Owner: Melissa Attree URL:http://melissaattree.wordpress.com Join Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2008 05:16:07 -0600 Rating:0 Site Description: My thoughts on web 2.0, WebPR, social media and online marketing. Site statistics:Click here
links for 2008-04-04 2008-04-04 14:34:12 MySpace in online music project
(tags: Music myspace)
Economy of free…Freeconomics?!
(tags: Free Economics Anderson Wired Radiohead)
The 101 most useful websites
(tags: websites list top101)
Love it or Hate It: Penguin’s Putting Books on Twitter and Google Maps
(tags: twitter Google penguin publishing)
Africa’s big blogging bang
(tags: blogging blogs stats africa) Read more:links
Why twitter works for me 2008-04-04 04:56:50 A while back I wrote a post stating that I was ready to go back to twitter and give it another chance. I’ve given it a really good go and come to some conclusions about twitter and how it fits into ‘my’ social media mix.
According to wikipedia, “Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging [...]
links for 2008-04-03 2008-04-03 14:35:33 How do Wikis work? | Social Media Group
(tags: wikis commoncraft) Read more:links
links for 2008-04-02 2008-04-02 14:39:33 From status symbols to STATUS STORIES
(tags: trends trendwatching branding statusstories) Read more:links
links for 2008-04-07 2008-04-07 14:32:03 How We Tweet: The Definitive List of the Top Twitter Clients
(tags: Twitter, twitterapps, apps) Read more:links
links for 2008-04-09 2008-04-09 14:37:06 Putting the power of social media to work for business
(tags: RSS socialmedia commoncraft)
5 Ways to Find More Friends on Twitter
(tags: twitter tips search newmedia networking)
dafont.com
(tags: fonts typography freeware design)
Web 2.0, Social Media, and Social Computing | Dave Duarte
(tags: socialmedia web2.0)
Standard Bank goes social, Pro20 style. | Social Media Release
(tags: socialmediarelease web2.0 socialmedia)
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South Africa’s first Social Media Press Release has been launched 2008-04-09 07:16:53 South Africa
’s first Social
Media PressRelease
(SMPR) has been launched as part of the innovative Standard Bank Pro20 series social media campaign.
Journalists, bloggers and opinion piece writers are exposed to so much more information than ever before – the SMPR collects and packages the information neatly and coherently to streamline the process of story [...] Read more:South
, South Africa
You want to know what??? 2008-04-09 02:20:31 Paul Jacobson has tagged me in this ‘get to know me’ meme, game, list, procrastinating, nosy, fun, thing so let’s see what I can come up with …
Tagging game rules
1. The rules of the game get posted at the beginning.
2. Each player answers the questions about themselves.
3. At the end of the post, the player [...]
Fab Friday Find - Cool site - Skitch.com 2008-04-11 03:39:29 I’ve been a bit slack on the FFF but to be honest I haven’t found anything uber-cool to feature…until now
Check out Skitch - a super cool Mac app from plasq (sorry Windows peeps - once you’ve had mac you’ll never go back, they are planning a Windows version though) If you’ve used Comic [...] Read more:Friday
The ultimate eDream? 2008-04-10 08:01:34 I’m doing some work with the guys from eDreams online Megamall. I’m helping them setup various social media tools to boost their exposure and customer interaction on the web. Their latest ‘Give-Away-A-Day’ campaign is a high point of their strategy, this competition aims to boost their subscriber database, they are giving away prizes everyday forever….I [...]
How to construct a social media press release 2008-04-12 15:12:38 I wrote a story for Bizcommunity on the process we went through when creating the Standard Bank Social Media Press Release. The article details what basic information an SMPR should have in order to maximise content accessibility while boosting shareability.
Check out the article here and feel free to give any feedback / comments / suggestions [...] Read more:construct
, media
links for 2008-04-14 2008-04-14 14:37:20 Seven Tips for Making the Most of Your RSS Reader - ReadWriteWeb
(tags: RSS tips reader) Read more:links
My top ten music albums 2008-04-14 09:48:01 I LOVE music so I was pretty excited when Nic wrote a cool post about the top 10 albums
he would select that he felt would educate his kids one day.
I’ve selected my top 11 (I simply couldn’t lose one) – these are the albums in my collection that I never tire of and that [...]
links for 2008-04-16 2008-04-16 14:34:46 The Best Blogging Software (WordPress) + The Top 60 WordPress Plugins | Midas Oracle .ORG
(tags: wordpress plugins blogs) Read more:links
I run a paperless office…your paper is not welcome here. 2008-04-18 04:32:07 My life is on my Mac (and on an external hard drive in case my mac should decide to take an extended ‘holiday’.) My work documents, tax documents, personal documents, photos, music, movies - it’s all there, and that’s the way I like it.
So imagine my irritation at the fact that one company insists on [...] Read more:office
, paper
Fab Friday Find - cool website of the week - Photobox 2008-04-18 04:06:48 My husband (an enthusiastic photographer) found this site a few weeks ago and started playing around with it. Photobox allows you to create and design custom photo albums online using their user-friendly website
interface - here’s the kicker though, once you’ve created your album they then physically make it up, print your pics, bind the [...] Read more:Friday
links for 2008-04-21 2008-04-21 14:35:20 Social Media Video Release
(tags: SMPR, SMR, SMVR, PR, video)
Neil Turok wins the TED Prize - The African Einstein | SA Rocks
(tags: TED Prize 2008 AIMS Neil Turok)
Springwise: Online magazine publisher for the masses
(tags: publishing media software social springwise issuu innovation) Read more:links
Facebook chat brings IM to the masses 2008-04-24 06:24:50 Ok so I know there has been a lot of comment about Facebook
chat over the past two days, this morning I posted a comment on Paul’s blog in response to his anti-Facebook moan
I said that I thought Facebook chat would be a good thing as I have friends who have been apprehensive [...]
New digital design, trends and tech blog launched - iLearn 2008-04-23 04:11:42 From time to time I like to chat about the projects I’m working on.
The latest development is the iLearn blog, I’m working with Grant Shippey, Lynn Halberstadt and the guys from the Amorphous team on their blog iLearn. Amorphous are an agency specialising in flash based rich media and all things digital or as they [...] Read more:design
links for 2008-04-30 2008-04-30 14:37:15 Sharing Customer Service Stories Online - eMarketer
(tags: Customer, WebPR, socialmedia, web2.0) Read more:links
WebPR for PR professionals 2008-04-30 02:32:26 I firmly believe that the more we share our knowledge the better it is for everyone. I like chatting to marketing and PR professionals about the web and how social media can establish new relationships between brands and current or potential customers.
It makes sense to exchange knowledge and new developments as they happen because it’s [...] Read more:WebPR
How to use twitter hashtags to record events 2008-05-05 04:34:54 In web terms it’s been a relatively short period of time since twitter came onto the scene and the conversation is still in full swing as people discover how twitter works for them. I’ve been tweeting since March and as I said in a previous post I’ve discovered where twitter fits in for me.
I think [...] Read more:events
links for 2008-05-06 2008-05-06 14:35:01 A Business Case for Twitter
(tags: socialmedia twitter business strategy)
trendwatching.com ECO-ICONIC, ECO-EMBEDDED, ECO-BOOSTERS
(tags: eco design trends trendwatching) Read more:links
Radio 2000 2008-05-06 10:11:10 If anyone cares, or if you simply want to hear my silky smooth dulcet tones (ahem) tune into Radio
2000 tomorrow morning at 09h20. I’ll be chatting about the Standard Bank Pro20 Series Social Media Press Release - let’s hope I know what I’m on about.
I think you can listen via the web here - [...]
‘Working the Web’ course at the IAJ 2008-05-06 07:34:25 Just a quick reminder that I’ll be facilitating a course
I’ve developed called ‘Working the Web’ at the Institute for the Advancement of Journalism (IAJ). It’s aimed at corporate communications professionals who would like to employ social networking and WebPR tools to enhance their communication / marketing strategies.
We’ll investigate topics like Web 2.0, Blogs, Wikis, [...]
The shoX mini speaker rocks. 2008-05-08 07:13:39 I LOVE innovation. I LOVE gadgets. I LOVE music.
So imagine my sheer excitement when I discovered the shoX mini speaker. I’d heard about it and seen pictures and knew it would be useful for giving my presentations as I like to show a few videos.
R199 (ridiculously cheap) about 5cm x 5cm when fully extended to [...]
The Top 6 web tools that improve my productivity 2008-05-09 03:37:24 To state the obvious - things happen and change very quickly on the web. To keep up and access information that’s relevant to you it’s essential to manage the process and focus your attention otherwise you run the risk of investigating everything, yet learning nothing. Investigate new applications and sites to fill different needs until [...]
What an odd day… 2008-05-08 08:03:33 Not so cool things:
I threw coffee on my right breast – did not notice and then went to the mall in my white coffee stained shirt.
I kakked myself when I was stopped at a robot and they decided to do a Gautrain blast RIGHT next to me at that exact moment – I [...]
links for 2008-05-12 2008-05-12 14:36:56 Social Media Press Releases: A Step Forward or Two Steps Back?
(tags: SMPR, SMR, socialmedia, WebPR, OnlinePR, PR 2.0)
The Evolution of the Press Release
(tags: SMPR, SMR, WebPR, OnlinePR, PR 2.0, keyword, socialmedia) Read more:links
Communications professionals need to know how to ‘work the web’ 2008-05-14 03:00:57 If you’re a communications professionals who would like to employ social networking and WebPR tools to enhance your communication and marketing strategies then I’d suggest you chat to Gugu at the IAJ….The dates for the ‘Working the Web’ course at the Institute for the Advancement of Journalism (IAJ) have changed to the 2 & 3 [...] Read more:Communications
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