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Monthly archive: November 2008

Not much interesting stuff on the web this week

Sunday, November 30th, 2008 at 9:49 pm

OK, that’s definitely not the case. The problem is that I’ve not had enough time to catch up on emails, RSS…

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On the road next week - speaking at…

Friday, November 28th, 2008 at 9:09 pm

I’m speaking at two conferences next week - taking a local government angle on the mobile internet in Birmingham and social media in Manchester.

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Role of social media in local government - project report

Saturday, November 22nd, 2008 at 9:30 pm

Here’s my final report from my CIPR dissertation earlier this year.

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This week’s interesting stuff round-up

Saturday, November 22nd, 2008 at 7:47 am

Things that I seen on the web this week that were worth bookmarking.

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Ghost writing, social media and ethics

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 at 9:27 pm

My thoughts on the ethics of ghost writing in social media.

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More interesting stuff on the web

Monday, November 17th, 2008 at 10:00 pm

Social networking, email marketing and some UK usage stats.

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More interesting stuff on the web

Friday, November 14th, 2008 at 8:00 pm

A few interesting research findings and some thoughts on RSS.

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How to get a job in public sector PR, marketing or communications

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008 at 9:20 pm

Some tips for PR, marketing and communications people looking for public sector jobs.

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More interesting stuff on the web

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008 at 7:39 pm

Links to interesting content I’ve found.

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Bookmarks for October 21st to November 10th

Monday, November 10th, 2008 at 9:00 pm

Some interesting links I’ve seen recently.

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Free marketing, public relations and social media consultancy

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 at 9:31 pm

On Tuesday 11 November I’ll be running an open hour for blog readers to chat about anything I write about here.

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CIPR social media guidelines - my feedback

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 at 9:20 pm

My feedback on the Chartered Institute of Public Relations’ latest consultation on social media guidelines.

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Twitter - what it is and what it does

Monday, November 3rd, 2008 at 7:43 pm

A great primer on micro-blogging service Twitter.

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Simon Wakeman

I've been on the web since 2001 and have been blogging about marketing and public relations since January 2006.

I'm currently Head of Marketing at Medway Council as well as a freelance marketing and PR consultant.

The content and opinions expressed on this website are not endorsed by nor reflect the views of any company or organisation I work with.

Very capable manager with great attention to detail. Great fun to work with too. Damon Reynolds

Simon has a great approach and a real breadth of experience. We were able to discuss the pros and cons of a whole variety of initiatives from multiple perspectives. Charlie Hampson, Egg

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