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Bringing Open Community To Public Relations

Waxing UnLyrical

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.

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Social Networking For a Cause: The Power of Online Communities

Saying It Social

Saying It Social Your Social Media Marketing Resource Home About Polls Our Services Testimonials Social Networking For a Cause: The Power of Online Communities I’d like to use this blog post to step out of our social-networking-for-business mentality and talk a little bit about using social networking for special causes.

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Weekly Roundup: The Magic of Discovery

Waxing UnLyrical

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Weekly Roundup: The Magic of Discovery November 14th, 2010 Tweet Whither blogroll? A question from Davina Brewer on how folks are using their blogrolls got me thinking. What’s a gal to do?

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5 Strategies to Build a Network of Bloggers and Journalists

Waxing UnLyrical

Look for online communities of bloggers and contribute to their conversations to begin building contacts in your focus area. Here are a few ways to find topically relevant sites: Follow blogrolls. Do you have a great community building strategy? Find directories ( alltop.com , technorati ). Please share in the comments below!

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Nuggets from Social Media workshops as of late. : Community Group Therapy

Buzz Marketing for Technology

I’ve done a number of workshops the past few months with clients designed to do two primary things: Land a common understanding across the teams involved around what social media, communities and influencer programs really are and more importantly why it matters to a business. I wish that could be enough said.

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The Blog Turns 20 This Year

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I could not believe that if my words resonated, I would be able to find my own audience and build my own community. online community. online community. I could not believe that I didn''t need anyone''s permission (be it an editor or a publication) to reach an audience. books on blogging. business book. business insider.

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12 Ways To Make Your WordPress Blog Cleaner And Cuter

Waxing UnLyrical

A Better Blogroll If you like highlighting other bloggers on your site via a blogroll, you will probably find that as you add more and more to them, it becomes a huuge list. Try the Better Blogroll plugin. Let’s get to it. Which means it’s very long. Read All About It! These fine folk did: Jan.

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