Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 6, 2011

Here are five tips to do this. Sure, there are centenarians blogging, but there is a reason all those commercials run by medical supply companies targeting senior citizens offer to send them a free VHS tape, rather than connecting online (hat tip to Scott Stratten for that insight). Image: jovike via Flickr, CC 2.o.

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Almost Savvy

APRIL 6, 2011

Use the same photo on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, YouTube channel, your blog, etc. You are in good company. You are also invited to connect with others interested in social media on the friendly folks on the Almost Savvy page on Facebook where we share news and tips. Smile – Don’t overthink your pose.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 1, 2011

But above all, remember to test reactions whenever you make a change in how you present the most incredibly talented company in the world. Photo credit: Mark Wallace via Flickr, CC 2.0. When you’re thorough, responsive to customers’ sensibilities, and maintain consistent quality, you’ll find people will forgive you for bragging a bit.

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Ari Herzog

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

It is common for marketing companies and brands to send you newsletters, coupons, and other forms of both solicited and unsolicited spam because you provided your email address somewhere online. Do you like the photograph of a 1968 water meter by an Australian company called Email Limited? Life goes on.

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Products Tips Bookmarklet Newsletter 148

Dave Fleet

JULY 26, 2010

Social Media Tips. Tips for using social media ( English and German. Should Your Company Have a Social Media Policy? Tips for Writing Your First Social Media Policy. Online Social Media Principles. Online Communications Policy. Daimler AG. Social Media Guidelines. Blog Policy. Corporate Blogging Policy. Fellowship Church.

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Policies Resources Liveworld Social Media 419

Mindjumpers

AUGUST 2, 2010

Research Search for words and terms your company is paying for and associated with online and integrate them into descriptions and biographies on social profiles. Tagging Pictures are a valuable asset: upload them on Flickr and tag the pictures with the search words done in step 1, that compliment and are identified with your company.

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Activities Social Media How To Marketing 206

Saying It Social

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

Tips & Guides Mashable – Twitter Lists, Resources & How-Tos [link] How To Blog: A Beginner? s Guide to SEO [link] Methods of website linking [link] Linkbaiting for Fun & Profit [link] Web analytics – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [link] My list of tips for getting the most out of Twitter [link] ?Meme?

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List Social Media Tips TweetBeep 149

Writtent Blog

APRIL 2, 2013

Either way, use these tips to discover more compelling newsletter titles your audience will love. Focus on your industry, not your company name. Image by Kimberly Kling (Joyfool Roots) via Flickr. What naming tips and tricks can you share? Show the value you bring them. Please tell us in the comments.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 29, 2013

Image: Leland Francisco via Flickr, CC 2.0. Why: Sté Kerwer offers some tips on effectively focusing your writing to improve your blogging skills. Why: In this guest post for WUL, Dan Cohen explains why marketing your start-up requires you to focus on a very specific meaning for your company. 13 Tips for Aspiring Writers.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 3, 2013

Image: UOregon Conference Services via Flickr, CC 2.o. And you tell them about how you like to eat ice cream and jog and take care of your dog, and you manage a company that sells lawnmowers. Like this: Image: Nisa yeh via Flickr, CC 2.0. Tech companies start calling themselves “idea incubators.” Sound ridiculous?

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Webbiquity SMM

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network, with approximately 500 million users and more than nine million companies represented. Image credit: C_osett on Flickr. This is an excellent way to let businesses on LinkedIn know what your company does without doing the blatant self-promotion that everyone hates.

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Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 18, 2014

Image: aussiegall via Flickr, CC 2.0. 4 content creation tips for B2B software companies. Why: The recent DDOS attacks on Evernote and Feedly revealed a great deal about each company’s attitude toward crisis communication. Attitude can affect business relationships, strategy, and security.

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Adam Cohen

MARCH 30, 2011

All deservedly so, mind you – each of these companies embraced personalized approaches to engaging customers and building long term relationships. “Yadda yadda yadda,&# you say. It occurred to me that companies who think this way are missing the golden opportunity to focus on their customers first. . Most Commented.

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Social Media Marketing

DECEMBER 18, 2012

It's not too long ago (okay, in social media terms, it was eons ago) that Flickr was one of the major social networks. But the rise of Instagram as a deft and light app that allowed seamless integration into sites like Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and more made some wonder if there was a future for Flickr. So what happened? Remember that.

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Mindjumpers

JUNE 24, 2010

Blog About Clients Cases Tribesourcing Video People & Contact Bloggers « 4 Tips To Start a Blog Big Mashable Social Media Meetup in Antwerp » Everything You Need To Know About Social Media Posted by Anne Herngaard Jun 24th, 2010 Tweet We have stumbled across this useful resource made by the Candadian marketing company Eloqua.

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Social Media Wikipedia Microblogging Delicious 234

Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 12, 2013

Image: pdbreen via Flickr, CC 2.0. Why: In this guest post for WUL, Kirk Hazlett provides a real world example of how creating a corporate environment that empowers leads to passionate employees who make a company stand out from the crowd. It’s Monday once again, and you all know what that means, right?

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SocMed Sean

OCTOBER 6, 2012

Shhh… photo courtesy of Sarah G on Flickr via Creative Commons license. For a company that is engaged in the business of social media (which means sharing things), they recently restricted how developers can use their API. Recently, Twitter has been behaving pretty anti-socially with their data.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 8, 2014

Image: Scottish Libraries via Flickr, CC 2.0. In this guest post for Jay Baer ‘s Convince & Convert, Kristen Matthews provides some tips on acquiring more than just brand mentions from your network. Why: Is your company embracing the power and influence of digital storytelling and brand journalism?

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Consultant Journal Flickr Resources 190

Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 8, 2013

Image: Sean MacEntee via Flickr, CC 2.0. Why: In this WUL post, I explain why several short stories rather than a few long ones can serve your company’s content needs. Please share your tips so we can all learn. Happy Monday! Did you enjoy the long weekend? Content marketing is owning, as opposed to renting media!

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Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 26, 2013

Image: Steve Worsethandetroit via Flickr, CC 2.0. Bryce uses the examples of Weight Watchers, SiriusXM, and Encyclopedia Britannica to illustrate why sacrificing some revenue by offering a free product to compete with services such as FitBit, Pandora, and Wikipedia can contribute to companies moving forward rather than behind.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 27, 2014

Image: Cornelia Kopp via Flickr, CC 2.0. In this post for Steamfeed , DJ Thistle remind us to break the cycle of bad blogging practices by focusing on quality and the company we keep in the blogging community. Five tips to turn social media mistakes into customer advocacy. Is Guest Blogging Dead?

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Adam Cohen

AUGUST 10, 2010

While there will never be a shortage of folks trying to take advantage, it’s time that companies treat finding a partner to help in social media like they would with any other partnership. Thanks to iMediaConnection.com for publishing my first article submission there this week, called 7 Tips for Choosing a Social Media Provider.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 10, 2012

The best tip I can give: don’t take them personally. Here are 6 more tips on how to manage negative comments: Listen to what is being said. Most customers who complain online don’t want to hurt your company. Image: aaipodpics via Flickr, CC 2.0. You’ll run out of energy if you do this.

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Comments Social Media Construction Social Media Management 214

Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Image: SalFalko via Flickr, CC 2.0. Below are tips on how to build a network (and then maintain it!) Depending on your client or company, you’ll want to look for gatekeepers who have a similar focus or interest so that their readers will find an interest in your content as well. Find Gatekeepers with Similar Interests .

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Blogger Strategy Technorati Community building 263

Harp Interactive

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Whether you are a business with brick and mortar stores or a company without borders, you should be tapping into the growing number of local audiences seeking products and services in their own locality. 4 Tips To Extend Market Reach Through Local Search Optimization & Geotagging. Google has added geotagging to Blogger.

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Geotagging GPS Foursquare Marketing 324

Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 30, 2015

Why: “Companies should look for the ‘sweet spot,’ where an image or issue generates enough heat to elicit interest but stops short of raising qualms.” ” Jonah Berger and Zoey Chen shared some helpful research via Harvard Biz Review last year (the tips are still good, which is why you’re getting the post!).

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Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 23, 2015

Image: Jamie McCaffrey via Flickr, CC 2.0. 5 Expert Tips for Refreshing Your Career. 5 Tips to Get In Your #Creative #PR Groove. Check out these seven posts. ” 2. Why: I wrote this post while working from India last year, inspired by how my best friend’s mom would leave their front door open all day.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 22, 2015

Why: What happens when a company focuses on producing quality content… without anything in it for itself? Content Marketing Tips: 11 Types of Content That People Love To Share. Why: Jeff Bullas offers some tips to help you get content shares. Navy via Flickr, CC 2.0. Please share in the comments below. Image: U.S.

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Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

Terri Johnson tipped me off to a fascinating story yesterday. ” Image: Arjen Toet via Flickr, CC 2.0. There are also numerous companies that offer to “scrub” your reputation for you (for varying amounts of money), or teach you how to do it yourself; though at least in the U.S., Scrubbing the Internet.

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Waxing UnLyrical

APRIL 11, 2012

Image: dkshots via Flickr, CC 2.0. How your company behaves in a crisis can/will determine how the public responds to its leadership & services in the days and weeks that follow, making or breaking your bottom-line in the process. These are my top three tips – what are yours? And why not? • You lose credibility.

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Training Journal Flickr Loyalty 177

Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

Image: goiabarea via Flickr, CC 2.0. As a B2B company, your customers know the angles, and they know the game. These should be “thought leaders” or other people with large Facebook communities that appeal to your company personality and image. Here’s a bonus tip: Mention your company’s offline activities.

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Ari Herzog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

2005: Flickr. Do I want to treat Flickr as a serious base for showcasing my photographic works? I was the creative director for a company doing online video and games. This is a guest blog post by Stephen Black. This is his story. Or, do I want to use it as a base for experimentation? Ask Chiaki Williams. 2007: Facebook.

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MySpace Tweetdeck Mashup Flickr 187

Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 11, 2011

Are there some tips out in the blogosphere that can be shared in order to make your foray into vlogging a more enjoyable, productive experience? Image: BenSpark via Flickr, CC 2.0. Tell a story about your company? Image: Lord Jerome via Flickr, CC 2.0. But are they doing them in the best way they could? I say, “Yes!”.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 21, 2013

Image: TheNextWeb via Flickr, CC 2.0. A lot of companies still only share their own content on Twitter. Retweeting what other people have said about their own companies (or about them personally) ad nauseam. Figure out what works for you ( Ian Cleary has some nice tips on scheduling tools for multiple tweets here ).

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The Realtime Report

APRIL 16, 2014

Prior to Facebook’s IPO, Zuckerberg sent a letter to investors in 2012 in which he said the following: “Facebook was not originally created to be a company. The company plans to roll out roughly fifteen new ad products over the course of the next six months. Image via Flickr. What’s New? About the Author.

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SocMed Sean

MARCH 11, 2012

'Angry bird puts a lid on it' courtesy of etee on Flickr via Creative Commons license If you’re engaged in social media for either personal or professional purposes (and if you’re reading this, I’m betting you are), there’s an important skillset and rule that you might want to think about: The art of not replying.

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Creative Commons How To Flickr Forums 279

Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 18, 2014

Image: aussiegall via Flickr, CC 2.0. 4 content creation tips for B2B software companies. Why: The recent DDOS attacks on Evernote and Feedly revealed a great deal about each company’s attitude toward crisis communication. Attitude can affect business relationships, strategy, and security.

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