Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 24, 2013

Image: The IBM Curiosity Shop via Flickr, CC 2.0. This year, PR professionals need to learn how to harness the power of big data to listen and engage, or face being left behind. Waze is the community-driven app that learns from users’ driving mannerisms to provide routing and real-time traffic updates. So, what is big data ?

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Social Media Marketing

DECEMBER 18, 2012

It's not too long ago (okay, in social media terms, it was eons ago) that Flickr was one of the major social networks. But the rise of Instagram as a deft and light app that allowed seamless integration into sites like Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and more made some wonder if there was a future for Flickr. So what happened? Remember that.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2013

million units, which was a record, and worldwide smartphone sales to end users have been predicted to reach 1 billion in 2013. Yelp has a huge community, and the reviews on the site are read seriously. The smartphone app supports sharing on social media channels such as Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Tumblr and FourSquare.

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

A recent report from Continuity Insights in 2014 shows that “over half (58%) rated mobile technologies [are considered] as absolutely vital in carrying out crisis communications plans, up 5% since 2013” (page 4). Build crisis communications practices throughout curriculum. Photo: Alan Cleaver via Flickr, CC 2.0.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 27, 2013

This week on ProBlogger we’ve been looking at the topic of building community on a blog. We started by identifying 9 benefits and 3 costs of community on a blog and then looked at 5 stages of building community on a blog. Today I want to dig deeper into some specific things to DO to build community on your blog.

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Waxing UnLyrical

MAY 27, 2015

It’s also noteworthy that Whole Foods does a fantastic job at using social media channels to engage customers and distribute content. In 2013, sales approached $13 billion , and it opened thirty-two new stores, expanding into 10 new markets. Image: Paul Swansen via Flickr, CC 2.0. The company continues to celebrate success.

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Hootsuite

APRIL 6, 2023

Apparently, A LOT of people (like 45 million unique viewers by 2013 ) love watching live-streamed video games. Vine reshapes the way we view video (2013) Vine launched in 2013, but not before Twitter bought the video-sharing app for $30 billion. Amazon saw the spike and quickly scooped Twitch up. Try it free today.

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Webbiquity SMM

AUGUST 5, 2013

Find the answers to these questions and many, many more here in 101 vital social and digital marketing stats for (the rest of) 2013. The least popular major networks are Flickr, Tumblr and StumbleUpon. ( 54% of consumers say that “smaller communities have greater influence on a topic than larger ones.” eMarketer ).

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Social Media Marketing

MARCH 27, 2013

Wendy Clark, their SVP of Marketing, made some clarifications to that in AdAge , noting that "it's the combination of owned, earned, shared and paid media connections -- with social playing a crucial role at the heart of our activations -- that creates marketplace impact, consumer engagement, brand love and brand value."

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Social Media Marketing

JULY 31, 2013

Turns out they have little to no effect on engagement. Everlapse is a new photo sharing app with a community aspect, from the creators of CoTweet. It''s an opportunity to have a conversation - to get your fans and customers to engage. Image credit: telli negotrópica (Flickr). Those hashtags that Facebook rolled out?

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ProBlogger

MARCH 4, 2013

If you want to see your blog grow in leaps and bounds in 2013, you’ve got to pay attention to Pinterest. It’s easy to promote your products, do market research, and provide resources to your current community. Create a community or collaborative board. Learn more about your community. Ask them to.

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