Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 21, 2012

When it comes to staying on top of social media, one of the big challenges we have is to find the social media tools that will help us achieve a happy medium between curating, listening, engaging and producing content. Frankly, I think that medium isn’t all that happy. It’s tough to find, and when we do find it, it stays with us for a while before it goes dancing off into the sunset, leaving us to figure it out all over again.

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Journalistics

JUNE 18, 2012

Why are we still writing press releases? If press releases are part of your work life, you’ve probably asked this question once or twice in the past year (or more). Really though, press releases require a lot of time and effort to produce and distribute. There are hard costs associated with the process. And I’ll go out on a limb here and challenge the return on investment from press releases – the results tend to be pretty lackluster, even from those fancy multimedia or social news releases.

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Bad Pitch Blog

JUNE 12, 2012

'UPDATE: BPB Editorial Board founding member, David Parmet , has brought it to our attention that Rachael Ray''s unfortunate cover is, in fact, a hoax. But read on, the rest is legit. We''ve written about typos in the past. I''ve even written about them in my nefarious other blog. They''re at the top of our industries point and laugh list. They are link-sharing porn.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 4, 2012

I don’t believe in ghosts. I know, that seems rather snappy and off-handed to say, so immediately like that, but I don’t. I’m not saying I don’t have views on the universe, spirituality, whatever …. I just don’t believe in ghosts. So I’m not the kind of guy who says that you will be able to reach out and posthumously communicate with people… unless, of course, I thought that there was really a way to do something like that.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 19, 2012

This is a true story. I received this email about a month ago. Now, I’m used to getting bad pitches on a regular basis (which is an extremely sad thing to admit as a state of regularity for the public relations industry), but this one made even my jaw drop: Hello, My name is and I am the current intern at __. I was wondering/hoping you could tell me who is in charge of receiving press releases having to do with the garment and accessories industry?

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Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 27, 2012

Finally! I have a new car! It took me just 24 hours to gather advice from my friends and family and decide which car to buy (unlike how my dad used to endlessly agonize over the same decision). Social tools have helped break down barriers between people, and information sharing has become far easier and quicker. 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.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 15, 2012

A social media lesson from hibachi. The other evening, my husband and I tried a new Japanese restaurant that’s opened in our ‘hood. It bills itself as “hibachi steakhouse and sushi.” For anyone not familiar with “hibachi” restaurants, this is basically where several guests sit around an open cooktop, and their food is cooked in front of them (though those of you who are familiar with the concept may not have known that the type of cooktop we see in hibachi res

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Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 5, 2012

Guest post by Craig Pearce. Thought leadership is widely practiced by organizations seeking to differentiate themselves from peer organizations, enhance their reputation and gain consistent coverage in targeted communication mechanisms. The priority mechanism is often mainstream media (although this is being somewhat usurped by the rise of social media).

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Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 14, 2012

Guest post by Jim Dougherty. There’s a line in the chorus of Nicki Minaj’s song “Starships,” where she sings “hands up and touch the sky.” I know this for two reasons: #1 because it’s on the radio all the time, and. #2 because everytime Nicki Minaj sings that line my three-year-old dutifully throws her hands up.

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Journalists receive an overwhelming number of press releases daily, making it hard for your news to stand out. While some news is valuable, most is not.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 22, 2012

Erin Feldman is the marketing communications manager at TouchSystems , a touch screen company based in Hutto, Texas. Her background is in marketing and creative writing, and she riffs about writing right at her blog, Write Right (so write right, don’t make her use her red pen). She spends the rest of her time writing poetry, drawing, reading, and running.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 8, 2012

Erin Feldman is the marketing communications manager at TouchSystems , a touch screen company based in Hutto, Texas. Her background is in marketing and creative writing, and she riffs about writing right at her blog, Write Right (so write right, don’t make her use her red pen). She spends the rest of her time writing poetry, drawing, reading, and running.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 20, 2012

One of the great joys in my current life as a communication professor at both Curry College (undergrad full-time) and Regis College (grad part-time) is being able to participate in the colleges’ commencement ceremonies. In my previous life as a communication professional , I would have been involved in the maddening planning/implementation process and probably wouldn’t (I know I wouldn’t!

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Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 12, 2012

Hi! Yes, I know your #measurePR recaps from last month are delayed. I’m really, really sorry, but you know how crazy it’s been for me lately… and right now, I’m trying really hard to do a good job of catching up. So I won’t make any more excuses, but get right to the point: 1. Here is your transcript of the May Day 2012 edition of #measurePR ; and. 2.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 29, 2012

If you’ve ever wondered what my politics are, you’ve probably been kept wondering for a while. Because I don’t usually talk, or write, politics. It’s not my bag, and it’s certainly not WUL’s bag. Which makes me quite a strange duck in terms of living and working in a town that eats, breathes, and sleeps politics, doesn’t it?

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Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 26, 2012

For those of you in the U.S., we’re approaching the height of summer vacations and travel. For those of you not in the U.S., we’re approaching the height of summer vacations and travel (unless you’re in the “other” hemisphere,” in which case you’re shivering your timbers off, and Jamie Garantziotis is going to have to take care of you).

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Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 28, 2012

I was having a conversation with a fellow member of the communication community recently when they mentioned that a certain pro wasn’t really a connector. Now, while this was in the context of making introductions, I was a little surprised. And it started thinking a bit more about the modern communicator as a “connector.” In the “hand-shaking” sense of the word, it’s true that some communicators are more extroverted than others … and are more than comfortable meetin

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Waxing UnLyrical

JUNE 7, 2012

You know what’s funny about today’s post? It almost didn’t get written. Now, that’s not “laugh out loud” funny; in fact, it’s not humorous at all. Perhaps the only kind of “funny” it is, is if it made you raise an eyebrow and sarcastically smile, saying, “And how would that be different from all the other posts you haven’t written recently, Shonali?

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