PR and Social Media Links 23 January 2010

Posted by jameswdcrawford on January 23, 2010 under Links | Be the First to Comment

Here are some interesting links which I came across this week that will be coming to a public relations campaign near you soon!

Seesmic Live Event – Seesmic
I must find time to play with Seesmic again. The latest developments look of great use for PR people.

Top Tools For Tracking Topics on the Web
I’ll be testing all these tools out soon. I’d be interested to see if anybody has a particular favourite, especially from a media relations / blogger engagement perspective.

41 resources for Facebook Connect
Wow!

60+ Tools To Enhance Your Flickr Experience | Tools
Flickriver is my personal favourite. If anyone out there is a Flickr expert let me know as I want some clever toad to link the API of Twitter to the tag cloud of Flickr to make a visual representation of trending news (!)

Spell with Flickr
Amusing little creative tool.

4chan
A bizarre little forum with all sorts of odd content on it (some of it rude!). What I like is how you don’t need to sign in to use it. It creates a unique user experience.

I stumbled across this some time ago, but subsequently forgot what it was called. Now I have found it again and saved it for prosperity.

One Year On – Why Does Good News Not Make Headlines?

Posted by jameswdcrawford on January 20, 2010 under Media | Be the First to Comment

One year on, originally uploaded by ~aspidistra~.

This photo was published on Flickr yesterday. It tells the sad story of Woolworths which closed down this time last year. (Time flies huh?)

Today there was another story that was way down the media agenda and is currently about 8th or 9th on the BBC. It is a ‘good news’ story: Unemployment fell for the first time since summer 2008

Read about it here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8469648.stm

So why does good news like this get buried? I’ve not got enough time to begin an explanation.

Bad news always makes headlines and this ‘rule’ is one of the first things you learn when working in public relations or journalism.

Spelling with Flickr (Thx @kastner)

Posted by jameswdcrawford on January 17, 2010 under Media | Be the First to Comment

This tool is a fun little Flickr gizmo to brighten up even the most dull of blogs… In fact this gadget’s use doesn’t have to stop with blogs, you can use it for presentations, print, or just for fun. The tool is available here and was designed by @kastner

You can type in a phrase and it uses Flickr to spell out what you have to say.

I wasn’t very inspired with the phrase I chose to spell.

A picture paints a thousand words

Posted by jameswdcrawford on under Media | Be the First to Comment

Earthquake in Haiti, originally uploaded by American Red Cross.

Most of the time we consume our news via print, video or audio. However, sometimes a picture paints a thousand words.

Being a media obsessive I like to see what else I can find about a story which has got my attention. This photo was found on Flickr and posted via its reblog function.

This photography was taken by the American Red Cross and to donate you can here: visit www.redcross.org

Please donate.

Swine flu statisitics. It is all in the presentation

Posted by jameswdcrawford on October 30, 2009 under Public Relations | Be the First to Comment

This is a great image. Not only does the graphic illustrate how panic and fear can cause us humans to become irrational, but also how a stunning and eye catching diagram can bring a story to life. Too often are fascinating statistics presented in uninteresting ways.

If you can’t see the image well on screen you can also see it by clicking here

(I’ve not worked out how to get full size images on my blog yet )