Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 23, 2015

Image: Jamie McCaffrey via Flickr, CC 2.0. Why: “But cleaning house right now may not only be good for your abode—it could also prove beneficial to your career,” says Stephanie Taylor Christensen in this Fast Company post that offers some “tips for top career to-dos to tackle in the spring.”

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Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 15, 2011

Image: Leo Reynolds via Flickr, CC 2.0. And then, what if I told you that the program helped DC’s under-served populations acquire key job skills and earn a living wage? About three weeks ago, I took a short-term gig as the Media Coordinator for the program, and have helped garner attention from DC’s media and blogger community.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 27, 2011

This is a real email I received a couple of days ago: Hi Shonali, I came across your company Shonali Burke Consulting and wanted to connect with you with regards to how you handle your issue/topic tracking in the media. But the truth is that the ability to write a good pitch is a skill that everyone in your business needs to develop.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 15, 2015

When I was growing up in the world of PR, many communicators who were considered successful were primarily doers. Now, however, I believe communicators must truly be leaders to be effective. Trust has always been a core leadership skill because people only follow those they trust. Image: chrisperriman via Flickr, CC 2.0.

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The Marketing Blog

APRIL 12, 2010

21 am New Job Opening Jump to Comments Friends, at Iffort Consulting , we are recruiting a skilled designer/graphics professional with around (1-2 years) of experience in the following areas. Home About In the Media Search Engine Statistics:: Google’s share dips Facebook & India April 13, 2010.6:21

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Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Image: janetmck via Flickr, C C 2.0. Here are a couple of excerpts: First, what can a company thinking of hiring an agency, expect in terms of service that they have been missing by running PR in-house? So ask questions like: how did you help other companies achieve their stated business objectives? And that’s ok.

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Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Image: photommo via Flickr, CC 2.0. His new company, Jacobs Executive Coaching , focuses on teaching agency executives and leaders how to lead (sounds easy, but it isn’t). A5: what do you call a PR pro with math skills? Jodi Echakowitz. Answer: Boss. Kristie Aylett, APR (@KristK) February 3, 2015.

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Adam Cohen

JULY 12, 2010

It happens in all industries, but lately I’ve seen retail companies keep their “Consumer Insight&# group focused on traditional insight like mall traffic patterns and planograms. But those same companies need to leverage, not ignore, that insight available when fusing social media into the marketing mix they already have.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 29, 2015

Communication in general can be a very complicated topic. Your company culture matters , and how you communicate within the workplace is a vital piece of the puzzle when putting it all together. How should we communicate within today’s multigenerational workplace? Image: aturkus via Flickr, CC 2.0.

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Proactive Report

DECEMBER 31, 2010

In 2000 the Cluetrain Manifesto stated, “Companies need to listen carefully to their employees and their market. The Engagement db study shows that the companies that are really engaging with their audiences are reaping financial benefits, even through the recessionary period. Image credit: FeatheredTar Flickr.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Many people stay to themselves, failing to participate in the community and to build rapport with others in the same field. Dishonesty Lying about your knowledge, skills, or experience will not pay much in the way of rewards over time. Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 14, 2010

Image: Nick Fletcher via Flickr, Creative Commons But I’m getting ahead of myself. To land a position in the PR course at RMIT, students need to sit a test to ensure that they have the necessary general knowledge , writing skills and linguistic motivation to be a PR grad. Image: Marc Benton via Flickr, Creative Commons 3.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Image: Andras Pfaff via Flickr , Creative Commons Was this helpful? Combining creative ability and optimization skills to create compelling, keyword relevant press releases will only prove to be a rewarding public relations effort for your company. These steps are quite easy, really. Have any questions? These fine folk did: Jan.

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Diva Marketing Blog

JUNE 10, 2012

What skills/talents should that person have to make it work? That person should have a couple of skill sets. you lend that content to and community to outlying networks.” (p p 24) The question then becomes is what’s the source of the content and community? Geoff Livingston: Usually, it’s the company.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali The Value Of A Fire Drill October 27th, 2010 Tweet Guest post by Narciso Tovar I remember the time I went through my first fire drill. The "fire drill" idea seems like it would help many people and companies.

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Proactive Report

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Courtesy of Dean Meyers Flickr. companies say they plan to award base salary pay increases in 2011. Owyang advises job seekers to hone there skills: Ability to formulate a social media strategy and fulfill business objectives. How to apply your social media skills to both internal and external audiences. 98% of U.S.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 4, 2010

Now known as the “social media hotel&# of NYC, Roger Smith is attracting a really incredible bunch of people who have raved about the ambiance and the company’s approachability online. Twitter, he says, “became my way of talking with a community of people.&# It is an open community of creative and passionate people.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Massive list posts ("50+ Ways to Use Flickr," "100 Social Media Resources", etc.) Its just TOO MUCH information to absorb, even for someone like me who prides herself on her information management skills. Flickr photo via BTal. You can: Take a picture (or several) and upload them to Flickr or to your blog.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Weekly Roundup: Paloozas And Palominos November 7th, 2010 Tweet Apparently a “palooza&# is an “ exaggerated event.&# In other words, something very unusual. Palomino wins this round.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JULY 22, 2008

Our professional value really is a function of the extent of, and our ability to integrate, our knowledge, our thinking competencies, and our communication competencies. Reportage is the application of our communication skills to what we know. Insight depends on our ability to apply critical thinking to what we know.

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The Marketing Blog

MARCH 28, 2008

38 am Join a world of creativity, fun, innovation and entrepreneurship Jump to Comments We’re hiring @ Ideafarms They say that ‘culture’ is the biggest asset for any company and my mad workplace is special because of our unique culture Why Us? If you possess the skills to contribute, you are more than welcome to stop by.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 15, 2010

As my company builds out our first blog- there are great tips in here, thank you. Reply Tamar Weinberg July 19, 2010 at 1:41 pm FWIW I link to Shutterstock on all the posts where I use their images (which happened in this case) I also use Flickr. I’ve been using Flickr but always curious what others do.

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The Marketing Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2007

Talking about myself, I am nobody when it comes to ‘writing’ I’ve been criticized many a time for my writing skills but still I keep blogging. Simple, coz’ I am trying to build ‘expression’ skills. Do you know why? when it ends I’d stop What is your case guys?

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The Marketing Blog

AUGUST 2, 2007

He could tell the whole world know about his skills and he started gauging with this audience through blogs. Image source [link] ) Share this: StumbleUpon Digg Reddit 5 Comments Filed under Innovative Marketing 5 Comments mita August 8, 2007 at 10:42 am I highly appreciate your writing skills. Do u mind giving tutoring me ?

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The Way of the Web

AUGUST 30, 2012

On the whole that’s a good thing – the role of technology in marketing has changed massively, whether it’s in product/service creation, communication or delivery. But there’s a traditional marketing skill which might get overlooked in an over-reliance on technology and data. Or run a sideline business.

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Social Media Strategery

JANUARY 27, 2010

community, congratulate those of us on new career moves, and help connect potential candidates to new positions too. Strong organizational, analytical and communication skills are key to successful performance in this position. community and I’m looking forward to see where he takes his passion in this new role.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 1, 2010

It’s a good mix of coach-speak, highlights, community service footage, and cheerleader features. The team has a lot of photographs on Facebook (and also some on Flickr). But I wasn’t the only person doing this, and by no means was I doing it any more than anybody else in the community. So, I peeked at YouTube.

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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. And understanding is one of the most important building blocks to a successful career in any field, and particularly in business communication. It makes the blogosphere less frightening.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 3, 2010

Then, when you’re joining a community for the first time, you’ll need to study the users and slowly build relationships with them. Many companies that have not embraced social media marketing often do so because of the fear of an uncontrolled message. We hit hiccups with our marketing efforts and also our parenting skills.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

OCTOBER 4, 2008

Flickr photo via Nesster. Companies that didnâ??t Facebook or LinkedIn) or other communities of practiceâ?? The investment these companies will make in blogs, social networks, and communities will â??stimulate Stephens PLE: Store photos ( Flickr ) and video ( Google video ). through the lens of Web 1.0,

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 23, 2008

So when you grade peoples work and learning (whether by actually issuing grades or through badly thought-out performance evaluations and poor management skills), they will be less interested in learning, less interested in performing challenging tasks and less able to think creatively--the exact opposite of what we need at work.

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The Way of the Web

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

A nice example of going further than simply creating and releasing an API has been announced by Etsy , the community of makers and sellers of all sorts of items. And knowing how to utilise and implement feeds from APIs is an increasingly important skill for a huge number of professions.

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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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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

You have to create content, be part of many communities, and proceed incrementally. 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. That’s not a “wave the magic wand&# scenario. It’s about humanization.

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Bare Feet Studios

JULY 8, 2009

She didn’t last long, as the community questioned her extreme statements and Jeremiah Owyang (a Forrester Analyst) contacted Exxon directly for comment. (I Sock Puppets are the paid marketers who pose as community members to create content on behalf of a client or their own company. There’s an example here.

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Kikolani

JANUARY 16, 2011

It does require a different type of coding skill (if you are used to just modifying templates with PHP, you will also have to learn the hooks system). Question: How to convince a company that you work with how important blogging can be to their company’s success? It just depends on the site and the community!

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Bare Feet Studios

OCTOBER 1, 2008

We will have three guest speakers from the mainland, sharing case studies from companies like Dell, Southwest Airlines, and Cisco who are using social communities online for internal and external customers. We in Hawaii have unique challenges and opportunities for using tools such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, etc.

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