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Tech Journalism and PR Signposting

I wanted to post up some links and a short video about UKTJPRs Twitter project. If you’re interested in Technology Journalism and PR in the UK tech market, I would suggest having a look at the following:

1. The link above and this overview

2. On Twitter @spode and @andylim (there’s a couple of suggestions for FollowFriday!)

3. On Facebook the UK Technology Journalists and PR Group

4. The UK Technology Journalists and PR group on LinkedIn

5. The video below, which will give an overview of some of the features the Twitter project is looking at

6. In the ‘wider sense’ also have a look at JournoTwit

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When people talk about LinkedIn they usually cover topics such as:

1. Building the network before you need it
2. LinkedIn for Social Networking and Business Opportunities
3. Finding a job using LinkedIn

The Traditional Problem

A feature of the site that I have found very useful (and wished existed years ago) is the ability to find ‘virtual mentors’ and subsequently source new ideas for career and personal development. About 7 or 8 years ago I spent a lot of time thinking ‘where next’ and ‘how’ in terms of building a highly credible technical (and to an extent public) profile. The issue in 2001 / 2002 was the distinct lack of Web2 / Social Networking sites, and therefore a pretty tough time finding exemplar CVs and information about successful people that I would ‘like to mirror’. My solution at the time (which still seems reasonable) was to plough through lots of public academic profiles (mostly staff lists on university web sites). Draw backs with this approach were: ..Continue reading..

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