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I’ve been publishing a monthly newsletter, Social Media News for the past several months and I thought it might be fun to create a podcast around the concept too.    It wraps up the most popular recent content from my blog and highlights news and trends from the social media and PR worlds.  Here’s a rundown of this first podcast:
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1. Introduction
2. Facebook pages: 8  success criteria;  Successful Facebook pages all have the same eight characteristics according to a study just released by the Altimeter …

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Women make up 65% of the UK’s public relations profession according to the CIPR’s Annual State of the PR Profession Survey released this week. Yet men are more than twice as likely to earn a salary of more than £50,000, begging the question: “What gives?!”
The survey of almost 2,000 CIPR members  was carried out by ComRes. It showed that men are more likely to hold a senior management or director positions than female practitioners, with 18% of male practitioners at director level, 11% at senior …

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This popular feature returns after a bit of a break. We’re starting 2007 off with a strong line up.
1. Tony Bradley signs off as CIPR President with a post that summarises the milestones the organisation has achieved under his stewardship. He says, “So, it’s been a year in which social media has played an important role and has demanded a lot of time and effort… But it’s also been a year where some…long-standing issues continued to rumble around…every corner.”
2. The Uber Review ran an item on the …

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Another week flies by; another top 5 list.  Happy Labour Day Weekend to our American and Canadian colleagues.  The rest of you, keep on striving!
1.  Susan Getgood’s Marketing Roadmaps has a good debate a about the use of derogatory slang when referring to a female.  I hate the fact that we must keep debating the gender in our profession, but sometimes it’s necessary.
2.  Mike Driehorst explains why he’s not into blogging for the money.
3. On theBivingsreport, Todd Zeigler provides guidance to newspaper publishers on improving their websites.  I’ve already …

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Here are some excellent posts served to my desktop this week.  
1. In its dealings with  Healthcare Vox, Jupiter Research demonstrates how to get blogger relations completely wrong.  It’s strange when you consider that Jupiter is supposed to be an Internet specialist.  I’m sure this post had a significant effect on sales.
2. Simon Collister wants to know what Colin Farrington is on about.  He gives a very good analysis of the Profile magazine article in which Mr Farrington (CIPR director general) demonstrates an alarming naivety about blogging.  
3. Morgan McLintic has …

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It’s been an exciting week in the blogosphere with lots of lively debate. These were my faves:  
1. A new addition to the blogsphere …the world’s leading… picks up where PR Bunny left off. Funny stuff.
2. Marcel Goldstein has revisits some lessons about PR consulting.  He touches on short-termism, performance and process.
3. Corporate Engagement has posted an IPR report on measurement.  The report puts forth four models for consideration.
4. Niall Cook joins the Mile High Blogging Club. Congrats Niall!
5. I enjoy Jim Turner’s introspection. His online honesty is inspiring.
What did you Strivers read …

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The the CIPR President Tony Bradley launched his own blog, PR Voice, today.  He says:
“I struggle with believing that anyone out there is remotely interested in my musings, and I see my role as being more of a catalyst in raising issues on which the CIPR wants the views of members or simply flagging up things which might be of interest.”
Sounds good. I, for one, will be reading.
Hat tip to Stuart Bruce.