Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Image: Stephen Korecky via Flickr , Creative Commons I was finger painting in kindergarten and having a good ole time. Although not quite as simple as school’s fire drill, having a crisis plan serves the same purpose: to keep everyone in the company (including its reputation) safe. Thanks so much for stopping by WUL!

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Image: Flickr user Bart , CC 2.0 Students are not taught about new practices, since proprietary tools and techniques often remain with hidden with the agencies and companies that create them. 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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Social Media Network Marketing

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

Think about the areas where you want to lead the industry and the topics that you want people to think about when they think of your company. Use your blog to become a thought leader in the industry by sharing your expertise on those broad topics that are important and relevant to your company. A blog can be used for so much more.

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Social Media Network Marketing

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

Think about the areas where you want to lead the industry and the topics that you want people to think about when they think of your company. Use your blog to become a thought leader in the industry by sharing your expertise on those broad topics that are important and relevant to your company. A blog can be used for so much more.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Image: jim crossley via Flickr, CC 2.0 Image: BES Photos via Flickr, CC 2.0 Image: Stuart Caie via Flickr, CC 2.0 Herwin has a strong interest in pursuing a career in public relations, helping companies and organizations make personal connections past the corporate-consumer dynamic, both on- and off-line.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

Image: Derrick Coetzee via Flickr , Creative Commons Seems to me both are somewhat extraordinary, perhaps exaggerated and possibly exciting. How B2B companies use real-time blog posts to get trade media exposure , from David Meerman Scott ‘s Web Ink Now. In other words, something very unusual. Palomino wins this round.

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Waxing UnLyrical

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. Don’t you want the back story first?

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 14, 2010

Image: Nick Fletcher via Flickr, Creative Commons But I’m getting ahead of myself. Image: Marc Benton via Flickr, Creative Commons 3. If you liked what you saw and read, Id love you to subscribe to my RSS feed or subscribe by email. There is always one company willing to hire the not so top notch applicant because of budget.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Title image: Lukasz Strachanowski via Flickr, Creative Commons Life… supplemented™ data courtesy and used with permission of Priya Ramesh, CRT/tanaka 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. Not that difficult, is it? Read All About It!

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Koka Sexton

JANUARY 13, 2009

Koka Sexton dot Com Home About Koka Contact Twitter FULL RSS I I caught myself thinking about what services I use online. Between online storage, email, web servers and my pictures, I use different companies for different things. Flickr Rocks! I use Flickr as my online photo storage bucket.

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Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 5, 2011

Frankly, it seems absolutely ridiculous to me that companies are paying $3 million for the chance to get one ad – ONE – aired. And if consumers cannot remember the companies or the products, the commercials do not lead to sales. Image: Anne-Lise Heinrichs via Flickr, CC 2.0 The other half of me is rolling her eyes.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

It was something to the effect of “Would/should companies do this with big bloggers in their spaces?&# Alas, the issue is even stickier for bloggers than it is for companies. If you liked what you saw and read, Id love you to subscribe to my RSS feed or subscribe by email. My opinion on this is nuanced. Simple, right?

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Waxing UnLyrical

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. Read All About It!

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 23, 2011

Your company is merging. Image: Marieke Kuijjer via Flickr, CC 2.0 If you liked what you saw and read, Id love you to subscribe to my RSS feed or subscribe by email. by John Taylor. Why: OK, perhaps not uber-long (887 words). 5 influence traps you must avoid , by Valeria Maltoni. I’d love to know. Read All About It!

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The Way of the Web

JULY 17, 2010

And as long as individuals, groups and companies continue to provide useful and valuable information for use by others, the net effects for those who learn the skills to use the internet effectively will be positive – social networking is an ever-more important part of that as it encompasses interaction, organisation and knowledge-sharing.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 13, 2011

Image: Heather Phillips via Flickr, CC 2.0 Image: Mike Licht, NotionsCapital.com via Flickr, CC 2.0 If you liked what you saw and read, Id love you to subscribe to my RSS feed or subscribe by email. Good for you! If you landed on the latter hopefully the following helps you out. I manage the University of Regina’s blog.

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Social Media Strategery

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

Fri, Sep 5, 2008 Miscellaneous Photo courtesy of Flickr user Le Syndicaliste under Creative Commons license That’s actually a great question, and one that I struggled with for a long time before I actually bit the bullet and created this site. I will add you to my blogroll! I will add you to my blogroll! Government 2.0

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The Way of the Web

JULY 14, 2010

companies you’ll definitely know). Obviously my network is self-selecting to an extent, but a quick scan of my friends includes: a couple of founders of significant start-ups (i.e. a fair number of journalists, including a couple of editors. 5-10 fairly prominent digital marketers. a handful of tech experts in specialist areas.

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Social Media Strategery

JANUARY 27, 2010

Image Courtesy of Flickr User Ben Zvan. Maybe Coach Wristlet is the style, quality of stitching, or the softness of the leather that the company is renown for. web20 wiki Meta Register Log in Entries RSS Comments RSS WordPress.org © 2010 Social Media Strategery. Home About Me Speaking Legal-ese My Team Gov 2.0

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Social Media Strategery

MAY 12, 2010

Image courtesy of Flickr user remography When I first started my foray into Social Media there were two kinds of people—those who proselytized Web 2.0 web20 wiki Meta Register Log in Entries RSS Comments RSS WordPress.org © 2010 Social Media Strategery. We needed a reverse mentoring program. Powered by Wordpress.

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The Way of the Web

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

1925 radio image with thanks to Ylvas on Flickr (CC Licence). And this is the generation that are now running companies, in middle management, and particularly those with a disposition for technology, digital business, ecommerce and social activity online.

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Waxing UnLyrical

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. Even if Fast Company tries to tell you so. 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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Social Media Strategery

MAY 19, 2010

When was the last time you created an Outlook appointment to catch up on your RSS feeds? I had a great conversation recently with one the senior leaders at my company and he told me that’s the one thing that separates the good from the great. But what do we lose when we get into routine like this? Did you tell anyone about it?

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Waxing UnLyrical

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. Regardless, thanks for visiting!

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Social Media Strategery

AUGUST 18, 2010

Company promotions and advertisements were broadcast through television, magazines, billboards and the occasional internet banner. Image courtesy of Flickr user woodleywonderworks Social media is starting to shape the world we live in on a “most recent” basis. Looking back ten years ago, the thought of social media didn’t even exist.

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Social Media Strategery

JANUARY 10, 2009

Development Social Media Why Social Media is Scary Sun, Jan 11, 2009 Best Of , Social Media As one of my company’s social media leads, I’ve had the opportunity to speak with a wide range of people about social media. Image Courtesy of Flickr user Ack Ook* buy-in , leadership , scary , social media , web 2.0 Government 2.0

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Social Media Strategery

JANUARY 26, 2009

Image Courtesy of Flickr user GroovyGuru Junior employees lost in a mass of thousands – they’re often anonymous pluggers who are told that they have to “put in their time.&# With the proliferation of social media both inside and outside the organization, this phrase is now more of an excuse than a reason.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 7, 2011

Image: pimpexposure via Flickr, CC 2.0 Perhaps “hot&# in a different way today…) Image: Leon Ferri via Flickr, CC 2.0 As far as Rude Dude goes I will not be recommending him, his company or facilitating introductions for him any time soon. “Filled up&# ? And yes, these are all direct quotes from the emails.)

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Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Image: Paul Schultz via Flickr, CC 2.0 If you liked what you saw and read, Id love you to subscribe to my RSS feed or subscribe by email. Or will you be genuine, sincere and honorable, and let your actions speak for themselves… and get you on that list? I know which one I’d choose. What about you? Read All About It!

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Social Media Strategery

FEBRUARY 1, 2009

Imagine what their fears will be and address those, but most importantly show how the company’s (or in my case, the association’s) work can be enhanced by that new tool/platform/effort. web20 wiki Meta Register Log in Entries RSS Comments RSS WordPress.org © 2010 Social Media Strategery. Powered by Wordpress.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Your company needs to be part of that conversation. Social media is not about Facebook or MySpace or Flickr or Twitter or blogs or YouTube. It’s about having a strategy for making your company or organization more like a person and less like a machine. It doesn’t matter what industry you’re in.

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Bare Feet Studios

DECEMBER 12, 2007

But once you want to do power blogging, you’ll want to know about ping servers , trackbacks, blogrolls, how to find A-list blogs, and so much more. More and more, the company web site is becoming its most important communication, sales, and even operations tool. Using blog software is easy if you want to do the basics.

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Social Media Strategery

DECEMBER 13, 2008

My company has clients across the federal government, and I could get a meeting with pretty much any of them just by saying that I lead our social media practice and I’d like to discuss how their organization could take advantage of social media. Stand out from the crowd and actually do something about it.

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Social Media Strategery

DECEMBER 30, 2008

In 2009, I want to do more to illustrate the “What’s in it for me&# to our everyone at my company, especially our managers. Image courtesy of Flickr user xmascarol new year , prediction , resolutions , social media , web 2.0 In 08, I went from email-only to RSS feeds to EVERYTHING ELSE, and did a lot of reading.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 25, 2011

Yes, they ARE a third-party provider of a service (a “space” for artisans to sell crafts online) but they’re a company valued at over $100 million, with a clearly defined policy on hateful and offensive items. What a silly situation for a multi-million dollar company to get itself into. Image: striatic via Flickr, CC 2.0

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 27, 2011

Image: JKönig via Flickr, CC 2.0 Image: Andy Field (Hubmedia) via Flickr, CC 2.0 Image: marissaorton via Flickr, CC 2.0 Image: Leo Reynolds via Flickr, CC 2.0 Image: Tyler Durdan via Flickr, CC 2.0 If you liked what you saw and read, Id love you to subscribe to my RSS feed or subscribe by email. Unsubscribe?

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Adam Sherk

MARCH 24, 2010

As I covered when Social Search initially launched in Google Labs, for companies the main objective in social search optimization is to get included in their target audiences’ social circles. Thus there isn’t any type of official Google profile for companies as there is with Facebook Pages or branded YouTube channels.

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