Waxing UnLyrical

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. Why: PR pros are trying to learn more and more about SEO and using keywords smartly. Image: Peter Roome via Flickr, Creative Commons Thanks so much for stopping by WUL!

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 27, 2010

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 compared with, or what others might be exposed to. Liked what you saw? Why not book me for a speaking gig ?

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 23, 2010

Seeing as how it’s coming close to the end of the year and everyone’s in a prediction kinda mood, Jen thought it would be cool to chat about what might be coming our way in terms of PR measurement in 2011. In other words, paywalls , how pitching will be affected if these take off, and prognoses for 2011. Liked what you saw?

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 24, 2010

Image: Martin LaBar via Flickr, Creative Commons And even many non-Christians will be relaxing, perhaps joining in the revelry (as many of my friends did when I was growing up in India). Mark as read Approve comment Congratulations for a great post, very creative! Thanks for sharing! Reply Rate Up div.livefyre-comment).removeClass(livefyre-hidden)"

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Image: Ranjit Bhatnagar via Flickr , Creative Commons And thanks to myfirsttweet.com , I can share it with you. Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali So What Will You Have For Lunch? October 23rd, 2010 Tweet I can still remember my first tweet.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 6, 2010

Image: Louise Docker via Flickr , Creative Commons Thanks so much for stopping by WUL! So much to do So much to know To live, to love, to hurt, to grow. So much to do So much to gain To touch, to hold, come sun or rain. So much to do So much to see I am the future. The future is me. Regardless, thanks for visiting! Liked what you saw?

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Image: mj*laflaca via Flickr , Creative Commons It’s about how that writing looks. Army via Flickr , Creative Commons Usually these are placed at the top of a post, but often, if a post is long, I’ll insert additional images, alternating left- and right-aligning them. D’oh, you say. An image speaks a thousand words.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

Image: anthony kelly via Flickr , Creative Commons Here you go. What is the best SEO secret you know? Why: public relations professionals spend a lot of time trying to learn about SEO and increasing online visibility. Coca-Cola’s sponsorship is all about them , from Paul Seaman’s 21st-century PR Issues.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Image: mstofan ‘s Flickrstream, Creative Commons Thanks so much for stopping by WUL! Which is one of the reasons I still think you should leave PR to the PR pros … but I digress. Will you join us if you can? 1 – 2:30 pm ET, follow/participate on Twitter using the #netsol hashtag. See you there! Liked what you saw?

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

John Cleese’s talk at the 2009 Creativity World Forum on creativity. Why: “Boundaries of time and boundaries of space&# are essential to creativity … and pretty much anything we do. Why: A great take on the quality of modern communication because of the speed at which we can now communicate. Liked what you saw?

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 31, 2010

Image: YiYing Lu via Flickr , Creative Commons Thanks so much for stopping by WUL! Why: especially for my friends (and foes) who run small businesses. Take heart, not howls. Let’s Halloween up PR , by, er, me. Why: if we don’t enjoy what we do, what’s the point? Regardless, thanks for visiting! Liked what you saw?

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Image: twchoi11 via Flickr , Creative Commons Though I wouldn’t consider myself as devoted as some fan clubs. Image: Gitgat via Flickr , Creative Commons Instead, speak up and join the conversation. If you choose to stay quiet, it may create an opportunity for the rumors to gain even more traction. Liked what you saw?

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 26, 2010

Image: Raul Tejero Palma via Flickr , Creative Commons What about giving thanks for everything you don’t have? Waxing UnLyrical says: January 16, 2011 at 6:02 am [.] What about giving thanks for the things that didn’t work out? This post was mentioned on Twitter by Shonali Burke, Joe Hackman. Liked what you saw?

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Title image: Lukasz Strachanowski via Flickr, Creative Commons Life… supplemented™ data courtesy and used with permission of Priya Ramesh, CRT/tanaka Thanks so much for stopping by WUL! 5 Ways to Fail in Social Media | Women Grow Business says: February 1, 2011 at 12:02 am [.] Not that difficult, is it? Liked what you saw?

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

AUGUST 23, 2017

The unofficial kickoff of the digital PR industry goes back to late 2011 and early 2012, when Google’s Panda and Penguin algorithm updates turned the SEO category upside down. The updates rewarded quality content and penalized spammy SEO tricks that had propelled dubious websites to page one of the search rankings.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 14, 2010

Image: Nick Fletcher via Flickr, Creative Commons But I’m getting ahead of myself. Image: Marc Benton via Flickr, Creative Commons 3. And there are very few employers who want a standard PR person , when they have the opportunity to snag one who is creative and driven and can find an angle, even if it is in themselves.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 3, 2011

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali 5 Tips To Avoid New Job Burnout January 3rd, 2011 Tweet It’s a new year, and perhaps you’re starting a new job. If you are, you have beaten the odds, and my hat is off to you! Liked what you saw?

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Image: Geoff LMV via Flickr , Creative Commons These included sentences like On what Pepco’s crisis communication plan is: “Pepco takes its responsibility to keep customers informed seriously. Since Debbi was on a bit of a time crunch, one of her team members responded to my questions via email. Liked what you saw?

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Image: Peter Lee via Flickr, Creative Commons Thanks so much for stopping by WUL! 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. Stop playing Scrooge and Cratchit it up for a change. Regardless, thanks for visiting! Liked what you saw?

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

Image: Derrick Coetzee via Flickr , Creative Commons Seems to me both are somewhat extraordinary, perhaps exaggerated and possibly exciting. .&# A palomino is “ a coat color in horses, consisting of a gold coat and white mane and tail.&# In other words, something very unusual. Liked what you saw? Why not book me for a speaking gig ?

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 14, 2010

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. He frames this issue in a much more creative way than I did.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 26, 2010

Image: Joey Rozier via Flickr, Creative Commons For the uninitiated, Boxing Day is the day after Christmas (though where celebrated, marked on the first weekday after Christmas, so that would mean it’s actually tomorrow, but whatever). No more presents, great food and holiday cheer, you think? Nothing to look forward to?

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Image: Stephen Korecky via Flickr , Creative Commons I was finger painting in kindergarten and having a good ole time. No doubt I was probably doing what I thought to be a rendition of Hong Kong Phooey or the Lone Ranger (both great heroes in their own right, in my humble opinion). Liked what you saw? Why not book me for a speaking gig ?

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Image: Lars Plougmann via Flickr, Creative Commons Really, if you just read through the comments, there’s your follow-up blog post… but since I promised you one, you’re getting one. Image: Aftab Uzzaman via Flickr, Creative Commons It’s why I wrote about networking with a twist a while back. Liked what you saw?

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

Image: Arturo Sotillo via Flickr , Creative Commons How about you? PR and the power of ideas , from Richard Bailey’s PR Studies. Why: I do think you start with the idea … and PR is no different. Do you have hidden gems to share? Thanks so much for stopping by WUL! Liked what you saw? Why not book me for a speaking gig ?

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Sword and the Script

APRIL 2, 2019

Similarly, and though we don’t use the terminology, big businesses hire panels of marketing agencies too – PR, creative, SEO, social, digital, advertising. There were just 150 startups on Scott Brinker’s marketing technology landscape when he started tracking it in 2011. In 2018, the most recent edition, there were nearly 7,000.

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Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 22, 2010

Image: Zen Sutherland , Creative Commons I finally did get my laughs in before the clock struck midnight, thanks to Bill Murray’s exquisite performance in The Man Who Knew Too Little. Wafted straight into the sunset, did Evening. A nice enough chap, but I’ll tell you something. If you haven’t seen it, I highly recommend it.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Image: cvrcak1 via Flickr , Creative Commons Bats in the belfry? So, I did what I knew: I told them that one of the best ways to tap into social media could be done by channeling Jimi Hendrix (you can view the un-animated version here ). At first glance, you’d think I was crazy for trying to do such a thing for this kind of audience.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

Image: Lorenz Seidler via Flickr , Creative Commons I was distraught when I got a Facebook IM from one of my friends in Mumbai, telling me of the first bomb blast. I’d seen how much effort my husband put into it, and I thought it would be nice if I could do that for him, for a change. Liked what you saw? Why not book me for a speaking gig ?

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Image: Chris Lott via Flickr , Creative Commons One of the questions that Joe asked us was what our blogging experience has been like. Image: Quinn Dombrowski via Flickr , Creative Commons I’ve already said that blogging is a strange beast. It makes the blogosphere less frightening. Give someone else that voice.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Image: Travis K via Flickr , Creative Commons Thanks so much for stopping by WUL! These blogs, and people, enrich my digital, and real, life. In some sense they have been, so far, unsung heroes; something I hope to continue to rectify in the future. Who are yours? Regardless, thanks for visiting! Liked what you saw? These fine folk did: Jan.

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Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 25, 2010

Creative Commons To Love Yet Not OK. .&# With a sigh, eyes squeezed to try and wring the sleep from them, she arose, shaking her head ever so slightly, to begin the necessary rituals of ablutions, packing and boarding a train that would take her far away from her loved ones, but closer to her daily bread. Image: rubyblossom.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

First, you… Image: Kate Sumbler via Flickr , Creative Commons Hold on! Bland Image: jason carlin via Flickr , Creative Commons I mean, chicken-soup-with-no-celery-or-pepper bland. Don’t you want the back story first? Possibly, never to return. Double yikes. I went to my 404 page, and it was bland. Let me finish the story.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Image: jbcurio via Flickr , Creative Commons For the few who don’t know or recall, an “ advertorial is an advertisement written in the form of an objective article, and presented in a printed publication – usually designed to look like a legitimate and independent news story,” according to Wikipedia. Remember the advertorial ?

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 4, 2010

Image: Shawn McClung via Flickr, Creative Commons You have to really, really be paying attention to notice if someone hasn’t tweeted in a while, unless you talk to them every day. Hopefully the organization will learn from this and have a more effective campaign for World Aids Day in 2011. Now you see it, now you don’t.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Image: Matthew Smith via Flickr, Creative Commons Can you say “love at first byte&# ? Weekly Roundup: Bees In My Bonnet | Waxing UnLyrical says: January 30, 2011 at 4:51 pm [.] So of course I checked it out. Just why do I love Amplify so? has a lot of potential, so I will see how best to use add to Twitter, LinkedIn and my [.]

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Contently - Strategy

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Interactive Tools Give Brands a Creative Edge—and Empower Buyers. Way back in 2011, some employees at HubSpot had an idea. At the time, we knew it wasn’t the best course on SEO or content marketing or email marketing,” the company wrote in a recent e-book. Here are the five biggest trends you need to know.

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