Public relations – links: 23 June 10

Posted by jameswdcrawford on June 22, 2010 under Links | Be the First to Comment

Here are some top links which put the PR into Public Relations.

1. Measuring SEO for PR

2. Another cool news curation tool

3. A tidy post on geeky digital media presences

4. A CIA problem solving check-list- ideal for pitches

Public Relations and Social Media Links – 28 March 2010

Posted by jameswdcrawford on March 28, 2010 under Media | Be the First to Comment

I work in Public Relations (PR) and while faffing around with digital media I often find links that I like to share. These are the links that I found interesting this week:

How to make your WordPress blog more social
Some handy plugins which I need to test out.

Open source video player
Getmiro – I must play with this today.

Another definitive list of social media monitoring (yawn). However, this list is pretty good.

Public Relations and Social Media Links – 7 March 2010

Posted by jameswdcrawford on March 7, 2010 under Links | Be the First to Comment

PUBLIC RELATIONS – Here are some links which tickled my whistle this week. Let me know if you find any of these useful.

My blog is now listed on the PR All Top. All Top is Guy Kawasaki’s project, which aggregates the internet. I’m chuffed!

Twitter voicemail tool.
An interesting tool, but still a little irrelevant if you are the only person to use it. (Plus, I’ve not tested it yet)

More WordPress Plugins
I use all these apart from the last navigation plugin, which I will be test driving later this week.

How Small Business is using Social Media
I don’t normally link to Mashable as the likelihood is that if you are reading this post then you probably read Mashable religiously. However, statistics on small business are as rare, which is bizarre seeing that 90 per cent of companies are SMEs, so I thought I would point this post out.

Create a website without knowing anything about CSS or HTML
Flavor Me looks like a pretty good way to build a website. I am putting it to the test right now.

PR and Social Media Links 13 Feb 10

Posted by jameswdcrawford on February 13, 2010 under Links | Be the First to Comment

My public relations links and tips of the week are below.

30 Twitter Hacks and Plugins to Spice Up Your WordPress Blog
I’ve not put any of these Twitter hacks to the test on WordPress. I shall do soon. Some good ones.

Facebook Largest News Reader?
Facebook, the biggest source of news on the internet. Well I never…

Lifehacker – Twitter Google Chrome extension
Again, bloody useful. Oh, isn’t the internet a wonderful thing?

Daily Perfect is a stunning new news curation tool
I’m addicted to this already. Could be a lot better, but give them time….

Foursquare will never catch on
I wrote this post for Citypress, the public relations consultancy which I work for.

PR and Social Media Links – 16 January

Posted by jameswdcrawford on January 16, 2010 under Media | Read the First Comment

Here are a few links to interesting articles which I found this week

Excellent Resources Help You Create Your Own Social Networking Site
This is very geeky reading but there are some excellent tools, tips and plugins here for the digital and web savvy social media professional

How To Rank Top In Google
Nice summary of SEO, should you need to explain it to a client or marketing contact

List of The Top Free Press Release Sites — Moola Days
Public Relations professionals can argue whether news agencies are useful or not for securing press coverage, but what you can’t deny is that this blog has the most definitive list

20 Real-World Uses for Google Wave
What I like about this post is that it doesn’t get carried away and gives real, tangible uses. Any PR professional who has read up on Google Wave will have come across these uses before. However too often Google Wave blogs talk about the platform like it is a cure for cancer, while this post reiterates the most useful functionality