Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Market mix modeling is an option (and one that he mentioned) but not inexpensive, so out of the reach of many companies. Comment as Show More Trackbacks Tweets that mention Measuring Public Relations Outcomes | Waxing UnLyrical -- Topsy.com says: February 1, 2011 at 6:43 pm [.] says: February 2, 2011 at 10:50 am [.]

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 13, 2011

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali How To Get Your Blog Project Approved January 13th, 2011 Tweet Guest post by Shanan Sorochynski Okay, you’ve had nearly half a month to sink into 2011. You’ve reflected. Perfect example of that.

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Akamai Marketing

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

The EAT ME Conundrum: Occasionally, a company who is jumping into social media will get lucky and land in the viral vortex. Let your community see the whole Alice, even with your idiosyncrasies (how DO you keep your hair perfect on this grand adventure?). Strategies are created with tactical ingredients. Viral is good. Tell your story.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 24, 2010

What we can learn: the more we are able to energize our communities, the better our chances of converting them to evangelizers. And its an honour for me, as a Portuguese, to see that a portuguese company is mentioned worldwide! You may already have seen a couple of the Christmas-related videos making the rounds lately.

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Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 5, 2011

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali The Decision February 5th, 2011 Tweet I have a big decision to make. And if consumers cannot remember the companies or the products, the commercials do not lead to sales.

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Students are not taught about new practices, since proprietary tools and techniques often remain with hidden with the agencies and companies that create them. The biggest problem with measurement is a lack of understanding of the basic principles of this art. Reply Rate Up div.livefyre-comment).removeClass(livefyre-hidden)" Read All About It!

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 22, 2010

5 Ways to Fail in Social Media | Women Grow Business says: February 1, 2011 at 12:02 am [.] decision on what to measure will be unique to each company. Just as CRT/tanaka’s Life… supplemented campaign did. [.] It’s worth the time to put thought into what to [.] Read All About It! Liked what you saw? Glad thats over with.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Orderly exits that don’t necessarily include leap-frogging your way to safety – even though that may be a little fun… In the business of communications, the need for a “fire drill&# can be equated to needing a crisis plan in place. The "fire drill" idea seems like it would help many people and companies. Read All About It!

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

It was something to the effect of “Would/should companies do this with big bloggers in their spaces?&# Alas, the issue is even stickier for bloggers than it is for companies. The small community of readers I have built up and learned from would shun me, rightly perhaps. My opinion on this is nuanced. Simple, right?

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 23, 2011

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Weekly Roundup: The Long Of It January 23rd, 2011 Tweet The long or the short of it? Your company is merging. One of the age-old questions, eh? by John Taylor. Read All About It!

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Herwin has a strong interest in pursuing a career in public relations, helping companies and organizations make personal connections past the corporate-consumer dynamic, both on- and off-line. Its a show celebrating YouTube and its community, streamed live on the Internet from different locations. Also, have you heard of YouTube Live?

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

How B2B companies use real-time blog posts to get trade media exposure , from David Meerman Scott ‘s Web Ink Now. I’ve been to enough conferences where the moderators/speakers sucked (and live in deathly fear of that being applied to me). The ever-brilliant Lee Odden gives you tips on how to avoid this pitfall. Read All About It!

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 14, 2010

Mark as read Approve comment Representing companies as their PR specialist is an extremely important job, I can see what you mean about not just the average applicants making the cut. There is always one company willing to hire the not so top notch applicant because of budget. Read All About It! Liked what you saw?

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Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali On Lists, Their Importance, And How To Get On One February 8th, 2011 Tweet This post has been about a year and a half in the writing. Yes, really! Reply Rate Up div.livefyre-comment).removeClass(livefyre-hidden)"

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 16, 2010

There’s no way – no way – I would have felt so much a part of that community if I hadn’t previously connected with many of the folks I meet IRL on social media. Why is anyone – a person, a company – embarking on social media? To explore a different communication channel? Read All About It!

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 14, 2010

This cultivates a thinking community where information is evaluated, and then adapted and built upon. Herwin has a strong interest in pursuing a career in public relations, helping companies and organizations make personal connections past the corporate-consumer dynamic, both on- and off-line. Read All About It! Liked what you saw?

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

For the rest of my site, I made my 404 error message a little funny rather than using the generic one from my hosting company. I like these little "technical" posts. gotta write more of my own. when I actually know how to do something ;-) I think my blog tries to use pretty permalinks so it redirects back to the blogs front page if it can.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 4, 2010

Even if Fast Company tries to tell you so. Hopefully the organization will learn from this and have a more effective campaign for World Aids Day in 2011. Those are the kind of campaigns that raise awareness and build community -- and you nailed the importance of community for nonprofits. It is a fabulous cause.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 7, 2011

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali How To Kill Relationships With A Slap In The Face January 7th, 2011 Tweet Tell me when Last April, I was approached to speak at a PR conference targeted to health care professionals by a former vendor.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Writing 3-6 blog posts a week combined, for my site, PRBreakfastClub, my companys site and a top secret project Im working on has made me a better writer in my "day job." Im building a network and community AND learning new tricks that make me a better professional, makes my time well spent. Or as you said, almost perfect!)

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 6, 2010

And more important, are you SHARING other people’s status updates with your community? Facebook crosses over audiences, so while I have some business "friends" an update about my company or a blog post that really got me fired up wouldnt make sense shared to mostly old school friends. Are you RT’ing other people’s messages?

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Akamai Marketing

MARCH 29, 2011

Blogs for business are an outstanding tool for business, they can build community, be the backbone of your social media program, and drive traffic to your website, just for starters. Are you trying to create community? Be disciplined: develop an editorial calendar, leave room for newsy items that your company should be commenting on.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 25, 2011

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Etsy’s PR Nightmare: Greeting Cards Making Light Of Rape January 25th, 2011 Tweet Guest post by Steff Metal [Update from Ed.: Image: striatic via Flickr, CC 2.0 Why is that so difficult?

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 27, 2011

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali 15 Reasons Your PR Pitches Suck January 27th, 2011 Tweet In the genes? It doesnt help build any meaningful media relations if you keep pitching every single minutia from a clients company.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 26, 2011

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Like Stuff On Facebook? If a company is going to make money off my “likes,&# shouldn’t I get a piece of the pie , as Beth Harte said (and I agree) on Facebook?

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

I’m also in the entertainment industry and enjoy tweaking the nipple of large multi-national telecom companies that annoy me on a daily, if not hourly basis. I follow their company news, monitor the #ATTSUCKS hashtag on Twitter, and pay close attention to my own user experience. Goats, not sheep. Has AT&T noticed you?

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 2, 2010

When another person within a company will vouch for a candidate, it reduces some of the risk of an unknown hire. HAPPO Days Are Here Again | Waxing UnLyrical says: February 23, 2011 at 6:02 am [.] So often its a "who do you know" situation--and this makes sense. On cover letters: A cover letter that "creative" is taking a big risk.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

On his blog , Nick says: “Students are not taught about new practices, since proprietary tools and techniques often remain with hidden with the agencies and companies that create them.&# Take it from Nick Lucido , a PR student, and a very smart one at that. Read All About It! Greenbanana - Heather Yaxley Jon (Newman)'s PR 1.5

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 7, 2010

After all, who wants to do business with a company that has a “bad&# name? It’s a name they feel comfortable being associated with. And now, with social media, we’re extending that quest to the social Web. Or with a person whose reputation is dodgy? Who even wants to talk to someone like that? Read All About It!

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Kikolani

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

What worked in 2011 may or may not be as effective in 2012. Comments are the life of your blogging community. These are typically bad news unless you’re talking about a blogroll link with a highly relevant blog. But these networks require you to really engage with their community in order to see any traffic results.

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

When a company or organization issues news today, that news reaches a wider audience than just the press. Does this mean thats where the communications professional should stop? Bringing Open Community To Public Relations | Waxing UnLyrical says: November 22, 2010 at 5:01 am [.] Absolutely not. Great post, Shonali.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 25, 2010

Even if more and more people are starting to question the efficacy of these initiatives , it seems companies don’t want to be left out in the cold by not jumping on the pink bandwagon. First , you can’t get away from how pink, and by association breast cancer, rule October when it comes to causes and awareness. Read All About It!

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