Simon Wakeman - marketing, public relations and digital communications

The difference between websites and blogs

Wednesday, April 4th, 2007 at 9:16 pm

I did a phone interview with French company Skema this afternoon about blogging. One question I was asked was about the differences between a website and a blog for large corporations.

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Categories: Blogging, Social media, Web strategy

First steps with Twitter

Tuesday, March 20th, 2007 at 7:57 am

I’ve finally got around to registering with Twitter. Have I just hit on the next big thing, or am I just wasting my time?

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Categories: Social media, Twitter

Technorati, Ogilvy and verbal diarrhoea

Monday, February 12th, 2007 at 10:31 am

James Byford and Antony Mayfield have blogged about the Technorati/Ogilvy link-up that was announced last week. The main aspect of the announcement itself that stands out to me is that much was said in the respective news releases and posts, but it all meant so little - a hype and jargon overload.

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Categories: Blogging, Marketing, Public relations, Social media

Comparing Google Analytics, Statcounter and Feedburner Site Stats

Sunday, January 28th, 2007 at 9:20 pm

I have three different website statistics packages running on my blog - Google Analytics, Statcounter and Feedburner. Here’s what I think of each and why.

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Categories: Blogging, Web development

Interview with Jamie Galloway, COI

Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007 at 11:17 pm

The Central Office of Information (COI) is the UK government’s centre of excellence for marketing and communications. In this email interview Jamie Galloway, COI’s Director of Digital Media, talks about how the UK government uses digital media in its campaigns.

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Categories: Interviews, Public sector, Social media

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