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DECEMBER 24, 2010

Image: Martin LaBar via Flickr, Creative Commons And even many non-Christians will be relaxing, perhaps joining in the revelry (as many of my friends did when I was growing up in India). If you liked what you saw and read, Id love you to subscribe to my RSS feed or subscribe by email. Thanks so much for stopping by WUL!

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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. If you liked what you saw and read, Id love you to subscribe to my RSS feed or subscribe by email. pts Settings.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2010

Image: Louise Docker via Flickr , Creative Commons Thanks so much for stopping by WUL! If you liked what you saw and read, Id love you to subscribe to my RSS feed or subscribe by email. Comment as pts moderator Joe Hackman Getting info Pending approval share On Facebook On Twitter flag Delete Hide Unhide Ban user New!

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NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Image: Andras Pfaff via Flickr , Creative Commons Was this helpful? If you liked what you saw and read, Id love you to subscribe to my RSS feed or subscribe by email. Comment as pts moderator Lauren Getting info Pending approval share On Facebook On Twitter flag Delete Hide Unhide Ban user New! Have any questions?

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DECEMBER 16, 2010

Image: Lars Plougmann via Flickr, Creative Commons Really, if you just read through the comments, there’s your follow-up blog post… but since I promised you one, you’re getting one. Image: Aftab Uzzaman via Flickr, Creative Commons It’s why I wrote about networking with a twist a while back.

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DECEMBER 23, 2010

Seeing as how it’s coming close to the end of the year and everyone’s in a prediction kinda mood, Jen thought it would be cool to chat about what might be coming our way in terms of PR measurement in 2011. In other words, paywalls , how pitching will be affected if these take off, and prognoses for 2011. Happy holidays!

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OCTOBER 28, 2010

Image: mstofan ‘s Flickrstream, Creative Commons Thanks so much for stopping by WUL! If you liked what you saw and read, Id love you to subscribe to my RSS feed or subscribe by email. 1 – 2:30 pm ET, follow/participate on Twitter using the #netsol hashtag. See you there! Regardless, thanks for visiting!

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NOVEMBER 7, 2010

Image: Derrick Coetzee via Flickr , Creative Commons Seems to me both are somewhat extraordinary, perhaps exaggerated and possibly exciting. If you liked what you saw and read, Id love you to subscribe to my RSS feed or subscribe by email. In other words, something very unusual. Else why would we do what we do? pts Settings.

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OCTOBER 27, 2010

Image: Stephen Korecky via Flickr , Creative Commons I was finger painting in kindergarten and having a good ole time. If you liked what you saw and read, Id love you to subscribe to my RSS feed or subscribe by email. One of the most energetic young voices in social media, you can easily connect with Narciso on Twitter.

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DECEMBER 13, 2010

Image: Peter Lee via Flickr, Creative Commons Thanks so much for stopping by WUL! If you liked what you saw and read, Id love you to subscribe to my RSS feed or subscribe by email. Comment as pts moderator Amber Francis @defineamber Getting info Pending approval share On Facebook On Twitter flag Delete Hide Unhide Ban user New!

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NOVEMBER 26, 2010

Image: Raul Tejero Palma via Flickr , Creative Commons What about giving thanks for everything you don’t have? If you liked what you saw and read, Id love you to subscribe to my RSS feed or subscribe by email. What about giving thanks for the things that didn’t work out? Trust me on this one.

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OCTOBER 31, 2010

Image: YiYing Lu via Flickr , Creative Commons Thanks so much for stopping by WUL! If you liked what you saw and read, Id love you to subscribe to my RSS feed or subscribe by email. Let’s Halloween up PR , by, er, me. Why: if we don’t enjoy what we do, what’s the point? Regardless, thanks for visiting!

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DECEMBER 4, 2010

Image: Shawn McClung via Flickr, Creative Commons You have to really, really be paying attention to notice if someone hasn’t tweeted in a while, unless you talk to them every day. If you liked what you saw and read, Id love you to subscribe to my RSS feed or subscribe by email. Now you see it, now you don’t.

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DECEMBER 14, 2010

Image: Nick Fletcher via Flickr, Creative Commons But I’m getting ahead of myself. Think about Twitter with its 140 character limits, or Facebook with its 420 character statuses. Image: Marc Benton via Flickr, Creative Commons 3. That got a big “check&# from me. Know where you want to go and what’s involved.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2010

Image: Arturo Sotillo via Flickr , Creative Commons How about you? If you liked what you saw and read, Id love you to subscribe to my RSS feed or subscribe by email. Brewer Getting info Pending approval share On Facebook On Twitter flag Delete Hide Unhide Ban user New! Do you have hidden gems to share? pts Settings.

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JANUARY 3, 2011

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali 5 Tips To Avoid New Job Burnout January 3rd, 2011 Tweet It’s a new year, and perhaps you’re starting a new job. If you are, you have beaten the odds, and my hat is off to you! pts Settings.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 22, 2010

We helped CRN understand that the first phase is all about creating awareness, so we [would] be gauging increases in website traffic, My Wellness Scorecard participation and [their] Facebook/Twitter following. If you liked what you saw and read, Id love you to subscribe to my RSS feed or subscribe by email. Sales of what? pts Settings.

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DECEMBER 19, 2010

GupShup, however, is already giving Facebook a run for its money in one of the most populous (and talkative) countries in the world. Image: Peter Roome via Flickr, Creative Commons Thanks so much for stopping by WUL! If you liked what you saw and read, Id love you to subscribe to my RSS feed or subscribe by email.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2010

First, you… Image: Kate Sumbler via Flickr , Creative Commons Hold on! Bland Image: jason carlin via Flickr , Creative Commons I mean, chicken-soup-with-no-celery-or-pepper bland. If you liked what you saw and read, Id love you to subscribe to my RSS feed or subscribe by email. Possibly, never to return.

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Image: Geoff LMV via Flickr , Creative Commons These included sentences like On what Pepco’s crisis communication plan is: “Pepco takes its responsibility to keep customers informed seriously. If you liked what you saw and read, Id love you to subscribe to my RSS feed or subscribe by email. pts Settings.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2010

Image: Lorenz Seidler via Flickr , Creative Commons I was distraught when I got a Facebook IM from one of my friends in Mumbai, telling me of the first bomb blast. If you liked what you saw and read, Id love you to subscribe to my RSS feed or subscribe by email. RSS feed or Subscribe by Email. pts Settings.

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DECEMBER 26, 2010

Image: Joey Rozier via Flickr, Creative Commons For the uninitiated, Boxing Day is the day after Christmas (though where celebrated, marked on the first weekday after Christmas, so that would mean it’s actually tomorrow, but whatever). Forget Foursquare and Facebook. Nothing to look forward to? So this made me laugh.

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AUGUST 25, 2010

Creative Commons To Love Yet Not OK. If you use Seesmic , you can also save items from your Twitter and Facebook streams. If you liked what you saw and read, Id love you to subscribe to my RSS feed or subscribe by email. Image: rubyblossom. I don’t. What productivity tools do you use frequently? pts Settings.

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AUGUST 22, 2010

Image: Zen Sutherland , Creative Commons I finally did get my laughs in before the clock struck midnight, thanks to Bill Murray’s exquisite performance in The Man Who Knew Too Little. If you liked what you saw and read, Id love you to subscribe to my RSS feed or subscribe by email. Especially you, Jill. pts Settings.

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OCTOBER 6, 2010

Image: cvrcak1 via Flickr , Creative Commons Bats in the belfry? If you liked what you saw and read, Id love you to subscribe to my RSS feed or subscribe by email. Comment as pts moderator Geoff Livingston Getting info Pending approval share On Facebook On Twitter flag Delete Hide Unhide Ban user New!

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NOVEMBER 28, 2010

Image: anthony kelly via Flickr , Creative Commons Here you go. Top German firms ban Facebook and Twitter , by Neville Hobson. If you liked what you saw and read, Id love you to subscribe to my RSS feed or subscribe by email. Why: Celebrities don’t always the perfect brand relationship make. pts Settings.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Image: Chris Lott via Flickr , Creative Commons One of the questions that Joe asked us was what our blogging experience has been like. Image: Quinn Dombrowski via Flickr , Creative Commons I’ve already said that blogging is a strange beast. It makes the blogosphere less frightening. Give someone else that voice.

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DECEMBER 5, 2010

So I started going through my Reader, clicking through to more posts shared by my Facebook friends than I ordinarily do, and realized – much to my chagrin – that I don’t give nearly as many props to my community as I like to think I do. Image: Travis K via Flickr , Creative Commons Thanks so much for stopping by WUL!

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NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Image: jbcurio via Flickr , Creative Commons For the few who don’t know or recall, an “ advertorial is an advertisement written in the form of an objective article, and presented in a printed publication – usually designed to look like a legitimate and independent news story,” according to Wikipedia. Remember the advertorial ?

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DECEMBER 21, 2010

Image: Matthew Smith via Flickr, Creative Commons Can you say “love at first byte&# ? As much as I love Twitter, and have come to enjoy Facebook more recently, each of these platforms has its limits. You can schedule posts to Facebook. So of course I checked it out. It really is a conversation platform.

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DECEMBER 2, 2010

Image: Tania Gail via Flickr , Creative Commons We were deluged by applications; when we had openings, when we didn’t have openings, when we had budget to hire, when we didn’t have budget. It was so creative, that I remember it verbatim to this day. It was crazy. Or not qualified at all (see #3 above). pts Settings.

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DECEMBER 12, 2010

Image: Cornelia Kopp via Flickr, Creative Commons My husband is… well, I’m not quite sure what he’s doing, but he’s probably puttering around happily (that’s what married couples do, we putter companionably). Christmas music is playing in my house. I just couldn’t see a theme to them all.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Image: Katie Harris via Flickr , Creative Commons Connect with the people you serve The goal wasn’t to create a blog. If you liked what you saw and read, Id love you to subscribe to my RSS feed or subscribe by email. The answer: I didn’t do it by myself. Never underestimate the power of an S.O.S. Regardless, thanks for visiting!

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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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NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Image: Tinkerbots via Flickr , Creative Commons Tools are beginning to do a solid job with the most mind-numbing parts of research (i.e., If you liked what you saw and read, Id love you to subscribe to my RSS feed or subscribe by email. Seth received a B.A. in psychology from Reed College, an M.A. pts Settings.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Title image: Edgely Cesar via Flickr, Creative Commons My take Measurement should be, but still isn’t, the jewel in the crown of PR. Image: Felipe Venâncio via Flickr , Creative Commons The solution really comes back to education, doesn’t it? You tell me. Utopia aside. Maybe this time it’ll stick.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2012

Image courtesy guigo.eu, licensed under Creative Commons. When Darren Rowse spoke at Blog World Expo 2011, he remarked that story-driven posts are the ones that people seem to remember the most. They don’t care that you are the writer of so-and-so blog and that you have a Facebook page.

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