Communications Conversations

OCTOBER 18, 2017

The theme of this year’s #mnblogcon was “growth” But, for my keynote, I attempted to take things a little different direction and talk about what growing my blog has been all about–because really, it hasn’t been about the numbers, followers or like and comment totals. Another example: My PR Rock Star series.

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Waxing UnLyrical

MAY 2, 2013

Having built my first web site ( DVD Verdict ) in April 1999 and managed one of the larger SEO teams in the country from 2006 to 2009, it’s safe to say I’ve seen many changes in web marketing over time. That’s a blog post for another day. Take every question your company gets asked and consider writing a blog post to answer it.

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Journalistics

JANUARY 3, 2016

As part of my effort to get the blog back on track in 2016, I spent the past month doing some quantitative and qualitative analysis to better understand how this happened. For the quantitative input – because numbers don’t lie – I did a thorough review of our Google Analytics data going back to 2009 when we launched.

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Journalistics

JANUARY 24, 2016

In my first post of the year, I confessed my blogging sins and provided some insights around what caused me to blog less the past few years, and what I learned from the process. This posts was the first step in my journey to blog more in 2016. About This Two-Part Series. Which posts have your readers enjoyed least?

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Doctor Spin

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Facebook introduced the Like button in 2009. Insight: Change the Internal Polarity When we think of features and functions as PR professionals, we have a tendency to think of them as standalone communication activities. Please consider supporting the blog by sharing it with other PR- and communication professionals.

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Doctor Spin

DECEMBER 16, 2023

Please support my blog by sharing it with other PR- and communication professionals. “The halo effect, also known as the physical attractiveness stereotype, refers to the habitual tendency of people to rate attractive individuals more favorably for their personality traits or characteristics than those who are less attractive.”

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Deirdre Breakenridge

OCTOBER 5, 2015

in Communication from Syracuse University, and her Ph.D. in Communication/Public Relations from University of Maryland. She graduated in 2009 and then started teaching at Stockton University in New Jersey. A follow up blog post by PR 2.0 See” you on the 13th! More about Ai Zhang. Ai Zhang received her M.A.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 14, 2011

If you’re just getting started blogging (or maybe even if you’ve been doing it a while), here are some WordPress plugins I really really like. I really like its functionality, plus it’s a great way for folks to search on your blog as well as on the Interwebz without actually leaving your blog. LinkWithin.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

They might be helpful to you as you continue on your path as a blogging Grasshopper. This is hugely helpful, because each theme is different and, as a result, the way a post looks when published on one blog, might look completely different on another. I just get kicks out of mobile blogging w/ multimedia.

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Journalistics

JANUARY 3, 2016

As part of my effort to get the blog back on track in 2016, I spent the past month doing some quantitative and qualitative analysis to better understand how this happened. For the quantitative input – because numbers don’t lie – I did a thorough review of our Google Analytics data going back to 2009 when we launched.

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Waxing UnLyrical

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? A few weeks ago, they asked a question about paying for blog posts. In 2010, blogs and bloggers are truly influencers. Do we really want that?

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Shift Communications

JANUARY 25, 2023

It is how they communicate with their vocabulary, attitude and the vibe that comes through with their visuals, advertising and customer experience. It is who they are and who they look to bring into their community. Teen retail phenomenon Brandy Melville has (controversially) only had one size on offer since they were founded in 2009.

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Waxing UnLyrical

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!

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Deirdre Breakenridge

MARCH 2, 2020

In 2009, it began with a simple question asked by Angela Hernandez , then President of PRSSA at Central Michigan University (CMU). “ This was an important question and one that should be explored beyond one student or one blog post. To change the perception of the communications industry. About #PRStudChat. Our mission?

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Communications Conversations

AUGUST 27, 2019

Blog content from people with varying writing skills (this even applies to some “media “sites now). Communication behaviors have changed. Today, they’re absolutely a key way we all communicate. Technology has changed communication behaviors, too. Again, think about how you communicated 10 years ago.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 18, 2011

What this does is let you select a certain number of blogs from your blogroll, and only that number of blogs will be displayed. I love how, when you click on an image, it starts the slideshow right on your blog! Don’t forget I started out this post with my initial list of five ways for you to spice up your blogging.

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Journalistics

JANUARY 24, 2016

In my first post of the year, I confessed my blogging sins and provided some insights around what caused me to blog less the past few years, and what I learned from the process. This posts was the first step in my journey to blog more in 2016. About This Two-Part Series. Which posts have your readers enjoyed least?

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PR Conversations

JUNE 28, 2020

I used to follow Don’s blog, MetricsMan as he was one of the leading figures discussing measurement and evaluation at this time (along with Katie Delahaye Paine ). In June 2013, Gini Dietrich presented the first iteration of the PESO model you may recognise in a blog post: The Four Different Types of Media.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

A while back, I was looking at my Google Analytics for WUL and I noticed that my 404 page , i.e. the one you get when the server can’t find the page you’re looking for on a particular site, was the 4th most highly-trafficked page on my blog. And they wouldn’t bother to poke around on the blog to find it.

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Stuart Bruce

AUGUST 17, 2015

The UK’s Government Communication Service is at the forefront of this innovation, but you also see some amazing work and brilliant PR professionals in the NHS, local government and other areas of the public sector. I don’t think any of them are working just for the love of doing public sector communications.

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Communications Conversations

APRIL 21, 2020

I’ve worked in communications for almost 25 years. Then, in 2009, I started my own consultancy focused on social media marketing. I write one of the longest-running PR and social media blogs in the country. I’m a native Minnesotan, but man, do I hate our winters. But, I learned a ton–from a lot of smart people.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 13, 2011

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali How To Get Your Blog Project Approved January 13th, 2011 Tweet Guest post by Shanan Sorochynski Okay, you’ve had nearly half a month to sink into 2011. I manage the University of Regina’s blog.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Steps that help Although I am usually annoyed with these types of posts, as I seldom gain value from reading them, there are those that communicate worthwhile messages. Leaders cultivate intelligent and competent group members by communicating why certain methods work and should be replicated, and what about certain ideas are important.

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PRSay

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Please join the discussion through blog posts, webinars and Twitter Chats (#PREthics) scheduled throughout the month of September and consider the content a catalyst for integrating ethics and ethical practice into your daily communication activities. . 2009; Ragas, Uysal & Culp, 2015). Leave the comfort of your office.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 20, 2011

Without the input of communicators and marketers far and wide I fear Christmas may be doomed. Christmas Communication Plan 2011. Prepared by senior communication elves: Peppermint Pete and Ernie Evergreen. A 2009 gift that received a “meh” was more likely to receive an “eh” in 2010. Need/Opportunity.

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wiredPRworks

JANUARY 13, 2022

He is the producer of The Rainmaking Podcast and has produced podcasts since 2009. Barbara Rozgonyi leads CoryWest Media, a creative marketing communication consultancy that attracts attention, builds brands, and connects communities. With future vision, Barbara began publishing her top-ranked blog, wiredPRworks, in 2006.

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Communications Conversations

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Like my friend Sarah Ziehr said on Facebook, if there was an “eye roll” emoji, I would have used it when I saw this post on Hubspot’s blog last week. First, in the 2009-2012 period (roughly), you may recall mom and lifestyle bloggers forming these ‘blogger networks.’ Not at all.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 20, 2010

Photo of the 2009 Silver Inkwell awards merriment courtesy Marvin T. It recognizes exceptional work in the field of business communication from our peers, and we should celebrate them. Because they know how to unsuck their communications. the entire posting at Shonali’s blog, Waxing Unlyrical. Read All About It!

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Shift Communications

JUNE 21, 2022

It rocketed into the global discourse and financial system so quickly that we often forget Bitcoind, the first cryptocurrency, literally did not exist until 2009 when the pseudonymous “Satoshi” wrote the seminal Bitcoin white paper that invented the dang thing. Truthfully, in many ways, the crypto industry has gotten a bit over its skis.

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Sword and the Script

MARCH 30, 2021

However, if PR is part of your communications or marketing strategy , then those businesses are missing an opportunity to tap social media for better exposure. This runs counter to current trends among the general public – but that’s a different blog post. Need an extra pair of hands? click image for higher resolution).

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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? link] Nov. 9, 12-1 pm ET. Read All About It!

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Shift Communications

OCTOBER 3, 2014

In a 2009 Stanford study , fifth- and eight-grade students were enlisted to instruct a computerized “Teachable Agent” in biology. Contribute posts to your company blog. The post Learning By Teaching: The PR Edition appeared first on SHIFT Communications PR Agency | Boston | New York | San Francisco. Conduct a webinar.

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Critical Mention

MARCH 13, 2019

I started writing the blog in 2009, and the speaking and books followed on not too much later. More communication and focus on client acquisition as a problem sales and marketing need to solve together can enable better results. My blog has something like 3,900 individual posts. How do you define their relationship today?

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ZudePR

MAY 22, 2015

A gratitude blog post if you will. She’s a great communications practitioner (particularly crisis management), a fellow grammar pedant, and like me, is always learning. I had a great time at Weber Shandwick, latterly heading the firm’s Glasgow office between 2009 and 2014. Zude PR , that is. It’s been amazing.

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Prakkypedia

APRIL 28, 2014

If you look back at the first posts of Prakkypedia, you’ll soon seen that this blog was very different in 2009. While I did work in social media at that time, the blog was more personal and I was keen to know what it felt like to be a blogger. As I said at the outset, this blog has survived in a number of guises.

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Deirdre Breakenridge

OCTOBER 20, 2015

I have been teaching communication/public relations courses for a decade, if you include the earlier years when I was a Teaching Assistant at Syracuse University and the University of Maryland. I am going to share what I learned from this informative chat in two separate blog posts because there’s a lot to be covered.

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Waxing UnLyrical

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. What do you think is going on here? A news release is third.

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