I’m having such a great Christmas break that I’m probably not going to post anything else to Strive Notes till the New Year. In the meantime, here’s a list of the most popular posts for each month in 2006.
March saw the launch of Strive Notes. Traffic wasn’t too high, but the quality of visitor was [...]
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Omigawd…look at the time. It’s 22.06 pm and I’m crashing on so many deadlines you can’t imagine. But I did want to get a plug in for the Isle of Man Examiner’s Tech Talk this week. It looks at the valuable role that IM plays in virutal teams. Pick up a copy today!
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Some people think the technology business is all abut profits, margins and cold hard cash. And in some respects they are right. Others think the technology sector is all about shifting product or negotiating a beneficial SLA. These facts often hold true. But I think that IT is no different than any other industry; it’s [...]
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Anne Zelenka at Web Worker Daily has posted a good assessment of what makes virtual teams successful. Strive PR practices most of these habits, but we could do with getting more face time. What do you Strivers think about sharing calendars? Let me know.
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According to the latest annual CIO Survey from Harvey Nash, the global recruitment and IT outsourcing service provider, UK businesses are placing greater value than ever on CIOs who embrace a strategic function. Forty-six per cent of UK companies have a CIO in the boardroom. Click here to read the rest of the this Isle [...]
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Yup, it’s true! I am Person of the Year for 2006 according to Time magazine. Well, actually it named all of us involved in user generated content on the Internet.
The BBC is reporting that this year, the US magazine has chosen to recognise the public for taking control of the global media and [...]
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I finally got tagged with the meme that’s been making the rounds. Thanks Mike. So five things you don’t know about me? Here they are:
My first job as a professional writer was at Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) in Chalk River, Ontario. We use to have to wear a dosimeter [...]
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I’m still working on posting past Isle of Man Examiner Tech Talk columns. Today’s installment looks at business blog basics. It gives an overview on the hows and whys of social media and where it fits into the marketing communications mix. It advises companies to be among the first in their industry to get involved [...]
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There’s been some interested stuff going on in the blogosphere this week: controversy, scandal and the usual mutterings. Here’s five posts I enjoyed.
1. Organ Grinder gives an overview of at the meltdown at TechCrunch UK. It’s pretty amusing stuff when you consider how much blogosphere attention has been spent on these events.
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A recent Nielsen/NetRatings poll suggests the 21st Century consumer is at risk of being overwhelmed by new digital technology. With the current rate of technological change, and the associated acronyms, there is a lot of confusion among consumers, the survey revealed.
The study found that in the relentless quest for ‘the next big thing’ in new [...]
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Typically technology start ups are formed by techies that may have only a vague understanding of marketing and promotion. At the same time, investors are unlikely to stump up cash without healthy interest from potential customers, and if there are actually a few orders on the books, so much the better.
So I thought I’d help [...]
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Further to my post yesterday about the Isle of Man Examiner Tech Talk column….
Google, the Internet’s most popular search engine, receives more than 200 million queries each and every day. It’s fast becoming the first port of call for most people when they want to find a company, compare prices and even buy goods [...]
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The Press Gazette is reporting (yeah!) that sales of UK national and daily newspapers are down across the board (boo!) for November. The Evening Standard (actually not a national) was hit hardest thanks to the launch of the free papers, thelondonpaper and London Lite. Its sales were down a whopping 21.37 per cent. Only the [...]
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Following on from my post last week about common reading habits, here are some more hints to fight ‘Reader ADD’, especially when detailed explanation is required.
Keep all paragraphs as short as possible. Develop a new paragraph about every five lines of type.
Use bold sub-heads every few paragraphs. Think of them as graphical devices as [...]
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When I started writing the weekly Tech Talk column in the Isle of Man Examiner it was my intention to post the articles online once they had been published. But, so far, I’ve been a bit remiss in actually getting them online. So starting today, I’ll be putting them up, a couple each week, [...]
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As the holiday break inches ever closer, we find ourselves at the end of another week. There are the posts I enjoyed the most:
1. The Bad Pitch Blog always cracks me up, but this post is more serious. It says, maybe it’s time for PR pros to prove that they are able [...]
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Tomorrow, the 8th December, the first ever Manx satellite will be launched into outer space. This is a major milestone for the Isle of Man’s space industry, and a boost to the island’s reputation in the international telecommunications industry, as well.
A year ago SES Global, one of the world’s biggest satellite operators, announced it [...]
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There is life after death. Press Gazette has been brought back to life. Last week this excellent publication folded and went into administration after a few last minute attempts to revive it. This week it’s been bought by specialist information group Wilmington.
Yesterday, Press Gazette Online reported that Wilmington has substantial experience in magazines, online information [...]
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One of the brightest sparks entering the Fox’s Lair last week was Interactive Entertainment Media Games (IEMG), currently located in Brighton. The company distributes quality digital games from leading AAA publishers and top brands such as Lego.
This week’s Tech Talk features IEMG and why they have such a bright future. Pick up a copy of [...]
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If you want to be an effective writer, you must understand how people read. Most people don’t read every word put in front of their eyes. The majority of people (and I’m a typical case study) read copy in three distinct stages.
1. Scanning. We have a quick inspection of the story taking in [...]
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Here, in reverse order, are the five most viewed posts from November, just in case you missed them the first time around.
5. Fox’s Lair, focuses on the Isle of Man’s Dragon Den-type event. This post coincided with a newspaper article that ran the same day that perhaps drove traffic.
4. Four Considerations in selecting [...]
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Friday’s come around quickly again. And I’m still struggling to read through all my feeds, but I did get a chance to look at some. Here’s a selection:
1. How to blog like a pro by Matthew Stibbe. One of my favourite bloggers, Matthew has some great advice for beginners. The cartoon is funny too.
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