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Ping Resources

Here's a bunch of links referred to in "Ping"

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Websites

Expert Sources www.expertsources.co.uk An essential place for UK-based experts to be found. Many journalists use this as a source of expertise.

Press Choice www.presschoice.com This is similar to Expert Sources, but aimed more at large corporate organisations who want to be heard on national news

Find a TV Expert www.findatvexpert.com If you are looking to become an expert on a TV series, this is the place for you

Blogger www.blogger.com The blogging service owned by Google which will provide you with a free site to blog away to your heart’s content

Twitter www.twitter.com The micro-blogging servce

Linkedin www.linkedin.com A business-oriented social network

Facebook www.facebook.com A personal and business social network

Ping (not to be confused with this book!) www.ping.fm A service which allows you to update your status on all your social networks at once

Constant Contact www.constantcontact.com An excellent web-based email newsletter service

Audacity (from Sourceforge) www.sourceforge.net This is the site from which to download the free audio editor, Audacity

Libsyn www.libsyn.com A hosting service for podcasts

Itunes www.itunes.com Apple’s audio and video download service

YouTube www.youtube.com A free video hosting service, with over a billion hits so far

Google Analytics www.google.com/analytics An excellent free service to analyse your website traffic

Google Alerts www.google.com/alerts An invaluable way to monitor what people are saying about you (and anything else) online

Technorati www.technorati.com Blog evaluation software

Visible Technologies www.visibletechnologies.com Suppliers of web analysis software Truereputation and Trucast

12 Seconds TV www.12seconds.tv A site to upload videos no longer than…12 seconds!

AudioBoo www.audioboo.com A site for uploading audio files of up to five minutes, and is tailored specifically for iPhones.

Case Study Websites

Dell outlet www.delloutlet.com/home

Dell outlet Twitter feed www.twitter.com/delloutlet

Dell outlet Twitter landing page www.delloutlet.com/twitter

first direct www.firstdirect.com

first direct social media newsroom www.newsroom.firstdirect.com

Amy Martin’s Twitter feed www.twitter.com/digitalroyalty

Shaquille O’Neal’s Twitter feed www.twitter.com/the-real-shaq

Topaz Partners www.topazpartners.com

The Scuderi Group www.scuderigroup.com

The Ford Fiesta movement www.fiestamovement.com

Tillamook Cheese www.tillamookcheese.com

Conkling Fiskum and McCormick www.cfm-online.com

Tillamook Fan Club www.tillamookfanclub.com

Pile of Sand Productions www.pileofsand.com

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