PR Job Coach
NOVEMBER 3, 2010
'I often have commented in blogs and guest posts why it is important today to speak to and about your accomplishments. Fact is companies want to know what you have accomplished not just what jobs you have held. Your past accomplishments are an indicator of how you will perform in the future. So in this hotly competitive job market, you must “stand out” and be “outstanding.
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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. This isn’t another overview post about how to search engine optimize a news release.
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Bad Pitch Blog
NOVEMBER 9, 2010
'We personally loathe anyone that holds up social media, a web site, gadget or latest shiny new flavor of the month and becomes an "everything person." ** EVERYTHING : You know the type: they''re blinded by the shiny new and confuse that for evangelical fire in their eyes. They want you to know how "Flash in the Peter Pan" is going to change the world and as you read this?
PR Job Coach
NOVEMBER 21, 2010
'The majority of folks landing new jobs today are doing it through networking and their networks. Tools like job boards, classified ads, job fairs and blind mailings are useful but there is nothing like good old fashioned networking whether it’s in person or not. The question is “what are the best questions to ask of a new or renewed connection?” It depends on how well you know this person and how long you have had a relationship.
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NOVEMBER 11, 2010
Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Veterans Day: A Granddaughter Remembers November 11th, 2010 Tweet The strong, silent type My grandfather never talked about the war. That’s him as a dashing young officer, right there. I should say “wars&# since, as first a Royal Indian Air Force and then an Indian Air Force officer, from which he retired as a Group Captain, he’d seen his fair s
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NOVEMBER 4, 2010
Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Customize Your Blog’s Error Page in 5 Easy Steps November 4th, 2010 Tweet This is part of the Blogging for Grasshoppers series Here’s how to customize your 404 error page in 5 easy steps which is a wise thing to do for bloggers, grasshoppers or not.
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NOVEMBER 10, 2010
Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Ten Reasons PR Pros Should Blog November 10th, 2010 Tweet Last week, Joe Hackman hosted Danny Brown , Gini Dietrich and me on his BlogTalkRadio show, aptly entitled PRapalooza. Boy, was it fun! I hadn’t actually spoken (voice-to-voice) with Gini before, so it was great to finally do so, as well as talk to Danny after ages and Joe after not-so-long.
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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. It is often characterized – sometimes caricatured – as the only time of year Americans make their annual visit “home.&# And, more often than not, eat too much, drink too much, fight too much, and vow never to do to it again… until they do it all over again t
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NOVEMBER 17, 2010
Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Judging A Blog Post By Its Cover November 17th, 2010 Tweet This is part of the Blogging for Grasshoppers series Judging a book by its cover As I’ve been trying to pay more attention to writing more often, writing well more often, and sharing more good writing, I’ve been thinking a lot about writing.
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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? A question from Davina Brewer on how folks are using their blogrolls got me thinking. I have a blogroll (I suspect you do too). While I try to keep it updated, it certainly does not reflect all the blogs I subscribe to in my Reader.
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NOVEMBER 22, 2010
Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Bringing Open Community To Public Relations November 22nd, 2010 Tweet Color me thrilled When Maddie Grant and Lindy Dreyer asked me to participate in a virtual book tour to explore concepts from Open Community (they call it “a little book of big ideas for associations navigating the social web&# ), I was thrilled.
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NOVEMBER 19, 2010
Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Kpop Lessons: Handling Defamation Through Public Relations November 19th, 2010 Tweet Guest post by Herwin Icasiano I’m a huge fan of Kpop (Korean pop); I’ve been playing It Hurts – a new track by YG Entertainment’s girl group, 2NE1 – on repeat for some time now.
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NOVEMBER 23, 2010
Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Is Pay-to-Post Blogging The New Advertorial? November 23rd, 2010 Tweet Guest post by Jackson Wightman I take part in a few Twitter chats when time permits. One my faves is #pr20chat run by Heather Whaling and Justin Goldsborough.
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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., you are on Day 2 of the Thanksgiving holiday (and hopefully you have the day off). You’ve eaten a lot, maybe planning to hit the sales today (even better, you’re doing that online), and perhaps done your bit to give back by volunteering somewhere… all the while, giv
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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.&# Image: sahmeepee via Flickr , Creative Commons The Best means that you are indubitably, unequivocally, indisputably the best in who you are, what you do, and what you stand for, no matter who – or what – else you are c
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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. So much to do So much to see To hear, to taste, to ask, to be. So much to do So much to know To live, to love, to hurt, to grow.
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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.&# A palomino is “ a coat color in horses, consisting of a gold coat and white mane and tail.&# In other words, something very unusual.
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Bad Pitch Blog
NOVEMBER 1, 2010
'In the past, I''ve noted how media relations folks can learn a thing or two from political campaigns. Seven years later there''s still truth to this post. The approach to messaging, and changing it via instant feedback, is smart. And it''s even easier to do in 2010 thanks to things like social media. But this year, when more is being spent on political advertising than was spent in the 2008 presidential elections, I''ve also witnessed what not to do.
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NOVEMBER 28, 2010
Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Weekly Roundup: Across The Pond And More November 28th, 2010 Tweet Seeing as how I spent this past week in London, England, I thought it only appropriate to showcase some of the most interesting blog posts from “across the pond&# that I’ve come across recently.
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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? November 18th, 2010 Tweet Guest post by Seth Duncan As a researcher in the PR industry, I couldn’t be more excited about some of the advances I’ve seen around automation in media measurement over the past several years.
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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? November 1st, 2010 Tweet The first part of this post is a guest post by Gary McCormick, APR, Fellow PRSA , president & CEO of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA).
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NOVEMBER 20, 2010
Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Meandering Through Measurement November 20th, 2010 Tweet Measurement takes a holiday What happens when you get a roomful of communicators listening to a bunch of speakers on measurement? It’s not what you think. In this joint post, Sean Williams and I sat atop the ivory tower after Day 1 of the IABC Research & Measurement Conference – and issued what my husba
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NOVEMBER 30, 2010
Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali How to Start a University Blog November 30th, 2010 Tweet Guest post by Shanan Sorochynski, and also part of the Blogging for Grasshoppers series Since our university launched its first official blog , the question I keep hearing is: how did you do it?
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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? Image: betsyjean79 via Flickr , Creative Commons Advertising, Marketing, Public Relations, Journalism, Design, Digital, TV, Radio, Podcasts, Blogging, Social Networks, Newsfeeds, Affiliate Marketing, Web TV, SEO… Creative industries have evolved jus
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NOVEMBER 21, 2010
Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Weekly Roundup: Measurement Matters November 21st, 2010 Tweet Seeing as how this week was dominated (for me) by measurement – both in terms of conversation and conferences – today’s weekly roundup features seven posts that I think are well worth your time.
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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. Anytime I can take some time away (be it in business or pleasure) to jam out to a good tune or two, I’m a happy camper.
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