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Want Social Media Evangelizers? Be Social

Waxing UnLyrical

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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Summer Travel: How PR & Comms Are Helping Drive Demand

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

Beach and Coastal Tourism: Coastal areas, such as beaches, lakes, and resorts, often see a surge in visitors during the summer. In response, hotels and airlines are implementing eco-friendly practices and promoting sustainable tourism initiatives. I took advantage of this while planning a family trip to the Bahamas last year.

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Powwowing With Pepco on Social Media

Waxing UnLyrical

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. Completely. Here’s the interview.

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Recap Part I: #PRStudChat Discusses PR Education & Learning

Deirdre Breakenridge

It is interesting to note that social media has not yet entered mainstream PR curricula. Among programs that do incorporate digital training, social media is typically listed as an elective. However, as student Kyle Wallace pinpointed, “Social media should really be a core in every program!

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Bringing Open Community To Public Relations

Waxing UnLyrical

They’re overwhelmed by the overabundance of tools and the disorderly experimentation of staff (and members), and they are tired of the lack of organizational support and the unwieldy processes for monitoring and managing social media. There are a ton of books being published on community and how social media plays into that.

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Five Productivity Tools for PR Pros

Waxing UnLyrical

Their customer service is also pretty good; when it wasn’t working for me, I emailed them and got a reply almost immediately from their CEO. Bonus: it helps identify holes in your time management skills, including the amount of time you spend in/on social media. So don’t do that. These fine folk did: Jan.

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How A Fake Taxidermist Is Keeping AT&T On Its Toes

Waxing UnLyrical

You’ve been using Twitter quite delightfully to poke fun at AT&T’s wireless service. Are you what they’d call a social media “guru,&# or are you just a concerned citizen trying to get AT&T to up its game? There I paid a man with a soul patch $600 (U.S., Noooo… I’m no guru.