Links for Chapter 12. Internet and E-mail Marketing
Mars Phoenix Lander on Twitter
The space probe that started speaking in first person–and attracted more than 100,000 followers.
Science Rapper and Youtube star Kate McAlpine. Credit: Telegraph.
Time-saving tool that lets you queue up your tweets in advance so you don’t have to log in every single day to maintain a Twitter presence. Tweetdeck also helps you sort your followers into lists, so you aren’t overwhelmed by hundreds of new tweets per day. Other similar tools are SocialOomph and Hootsuite.
Building a Professional Looking Website Using WordPress
In this blog post, I explain how to build a website by sharing my most recent website building experience: the creation of this “Marketing for Scientists” site you’re reading right now.
What Do Your Colleagues Want To See On Your Website? Captions, Passion, and Generosity
We did a round-robin critique of each other’s websites on the Marketing for Scientists Facebook group. Here’s what we learned.
How to Raise Your Profile Using Social Media
A blog post by Olga Degteyareva (Research Fellow, University of Edinburgh) that explains why you need a web page, and a web presence, right now. Overheard: “I have Googled the authors’ names and cited those who came up…”
Kate McAlpine’s video about the Large Hadron Collider collected more than 6 million views on Youtube and helped start the science music video trend.
Interview with Science Rapper Kate McAlpine
Kate explains how she did it and shares her thoughts on the science rap phenomenon.
To stay in touch with country artists who might want to record my songs, I’ve sent out a monthly email newsletter with information they might find useful. Here’s an example mailing. Note that I (tried to) avoid any hint of self-promotion; the marketing is in the goodwill, and my email signature.
A partial list of the many Science and Technology blogs run by the U.S. federal government.
Facebook Pages vs Facebook Groups
Here’s one marketing blogger’s guide to the differences between these tools.
Wiki launched at the University of Washington with handy social media resources.
