or, at least, I used to be… I’m not on the platform that much these days, but it’s still my favorite), here are some fresh takes on Twitter, at least, according to me. 6 Tips to Grow Your Twitter Followers.

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Waxing UnLyrical

MAY 7, 2013

Image: Wikimedia Commons. And in all the advice people had to give us about our Eastward move, somehow they forgot to tell us that every few years, we’d feel like extras on the set of a B-grade thriller from the 50s. At least, that’s how I felt when I opened my front door one summer’s day that year.

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