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. You can read all about that here , here , and here.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 11, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Colors Of My Life December 11th, 2010 Tweet I had an early start yesterday. Later that afternoon, the DC area received its first snowfall of 2010. Click here to try reconnecting the live stream. |

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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? We both like smart measurement. shouldn’t they always have been?

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Doctor Spin

APRIL 17, 2023

Going the extra mile can be a long-term PR strategy if you can figure out how to do things that don’t scale. He argues that founders should not underestimate the power of compound growth and should measure their startup’s progress through weekly growth rates. PR Resource: How To Write a 1-Page Strategy Keep it clean.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 20, 2010

Because they know how to unsuck their communications. That is a real opportunity to see how they put their plans and/or campaigns together, and how they measured success. I know I always leave with notes on how to improve my own work. I know I always leave with notes on how to improve my own work.

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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. You’ve reflected. You’ve steadied your nerves.

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Waxing UnLyrical

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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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 24, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Weekly Roundup: Rethinking Color October 24th, 2010 Tweet Hit in the face by pink I don’t know about other countries, but here in the U.S., Read All About It! These fine folk did: Jan.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 3, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Weekly Roundup: Unleash Your Lady Gaga October 3rd, 2010 Tweet Whatever you think about Lady Gaga , you have to admit she does one thing extremely well: she commands attention. Regardless, thanks for visiting!

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Waxing UnLyrical

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. Reply Rate Up div.livefyre-comment).removeClass(livefyre-hidden)"

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Get Shareaholic test Filed under Blogging for Grasshoppers , How To , Resources | Tags: 404 error page , blogging , blogging for newbies | Comments (19) Site settings comment help? when I actually know how to do something ;-) I think my blog tries to use pretty permalinks so it redirects back to the blogs front page if it can.

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Waxing UnLyrical

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. Here’s the interview. Here’s the interview.

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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 All About It! Greenbanana - Heather Yaxley Jon (Newman)'s PR 1.5

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Get Shareaholic test Filed under Interviews , Social Media | Tags: community building , lindy dreyer , maddie grant , open community , socialfish | Comments (2) Site settings comment help? Images © SocialFish, used with permission Thanks so much for stopping by WUL! Regardless, thanks for visiting! Sign out Leave your comment here.

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Community Publicity Web Social Media 82

Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali How Reading Fairy Tales Can Improve Public Relations December 28th, 2010 Tweet What’s your favorite fairy tale? And more than anything, they teach us how to tell stories. Also Cinderella.

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 25, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali When Clocks And Calendars Collide September 25th, 2010 Tweet My body clock jogs me awake. Weekly Roundup: Time and Space | Waxing UnLyrical says: September 26, 2010 at 3:56 pm [.] Read All About It!

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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, Nielsen recently reported , received nearly 14 percent of search traffic in August 2010. received 13 percent.

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Waxing UnLyrical

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. Dave lays out how.

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Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 27, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali The MetricsMan Comes To #measurePR August 27th, 2010 Tweet What’s a Twitter chat on measurement without a Metrics Man? I wonder how respondents were thinking about and defining ROI.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 23, 2010

October 23rd, 2010 Tweet I can still remember my first tweet. How unbelievably ridiculous. . | Waxing UnLyrical -- Topsy.com says: October 23, 2010 at 11:41 pm [.] Image: Ranjit Bhatnagar via Flickr , Creative Commons And thanks to myfirsttweet.com , I can share it with you. pts Settings. Sign out Leave your comment here.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 10, 2010

How to use a commitment contract to change your habits , a guest post by “Pop&# of Pop Economics at Get Rich Slowly. Here are seven of them: 1. Why: Mollie is actually thinking instead of simply linking. 4 reasons why Amplify is my Third Tribe , by Joe Hackman at Building Bridges. Joe’s post explains why. These fine folk did: Jan.

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Waxing UnLyrical

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. And the discussion was… how shall I put it… intense.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

And if you look at my posts pre- and post-June 30, 2010, you’ll see the difference. Get Shareaholic test Filed under Blogging for Grasshoppers , How To , Writing | Tags: ann wylie , poynter institute , writing with visual appeal | Comments (11) Site settings comment help? But hey, it’s never too late to start, right?

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 7, 2011

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali How To Kill Relationships With A Slap In The Face January 7th, 2011 Tweet Tell me when Last April, I was approached to speak at a PR conference targeted to health care professionals by a former vendor.

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How To Facebook Twitter Conference 83

Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali MeasurePR, the Don Bartholomew Edition Round II September 21st, 2010 Tweet I probably sound like a breathless teenager But last week’s #measurepr chat with Don Bartholomew was Awesome.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 1, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali When #measurePR Became A Campfire October 1st, 2010 Tweet “Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong, under the shade of the coolibah tree…&# If you were ever a Girl Guide (I was!) It was fun.

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Measurement Tourism Community Social Media 58

Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 29, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Weekly Roundup: Around The World August 29th, 2010 Tweet Tura-lura-Luray By the time you read this, I will be on my way to Virginia’s Luray Caverns. Let me rephrase that. Fasten your seat belts.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 12, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali From Couch To 5K: Why Lindsay Allen Runs October 12th, 2010 Tweet I’ve known Lindsay Allen for the last two years or so, first meeting her on Twitter, and then taking that connection offline.

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Twitter Training Facebook Measurement 85

Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Consider that the TaJinYo online community had over 131,000 members in September; imagine how much larger the community would have been had Tablo stayed silent on the matter. Garner support Tablo granted interviews to both the JoongAng Daily and the KBS network , who were sympathetic to his situation. These fine folk did: Jan.

Publicity 77

Publicity Reputation Crisis Communications Film 77

Waxing UnLyrical

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.&# The ever-brilliant Lee Odden gives you tips on how to avoid this pitfall.

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Facebook Measurement Twitter Social Media 57

Waxing UnLyrical

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. How to celebrate Halloween social media style , from New Media Strategies. Trick or Tweet? Why: pure fun.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 24, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Public Relations Lessons From Jesus, The Apostles And The Bible December 24th, 2010 Tweet Note: this is not a religious post, and is meant neither to proselytize nor offend. Read All About It!

Publicity 86

Publicity Creativity Measurement Twitter 86

Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 9, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Do Unto Others October 9th, 2010 Tweet If you want people to be nice to you Be nice to them. If you want customers to pay attention to you Think about Paying attention to them. These fine folk did: Jan.

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Tourism Measurement Twitter Facebook 53

Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

Be Social September 7th, 2010 Tweet Today BNET published my second post, focusing on how companies can use social media to turn customers into evangelizers. Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Want Social Media Evangelizers?

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

September 3rd, 2010 Tweet I’ve been playing with paper.li Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Playing With Paper.li recently myself and love it for all the reasons Neville Hobson listed below. I figured, why try to reinvent the wheel?

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

September 3rd, 2010 Tweet I’ve been playing with paper.li Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Playing With Paper.li recently myself and love it for all the reasons Neville Hobson listed below. I figured, why try to reinvent the wheel?

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Newspapers Tourism Measurement Community 45

Waxing UnLyrical

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. Reply Rate Up div.livefyre-comment).removeClass(livefyre-hidden)"

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