Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 12, 2011

I’m <name>, I’m a tech writer and I’m looking for opportunities to contribute interesting and original articles to relevant blogs and websites like (insert site here). Would you be interested in me writing a free article for your site? via Flickr, CC 2.0. Let me know if this sounds of interest? Happy Friday! Image: jox.

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SocMed Sean

JANUARY 1, 2012

You published 30 articles this year, but none of them have gone viral , you still only have 250 followers on Twitter (none of whom retweet you), and your Google page rank still sits at a 2. Photo courtesy of functoruser on Flickr via Creative Commons license. Photo courtesy of skpy on Flickr via Creative Commons license.

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Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 20, 2013

BuzzFeed eschewed the paywall model, opting instead for “native advertising,” essentially an article or editorial and advertiser has paid to place on the site. Sure, you get 10 free articles (and can get around the paywall by resetting your browser’s cookies.). Image: planeta via Flickr CC 2.0.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 24, 2012

While perusing my Facebook stream the other day, I came across this article on Business Insider. Its title alone (What PR People Really Think Of Journalists) told me the article was link bait. An article like the one linked above doesn’t put journalists in place. Image: Polina Sergeeva via Flickr, CC 2.0.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Several sites take advantage of these permissions, including Wikipedia, YouTube, TED, and Flickr. Furniture manufacturer Article has an Instagram story highlight just for sharing posts or stories that tag its account. As a photo hosting site for professional and amateur photographers, Flickr is another good database.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 28, 2011

Image: JKönig via Flickr, CC 2.0. If you want more than a hope in hell of being a possible source for an article, you have to reel the reporter in. This means actually giving them what they’ll use in the article before it ever gets to the interview stage. Image: Andy Field (Hubmedia) via Flickr, CC 2.0. In the genes?

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Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 11, 2014

Image: Steven Depolo via Flickr, CC 2.0. Laura Click offers some great tools to help you find “hidden gem” articles that are the internet’s well kept secret. Some secrets are good, some bad, and some hold the key to business success. 3 TED Talks That Uncover the Secrets of Storytelling.

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Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 5, 2013

Two articles have recently drawn my attention to a problem I’ve seen in the myriad posts making the rounds in the business/marketing/PR communities. ” I have issues with the premises of both articles, but that’s not what really irks me about them. .” Image: phunkstarr via Flickr, CC 2.0.

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Justin Levy

NOVEMBER 20, 2010

When we need photos we head over to Flickr. Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Flickr and the other social networks require more convincing for them to grasp the value that they can extract, besides any personal value such as staying connected with family and friends. When we need videos we go to YouTube. But that’s exactly the issue.

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Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

” Image: Arjen Toet via Flickr, CC 2.0. But here is where I started to narrow my eyes as I read the article: among other things, these “black PR” firms offer to delete negative articles and post “hit” pieces to China’s most popular news portals. as well, disgusting as the practice is. (I’ve

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Mindjumpers

JANUARY 10, 2012

Our data sources for this article were Xposure and Nielson. Last.fm, Bebo and MySpace continue their steady decline, while image-sharing site Flickr maintains its user base of around four million. I feel, these statistics can help you figure out which network has the right demographics for your brand, age and income group. The losers.

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SocMed Sean

MARCH 18, 2012

"Spring" via promanex on Flickr under creative commons license. Re-read your posts and make sure they are still relevant – Let’s face it, some articles are just timely and are out-of-date quickly. So why not go back and create links between similar articles. Ahhhh Spring!

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 15, 2014

today’s post highlight seven articles from around the web that teach, or share, lessons learned. Image: Steve Garfield via Flickr, CC 2.0. , and those we’ll carry with us into the new year. Given that we are now counting down to the end of the year (and then my birthday!),

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Waxing UnLyrical

APRIL 11, 2013

TweetDeck is constantly up in the background, and with the wide diversity of people I follow, I find more interesting articles than I could ever find on my own with an RSS feed. Image: warrantedarrest via Flickr CC 2.0. An RSS feed is really just another stop I have to make in my daily intake of information.

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Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

I’m a little riled up … Articles like this annoy me. Image: Shareski via Flickr, CC 2.0. The article, for those who haven’t read it, looks at the reaction of the Twitterverse in relation to a show that aired in Australia called Ben Elton’s Live from Planet Earth , which (to put it mildly) rated dismally.

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Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

Blundell via Flickr, CC 2.0. And now mainstream media’s getting into the act: I give you last week’s Wall Street Journal article on how certain wannabe cool kids are trying to game the system. And, then, yesterday’s Inc.com article on how to measure your brand’s online influence. Image: Jonathan D.

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Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 12, 2013

The Public Relations Society of America has a comprehensive section on its website dedicated to the subject of ethics complete with a “ Code of Ethics ” and examples of unethical behavior to help readers fully understand the meaning behind each article of the Code. Image: planeta via Flickr, CC 2.0.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 27, 2012

” According to an article in the Economic Times , the Micra, which was positioned as a low-cost car for young Indians, saw sales of a little over 12,000 units in the nine months between July 2010 and March 2011. Image: iambents via Flickr, CC 3.0. A little over 7,400 people on the site were talking about it, and the final 4.5

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Firebelly

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

And I’ve seen blog posts and magazine articles that are just about that jumbled. Based on many of the blog posts and articles I’ve seen, it’s going to take a hell of a list to make those comprehensible. If an article is too long, it won’t be read. Photo credit: puuikibeach (Flickr, Creative Commons).

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Firebelly

AUGUST 28, 2012

” This is the poorly-written crap that’s thrown together with an article spinner and an infinite number of monkeys, trying to trick search engines into ranking their stuff higher than it should have been. Photo credit: ajc1 (Flickr, Creative Commons). The problem was, people were creating “thin content.”

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SocMed Sean

JUNE 21, 2012

Not just from researching and writing articles, but form the comments/feedback that I have received and the conversations that have been sparked with others via social networks like Twitter. –Sean **Stop Caring image via Daquella Maner on Flickr via Creative Commons license. Help others by sharing your experiences!

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Writtent Blog

MAY 28, 2014

Interested in how to write headlines that make articles and/or blog posts go viral? Image Source: Roadsidepictures via Flickr. Writing an article about money-saving techniques or great deals with the world “bargain” in the title can be eye-catching. Image Source: Jared Cherup via Flickr. Incorporating phrases like.

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Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

What set me off recently was an article in the Boston Globe about the Super PACs and their impact/effect on the voting public. Of particular note are articles relating to “free flow of information.”. Image: kelsey_lovefusionphoto via Flickr, CC 2.0. Note: The Globe chose not to print my letter, but I’m not giving up!).

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Waxing UnLyrical

APRIL 5, 2012

In a Fall 1976 article for Public Relations Quarterly , Mr. Bernays stated: “Advice on action is the important function of the professional, based on knowledge of the social sciences, individual and group behavior, on social responsibility and on experiences in coping with these problems in a professional way.”. Couldn’t say it better myself!

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Image: SalFalko via Flickr, CC 2.0. While you can reference your product don’t make the entire article self-promotional. Creating a network of bloggers and journalists is a great way to provide mutual support in the world of online media. Gatekeepers are the ones who control what is published on their site.

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Justin Levy

JUNE 5, 2011

Now that Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Flickr are out ahead as the major social networks, it becomes harder to debate social platforms, though it definitely still occurs, especially with location-based platforms. One area that has never ceased to die down and has continued to be hotly debated is blogging platforms.

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Firebelly

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

That means you can’t rely on SEO tricks anymore, like a blog post that pulls the first 100 words of a news article and includes a link forwarding it to the original article. (Or Or worse yet, a post that leads to a different post on a different site, which leads to yet another post, and that goes on to the news article.).

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Social Media Marketing

AUGUST 29, 2010

There are a number of great resources that are either low-cost or free: Flickr The grand-daddy of all image sites. Flickr is a very powerful community with millions of photos at your disposal. A note about using Flickr photos: if you plan to embed a Flickr photo in your site, there are guidelines that you need to follow.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 1, 2011

I read an article in AdAge a couple of weeks ago that described the way the customer data market is set to change , due to new “personal data vault and brokerage” companies like Personal.com. According to the article, you “would decide what data to share, with whom, and in exchange for what.”

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Webbiquity SMM

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Image credit: C_osett on Flickr. Be honest about what you do, and offer something in exchange for them connecting with you, such as regular articles on a topic they will care about or a group discussion platform. What do these numbers mean for you? But just having a presence on LinkedIn isn’t enough. Beef up Your Profile.

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Firebelly

JULY 31, 2012

He looks at just a few articles per week or day, and shares them with our readers on the Firebelly blog. Photo credit: Chuck_Heston (Flickr, Creative Commons). It’s just this much shy of spamming as a way to build page traffic for Paper.li. This is why I like my colleague Chad Richards ‘ posts so much.

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Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 18, 2013

Attribute blog posts, news articles or other curated information to the original source using their Twitter handle. < Image: _DaniloRamos via Flickr, CC 2.0. Use the “mom” rule of thumb when conversing on Twitter; if Mom wouldn’t like it, don’t say it. < < tweet this > 10. And happy Monday!

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Firebelly

JUNE 8, 2010

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « Flickr Friday: Sexist Profiling on Twitter | Main | United Way of Central Indiana Recognized for their Social Media Efforts » June 08, 2010 YouTube Tuesday: I Can Make You Go Viral! Brian, the " social media guru " is back.

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Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 23, 2011

A couple of weeks ago we posted a series of videos and articles they contributed to the University’s official blog that explored the issue of leadership in preparation for the annual female-focused Inspiring Leadership conference that the institution hosts. via Flickr, CC 2.0. Image: Wisconsin historical images via Flickr, CC 2.0.

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Waxing UnLyrical

MAY 2, 2013

Image: esocialmediashop via Flickr, CC 2.0. Also, it’s worth understanding that trends is looking at the headlines written in news articles as being indicative of the relative power of those phrases. I’m not going to try to convince you why doing keyword research is important. That’s a blog post for another day. Let’s dig right in.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Image: jim crossley via Flickr, CC 2.0 Why, sometimes, steps are not OK The title of this post, if you couldn’t detect it, is a play on articles that follow a certain naming pattern: ### [NOUN - plural, syn. Image: BES Photos via Flickr, CC 2.0 Or “Turn your articles into downloadable reports/ebooks.&#

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Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 8, 2012

Image: twicepix via Flickr, CC 2.0. Photo: Shashi Bellamkonda via Flickr, CC 2.0. senior female exec is quoted in that article as saying, “I really worry that it makes us appear to be a bit of a ‘pink ghetto,’ so that we’re perhaps taken less seriously by management.”. Photo: ben.chaney via Flickr, CC 2.0.

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