Monthly archive: September 2006
Clarity is a good thing
Saturday, September 30th, 2006 at 9:21 am
After a particularly manic week on all fronts, it’s good to take a few minutes out and reflect on what’s behind some of the bizarre goings-on at work.
Tags: Marketing, personal+development, public+relations
Categories: Marketing, Personal development, Public relations
Learning something new
Friday, September 29th, 2006 at 9:20 pm
Sometimes it can be really great to stumble across a blog and learn something new. I did just that this evening when I ended up reading Ian Delaney’s explanation of non-linear search.
Tags: social+media, web+strategy
Categories: Social media, Web strategy
What is social media?
Friday, September 29th, 2006 at 9:06 pm
Spannerworks has just published a handy new e-book covering the basics of social media.
Tags: Marketing, Podcasting, public+relations, social+media, video+podcasting, web+strategy
Categories: Marketing, Podcasting, Public relations, Social media, Video podcasting, Web strategy
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Friday, September 29th, 2006 at 9:21 am
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Another big step for RSS
Friday, September 29th, 2006 at 6:35 am
Mainstream adoption of RSS took a step forward yesterday when Google launched its Reader product. This is the new version of Google’s RSS reader and includes features like feed discovery and sharing.
Tags: social+media, Software
Categories: Social media, Software
CIPR and a positive way forward for social media?
Wednesday, September 27th, 2006 at 10:35 pm
So David Brain has had an unexpected opportunity to chat face to face with Colin Farrington, CIPR director-general. And the conversation has thrown up a challenge - what does the UK social media community want CIPR to do to promote these new communications channels?
Tags: public+relations, social+media
Categories: Public relations, Social media
Colin Farrington, CIPR and social media
Tuesday, September 26th, 2006 at 8:19 pm
The discussion around the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) and the thoughts of Director-General Colin Farrington on social media continues.
Tags: public+relations, social+media
Categories: Public relations, Social media
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Sunday, September 24th, 2006 at 9:22 am
Podcasting - A smart guide to podcasts and podcasting
A good introduction to what podcasting is all about
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Today is OneWebDay
Friday, September 22nd, 2006 at 9:27 pm
Today is OneWebDay - “a global day to celebrate online life”. When I heard I did take a few minutes to reflect how the internet has changed the life I lead.
Tags: web+development, web+strategy
Categories: Web development, Web strategy
Bad writing - an eighth type
Thursday, September 21st, 2006 at 7:27 pm
Matthew Stibbe at the Bad Language blog has a great post about seven types of bad writing that many of will see every day.
Tags: Marketing, public+relations
Categories: Marketing, Public relations
Discover web 2.0 sites in the UK
Tuesday, September 19th, 2006 at 7:23 am
Stumbled across an interesting post this morning about web 2.0 websites in the UK on the Read/Write Web site. I certainly learnt about some new sites I wasn’t aware of, and saw some that I did know about.
Tags: business+development, social+media
Categories: Business development, Social media
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Saturday, September 16th, 2006 at 9:23 am
Before You Record A Podcast
(tags: podcasting)
It’s been emotional
Wednesday, September 13th, 2006 at 6:48 am
Designing customer processes to trigger desired emotional reactions is a key way of differentiating your product or service from its competitors. This is particularly true online where the differentiator of personal service doesn’t come into play.
Tags: customer+experience
Categories: Customer experience
My journey into podcasting
Tuesday, September 12th, 2006 at 10:48 pm
At a key organisation I work with I’ve managed to persuade the powers that be to commit to a six month trial of podcasting and video podcasting. This is a real step forward in communications for this type of organisation.
Tags: Podcasting, public+relations, social+media, video+podcasting
Categories: Podcasting, Public relations, Social media, Video podcasting
The New Influencers book
Monday, September 11th, 2006 at 9:51 pm
Paul Gillin is writing a book called The New Influencers - a history and commentary on social media, what’s behind its rapid growth, and profiles on some key players in this space.
Tags: Marketing, public+relations, social+media
Categories: Marketing, Public relations, Social media
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Sunday, September 10th, 2006 at 9:20 am
PodProducer
Free software for podcast production
(tags: podcasting)
Jellycast - the record breaking podcast hosting service - fast podcasting hosts
Low cost podcast and videocast hosting
(tags: podcasting)
How to Podcast
Good guide to podcasting
(tags: podcasting)
Being a new generation marketer
Sunday, September 10th, 2006 at 7:13 am
Troy White has a good post about the wide range of tools that are now available to marketers.
Tags: Careers, Marketing, personal+development, social+media
Categories: Careers, Marketing, Personal development, Social media
Marketers more aware of social media?
Friday, September 8th, 2006 at 7:31 am
It’s been interesting to watch how marketing and PR professionals have adopted social media as a tool for communicating. PR professionals seem to have adopted social media much quicker than their marketing counterparts, but that could now be changing.
Tags: Marketing, public+relations, social+media
Categories: Marketing, Public relations, Social media
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Thursday, September 7th, 2006 at 9:20 am
Recording with external mic [Archive] - Aximsite
(tags: podcasting)
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Sunday, September 3rd, 2006 at 9:23 am
Podcast expert at PortableMediaExpo.com
List of podcasting guides
(tags: podcasting)
Week in view - w/e September 1st 2006
Friday, September 1st, 2006 at 10:26 pm
Most weeks I see a few things that I’d like to blog, but don’t have the time during the week. So I thought I’d try just saving them until the end of the week when I have a bit more time to do a round-up.
Tags: customer+experience, Marketing, News, public+relations
Categories: Customer experience, Marketing, News, Public relations, Week in view
How we treat our customers
Friday, September 1st, 2006 at 6:46 am
Marketers tend to focus on acquiring new customers, and don’t spend much on looking after existing customers. Kathy Sierra thinks this is a mistake.
Tags: customer+experience, Marketing
Categories: Customer experience, Marketing
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