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First-time internships are often a letdown, and mine – a position with a tourism bureau in Pennsylvania – was no exception. Image: Flazingo Photos ( Creative Commons ). Start small. It was a thankless task, which is probably why anyone who has ever done it can’t seem to shut up about it. Want to read more by Nova?

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Tourism Television Print Industry 120

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NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Automation in Public Relations Measurement: Yea/Nay? Image: Tinkerbots via Flickr , Creative Commons Tools are beginning to do a solid job with the most mind-numbing parts of research (i.e.,

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Measurement Publicity Analysis Tools 80

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NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Four Steps To Optimize A News Release For Google News November 15th, 2010 Tweet Guest post by Erica Holt Please stop yawning Don’t worry. That said, it’s a difficult balance between creativity and keyword use.

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Google SEO Engineering Measurement 109

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NOVEMBER 27, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Simply The Best November 27th, 2010 Tweet There’s a big difference between being “the best&# and “one of the best.&# Read Me On BNET Watch Me In Action Book Me! Wanna Subscribe?

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Measurement Tourism Blogging Writing 66

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OCTOBER 16, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Conch and Drum October 16th, 2010 Tweet Tomorrow is Bijoya Dashami, the culmination of the single-most important festival Bengalis celebrate: Durga Puja. Read Me On BNET Watch Me In Action Book Me!

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Construction Tourism Measurement Blogging 58

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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? However, they wanted to amplify this positive WOM by bringing STA’s advocates online.

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Travel Case Study Creativity Advertising 79

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NOVEMBER 6, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali So Much To Do November 6th, 2010 Tweet So much to do So little time For places to go, for reason or rhyme. Image: Louise Docker via Flickr , Creative Commons Thanks so much for stopping by WUL!

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Tourism Measurement Twitter Facebook 62

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OCTOBER 23, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali So What Will You Have For Lunch? Image: Ranjit Bhatnagar via Flickr , Creative Commons And thanks to myfirsttweet.com , I can share it with you. Read Me On BNET Watch Me In Action Book Me!

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Twitter Measurement Tourism Social Media 65

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OCTOBER 28, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali PR Is As PR Does October 28th, 2010 Tweet Just a little bit crazy This has been a bit of a crazy week for me (actually, it’s been a bit of a crazy last few weeks for me, but who’s counting?).

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Conference Measurement Tourism Twitter 66

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JANUARY 2, 2011

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Weekly Roundup: The New Year Edition January 2nd, 2011 Tweet The champagne has been popped and you might be recuperating from the New Year’s Eve festivities. Read Me On BNET Watch Me In Action Book Me!

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Measurement Tourism Social Media Blogging 49

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NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Image: mj*laflaca via Flickr , Creative Commons It’s about how that writing looks. In other words, while your content might be fabulous in its essence, your reader is doing exactly what we grew up being told not to do: judge a book by its cover. Read Me On BNET Watch Me In Action Book Me! D’oh, you say. Image: U.S.

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Blogging Writing Facebook Twitter 86

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OCTOBER 31, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Weekly Roundup: Trick or Treat October 31st, 2010 Tweet Today’s Hallowe’en. Image: YiYing Lu via Flickr , Creative Commons Thanks so much for stopping by WUL! Wanna Subscribe?

Small Business 51

Small Business Tourism Measurement Social Media 51

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Weekly Roundup: Time and Space September 26th, 2010 Tweet Time, space, and how we inhabit the two have been a bit on my mind lately. John Cleese’s talk at the 2009 Creativity World Forum on creativity.

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Measurement Tourism Creativity Blogging 40

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DECEMBER 19, 2010

Why: great ideas that might spur your creative juices, even if you don’t have an e-newsletter… or get you started thinking about one. Image: Peter Roome via Flickr, Creative Commons Thanks so much for stopping by WUL! Read Me On BNET Watch Me In Action Book Me! Why not book me for a speaking gig ?

SEO 42

SEO Measurement Tourism Analytics 42

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DECEMBER 12, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Weekly Roundup: The Holly And The Ivy December 12th, 2010 Tweet As I write this, it is grey and damp outside. Read Me On BNET Watch Me In Action Book Me! Why not book me for a speaking gig ?

Writing 60

Writing Measurement Tourism Twitter 60

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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.&# I suspect his new book might have a new place on my syllabus.

Facebook 57

Facebook Measurement Twitter Social Media 57

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DECEMBER 7, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali What Is Your Good Name? It seems to me that in public relations, everything we do for our organizations and/or clients is in pursuit of just that: a good name. Why not book me for a speaking gig ?

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Reputation Measurement Social Media Tourism 73

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NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Automation in public relations measurement: yea/nay? Image: Sebastian Niedlich via Flickr , Creative Commons Thanks so much for stopping by WUL! Read Me On BNET Watch Me In Action Book Me! Why not book me for a speaking gig ? Measuring communication without crying , by Sean Williams for IABC’s CW Bulletin.

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Measurement Analytics Conference Web 47

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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. Erica Holt has more than 8 years experience developing digital marketing strategies for non-profit and public sector clients.

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Google Nonprofit Engineering SEO 101

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NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali The Democracy of Metallica November 29th, 2010 Tweet Guest post by Narciso Tovar Play that funky music I’ve said it before, but I’m gonna say it again: I’m a bit of a music freak. Wanna Subscribe?

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Film Measurement Leadership Twitter 70

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OCTOBER 14, 2010

Copyblogger used this book as a guide to making boring content sexy. Instead, Steve encourages people to be creative and to inject personality into their communications. Umair Haque , blogging for the Harvard Business Review , places the Gap logo debacle into this context of creativity. Creativity, for them, is an afterthought.

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Blogging Twitter Creativity Facebook 71

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NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Image: Katie Harris via Flickr , Creative Commons Connect with the people you serve The goal wasn’t to create a blog. To get the proverbial ball rolling, I wrote about the group in the University’s internal publication and he sent an email invite to campus. The answer: I didn’t do it by myself. It was a great idea!

Blogging 60

Blogging How To Social Media Community 60

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Powwowing With Pepco on Social Media September 28th, 2010 Tweet I haven’t been the biggest fan of my local energy company, Pepco, recently. Read Me On BNET Watch Me In Action Book Me!

Social Media 61

Social Media Media Crisis Energy 61

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JANUARY 25, 2011

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Etsy’s PR Nightmare: Greeting Cards Making Light Of Rape January 25th, 2011 Tweet Guest post by Steff Metal [Update from Ed.: As noted above, Etsy updated its policy due to the public outrage.]

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Policies Twitter Facebook Writing 86

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NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Sticky PR Measurement: Are We There Yet? Measure me this How many times have you been asked, “Well, what is the value of public relations?” .&# or “Can you really measure that ?” Probably quite often.

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Measurement Education Facebook Course 103

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DECEMBER 23, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali MeasurePR: Paywalls, Pitches And Prognoses December 23rd, 2010 Tweet On Wednesday, we held this year’s last #measurePR Twitterchat. Read Me On BNET Watch Me In Action Book Me! Wanna Subscribe?

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Pitching Measurement Writing Twitter 60

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NOVEMBER 14, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Weekly Roundup: The Magic of Discovery November 14th, 2010 Tweet Whither blogroll? Image: Arturo Sotillo via Flickr , Creative Commons How about you? I have a blogroll (I suspect you do too).

Blogging 85

Blogging Facebook Twitter Measurement 85

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DECEMBER 26, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Weekly Roundup: The Boxing Day Edition December 26th, 2010 Tweet No more fun and games With the buildup to Christmas, are you feeling deflated now that the actual day is over? Nothing to look forward to?

Measurement 55

Measurement Facebook Twitter Social Media 55

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DECEMBER 13, 2010

Image: Peter Lee via Flickr, Creative Commons Thanks so much for stopping by WUL! Read Me On BNET Watch Me In Action Book Me! Why not book me for a speaking gig ? So that they can shake their fingers and exclaim triumphantly, “See? We told you so!&# You know what I have to say to you, NBCW? Bah, humbug. Wanna Subscribe?

Media 89

Media Facebook Twitter Film 89

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JANUARY 14, 2011

Get Shareaholic test Filed under Blogging for Grasshoppers , Public Relations , Social Media | Tags: addons , blogging , enhancing your blog , plugins , wordpress | Comments (13) Site settings comment help? Thanks for your creative thinking and always being willing to share it. Read Me On BNET Watch Me In Action Book Me!

Blogging 93

Blogging Facebook Twitter Measurement 93

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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. Read Me On BNET Watch Me In Action Book Me! Waxing Unlyrical [.]

Crisis 71

Crisis Twitter Facebook Measurement 71

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AUGUST 25, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Five Productivity Tools for PR Pros August 25th, 2010 Tweet A few months ago, I wrote a piece on communicating effectively with a virtual workforce for IABC’s monthly e-zine, CW Bulletin. Shall We Tweet?

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Tools Google Twitter Facebook 100

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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. Why not book me for a speaking gig

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Measurement Social Media Twitter Tourism 60

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NOVEMBER 28, 2010

Image: anthony kelly via Flickr , Creative Commons Here you go. Why: public relations professionals spend a lot of time trying to learn about SEO and increasing online visibility. Read Me On BNET Watch Me In Action Book Me! Why not book me for a speaking gig ? I thought this was a good primer. Wanna Subscribe?

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SEO Measurement Facebook Blogging 42

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NOVEMBER 26, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Being Thankful For What Is Not November 26th, 2010 Tweet If you are in the U.S., Image: Raul Tejero Palma via Flickr , Creative Commons What about giving thanks for everything you don’t have?

Facebook 69

Facebook Twitter Measurement Tourism 69

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DECEMBER 2, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali New Year’s Resolutions for Job Seekers December 2nd, 2010 Tweet Are you planning to add job seeking to your list of New Year’s resolutions? Creativity will only get you so far. It was crazy.

Interviews 83

Interviews Creativity Twitter Facebook 83

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NOVEMBER 25, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali A Decade of Thanksgivings November 25th, 2010 Tweet Love, Remarkable Today is Thanksgiving Day in the U.S. Read Me On BNET Watch Me In Action Book Me! Why not book me for a speaking gig ?

Hotels 89

Hotels Television Twitter Facebook 89