Kikolani

JUNE 15, 2010

In the last few months, I have had the privilege of becoming a regular contributor on several multi-author blogs such as Search Engine Journal , Famous Bloggers , Social Media Examiner , Search Engine Watch , and Stay on Search. For example, if I were to have a list for promoting posts on my own site, it would look like this.

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ProBlogger

APRIL 6, 2011

Bloggers everywhere need to rethink their approaches: display advertising needs reinvention: who’s it working for? As a blogger, you need to make some serious strategic calls on where to put your focus because content-making is heavy going. I was on a panel recently at the Aussie Bloggers Conference. Old models are struggling.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 9, 2011

For example, I thought this week’s roundup might be a list of seven New Year-related posts I found useful. And my guest bloggers, both frequent and infrequent. Read All About It! Greenbanana - Heather Yaxley Jon (Newman)'s PR 1.5 It does not reflect the opinions of my clients, former employers, or anyone else.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Five easy steps to customizing your 404 page, assuming you’re using WordPress (you in Blogger, or something, I ain’t got nothing for you). For example, if your error page reads, “Sorry, you were looking for something that’s not here,&# look for those exact words and select them. So here you go.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Because as the media universe continues on its inexorable changes , bloggers are starting to be just as influential as mainstream media; sometimes, even more so. It’s not quite journalism, it’s full of opinion and bloggers live by their own rules even as the best of them do their utmost to adhere to FTC guidelines.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Mark as read Approve comment Hi Herwin--nice case example of crisis communications and reputation management. Krista Giuffi said: Interesting case example of crisis comm & reputation mgmt from @iherwin via @Shonali: [link] #pr #publicrelations [.] And my guest bloggers, both frequent and infrequent. Read All About It!

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 24, 2011

Examples of sites using Mobify include Boing Boing and A List Apart. And my guest bloggers, both frequent and infrequent. Mobify is hosted, but still gives site creators flexibility over mobile style-sheets to create unique designs and layouts. You do need a basic design and CSS background to configure your site. Read All About It!

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Jeff Esposito

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

This is mostly due to third-party plugins that meet certain requirements that bloggers have. PostRank – This nifty plugin rates your posts on engagement, sharing and some other variables and was recently acquired by Google. For example if you visit my site five times from the same platform, you will not see the box.

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Kikolani

JANUARY 16, 2011

This will usually lead to those bloggers coming back to your site and engaging with you in your blog as well. Question: I still don’t understand how much revenue a semi-succesful blogger should expect to make let’s says 6 months in? Question: What is a good way to feature key bloggers at a foodie type event?

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 19, 2010

For example: Let’s say you are searching for volunteer opportunities in Silver Spring, Md. And my guest bloggers, both frequent and infrequent. When applied to non-profits, these initial theories on Google Instant’s implications for search engine marketing may affect small non-profits more than larger non-profits.

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Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

As an example, Seth said that “share of voice&# is a good KPI, but it says more about awareness than business outcomes. And my guest bloggers, both frequent and infrequent. And Anne Buchanan made a good point when she said: Is there a difference between KPIs, business outcomes and PR outcomes? Read All About It!

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 22, 2010

What about real-life examples? And my guest bloggers, both frequent and infrequent. But because as we’ve been getting deeper and deeper into the chat, participants – you – started asking for case studies. Theory is all very well, they (you) said. Read All About It! Well, perhaps sometimes those of my dog, Suzy Q.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 27, 2010

I can go into other examples, but… you get the point. Heres another example: you can always tell the seasoned actors on sitcoms that are taped before a live studio audience. And my guest bloggers, both frequent and infrequent. Read All About It! Greenbanana - Heather Yaxley Jon (Newman)'s PR 1.5 no, seriously, its just me.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 5, 2010

This post is a great example of a charitable endeavor that is also concrete, as opposed to cosmetic. Bleak (another metal blogger). And my guest bloggers, both frequent and infrequent. I came across a great post by her on work/life balance on Constructively Productive, and was fascinated by her clarity of thought.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Using Jimi Hendrix as an example would get ME revved up. And my guest bloggers, both frequent and infrequent. Quite frankly, it got me a little nervous presenting this information in that kind of way. But my experience and instincts told me three things: 1. Music is a great way to help the social networking medicine go down.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 14, 2010

STEP, TIP] {to, that will, on} [TASK, GOAL] In other words, articles such as 20 Tips on How to Gain Traffic on TheWWWObserver or 101 Steps to Becoming a Better Blogger on Lifehack. From the Edutopia article: “For example, when I’m teaching integers, I don’t teach the kids the rules for adding and subtracting integers.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 3, 2011

I’m a poor example, but every time I did this, I felt much better. And my guest bloggers, both frequent and infrequent. Hopefully all will go well with your new employer; but if it doesn’t, you don’t want to have to start from scratch. Make sure you take lunch breaks. Your body and mind need it. Read All About It!

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Kikolani

JANUARY 26, 2010

An example of this was given during the keynote. He also gave an example of a powerful video campaign that charity : water used to illustrate the importance of clean drinking water. Blogging Tips for Serious Bloggers. The presentation included great tips for both beginning to advanced bloggers. Social Media Strategy.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 13, 2011

Someone sitting in Brazil, for example, likely won’t randomly search out our institution. Perfect example of that. And my guest bloggers, both frequent and infrequent. Content reach New audiences mean new opportunities. Image: Mike Licht, NotionsCapital.com via Flickr, CC 2.0 Read All About It! no, seriously, its just me.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 14, 2010

Another good example from Australia was a journalist called Tom Cowie , who mounted a full social media campaign called Tom Wants A Job, complete with a transparent blog (with all the applications and rejection letters), Twitter handle and Facebook fan page. And my guest bloggers, both frequent and infrequent. Read All About It!

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 6, 2010

This is because the contributing bloggers are all remarkable women, and I am truly lucky to be able to see life through their eyes. For example, are you responding to other people’s tweets with your own thoughts on a particular issue? And my guest bloggers, both frequent and infrequent. Or other blogs? Read All About It!

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Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

If this takes the form of a blog post, it usually includes some kind of disclaimer (“this is my list,&# for example), and a question at the end as to who you would add. For example: Obvious: Share their content. And my guest bloggers, both frequent and infrequent. There are some obvious and not-so-obvious ways to do this.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 21, 2010

There are several other options, such as Flickr, Tumblr, WordPress, Blogger, etc… even Ping.fm. Ill leave you with this - Not every blog can be the center of conversation but any blogger can be on Amplify. Try as I might to get people to comment on this blog, for example, I cant really force them to. Read All About It!

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The Way of the Web

APRIL 7, 2011

They’re not necessarily A-list bloggers, and they’re chuffed enough to post an article with a link to Blekko and Blekko gear. And from online and offline interactions, those people will probably spread the word to say 100 people (Average number of Facebook friends is 150 as an example).

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 16, 2010

You are a perfect example; you and I didnt even know each other prior to Amplify, and now youre one of my trusted sources on so many things (as you know!). And my guest bloggers, both frequent and infrequent. Read All About It! Greenbanana - Heather Yaxley Jon (Newman)'s PR 1.5 Well, perhaps sometimes those of my dog, Suzy Q.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 4, 2010

Its really sad that the campaign is taking such flack (rightly so), when it could, instead, have become as an example of what do when embarking on a social media-driven campaign. Lead by example. And my guest bloggers, both frequent and infrequent. Reply Rate Up div.livefyre-comment).removeClass(livefyre-hidden)"

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 27, 2011

My query made it clear that I wanted examples of success, and how it was being measured. It may have escaped your notice, but more and more media (and bloggers) are working for multiple outlets these days. Maybe this particular blogger had experienced something unpleasant internally as the result of previously accepting a comp trip.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

It requires that researchers identify the types of categories and themes that they want to track to start, and they feed the model examples of that content (e.g., With enough examples, the statistical model does a pretty reliable job at identifying complex messages. And my guest bloggers, both frequent and infrequent.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

John sets a beautiful example. And my guest bloggers, both frequent and infrequent. There are no absolutes when it comes to measurement, as Don points out… only – and, perhaps most importantly – context. My letter to the C-Suite , by John Lovett over at Web Analytics Demystified. Who owns the news? Read All About It!

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Viper Chill

MARCH 1, 2010

Feedburner If you’re a blogger and you’re not using Feedburner, I first of all want to know where you’ve been, and secondly need to say that you have been missing out. Postrank I have been using Postrank Analytics for about 3 weeks now and find it really impressive.

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Viper Chill

MAY 6, 2010

You can find ideas in literally any niche, with some examples being their marketing , finance , gadget and humour sections. While the service was a little too basic to pay for, I do still enjoy the company’s Postrank tool. As an example, you can see the most posts you all enjoyed the most at ViperChill by going here.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 26, 2011

For example, if Starbucks buys a “sponsored story&# ad, the status of a user’s friends who check into or “like&# Starbucks will run twice: once in the user’s news feed, and again as a paid ad for Starbucks. And my guest bloggers, both frequent and infrequent. Read All About It! no, seriously, its just me.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Now, up to this point, you might be thinking that this all sounds like an elaborate form of blogger outreach. So they brought in the Top 10 STA travel advocates who did not already have an online presence, taught them the tools of the trade and sought to inspire them with existing examples of travel-based social media best practice.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 16, 2010

For example, they use a green background on Twitter, black background on their YouTube channels and maybe red on their Facebook fan page landing tabs. For example, I’ll put “I tweet. Examples of baits are: graphics, eBooks, whitepapers, scripts, website themes, coupon codes, etc. Are my profiles well branded?

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 4, 2010

For example, I love nature. And my guest bloggers, both frequent and infrequent. Mixed into this is the call to action for something that will benefit others. We have to be tuned to this and receptive. Everyone has their own definition and is uniquely affected by the "center back" messages from the universe. Read All About It!

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 2, 2010

Doesnt mean you cant show some style and personality, but the example you gave me just seemed too hyped, arrogant and well, business barf hyperbole. #5 And my guest bloggers, both frequent and infrequent. While the "creative" cover letter may open a few eyes, its a risk. You gotta nail it and even then, mileage will vary greatly.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 3, 2010

and Postrank, and Tweetmeme and Topsy and Facebook Insights and about 1,000 other tools you can use to precisely measure social media success, there is literally no excuse to not ALWAYS BE TESTING. We are a good example of a media outsider coming in with some fresh thought and making a splash. Between bit.ly

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