2008’s top ten Strive Notes

Ok, end of year.  That means it’s time for a little navel gazing.  Here’s a list of the top ten Strive Notes for 2008.
1. Well a head of the pack was this post called How big is your digital footprint?
2. This one is actually from last year, but people love it and keep coming.  It’s [...]

Feed my feedburner

Last week something weird happened and Feedburner dropped more than 200 subscribers from Strive Notes for some reason.  I can’t see any reason why this happened but apparently a few blogs were hit at the same time.  So if you were a subscriber could you check your reader to make sure Strive Notes is still [...]

Pew/Internet predictions

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As dusk sets on the year 2008, many people look back over the past 12 months and take stock of what has been achieved. For many, it’s been a very challenging year. Enough said.
I prefer to use this, my last column of the year, to look forward. And to help in this effort, [...]

‘Twas the night before…

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“Twas the night before Christmas
And all through the world
Santa was thinking about flack boys and girls.
Releases were sent to BizWire with great careIn hope that a journalist might be aware; The AE’s were nestled all snug in their cubes, The VPs were thinking the AE’s were rubes.
Clients and bosses, they’d [...]

21 Dec: PR top 5

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I’ve been trialling a new feedreader this week, and while I can’t say too much about it yet because it’s pre-beta, one thing is for certain, I certainly have been getting a gander at a broader range of Internet content as a result.  This is reflected in this week’s top 5.
1. Charles Arthur [...]

A twitterific Chrissy present

My friend Owen sent me a fantastic present for Christmas (first one I opened because curiosity got the best of me).  He couldn’t have chosen a better gift for a Twitter fan like me.  Thanks Owen.  I love it!  Merry Christmas.
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ThirdThursday Isle of Man

We had a small but vocal group turn up for the Isle of Man social media club’s Thirdthursday meet up. I expected numbers to be low, what with it being the holiday season and everyone running around.  But eight bloggers made it and we had a great discussion about new trends for social media in [...]

Orphans of Apollo

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The Isle of Man’s foray into the global space industry continues to gather momentum, a bright spark in times of much gloom and doom.
The other night, the International Institute of Space Commerce, part of the International Space University, played host to the European premiere of an award-winning documentary film about the first privately [...]

Did Chris Brogan sell out?

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Erm..no.  Not by a long shot.
There’s been lots said all over the blogosphere and in Twitterland about Chris Brogan’s sponsored K-mart post. Many of the Twitteri are calling him a sell out. So I don’t need to go on about at any length, but want to add my two pennies worth.
No Chris is [...]

Seven things you don’t know about me

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My life is pretty much an open book, so when Leo tagged me on the seven things meme, I was a bit apprehensive. Can I even think of seven things that people don’t know about me?  Here’s my best try.
1. When I was a teenager Patty T. and I climbed the fence at [...]

Dec 14: PR top 5

1. Shel explains why Motrin moms really do matter. He’s right.
2. Kami is not too happy with Burg King’s new Burger Virgin campaign. “This campaign is dressed up like a documentary, but it really seems to be more an echo of the offensive but wildly popular Borat in reverse, where exploiting cultural differences was the [...]

PR for startups…the risks

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One of the real risks of working with tech start ups is that they will not pay you for your work. It’s not that they don’t want to pay you.  At the outset they think they will, because their product, technology, company is so brilliant that they’ll make tons of dosh and will [...]

Don’t panic in Manchester

Last Friday morning saw me reluctantly drag myself out of my lovely, warm bed in the Isle of Man at 4.30am to venture all the way to Manchester for the ‘Don’t Panic: Your Guide To Social Media’ conference. Just a hop, skip, a car ride, plane journey and a train ride later, I rocked up [...]

News release blast let down

Yesterday we accidently sent a news release about a Microsoft compatible product to a reporter that covers Linux exclusively.  Almost immediately we got a reply that more than a little sarcastic along with a threat to block our email.
Some might say there is no reason to be rude or hostile over a genuine mistake — [...]

Making the most of Blackberry

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Regular readers of this column will know that I’m a big fan of Blackberry. I’m not sure I could do life without it. It’s my phone, my diary and my main email facility.

I use it to check Facebook , update Twitter and chat with other Blackberry users. But still, I know that I [...]

Manx ThirdThursday 18 December

On the third Thursday of each month a bunch of us get together to talk about social media, (that is blogging, podcasting, online networks and communities, etc) and how we use/love it.  That means on 18 December at 12.30 pm you’ll find us at Paparazzi in Douglas, and you’re invited.
You don’t have to be tops [...]

Dec 7: PR top 5

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Here are my picks for the week.  Some really great stuff!
1. Michael Arrington takes author Michael Wolff to task over an interview published in BusinessWeek in which Wolff is quoted as saying, “…if you’re on MySpace now, you’re a [expletive] cretin. And you’re not only a [expletive] cretin, but you’re poor. [...]

Link love November 2008

All you November linkers and commenters, please feel the love from Strive Notes:

Nathan Pledger
Loo.me
Owen Cutajar
Derek
Paul Stallard
Kevin Hillstrom
CREATE
It’s a small world
Chip Griffin
Chris Edwards
Steve Burrows
Jed Hallam
Stephen
Leo

Strivers welcome Christmas

Last night Strive PR hosted a Christmas party for our  Isle of Man clients, associates and the media in our offices on Strand Street.  Thanks to everyone who came out to make our night a great success (and quite a bit of fun!).  And best wishes for the festive season to those of you who [...]

Go online to find shoppers

It’s the first week of December and ’tis the season to be jolly’. So push down any feelings of anxiety about your savings, the economy and future prosperity, and do what’s expected of you at this time of year. Go shopping.
Retailers have already slashed prices and even our friend, the UK Chancellor, has thoughtfully arranged [...]