Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 24, 2011

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Four Free Digital Marketing Tools for Non-Profits January 24th, 2011 Tweet Guest post by Erica Holt These are frugal days, and everyone loves getting and writing about free stuff. Why do I like it?

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Small Business Mavericks

MARCH 15, 2011

How Q&A Sites Can Boost Your SEO » Is Twitter Still A Good Marketing Tool? Twitter has posted some impressive numbers about its service and Frank at Marketing Pilgrim has picked up on them, and he’s asking some really pertinent questions. With so much noise on Twitter, is it still a useful marketing tool?

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Convince & Convert

JANUARY 11, 2011

PostRank Analytics solves this problem. Free if you connect with their “influencers” outreach program, or $15/month if you do not, PostRank provides a useful, detailed blogging scoreboard, especially if you connect it with your Google Analytics account. What sites are linking to them, that perhaps you could get to link to you as well?

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Harp Interactive

MARCH 31, 2010

They want to understand how social media marketing will meet their goals before they commit to a budget allocation for a “mythical campaign&#. Social media marketing companies like other marketing agencies need to back their claims with statistics and provide metrics to prove effectiveness. Invite / Refer (a friend).

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SocialFish

DECEMBER 3, 2010

or higher out of 10 by my beloved PostRank plugin. I’m going to test whether this selection can be automated to some extent (thereby creating an example of how YOU can save time should you want to use PostRank rankings for your own association curating!). To succeed in social media, set aside your marketing plan {Grow}.

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Kikolani

OCTOBER 13, 2010

Now I want to share some of my off-site content, as I have been doing a LOT of writing around the blogosphere. Why Guest Blogging Works Better Than Article Marketing – 5 reasons guest blogging produces better results over articles, and 5 ways to improve upon your article marketing strategy. Link Building.

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Jason Yormark

AUGUST 25, 2010

Most achieved a Postrank of higher then 6, and 9 out of the 10 articles dealt with social media. For those not familiar, Postrank is a nifty little WordPress plugin that provides some analysis into the social engagement factor of the content you create. These were the top 10 visited blog articles I wrote in the past year.

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Kikolani

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

If you are a blogger trying to make money online and the recommended powerful ways to make money with advertising, affiliate marketing, and creating products is not working out for you, then you need to focus on doing something you’re already probably good at – creating content. Become a Paid Contributor.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 19, 2010

Image: Greig Christie via Flickr, Creative Commons Since Google Instant’s launch just over a month ago, digital marketers have been scrambling to figure out how search engine marketing strategies might need to change. Bing offers an excellent guide on how to optimize sites (PDF) for its search engine. received 13 percent.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali MeasurePR: The BrandBuilder Edition November 3rd, 2010 Tweet If you work in the PR/marketing world(s) (are they one now? shouldn’t they always have been? Regardless, thanks for visiting! Wanna Subscribe?

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 24, 2010

So, for this week’s weekly roundup, I thought it would be interesting to share some of the most thought-provoking posts I’ve come across over time (they’re not all new) on how non-profit organizations and cause marketing have been rethinking color. The cause marketing genius of the pink ribbon , from Cause Marketing.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

But what about SEO for news sites, particularly Google News? Erica Holt has more than eight years’ experience developing digital marketing strategies for non-profit and public sector clients. Shannon Pauls Very Official Blog Spin Sucks TopRank Online Marketing Blog Writing Boots - David Murray Love WUL? Have any questions?

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 11, 2010

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 6, 2010

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Waxing UnLyrical

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

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Janet Fouts

JANUARY 27, 2011

Looking for a job in marketing? If any part of your job relates to social engagement you’d best have a good look at your numbers on some of the ranking sites and see how you’re doing before you stick your foot in your mouth and say you’re fantastic at creating an online presence. Postrank Analytics.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 27, 2010

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 28, 2010

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

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Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 27, 2010

So when a study like the one published by e-Marketer* suggests ‘only’ 16% of social business programs are measuring ROI, while many are surprised it isn’t higher , it actually sounds a little too high to me. Shannon Pauls Very Official Blog Spin Sucks TopRank Online Marketing Blog Writing Boots - David Murray Love WUL? Wanna Subscribe?

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Kikolani

JUNE 24, 2010

Short posts are easier to read, so visitors have more time to continue to additional posts on a site. Short posts are faster to write, giving the author the opportunity to write more posts for their own site or others. on Postrank. Pros of Short Posts. The main guide has generated plenty of tweets, comments, and a rating of 7.0

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 9, 2010

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 2, 2011

Five trends all marketers should watch in social media in 2011 , by Matt Rhodes on FreshNetworks. Get Shareaholic test Filed under Public Relations , Weekly Roundup | Tags: public relations predictions for 2011 | Comment (0) Site settings comment help? Leveraging your reputation: PR 2.011 , from Around the Water Cooler. Shall We Tweet?

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 23, 2010

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Kikolani

JANUARY 16, 2011

Question: I have a wordpress blog and am considering hosting it myself so that the site name looks more professional. They tend to love that and will happily migrate to your new site. Be sure to list your new blog URL as well as your new RSS feed URL in that post so people can subscribe easily to your new site or visit it directly.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 20, 2010

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 31, 2010

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 10, 2010

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 3, 2010

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 22, 2010

How will they change their landing page/site to optimize conversions? We are also] considering changes to the micro-site to track conversions from site to scorecards to email campaigns that hopefully lead to sales. Shannon Pauls Very Official Blog Spin Sucks TopRank Online Marketing Blog Writing Boots - David Murray Love WUL?

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 25, 2010

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 19, 2010

Delegating email with Gmail , from Duct Tape Marketing. Get Shareaholic test Filed under Weekly Roundup | Tags: analytics , brand building , email marketing , SEO | Comment (0) Site settings comment help? Shannon Pauls Very Official Blog Spin Sucks TopRank Online Marketing Blog Writing Boots - David Murray Love WUL?

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 13, 2010

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