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DECEMBER 14, 2010

Image: Nick Fletcher via Flickr, Creative Commons But I’m getting ahead of myself. This, for successful applicants, turns into an interview (which is where I came in). Image: Marc Benton via Flickr, Creative Commons 3. Applying creatively. That sort of creativity gets you noticed. Show your USP.

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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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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. Garner support Tablo granted interviews to both the JoongAng Daily and the KBS network , who were sympathetic to his situation.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Image: betsyjean79 via Flickr , Creative Commons Advertising, Marketing, Public Relations, Journalism, Design, Digital, TV, Radio, Podcasts, Blogging, Social Networks, Newsfeeds, Affiliate Marketing, Web TV, SEO… Creative industries have evolved just as the environments, mediums, consumers and needs of our clients have evolved over time.

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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. These fine folk did: Jan.

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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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OCTOBER 16, 2010

Image: Arindam Bhattacharjee via Flickr, Creative Commons If I were back in Kolkata, I’d be hearing conchs and drums from dusk till dawn. These fine folk did: Jan. 24 : Whats Next DC , Washington, DC Feb.

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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. What was interesting to me, was that, as Andre and I DM’d to set up this “interview,&# my attitude towards him changed.

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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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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. These fine folk did: Jan. 24 : Whats Next DC , Washington, DC Feb.

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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! These fine folk did: Jan.

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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! These fine folk did: Jan.

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DECEMBER 28, 2010

Also… Image: Thom Watson via Flickr, Creative Commons OK, I’ll stop now, I can see you rolling your eyes, going, “Come on, act your age.&# I actually have a bunch of them. There’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, of course. Also Cinderella. Also Sleeping Beauty. Well, I still love fairy tales.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 14, 2011

Mark as read Approve comment Shonali, totally stole your idea for my blog, but added two more to your list: Zemanta, which recommends Creative Commons images and related articles to help enrich your posts and SlickFlickr, which helps you build slideshows and the like from your Flickr feed. Reply Rate Up div.livefyre-comment).removeClass(livefyre-hidden)"

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Maxim Behar

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

It has great people, not to mention beaches and mountains and spa tourism. If we come together, however, it must be with a strategy, a timetable, people who respond with a lot of creativity and we can present Bulgaria for what it is. You can see the whole interview here. Because Bulgaria has an awful lot of good things.

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DECEMBER 12, 2010

Image: Cornelia Kopp via Flickr, Creative Commons My husband is… well, I’m not quite sure what he’s doing, but he’s probably puttering around happily (that’s what married couples do, we putter companionably). Christmas music is playing in my house. These fine folk did: Jan.

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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! These fine folk did: Jan.

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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! These fine folk did: Jan.

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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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NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Title image: Edgely Cesar via Flickr, Creative Commons My take Measurement should be, but still isn’t, the jewel in the crown of PR. Image: Felipe Venâncio via Flickr , Creative Commons The solution really comes back to education, doesn’t it? You tell me. Utopia aside. These fine folk did: Jan.

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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! These fine folk did: Jan. 24 : Whats Next DC , Washington, DC Feb.

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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). These fine folk did: Jan.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 2, 2011

Image: Eric Magnuson via Flickr, Creative Commons Thanks so much for stopping by WUL! Why: despite the fact that GSB is owned and operated by Network Solutions, a client of mine, I thought these were great tips. If you’re in the business of PR, these are things to keep in mind. Regardless, thanks for visiting! These fine folk did: Jan.

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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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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.

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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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NOVEMBER 26, 2010

Image: Raul Tejero Palma via Flickr , Creative Commons What about giving thanks for everything you don’t have? What about giving thanks for the things that didn’t work out? These fine folk did: Jan. 24 : Whats Next DC , Washington, DC Feb.

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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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JANUARY 25, 2011

Join the Grymm & Epic community for creative entrepreneurs, or read her heavy metal blog on Steff Metal. link] Im not for censorship or limiting creativity, but I think that such changes will fit with the Etsy brand and most of their customers. Image: striatic via Flickr, CC 2.0 Thanks so much for stopping by WUL!

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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. These fine folk did: Jan.

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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. These fine folk did: Jan.

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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. Image: Peter Roome via Flickr, Creative Commons Thanks so much for stopping by WUL! 3 street selling tactics that boosted my email subscribers over 100%, from The Smart Passive Income Blog.

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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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Maxim Behar

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

It has great people, not to mention beaches and mountains and spa tourism. If we come together, however, it must be with a strategy, a timetable, people who respond with a lot of creativity and we can present Bulgaria for what it is. You can see the whole interview here. Because Bulgaria has an awful lot of good things.

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DECEMBER 23, 2010

Image: Niels Linneberg via Flickr, Creative Commons I was really happy at how many new participants there were. 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.

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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! These fine folk did: Jan.

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