Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Take this example: Let’s say you’ve created a tool that helps non-profits with social media, and you are sending out a news release as part of your launch. Image: Andras Pfaff via Flickr , Creative Commons Was this helpful? When you SEO a timely news release, you are competing with news, correct?

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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. Don’t you want the back story first? Possibly, never to return. Double yikes. So to customize it, I… Dude.

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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. For example, my post on the Gap logo thing.

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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. That sort of creativity gets you noticed. That got a big “check&# from me. Know where you want to go and what’s involved. Can you help me tie my shoelaces?”

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ProBlogger

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

Image by Jayel Aheram, licensed under Creative Commons Sites offering free copyright images are gaining in popularity throughout the blogging and web design communities alike, but they are by no means created equal. Enter: the world of Creative Commons licenses. The licenses. Attribution: CC BY.

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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. Those are the kind of campaigns that raise awareness and build community -- and you nailed the importance of community for nonprofits.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 5, 2010

As I wrote yesterday’s post, and then read through the comments, I re-learned a lesson I thought I’d already learned: that the community you are trying to build is great; but the community you have is even more important. This post is a great example of a charitable endeavor that is also concrete, as opposed to cosmetic.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 22, 2010

What about real-life examples? 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! Theory is all very well, they (you) said. Not that difficult, is it? These fine folk did: Jan.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Image: cvrcak1 via Flickr , Creative Commons Bats in the belfry? Using Jimi Hendrix as an example would get ME revved up. So, I did what I knew: I told them that one of the best ways to tap into social media could be done by channeling Jimi Hendrix (you can view the un-animated version here ). And it paid off.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Massive list posts ("50+ Ways to Use Flickr," "100 Social Media Resources", etc.) Flickr photo via BTal. You can: Take a picture (or several) and upload them to Flickr or to your blog. UPDATE -- Check out comments for some GREAT examples of this weeks challenge. Flickr photo via ragesoss.

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Justin Levy

JULY 14, 2009

You can follow the Summer of Social Good Charities: Oxfam America ( Twitter , Facebook , MySpace , Flickr , YouTube ) The Humane Society ( Twitter , Facebook , YouTube , MySpace , Flickr ) LIVESTRONG ( Twitter , Facebook , MySpace , YouTube , Flickr ) WWF ( Twitter , Facebook , YouTube , Flickr ) 4. United States License.

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ProBlogger

DECEMBER 7, 2010

Build relationships and community. When bloggers in a particular niche link to one another, it shows mutual respect and helps build the community around that niche. Example: Serious Eats links to a number of food blogs in “ Weekend Cook and Tell Round Up: Thanksgiving Leftover Derby.”. Make your content as useful as possible.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 3, 2011

I’m a poor example, but every time I did this, I felt much better. Image: Magnus Forrester-Barker via Flickr, Creative Commons Thanks so much for stopping by WUL! Hopefully all will go well with your new employer; but if it doesn’t, you don’t want to have to start from scratch. Do share via a comment.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

OCTOBER 4, 2008

Flickr photo via Nesster. Facebook or LinkedIn) or other communities of practiceâ?? The investment these companies will make in blogs, social networks, and communities will â??stimulate In Tonys screencast example (below), "Moodle" and "WizIQ" are the two search terms hes using. END RANT ).

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Image: Matthew Smith via Flickr, Creative Commons Can you say “love at first byte&# ? There are several other options, such as Flickr, Tumblr, WordPress, Blogger, etc… even Ping.fm. It really is a community. I think what delights me most about Amplify is that there really is a community sense to it.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JULY 22, 2008

fluency -- our ability to function socially in the modern complex world, to be of use socially to others in our communities. This could show what people value in others in their networks/communities, and what they offer, and how that effects both their popularity and the strength of the community as a whole. Flickr: My Photos.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JULY 24, 2008

It takes concentration and focus, and an ability to bring all your senses to bear (body language can convey a lot, for example) in your observation. Intentional Communities. The Salon Blog Community. Flickr: My Photos. wonderful examples of writing of a particular genre, that they can learn from. Gil Friend.

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Kikolani

JANUARY 16, 2011

If you’re talking specifically through social media, you could look to building a strong following on Twitter, for example, and then use services like Sponsored Tweets ( [link] ) or similar services where people will pay you to tweet advertising messages to your followers. It just depends on the site and the community!

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali WOM: What’s Really Behind The Buzz November 24th, 2010 Tweet Guest post by Bryce Keane What’s the buzz? They listen a LOT. Then they plan. And talk they do. – and 14.9%

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ProBlogger

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

Since we’ve already talked about selling blogs this week, I wanted to walk you through my buying experience today… Image by Flickr user quinn.anya, licensed under Creative Commons. I would prefer to buy an established blog in a niche that has decent traffic, an engaged community, and quality content.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2010

The article has examples of how social media worked too. 40 Key Elements to Getting Started in Social Media (Louis Gray): Mike Fruchter writes an awesome blog post on Louis Gray’s blog about how to get involved in social media, from branding to blogging to Twitter to community. It’s definitely a worthwhile read.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 2, 2010

Image: Tania Gail via Flickr , Creative Commons We were deluged by applications; when we had openings, when we didn’t have openings, when we had budget to hire, when we didn’t have budget. It was so creative, that I remember it verbatim to this day. It was crazy. Or not qualified at all (see #3 above).

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Image: Tinkerbots via Flickr , Creative Commons Tools are beginning to do a solid job with the most mind-numbing parts of research (i.e., 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.,

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Kikolani

JULY 6, 2011

Here are some more examples: Create a Flickr group. I highly recommend you create a Flickr group so that people can share their photos. The Secret to Success is Support(SITS) : a general community of bloggers with over 6,000 members. For example, do they have a Twitter account? Do you blog about Photoshop?

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

John sets a beautiful example. Image: Sebastian Niedlich via Flickr , Creative Commons Thanks so much for stopping by WUL! There are no absolutes when it comes to measurement, as Don points out… only – and, perhaps most importantly – context. Why: Ever wanted to tell you-know-who where to get off?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 8, 2008

These scenarios come to fruition in spontaneous communities, on social networks, and other self-service tools – all thanks to the availability of low cost technology and access to the world wide web. You can also not use the tools correctly or not behave appropriately within communities around the tools and market poorly.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

With Twitter being so incredibly large and vast, there are different types of mini-communities. Reply Tamar Weinberg February 16, 2010 at 1:01 pm Yup, you’re the perfect example for this, Michael. Let me use a good example that’s relevant to me: Facebook. Call them cliques if you will. Many don’t overlap.

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Kikolani

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

Photo Credit: Alexander Henning Drachmann on Flickr. Comments are the life of your blogging community. There are blogs that release their content under Creative Commons licensing which basically means that you can repost it if you give them credit, but be absolutely 100% certain that is the case before republishing something.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

For example, the priorities for a PLE are different for a tertiary student, a university administrator, an instructor, a working professional, or an adult who persues an eclectic path of lifelong learning. Examples include YouOS , 30Boxes and NetVibes. A simple example is the integration of weblog with an embedded online calendar.

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ProBlogger

AUGUST 26, 2013

Three Fool-Proof Post Formulas (Plus Examples). Example: 26 Essentials for Blogging Success: What You Need to Know , Social Media Examiner. Example: Why You Need to Create and Sell A Product Now (And How To Do It). Idea #3: Top Experts Answer… Example: The Experts’ Views on Content Marketing. Idea #1: An A-Z Guide.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 29, 2010

The problem has been growing for about 20 years as more and more products and services have become commoditized–and Google is the ultimate example with free search. Since some people don’t mind Creative Commons licenses, that means everyone should! It happens in religious communities too. You usually do.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Most organizations, too, refused to abandon the top-down centralized information model that was already in place, merely institutionalizing it with firewalls, access restrictions, monster centrally-managed one-size-fits-all databases and websites and over-engineered, over-managed collaboration and community-of-practice tools. Gil Friend.

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Convince & Convert

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

See an example at the bottom of this post (the little squares that animate when you put your cursor over them). Flickr Creative Commons Search This is my go-to source for photos for the blog and presentations. Katie Morse Community Manager @misskatiemo [link] [link] Katie Morse Jason – great post!

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Track things like audience/community sentiment (positive/negative) if you want to map effort to results. Get a Flickr account for photo sharing. Use social networks respectfully to share the best of your content, in a community-appropriate setting. Remember that community and marketplace are two different things.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

I believe we’re going to shift back to thinking customer service and community management are the core and not the fringe. I believe we’re going to move our communications practices back in-house for lots of what is currently pushed out to agencies and organizations. Disagree with me in the comments. Dr. Wright.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 4, 2013

Image by hydropeek, licensed under Creative Commons. 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. I’d rather have Pinterest. Create supplemental material boards.

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ProBlogger

MAY 1, 2017

I’d also love it if you would join our Facebook group, if you just go to problogger.com/group or do a search for the ProBlogger community in Facebook. Say for example, we’re at social media marketing world and I was going to share one of my presentations, I would upload that to SlideShare. I’m always so flattered. You’re 100% set.

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