Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 31, 2010

Since the 2010 PRSA International Conference was held in DC, I was able to host many of the folks I’ve come to know, admire, respect and learn from via social media in my home. In 2011, I wish you health, happiness and wonderful, wonderful people. Here is to an even more amazing 2011!!!! It’s always about people.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 28, 2010

This is a topic that is near and dear to my heart, though. It’s the reason I was really happy that BNET chose me to be its Startup Storyteller … and it’s what I do. Liked what you saw? Why not book me for a speaking gig ? These fine folk did: Jan. 24 : Whats Next DC , Washington, DC Feb. These fine folk did: Jan.

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Kikolani

DECEMBER 23, 2011

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, making money online, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. Before we jump into the goodies from the week, I wanted to take a moment to let everyone know this is the last Fetching Friday post for 2011. Happy Holidays.

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Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 6, 2011

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Weekly Roundup: The Gerald Durrell Edition February 6th, 2011 Tweet I don’t know if you’ve read My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell ; almost everyone I’ve asked in the States hasn’t.

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Kikolani

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Over 4 billion hours of video are watched each month on YouTube , and in 2011, YouTube had more than 1 trillion views, or about 140 views for every person on Earth. Define the technical implementation : Hosting, embedding, integration etc. SEO benefits. Why will video and video marketing make a difference to your blog?

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 20, 2010

We have some neat giveaways, including a couple of comps to GrowSmartBiz 2010 on November 5 ( disclosure: I’m speaking, and Network Solutions, one of the hosts, is my client ), and something very special from writing coach extraordinaire, Ann Wylie. I know I always leave with notes on how to improve my own work. Liked what you saw?

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Kikolani

MAY 11, 2012

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, business, freelancing, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. The question then becomes… how do you build a community of fans? Search Engines / SEO. In-house SEO, SEO Agency, or Both? The Resources Mashup.

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Small Business Mavericks

MAY 11, 2011

That makes it infinitely more valuable than most free web hosts. Tags: About.Me , internet marketing , website This entry was posted on Wednesday, May 11th, 2011 at 8:32 am and is filed under Social Media. About Us What’s a Maverick? Bottom line: I wouldn’t rely on About.Me

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Akamai Marketing

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

Let your community see the whole Alice, even with your idiosyncrasies (how DO you keep your hair perfect on this grand adventure?). As your community learns to trust YOU, they’ll see that you’re real and no Cheshire Cat, this will make relationships easier to develop. Who can trust that crazy cat? Tell your story.

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Small Business Mavericks

MARCH 11, 2011

Whether you have an idea for a small business video show or a new form of YouTube entertainment, you can learn all about camera angles, lighting, storytelling, promotion, and pick up a whole host of skills necessary for running a new media hit. About Us What’s a Maverick? It’s also owned by Google.

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

– to host The Philip DeFranco Show. Its a show celebrating YouTube and its community, streamed live on the Internet from different locations. His humor is more blunt than other vloggers I follow, but I appreciate him nonetheless. Fun Fact He’s using his old channel, sxephil – Sexy Phil, get it? Liked what you saw?

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Ten Reasons PR Pros Should Blog November 10th, 2010 Tweet Last week, Joe Hackman hosted Danny Brown , Gini Dietrich and me on his BlogTalkRadio show, aptly entitled PRapalooza. Boy, was it fun!

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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

Someone had better tell Alicia Keys, Kim Kardashian, Ryan Seacrest, Lady Gaga and a whole host of other celebrities who, on December 1st, underwent a “digital death.&# Hopefully the organization will learn from this and have a more effective campaign for World Aids Day in 2011. It is a fabulous cause. Liked what you saw?

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Webbiquity SMM

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Read on for answers to these questions and more from some of the best minds in social media in some of their best blog posts and articles of 2011 so far. Cohen describes how GE found success with a private social media community. 2011 Trends: Make Your Corporate Site A Social Media Hub by Business 2 Community. What to do?

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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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ProBlogger

DECEMBER 12, 2012

This guest post is by Stephan Spencer of The Art of SEO. Through consistent posting she was able to foster a community of active discussions and engaged bloggers who were interested in what she had to say. She attributes her amazing success to a simple framework she developed and perfected over that time. The possibilities are endless.

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Webbiquity SMM

JANUARY 9, 2012

How can Twitter to used to support SEO efforts? Community manager Jen Lopez explains how SEOmoz increased its total Twitter followers by 250% to over 27,000 people. Hint: it helps to have a community manager. Twitter and SEO. The Tweet Effect: How Twitter Affects Rankings by The Daily SEO Blog.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2012

In January of 2011, I said that I’d make our Internet Marketing Posts of 2011 subscriber only. This year, I am pleased to bring back our Best Internet Marketing Posts of 2011 thanks to an excellent sponsor, HubSpot. SEO Checklist: 60 Essential Checks Before Launching a Website : Is your site ready to be launched?

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ProBlogger

MARCH 31, 2011

Compendium’s platform involves a SEO strategy approach that targets the organic side of the search engine results page (SERP), and is designed to win keyword searches. an understanding of what types of key phrases blogs are best suited to win vs. PPC or traditional SEO tactics. Why would you want a blog as a business?

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Small Business Mavericks

APRIL 16, 2011

Improve SEO – A lot of people are using social media to improve their SEO , but I think a lot of them are getting it wrong. What is often done is to use social media for SEO. Do it moderately and your SEO can sing great harmony. About Us What’s a Maverick? You can leave a response , or trackback from your own site.

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Kikolani

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

What worked in 2011 may or may not be as effective in 2012. If someone asks me what blogging platform to use, I am always going to say self-hosted WordPress. Comments are the life of your blogging community. Does having CommentLuv hurt your blog, SEO-wise? As each year passes, blog marketing techniques evolve.

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Webbiquity SMM

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

Not only leaders in their professional lives, nearly all these women use their social profiles to express their passions outside the workplace, which range from NASCAR, art, travel, billiards, wine and music to community service, politics and, of course, family. MeghanMBiro. Linda Boff. Liz Bonilla. And congrats on being a new mom!

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 20, 2010

Shonali: Coming down in the elevator, I chanced upon a conversation between a gentleman attending an event hosted by The Gates Foundation , and an attendee of “our” conference. On being asked, she said, deprecatingly, that it was a communications conference. She said, “[Your conference] sounds so much more interesting.

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Kikolani

DECEMBER 31, 2010

11 awesome self-improvement ideas for 2011 – great ways to better yourself in the new year. Evaluating your personal branding success in 2010 and 10 things to try in 2011 – a great way to figure out where you are and make plans on where you need to be. Personal branding & SEO – a look at About.me

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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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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2011

As many of you know, I have an annual tradition of giving back to the community on my birthday, which is why this year is no different. Here’s how I do it : I read and review hundreds — thousands — of articles yearly, on all Internet Marketing topics from SEO to social media to general entrepreneurship (new for 2010!),

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Buffer Social

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

It detailed exactly what I could expect over the coming four weeks and beyond: an introduction to my onboarding team, a high-level overview of Buffer’s various systems and processes, a host of additional resources to read through, and a checklist of tasks to complete. It was a lot to take in, and more than a little intimidating.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 19, 2012

We use Argyle Social for our social engagement; we use Infusionsoft for our email; and Jim is our guest host for the podcast and a smart guy). I will be at a conference and he’s going to be pinch hitting, as host of this fine program. I think this is an 18 month play for social media advertising, for the social agency community.

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Webbiquity SMM

JUNE 6, 2011

Today, Tom Pick ( @TomPick ), Online Marketing Executive at KC Associates , who blogs at his award winning B2B Webbiquity , and I ( @ckburgess – Blue Focus Marketing @BlueFocus360 ) present 50 remarkable men on our 2011 #Nifty50 Top Twitter Men list. It takes a community to build a community. According to Tom Grant , Ph.D,

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ProBlogger

JANUARY 13, 2013

TJ: We launched the site portion in the Spring or Summer of 2011, but we started with events in the beginning of 2011. SB: I had previously built a website and I knew I wanted to optimize the site for SEO as much as possible. That’s been my strategy: putting it there and trying to be as SEO friendly as possible.

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Webbiquity SMM

AUGUST 5, 2013

What tactic do 92% of SEO professionals view as effective? WordPress Hosting SEO ). Three-fourths of marketers planned to increase strategic efforts on social media and social networking sites this year, with 68% also focusing more on SEO and 63% on blogs. WordPress Hosting SEO ). WordPress Hosting SEO ).

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ProBlogger

JUNE 14, 2012

As much as you might think that SEO is king, marketing is queen, and everything else in the middle might take priority. From August, 2011 to December, 2011, I lost 51% of my traffic. Being a member of an amazing blog network known as the Yakezie , I have a strong community of friends and supporters. A growing blog.

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Webbiquity SMM

MARCH 11, 2013

Influencer Marketing – What it is, and Why YOU Need to be Doing it by The Daily SEO Blog. The Real Relationship between Social Media and SEO by SocialMouths. Writing that “Everybody knows social media and SEO are connected, but how?…Unfortunately, ” SEM + SEO [PRESENTATION] by e-Strategy Trends.

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Viper Chill

JANUARY 27, 2014

Often, I feel like we have to do the exact same thing when it comes to SEO. Every single person who is active in SEO – especially those who do it for clients – should have built at least one link network for testing purposes. Over two years ago now, back in December 2011, Joost de Valk a.k.a The problem?

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Ari Herzog

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Biodun @ Web Hosting (3). Biodun @ Web Host… (3). Jason @ SEO Strat… (3). Bill@SEO Services (2). Jason @ SEO Marke… (2). Leo@ SEO for acco… (2). Samir@Cool SEO Tips (2). Aaron@Free Blogs (3). Ajith Edassery (3). Alex@SQL Training (3). amymengel (3). Andini Rizky (3).

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

After every chat I moderate/host, I go immediately to WTH, plug in the dates to get the tweets, and then select the "view transcript" button. Join The #NetSol Twitterchat With Rieva Lesonsky | Women Grow Business says: January 18, 2011 at 12:01 am [.] Topics of the Week :: COMM 2322 PR Applications says: February 8, 2011 at 11:25 am [.]

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