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		<title>The Power of Print</title>
		<link>http://deirdrewalsh.wordpress.com/2009/12/09/the-power-of-print/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:11:11 +0000</pubDate>
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I just was featured in the Wall Street Journal&#8217;s article, &#8220;Squeezing Web Sites Onto Cellphones, Businesses Try to Shift Online Communities, Consumer Forums to Places Tailored for Wireless Users.&#8221;
In the article, I discuss how business are evaluating how to make their Web sites mobile friendly.  The problem today is that there is a lack of standards. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=deirdrewalsh.wordpress.com&blog=1001053&post=626&subd=deirdrewalsh&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Wanted: Social Media Intern for National Instruments</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:36:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>deirdrewalsh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[My Life Online]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m looking to hire the next superstar social media intern for National Instruments.
PLEASE APPLY HERE
Position Overview and Responsibilities 
Do you regularly geek-out over new technologies?
Do you understand the business benefits of sites like YouTube, Facebook and Twitter?
Do you enjoy reading and writing blog posts?
Do you have experience using social media to get real results?
If yes, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=deirdrewalsh.wordpress.com&blog=1001053&post=617&subd=deirdrewalsh&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Want to Increase Word-of-Mouth Marketing by 35%? Start a community.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:46:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>deirdrewalsh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community Management]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I read an interesting study today that said that Word of Mouth, Insights, Customer Loyalty Biggest Benefits of Online Communities.
According to Beeline Labs, Deloitte, and the Society for New Communications Research, the greatest value of online communities is increasing word of mouth (35%), increasing brand awareness (28%), bringing new ideas into the organization faster (24%) [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=deirdrewalsh.wordpress.com&blog=1001053&post=527&subd=deirdrewalsh&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Omegle.com Saved Me from Eating Cow Bones</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:17:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I was a kid, I would sneak onto my Aunt Colleen&#8217;s computer, sign into Prodigy, and get on chat rooms.  I pretended to be an expert at sewing.  Don&#8217;t ask me why or how I picked this hobby, but at least it was better than some of the other room choices like &#8220;Night People.&#8221;  And [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=deirdrewalsh.wordpress.com&blog=1001053&post=592&subd=deirdrewalsh&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Lines are Getting Blurry</title>
		<link>http://deirdrewalsh.wordpress.com/2009/04/24/the-lines-are-getting-blurry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 21:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>deirdrewalsh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, I saw a tweet from @omarg, journalist and contributor to NPRs All Tech Considered, about the new Twitter Directory on the Austin-American Statesman&#8217;s Web site.  I was immediately excited.  Finally, a quality site to find cool, local Tweeple!!  I clicked on the budurl and was instantly disappointed.  I couldn&#8217;t even get past the first question. 

 
BUSINESS [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=deirdrewalsh.wordpress.com&blog=1001053&post=570&subd=deirdrewalsh&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>UPDATE: Stats from Mike on Social Media Fundrasing</title>
		<link>http://deirdrewalsh.wordpress.com/2009/04/20/update-stats-from-mike-on-social-media-fundrasing/</link>
		<comments>http://deirdrewalsh.wordpress.com/2009/04/20/update-stats-from-mike-on-social-media-fundrasing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:36:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>deirdrewalsh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this post, Happy Earth Day &#8211; Social Media Style, I gave an electronic round of applause to Mike Boudreaux for his great use of social media to raise money for the MS150.  
He has sent me a breakdown of his success:
55 % of $1600 raised via Social Networking
- 15% Twitter
- 29% Facebook
- 12% LinkedIN
Congrats again!
 Tagged: [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=deirdrewalsh.wordpress.com&blog=1001053&post=562&subd=deirdrewalsh&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Earth Day &#8212; Social Media Style</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:15:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>deirdrewalsh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, my friends Brad and Jon sent me this cute card in celebration of Earth Day. 

Immediately, I thought about a cool experience I had this weekend.  On Sunday, my dad rode in his 11th MS150.  (To say I&#8217;m proud is an understandment)!

In order to participate, he had to raise at least $400.  While this isn&#8217;t [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=deirdrewalsh.wordpress.com&blog=1001053&post=549&subd=deirdrewalsh&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Are you a New Media D-bag or Twitter Hoochie?</title>
		<link>http://deirdrewalsh.wordpress.com/2009/04/13/are-you-a-new-media-d-bag-or-twitter-hoochie/</link>
		<comments>http://deirdrewalsh.wordpress.com/2009/04/13/are-you-a-new-media-d-bag-or-twitter-hoochie/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:32:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>deirdrewalsh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a list of my Top 5 Favorite Social Media Video Spoofs.  Enjoy and add your favorite to the comments section!
1. Flutter 
When 140 characters is just too much&#8230;

2. Facebook in Real Life
POKE!

3. Old Man Stewart Shakes His Fist at Twitter
Old Media vs. New Media 
Click HERE!
4. New Media Douche Bag Explained
A la Common Craft!

5. Twitter [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=deirdrewalsh.wordpress.com&blog=1001053&post=506&subd=deirdrewalsh&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>SXSW Interactive &#8211; Let&#8217;s Hear it for B2B</title>
		<link>http://deirdrewalsh.wordpress.com/2009/03/12/sxsw-interactive-lets-hear-it-for-b2b/</link>
		<comments>http://deirdrewalsh.wordpress.com/2009/03/12/sxsw-interactive-lets-hear-it-for-b2b/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 20:19:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>deirdrewalsh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
When I graduated college, I thought (B2B) = Boring! But, I was never very good at math.  I quickly discovered that even in the Brave New Media World you don&#8217;t have to be shleping the latest energy drink to have a creative online marketing program.  Granted, I will never be the creative genius behind a superbowl [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=deirdrewalsh.wordpress.com&blog=1001053&post=515&subd=deirdrewalsh&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Brave New Media World</title>
		<link>http://deirdrewalsh.wordpress.com/2009/03/12/brave-new-media-world/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 20:18:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>deirdrewalsh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I first took on the role of Community Manager and Social Media Strategist at National Instruments, I felt like an electronic Christopher Columbus, navigating and exploring the Brave New Media World.   Then, I quickly began my own revolutionary war &#8212; preaching the ways of new media.  I identified social media foot soldiers in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=deirdrewalsh.wordpress.com&blog=1001053&post=503&subd=deirdrewalsh&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Purpose Driven Marketing</title>
		<link>http://deirdrewalsh.wordpress.com/2009/01/01/purpose-driven-marketing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 19:14:23 +0000</pubDate>
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The most basic questions that everyone faces in life are &#8220;why am I here?&#8221; and &#8220;what is my purpose?,&#8221; according to Rick Warren&#8217;s book A Purpose Driven Life.  With the dawn of the new year, I&#8217;ve been asking the same questions about my role at National Instruments as well as its entire community marketing program.  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=deirdrewalsh.wordpress.com&blog=1001053&post=399&subd=deirdrewalsh&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Screw Virtual Happy Hour!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 03:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to my superstar intern, Blake Sunshine (yes, she has the coolest name EVER), I&#8217;ve re-energized my focus on Facebook.
One thing I&#8217;ve struggled with is the 1010101 random applications poking me, super poking me, biting me,  or my personal favorite &#8211; hitting me in the face with a snowball. It&#8217;s bad enough that I toil [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=deirdrewalsh.wordpress.com&blog=1001053&post=457&subd=deirdrewalsh&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 01:49:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, I attended a brainstorming session on how to best integrate social media with multimedia to provide real business value.  Already, National Instruments has a successful viral video campaign, An Engineering Mind, more than 600 on-demand technical webcasts that generate leads and help our users become more successful with our products, and a very successful [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=deirdrewalsh.wordpress.com&blog=1001053&post=445&subd=deirdrewalsh&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Look, Mom&#8230;I&#8217;m on YouTube!</title>
		<link>http://deirdrewalsh.wordpress.com/2008/12/08/look-momim-on-youtube/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 20:40:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>deirdrewalsh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Check out this video of the 2008 Forrester Groundswell Award winners (including yours truly) sharing their expertise on how to use social technologies to accomplish business goals. Try to ignore my passionate hand gestures.   
Note on Dec 17th: Unfortunately, Forrester took down the YouTube video.  You can find it on Facebook here.

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		<title>Oodles and Oodles of Classifieds on Facebook</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>deirdrewalsh</dc:creator>
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Will Oodle be the death of Craigslist?
Today, Facebook announced that Oodle has been chosen to power its Marketplace, an online classifieds application introduced in 2007 to help users find items or roommates.
&#8220;Turning the development and management of Marketplace over to an innovator in online classifieds will give users more advanced ways to create and share [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=deirdrewalsh.wordpress.com&blog=1001053&post=421&subd=deirdrewalsh&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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