Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 16, 2010

All the comments were thoughtful, but there were a few that made me think a lot more about this whole “social media&# thing. But truth be told, after a while, this ‘social media’ stuff has made me consciously LESS social both in person and online, and I have my reasons. Interesting.

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Akamai Marketing

MARCH 29, 2011

Blogs for business are an outstanding tool for business, they can build community, be the backbone of your social media program, and drive traffic to your website, just for starters. NOW HEAR THIS : No one wants to read your overly edited, specifically written to attract media attention, 1 page maximum dribble. Entertainment.

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Akamai Marketing

APRIL 4, 2011

By taracoomans – April 4, 2011 Posted in: Content , Featured , social media Photo credit: BaronBrian 97 Million people use Twitter. By taracoomans – April 4, 2011 Posted in: Content , Featured , social media Photo credit: BaronBrian 97 Million people use Twitter. Your currency is your social media VALUE.

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Bare Feet Studios

MAY 14, 2008

Our speaker also teaches at the University of Washington and encourages CEO’s to embrace blogging and social media. Dan’s company gets it: the most recent blog post is featured on the home page. How many of our tourism, PR, communications, and advertising execs blog or podcast or twitter? Virtually none.

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Kikolani

MARCH 8, 2013

This post is part of a weekly series, Fetching Friday, featuring the best posts of the week in blogging, business, SEO, and social media on kikolani.com. Here are some of the best articles I have seen on Google+ , retweeted on @kikolani , and read in RSS subscriptions this week. Social Media / Social Networking.

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Akamai Marketing

MARCH 1, 2011

We should never sit on our laurels in social media. Whether you are a personal brand or a corporate brand or a small company, this daily review is a decent pulse-taking exercise on the reactions to your recent activity. What’s your social currency? At this point, a wake-up call is imperative. Enter Qwitter.

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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. Your keywords might be “social media for non-profits.&# In Google you get: Let’s face it. She lives in Takoma Park, Md.,

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Akamai Marketing

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

While the report doesn’t directly address much about social media, it does make a case for some strategic choices that may impact your social media campaigns. Marketers take note, services like TextMyFans allow you to integrate your social media with this increasing trend.

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Bare Feet Studios

JULY 8, 2009

It’s a hot topic all around, as social media lends itself to some highly unethical practices and characters! It’s a hot topic all around, as social media lends itself to some highly unethical practices and characters! First – The Guiding Principles of Social Media Transparency, Truth, and Trust.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

In 2008, investment and securities trading company Bear Sterns was forced to sell itself to JP Morgan Chase for $10 a share after rumors were spread about the company going bankrupt. Companies must protect their reputation in light of rumors, especially those that are defamatory. Thanks so much for stopping by WUL!

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Bare Feet Studios

JULY 16, 2010

Their biases and perspectives are quite different though, and that makes for a good panel that keeps us from drinking just one brand of social media koolaid! The best social site for musicians currently: Reverb Nation. And visit the East Honolulu Clothing Company. Go Waimanalo! Aloha, Share/Bookmark Thanks for reading!

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 7, 2010

And now, with social media, we’re extending that quest to the social Web. After all, who wants to do business with a company that has a “bad&# name? If you liked what you saw and read, Id love you to subscribe to my RSS feed or subscribe by email. Or with a person whose reputation is dodgy?

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Bare Feet Studios

JUNE 7, 2009

As I understand it, this blogger trip is not the first time Hawaii tourism has paid for blogger fam trips – though it is the first official blogger tour and significant campaign of which I am aware. The better social web monitoring services also cost real money, in addition to the time it takes to set them up.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Measurement… Supplemented October 22nd, 2010 Tweet Last week, Priya Ramesh, CRT/tanaka ‘s director of social media, joined us for the bi-weekly #measurePR chat.

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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. If you want to be among the first in Hawaii to be a Social Media Expert, this workshop is the place to be.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 24, 2010

If you liked what you saw and read, Id love you to subscribe to my RSS feed or subscribe by email. Get Shareaholic test Filed under Public Relations , Social Media | Tags: christmas , evangelizers , jesus as a crowdsourcer | Comments (3) Site settings comment help? Thanks so much for stopping by WUL! Thanks for sharing!

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Bare Feet Studios

DECEMBER 4, 2009

In today’s case, the team member who has been implementing the social web assets was also present, adding very relevant information that I did not have regarding the company’s current status. It includes a copy of Eric Qualman’s awesome YouTube video, the Social Media Revolution , which we used to open the meeting.

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Akamai Marketing

FEBRUARY 11, 2009

The power of events, ESPECIALLY B2b events, is undeniable and people are still attracted to them, computers and phones not withstanding, most of us prefer the company of human beings. What’s your social currency? This will not kill the event or incentive industry. Utilize your sponsorships to get more attendees and less signage.

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Students are not taught about new practices, since proprietary tools and techniques often remain with hidden with the agencies and companies that create them. We’ll pick up where we left off last week, discussing social media ROI. Thanks so much for stopping by WUL! Regardless, thanks for visiting!

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 27, 2010

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. One of the most energetic young voices in social media, you can easily connect with Narciso on Twitter. Thanks so much for stopping by WUL!

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Bare Feet Studios

MARCH 29, 2010

Home About What We Do PayPal Speaker Contact Subscribe Press / PR Bare Feet Network Internet Literacy for Business: Blogging, Podcasting, Online Video & Social Media Howto, Consulting, Training & Public Speaking Home > HowTo , Productivity , Social Media , Tech Tools > Should You Monitor Social Media Behavior at Work?

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Bare Feet Studios

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Most companies tend to rush in and worry about measurement later. Yesterday Tom was looking at some of things that are not easily measured, aka “ The Unmeasured Power of Social Media &# and why we should not be blinded by just sales data as in many cases it cannot tell the whole story. Yes, conversion matters to us too.

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Bare Feet Studios

SEPTEMBER 9, 2008

Home About What We Do PayPal Speaker Contact Subscribe Press / PR Bare Feet Network Internet Literacy for Business: Blogging, Podcasting, Online Video & Social Media Howto, Consulting, Training & Public Speaking Home > News , Productivity , Social Media , Tech Tools > Yammer asks: What’s Happening at Your Company?

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

Though he mostly blogs about woodworking, he actually works in social media. If you liked what you saw and read, Id love you to subscribe to my RSS feed or subscribe by email. As always in good company with the Tinu and the others. Why: crises are sometimes unpredictable, but often avoidable. Dave lays out how.

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Are you what they’d call a social media “guru,&# or are you just a concerned citizen trying to get AT&T to up its game? I’m also in the entertainment industry and enjoy tweaking the nipple of large multi-national telecom companies that annoy me on a daily, if not hourly basis. Goats, not sheep.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

Why: Danny Brown , Gini Dietrich and I talk about PR, blogging, social media and cow manure. How B2B companies use real-time blog posts to get trade media exposure , from David Meerman Scott ‘s Web Ink Now. 5 takeaways on social media and politics , by Dave Fleet. Do you really need another reason?

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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. Regardless, thanks for visiting!

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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?&# If you don’t disclose that someone’s blog post about you is not a piece of earned media, you lose credibility. Alas, the issue is even stickier for bloggers than it is for companies. My opinion on this is nuanced.

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Convince & Convert

MARCH 4, 2010

Yet, in much of my social media consulting work corporate blog owners are invariably most interested in total visits and RSS subscribers. Yet, in much of my social media consulting work corporate blog owners are invariably most interested in total visits and RSS subscribers.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 14, 2010

Knowing social media. Whether we like it or not, social media is creeping into more and more of what we do. Being across the various social mediums not only helps with building relationships, but emphasizes being concise in your messaging. That got a big “check&# from me. Can you help me tie my shoelaces?”

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Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Market mix modeling is an option (and one that he mentioned) but not inexpensive, so out of the reach of many companies. If you liked what you saw and read, Id love you to subscribe to my RSS feed or subscribe by email. » pr-media-blog.co.uk Just ask your customers, ‘Where did you hear about us?’

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 25, 2010

Even if more and more people are starting to question the efficacy of these initiatives , it seems companies don’t want to be left out in the cold by not jumping on the pink bandwagon. If you liked what you saw and read, Id love you to subscribe to my RSS feed or subscribe by email. I’m calling this the comradeship factor.

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Bare Feet Studios

JULY 28, 2008

I’ll be using our company blog to share the behind-the-scenes planning process. Many people subscribe to a group’s RSS Feed. Now is a good time to sign up to receive new articles by email as soon as they are published or subscribe to our RSS feed. First off, we are making this happen over a very short time span.

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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. The other half of me is rolling her eyes. “Get over yourself,&# says Other Half.

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Bare Feet Studios

OCTOBER 10, 2008

The social web creates a LOT of noise – it’s one of the things that keeps people from participating in it. On the contrary, finding the signals within the noise is not easy, not obvious, and when it comes to businesses developing social media campaigns, I do support the likes of, “Don’t try this yourself.

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

He does his best to stay informed on politics, tech, music, cultures, and social media. 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. He’d love to grab a gab on Twitter.

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Bare Feet Studios

AUGUST 20, 2008

We are also using it as a demonstration project for how to plan a conference using the fabulous (and mostly free) tools of social media. If a company was successful at one podcamp, they will be very likely to want to sponsor the next event in the series. It generates and RSS feed of all events we create. Web courtesy 101.)

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