Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

Mom hat, jump online and feverishly Google their symptoms, you check social media to see if any of your friend’s children are sick. But what if you could connect with your doctor using social media ; asking for advice via a quick Twitter or Facebook message? If social media and blogs in the U.S

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Communications Conversations

JANUARY 2, 2020

That post represented the start of my social media journey. That was my social media “ground zero” moment. I was a social media addict. This blog + Twitter momentum carried me from late 2008 through probably about 2011. That changed in 2011. I still remember my first blog post.

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Karen Freberg

OCTOBER 13, 2019

One of the areas that is gaining of course a lot of focus in the social media space is the area of certifications and additional training. Incorporating social media certifications is a constant element in all social media classes – but the question always is – which one(s) do you assign?

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Onclusive

MAY 12, 2022

One of the biggest challenges for communications professionals is understanding how their efforts influence consumer behavior so they can optimize media strategy and demonstrate tangible business value. Join Onclusive for the How Earned Media Drives Consumer Behavior: A Quantitative Analysis webinar on June 8th.

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wiredPRworks

SEPTEMBER 11, 2021

Twenty years ago, today, we remember how 9/11 changed the world – and communications. Reflecting on How 9/11 Immediately Impacted Community PR and Communications. We needed to find ways to communicate quickly, accurately and effectively. Backpack communications was the most reliable and quick route to homes.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 24, 2013

and will be particularly interesting to you if you work at the intersection of health care and social media. You put on your Dr. Mom hat, jump online and feverishly Google their symptoms, you check social media to see if any of your friend’s children are sick. If social media and blogs in the U.S

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PRSay

MARCH 23, 2018

As a corporate communicator who, like others, nervously and helplessly watched the water rise, I learned about the parallels that can be drawn between the historic flood and how companies respond to their own crises. But the speed that social media offered during Hurricane Harvey also poses risks for companies in crises.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 27, 2012

These days, it moves really quickly… we now get to know about earthquakes around the world on social media platforms even before the news reaches broadcasters. According to a Mckinsey report , social media enables a consumer’s decision-making journey. What made it different? What did the contest entail?

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wiredPRworks

SEPTEMBER 11, 2021

Twenty years ago, today, we remember how 9/11 changed the world – and communications. Reflecting on How 9/11 Immediately Impacted Community PR and Communications. We needed to find ways to communicate quickly, accurately and effectively. Backpack communications was the most reliable and quick route to homes.

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PRSay

MAY 9, 2023

Definitions of EMV vary but, broadly, it means the value of earned publicity in unpaid third-party channels such as traditional media, social media and blogs. In this context, EMV is a calculation to determine the ad spend that would have been required for paid social media to achieve the same results as influencer posts.

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Presspage

APRIL 11, 2024

We were on a tight budget, so the PR firm advised us to create our own ‘social media release’: basically, a website where journalists could find all the information they needed to know about our company. We quickly recognized how valuable Presspage would be, especially to large companies with complex PR and communication needs."

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PR Conversations

JUNE 28, 2020

The Fleishman Hillard development of PESO built (with acknowledgement) on the use of earned, owned and paid as a popular way of categorising – and integrating – media channels, as defined by Sean Corcoran of Forrester in December 2009.

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Karen Freberg

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

As I have shared with my students all the time, blogging and social media can open up some amazing opportunities you would have never imagined. I presented my seminar talk all about the different challenges and issues that need to be discussed and reviewed by crisis communication researchers and professionals. What did I say?

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Cision

AUGUST 10, 2017

Case in point: Tera Leuthauser, who after seven years with Bollare Communications was recently upped to Vice President of the company. Leuthauser joined Bollare in 2011 as senior account manager, and eventually moved up to become the accessories director, and most recently executive director of the agency. How can brands keep up?

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 1, 2011

While I’m not calling them my un-resolutions, here’s what I will try to do more – or less – of in 2011. Not only because it helps me immensely in terms of creating content, but because it gives readers a range of opinion and insight into the business of communication. That can make us feel like losers.

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Onclusive

MARCH 19, 2019

Develop a full understanding of our product and communicate that to customers. Experience in public relations, communications, content marketing or social media marketing is a bonus. Excellent verbal and written communication skills and comfortable speaking to a crowd. Responsibilities. Qualifications.

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Communications Conversations

MAY 1, 2015

So, I got to thinking–I’d like to know more about Jack (I can call him Jack–we tweeted once and his strategy behind using social media. Coincidentally, over the years, I’d met Tom Buchheim , executive social media advisor at AmFam. Every tweet sent from @AmFamJack comes from Jack personally.

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PR Conversations

AUGUST 4, 2011

Public relations 2011: issues, insights and ideas, edited by Craig Pearce (free e-report). PR primer for (social) networking. When attending networking events as an organization’s PR representative, many of the same norms of behaviour apply as in the strategic steering of a viable and healthy social media presence.

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Scott Public Relations

AUGUST 27, 2019

This means that someone is less likely to share truthful information, even if they know it is the truth, if many people in their social network are saying something different—even if it is incorrect. This willingness to follow the crowd is amplified in the modern era of shares and viral content on social media platforms.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 4, 2011

In fact, heavy manufacturing is probably the only exception in sectors that have been compelled to adopt social as a medium to “be remarkable&# in human terms to their followers. Consequently, social media agencies have mushroomed , with their fair share of self-confessed SM consultants cashing in on the tide.

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Solo PR Pro

AUGUST 2, 2022

“Being an educator keeps me on my toes and forces me to know the latest trends, tips and techniques for working in communications,” says Kristie Aylett , APR, Fellow PRSA and agency principal with The KARD Group PR/Marketing. DePaul University College of Communications, 2011 – 2022. I teach it twice a year.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 31, 2019

Everyone remembers their viral, bro-y YouTube ad in 2011 , for example. Take advantage of social media. . For challenger brands, social media can offer powerful PR and marketing opportunities, particularly when it comes to real-time marketing responses to news events or competitive moves. Take Taco Bell.

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NewsWhip

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Guest blog by Lloyd Rang, a Canadian communications and crisis management expert. As NewsWhip’s data shows, Tim Hortons’ decision to leave gained more coverage and attention than any other Hockey Canada sponsor, with upwards of 32 thousand social media interactions on that coverage.

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NewsWhip

OCTOBER 21, 2020

It’s called Crisis Dashboard , and it will enable both communicators and journalists to unpack, in real time, all the public dimensions of any acute news event. They must rely on a hodgepodge of legacy media monitoring technologies, surveys, and direct social network access. It provides social media discussion and perception.

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Scott Public Relations

AUGUST 27, 2019

This means that someone is less likely to share truthful information, even if they know it is the truth, if many people in their social network are saying something different—even if it is incorrect. This willingness to follow the crowd is amplified in the modern era of shares and viral content on social media platforms.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 16, 2010

All the comments were thoughtful, but there were a few that made me think a lot more about this whole “social media&# thing. But truth be told, after a while, this ‘social media’ stuff has made me consciously LESS social both in person and online, and I have my reasons. Interesting.

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Solo PR Pro

MAY 17, 2022

After wrapping up her studies, Daria worked for a labor union, then as a temp for a couple large companies — companies she eventually figured out how to turn into clients, kickstarting what would become Steigman Communications LLC. Daria launched Steigman Communications in 1989. Thoughts on social media and the future.

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Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 19, 2013

Communicators often find themselves torn between the desire to embrace innovation, and the need to give their clients responsible advice. Criticisms against the dizzying array of marketing tools vying for communicators’ attention and loyalty reminds me of journalists’ gripes about “what not to do in PR.”. apologies, Shonali!).

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Communications Conversations

APRIL 21, 2015

And, they were ALL OVER social media after the Bullseye’s web site crashed after its launch of the new #LillyForTarget line. Remember in 2011 when they unveiled a new line with Italian fashion house Mossino? Frustrated and angry customers taking to social media. Target was in the news over the weekend.

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Want Social Media Evangelizers? 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.

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Ishmael's Corner

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

The odometer on our SlideShare — we’ve posted six decks since 2011 — just passed the 100,000 views mark, not too shabby for a communications consultancy that works behind the curtain. While consumer brands use SlideShare, its marriage of in-depth content and social make it a natural for B2B companies. Tell a Story.

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Social Media Storytelling B2B Media 60

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.

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Social Media Media Crisis Energy 61

Communications Conversations

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

One year later, I decided to shift the focus of the newsletter to my business–and, more importantly, to be more focused on two things: 1) Open PR, marketing and social media opportunities in the Minneapolis/St. What started as essentially a whim in 2011 is now a regular, weekly e-newsletter with 1,400+ subscribers.

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Cision

MARCH 1, 2016

Crisis communication is an important aspect of most PR roles. In the Journal of Marketing Management, a group of British researchers write that crisis communication has “implications for brand equity and consumers’ purchase intentions.” They write: “Facebook’s IPO is a flop.” Working through a PR crisis.

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NewsWhip

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Top Authors Leaderboard is now live in NewsWhip Spike, allowing you to go beyond measuring journalists’ output and to understand the level of public engagement each author is generating across social media. Paul founded NewsWhip in 2011 to “find the most interesting stories in the world”.

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Landis PR

APRIL 4, 2022

Here’s the pitch: In 2019, Landis Communications Inc. Newsjacking is the practice of aligning a company or brand with a current event in an attempt to generate media attention and boost the company/brand’s exposure. David Landis, the founder of Landis Communications, posted a blog, How to Create News When There is No News.

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Presspage

JANUARY 23, 2018

This surprisingly influential 4 am rant about on how to improve the press release for the digital newsroom led to the creation of the Social Media Release Template; a first format of what is today the norm in modern PR. In 2006, Foremski published one of his most unforgettable blogs titled Die! Press release!

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