Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 3, 2023

I’ve been writing this monthly column about PR technology companies for nearly five years – and I’m still continuously reminded that while these companies make software for communicators, they are not typically communication experts. Meltwater gamifies customer community. Kick-ass” PR blogs. Trust but verify.

Analysis 142

Analysis Tools Software SMB 142

Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 18, 2014

If you came here looking for 15 blog headlines that don’t suck… you were sucked in. By a blog headline that didn’t suck! “Find ways to get people to your blog !” The thing is, recently my blog (and news) consuming habits have been very “un” SSMG [Supposed Social Media Guru]-like.

Blogging 92

Blogging Writing LinkedIn Google 92

Deirdre Breakenridge

JULY 22, 2019

In November of 2018, the Hootsuite Blog stated that over 200 million people participated in Facebook Groups and there were about 150 million people who took advantage of Facebook Stories. They’re also reading online publications, blogs and curating stories through news apps.

Social Media 177

Social Media Media Interviews Instagram 177

Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 28, 2014

Blogging is a great way to start conversations, share ideas, and build your online community. Whether through guest posts or original content on your own site, blogging can help your brand gain traction (I mean, just look at me!). So this week, the roundup features seven posts from around the web that focus on blogging.

Blogging 76

Blogging SEO Community Resources 76

Deirdre Breakenridge

DECEMBER 4, 2018

A Guest Post B y Rana Shenawi, G raduate Student, American University, PR Expanded Blog Contest Winner. Although this blog is tailored to nonprofits, any organization can use these tips for youth engagement. Credit: Giving Compass (www.givingcompass.org). Just last month on Sept. A new Pew Research Center survey of U.S.

Nonprofit 240

Nonprofit Storytelling Instagram Social Media 240

ReimaginePR

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

They are currently in the stages of wrapping up their year-long story campaign called “Greater Portland is My United Way” that features first-person stories from around the community. The LUbrary is a resource for the community, funded by the community. Like all good stories, writing them is just the first part.

Brand 306

Brand Branding Storytelling Resources 306

ReimaginePR

OCTOBER 3, 2016

If you’re looking for an easy, but sure way, to define yourself as an expert in your field, here’s my advice: write an ebook. And perceptually, it has more weight than a regular blog post. Aside from bragging rights, writing an ebook can help increase your authority because people will begin to see you as an expert on the topic.

eBook 219

eBook How To Writing Community 219

Stephen Waddington

JANUARY 31, 2019

Individual blogs are in decline but blogging remains an important form of social media for reputation and awareness. You need look no further than the marketing, media and PR community for evidence of the decline in the craft of personal blogging. The community that once coalesced around backlinks and comments has gone.

SEO 113

SEO Community Blogging LinkedIn 113

Barokas

JANUARY 19, 2018

With over 2 billion users on Facebook and over 800 million users on Instagram, these two social networking sites have far surpassed their original intentions to connect family and friends. Here is what you can expect from Facebook and Instagram’s new algorithms and how you can increase your content’s visibility: Facebook.

Instagram 84

Instagram Facebook How To Travel 84

Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Seeing as how tomorrow’s Veterans Day, I thought for today, we’d focus our roundup on content from blogging veterans; what it’s like, what their tips are, and how they keep going. and I remember how, when I was just getting started blogging, I wondered how people could keep at it for years and years and years.

Blogging 70

Blogging Knowledge Base Resources SEO 70

NewsWhip

JUNE 6, 2022

So in this blog, we will look at the communities that have the highest score (i.e. r/memes was a particularly successful community in terms of the highest score. r/AskReddit was the community that had the most discussion. The highest scoring Reddit communities of April 2022. Let’s look at the data.

Reddit 78

Reddit Community Analysis Comparison 78

Stephen Waddington

MAY 2, 2020

We’ve all had a rapid onboarding on FaceTime, Facebook Messenger, Google Hangout, Teams and Zoom during lockdown. I won’t be learning Mandarin or writing a book during lockdown. The answer landed in the form of video by Fiona Crump in my Facebook newsfeed via 80% Awesome , a Facebook group created by Rachel Picken.

Transportation 84

Transportation Government Community Facebook 84

Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Because if there’s one thing I believe takes public relations from good to great, it’s when your audiences start becoming your community through the relationships you develop with them. But I was curious to see how Maddie and Lindy perceived not just Open Community , but its juxtaposition with public relations.

Community 82

Community Publicity Web Social Media 82

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 10, 2017

It’s easy to believe there are a million marketing blogs but that’s just not true. If you blog about marketing – especially with any semblance of frequency – you are in fact among a fair small group. There are more blogs focused on personal development than any other topic, according to the survey.

Survey 60

Survey Blogging Corporate Analytics 60

Waxing UnLyrical

MAY 13, 2013

There’s a ton of stuff going on, so here at WUL we’re taking a short break from “live” blogging this week. So, in the spirit of education and the public good, here are are five articles that will provide you with blogging tips from optimizing your excerpts to increasing your readership.

Blogging 78

Blogging Exercises Survey Google 78

Stephen Waddington

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Mentoring, work placements, and initiatives such as Richard Bailey’s #PRstudent blogging community all help. Among my new colleagues is Marcel Klebba , the Westminster University graduate that captured industry attention in 2016 thanks to his relentless approach to blogging and networking. In March we’re launching Comms School.

Communications 95

Communications Community Blogging Agency 95

Shift Communications

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

Blogs are like opinions — nowadays, it seems like everyone has one. So, say you have a blog, but you want to take it to the next level and turn it into something profitable. Before you can turn your blog into a business, you need an audience. Try to follow the X-factor rule – why is your blog, out of thousands, unique?

Blogging 60

Blogging Pinterest Mobile Creativity 60

Communications Conversations

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Take a peek at the social communities for my biggest client (of 10 years now!), Start research and writing a byline for my Trustmark client. .: Start research and writing a byline for my Trustmark client. Much of the work I do for them revolves around B2B media relations with HR publications, podcasts and blogs.

Social Media 157

Social Media Media LinkedIn Tourism 157

Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 4, 2016

Maybe you’re even planning to get started with blogging? On January 10th, this blog turns seven. It feels like just yesterday that I was writing my first post. Getting started on blogging can be daunting, but IMHO is worth it. I’ve heard from quite a few of you who want to make blogging a priority this year.

Blogging 40

Blogging Writing Google SEO 40

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The vendor community that serves PR has published a handful of reports over the last few months. It’s interesting to me that the PR software community has put so much effort into natural language processing (NLP, which is a precursor to generative AI ) to evaluate sentiment – and yet it’s dead last on this list of metrics.

Report 105

Report Publicity Marketing Pitching 105

Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

It’s not just thinking about writing that I’ve been engaging in. It’s not just thinking about writing that I’ve been engaging in. Image: mj*laflaca via Flickr , Creative Commons It’s about how that writing looks. They might be helpful to you as you continue on your path as a blogging Grasshopper.

Blogging 86

Blogging Writing Facebook Twitter 86

Waxing UnLyrical

APRIL 15, 2015

Regular WUL readers know that Shonali (a friend and former colleague at Socialmedia.biz ) showcases guest posts about how to build, engage and sustain an online community, among other things. so that others might gain insights for their own community efforts. Follow Cruiseable on Facebook and Twitter.

Community 40

Community Travel Pinterest Mobile 40

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!

Blogging 90

Blogging Facebook Twitter Writing 90

Waxing UnLyrical

APRIL 17, 2015

You spent the first few months creating great blog content (in your opinion, and let’s assume, for the sake of argument, your opinion is spot on). Then you started distributing said content through Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest… maybe other platforms as well. So you put it together. ” Aaaahhh!!! Twitter chats).

Content Marketing 40

Content Marketing Community Marketing Mobile 40

wiredPRworks

MARCH 10, 2022

Beth is also a daily practice junkie who takes on insane creative challenges, like writing a poem or drawing a picture every day for a year. Barbara Rozgonyi leads CoryWest Media, a creative marketing communication consultancy that attracts attention, builds brands, and connects communities. Connect with Beth Nyland. .

Creativity 98

Creativity Communications Instagram Interviews 98

Rock the Status Quo

AUGUST 1, 2014

There is a certain irony that, as PR professionals who earn a living based on our pitching skills, our own industry blogs are smothered with a constant deluge of bad pitches. We make software that helps eCommerce stores advertise and retarget to people on Facebook. We also run a popular eCommerce marketing blog.

Pitching 173

Pitching Guidelines Facebook Advertising 173

Cision

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

If left to my own devices I write in a passive voice, I habitually use compound sentences, and my vocabulary choice is less than ideal (humblebrag – I use too many syllables). On a weekly basis, I get a platform to the communications and marketing communities and need to write effectively for them.

Tools 120

Tools How To SEO Writing 120

Buzzstream

JANUARY 22, 2024

Matt Cutts’ infamous blog post advised “sticking a fork in it” because guest posting for links was done. We looked for sites with clear signals that they accepted guest posts, such as post titles and URLs with the words “contribute” or “write for us.” Facebook is the only social profile linked to from their site.)

Analysis 90

Analysis SEO Guidelines Google 90

Presspage

MARCH 13, 2018

Here’s how brand managers can follow Brown’s advice—along with tips from other savvy communicators—and win with content despite the change in protocol: 1. Instead, start by crafting content on your organization’s newsroom or blog, and then tailor content to fit multiple channels outside your owned venues.

Facebook 113

Facebook Social Media Analytics Blogging 113

Critical Mention

MARCH 15, 2019

Make your Facebook page mobile-friendly. While automatic mobile formatting works well on platforms like Instagram or Twitter, on Facebook it may leave you with poor user experience, including poorly cropped images and hidden copy. Alexa Lemzy is the blog editor and customer service maven at TextMagic. Shorten URLs.

Mobile 109

Mobile Social Media Marketing Media 109

The Proactive Report

OCTOBER 12, 2015

Google is severely penalizing sites that are buying links or are invested in private blog networks. Site Optimization : There is a lot more to this now than just keyword research and writing good content. Platforms like Pinterest , Google+, Facebook , Instagram, and other social sites, are essential. It’s worth it!

SEO 100

SEO Google Pinterest LinkedIn 100

Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 12, 2015

Every time I see writing redundancies my teeth grit, my hair stands on end, and I want to run around my neighborhood screaming. Blogging about them, on the other hand, is super useful, because if anyone is in the habit of using any of these, and stumbles across this post, maybe they’ll stop! Thank you to them. Happy Friday!

Writing 40

Writing Airlines Google Facebook 40

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.

Blogging 93

Blogging Facebook Twitter Measurement 93

PRSay

JULY 14, 2020

Here are some of the ways transparency plays a major role, whether you’re a PR or marketing organization, a major conglomerate or a community business: Transparency within your team. Even communications-based organizations like social media giants Facebook and Twitter are grappling with issues around transparency.

System 157

System Community Social Media Employee 157

PR Conversations

JULY 20, 2015

It’s understood that the play’s the thing; however, it was the vibrant community found around each performance that proved an unexpected volunteer adventure at The Toronto Fringe festival 2015. Many of the Fringe community stakeholders are clear: the artists (actors, writers, directors, stage managers, etc.);

Community 40

Community Print Twitter Creativity 40

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.

Blogging 96

Blogging Facebook Twitter How To 96

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. I will never again trust a review this individual writes.

Blogging 73

Blogging Twitter Facebook Measurement 73