The Isle of Man’s BCS is holding a talk on Vista Windows Server 2008 on 13 May 2008. They’re bringing in someone from MS to discuss the new operating system that is designed for next gen networks, applications and Web services. 18.00 Claremont Hotel in Douglas. Admission is free. Everyone [...]
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I found myself blasting out an email to the team today to remind them of some fundamentals. It occurred to me that I should wrap it into a blog post for future reference.
If the target publication is a broadsheet, a news release can have up to 500 words. For a tabloid, keep it to 300 [...]
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I enjoyed the simplicity behind Dr V’s blog post ‘Listening is Not Enough’. After an inspiring ‘new communications forum conference’ focusing on PR 2.0 and new communications strategies, she came back to the office bursting with ideas about the evolution of PR from media relations to relationship management. She goes on [...]
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Global investment in Web 2.0 tools for the business market will rise to £2.3 billion by 2013, according to Forrester Research.
This represents an annual growth rate of 43 per cent. But Forrester believes the sector may begin to dwindle in five years’ time.
This is hardly crystal ball stuff. Five years is two [...]
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I’ve just booked to attend the Don’t Panic Guide to Social Media conference taking place in London 23 May at the Regents Park Marriott. The one-day conference has a great line up of speakers: Sam Barratt of Oxfam, Kerry Bridge of Dell, Robin Goad of Hitwise, Graham Goodkind of Frank PR, Marshall Manson of Edelman, [...]
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Jo is off until next week. Until then you’re stuck with my PR top 5. Enjoy!
1. Leo suggests that you shouldn’t take notes during a meeting so that you free your mind to truly listen to the discussion. I’m not so sure. I can’t remember a single thing after five minutes if [...]
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Two weeks ago I made the decision to change a few things for a month to see what happens. I’ve cut back some of the volunteer work, taken my foot off the bizdev pedal.outsourced some admin and have spent as much time as is possible getting back to basics. That [...]
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PR people are seen to be liars. This is the finding of a survey conducted by Ciao Surveys and reported by Roy Greenslade on his Guardian blog.
According to the survey 60.3% of people in Britain believe that PR officers often lie, while only 3.3% are convinced of the opposite.
Why do we get such [...]
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I have been telling people for several months that Twitter will be the Facebook of 2008. And with each passing day I become more convinced.
My first Tech Talk column about Twitter was published last April when I said how boring it was, with constant tweets about what someone is eating and which socks [...]
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While I am not usually one to comment about the right and wrong ways to pitch a story, Brian Solis’ post about Five Wrong Ways to Pitch RWW and One Great Way, really started the old cogs whirling.
Marshall Kirkpatrick explains the ways to increase chances of getting written about on ReadWriteWeb [...]
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Jo’s off this week so I thought I’d do a top 5 while she’s away. Lots of great content but here are my faves:
1. Communications Overtones features an excellent case study on the ROI of a social media campaign for Seaworld.
2. Marketing Pilgrim covers a lawsuit that has landed Blockbuster in court over [...]
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Regular readers of Strive Notes will know that I write a weekly column in the Isle of Man Examiner. It’s called Tech Talk and I focus on general technology sector news and information. On occasion local companies contact me with their news and if I think the story is interesting enough I’ll write about it. [...]
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Tonight the BCS Isle of Man is holding an event on field service management technologies with Steve Burrows, Group IT Director of JLA. It starts at 18.00 at the Claremont in Douglas. Free to all and light refreshments served. Owen’s got an excellent case study for more info. Everyone is welcome.
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My daughter in Canada just sent me a link to a story about the Ottawa mayor getting all hot under the collar about a blog post. Her friend Darren loves to poke fun at politicians on his Apply Liberally blog.
Apparently blogger Darren McEwen had written a post accusing the mayor of misleading tax payers; [...]
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Not one, but two, major UK ‘olitical parties have come up with the solution to all the problems that plague government information systems. And, they have both done it in the same week.
Incredibly, they have both come up with the very same solution — if you can believe the coincidence. It is called [...]
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Another blog from Jo of this week’s top five.
1. The PR Rolodex Myth, PR agencies being hired based on their client relationships.. I’d never heard of it but it makes sense. However, I think the list speaks volumes, a relationship with a journalist may get your phone call answered or your email replied to but [...]
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Are we developing a new medical epidemic, yet to be included within the medical dictionaries around the globe?
Well according the New York Times article “In the Web World of 24/7 stress, Writers Blog Til They Drop,” this could soon be the case! Matt Rich tells of three top bloggers who have passed away suddenly in [...]
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The media is still full of doom and gloom about the global banking and finance industry, with daily stories about valuations being cut and massive redundancies being imminent.
We like to think that the Isle of Man will not take a hit, but it would be naive to assume that world events cannot touch us.
As reliant [...]
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It was a busy busy month. Lots of linkers; lots of commenters. Thanks all!
Commenters:
Richard
Jack
Eric
Arnab
James
Stephen
Owen
Nick
Ben
J9
Colin
Leo
Leo B
Nathan
Susan
Kami
Elif
Simon
Linkers:
Owen
Susan
Scott
Leo B
Owen 2
Owen 3
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We had a lot of fun in March getting ready for our revamp at Strive Notes. But we made time to develop a lot of great content too. Here’s the month’s most popular posts:
5. Nextgen Facebook, a Tech Talk column that looks at services for advertisers.
4. Google Apps: productivity boon, another Tech Talk column about [...]
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I had been struck down by the dreaded lurgy earlier in the week, but I am fighting fit again now and have picked out some funny blog posts in the spirit of April Fools!
1. The Isle of Man’s April fools prank! ‘We’ll build the longest bridge in the world’ produced by the [...]
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Following on from our redesign, Strive Notes is introducing some new regular features including ‘THe Journo’, a bit of a modern day, ‘meet the press’. I am very pleased that my Canadian colleague Reg Crowder (now working in France) has agreed to be our very first subject.
Name: Reg Crowder
Title: Freelance business journalist based [...]
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The new look Strive Notes has a bunch of new features and tools. One major change is the move to RSS Feedburner. If you’ve already subscribed directly or some other means, I’d be most grateful if you’d re up via our new Feedburner button which is at the top of the right hand column. If [...]
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Professional vs Personal by Kerri Birtch grabbed my attention. She discusses something that has often crossed my mind. Kerri asks where do you draw the professional/ personal line when blogging?
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I have become increasingly aware when scanning the blogosphere that there is a very distinct divide between bloggers who ‘talk shop’, sometimes [...]
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I am doomed. I have suspected as much for some time now, but a new study makes me almost sure. I think I may be an internet addict. Evidence comes in the form of an article published by Dr Jerald Block in the respected American Journal of Psychiatry.
He argues that internet addiction is now so [...]
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