Monthly archive: August 2006
Time to get real about social media
Thursday, August 31st, 2006 at 10:06 pm
While a trackback or mash-up makes sense to me, I’d bet that most marketers and public relations practictioners wouldn’t know their pings from their podcasts.
Tags: Marketing, public+relations, social+media
Categories: Marketing, Public relations, Social media
Walking with dinosaurs?
Sunday, August 27th, 2006 at 8:20 pm
I’ve just joined the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR). I paid my dues a few weeks back and a thick membership pack arrived on my doorstep on Friday.
Tags: public+relations, social+media
Categories: Public relations, Social media
Managing your personal brand
Thursday, August 24th, 2006 at 7:07 am
A post today on Duct Tape Marketing reminded me of a conversation I had with a colleague a few days ago about personal branding. We were talking about why I had a website and why I took the time to create it and blog regularly on it.
Tags: business+development, Careers, Marketing, personal+development, public+relations, social+media
Categories: Business development, Careers, Marketing, Personal development, Public relations, Social media
Recent links from del.icio.us
Wednesday, August 23rd, 2006 at 9:22 am
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Podcasting makes you a member of the […]
Using Writely
Thursday, August 17th, 2006 at 6:42 am
This is my first post that I have written using Writely - an online writing and collaboration tool from Google. The beta launch of the site follows hot on the heels of Google’s online spreadsheets tool.
Tags: social+media, Software
Categories: Social media, Software
The basics of website promotion
Wednesday, August 16th, 2006 at 6:59 am
Found a great little primer for people looking to promote their websites, courtesy of Forty Media.
Tags: Marketing
Categories: Marketing
Changing UK media landscape
Tuesday, August 15th, 2006 at 6:36 am
Recent research shows media fragmentation is real, and the young are leading the growth of social media, something that marketers and PR people need to understand to be able to do their jobs effectively.
Tags: Marketing, public+relations, social+media, web+strategy
Categories: Marketing, Public relations, Social media, Web strategy
A great resource for managers
Tuesday, August 8th, 2006 at 5:55 am
I’ve just finished listening to my first podcast from www.manager-tools.com. The site features literally hundreds of podcasts on management-related topics.
Tags: Careers, personal+development
Categories: Careers, Personal development
Recent links from del.icio.us
Friday, August 4th, 2006 at 9:24 am
Brand Mel?
Post about Mel Gibson and personal branding
(tags: personal+branding)
MySpace Drives Ad Spend
Commentary on advertising spending on social networking sites
(tags: myspace+information)
ChangeThis - Web 2.0
A good primer about the impact of Web 2.0 on businesses and marketing activities
(tags: social+media marketing)
ChangeThis - guide to business blogging
A great primer about why to get into blogging as a marketer
(tags: blogging […]
Social media in ChangeThis manifestos
Friday, August 4th, 2006 at 6:11 am
The latest round of ChangeThis manifestos has just been published, and a couple are particularly interesting for marketing and PR people engaged with social media.
Tags: Marketing, public+relations, social+media
Categories: Marketing, Public relations, Social media
Myths about PR in the public sector?
Thursday, August 3rd, 2006 at 7:55 am
Sam Oakley has recently started a new PR blog and has blogged about public sector PR myths.
Tags: Careers, public+relations
Categories: Careers, Public relations
How to give customers bad news
Wednesday, August 2nd, 2006 at 6:03 am
Regular readers will know that this site is now hosted by Dreamhost. They’ll also know that since I switched over the availability of the site hasn’t been great, with a number of short and long outages.
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Categories: Customer experience, Public relations, Web development
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